Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Stevie Wonder, etc appear on Oprah's final shows

Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Stevie Wonder are among the stars who surprised Oprah Winfrey during a farewell double-episode taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" which will come before the finale original.

Oprah and Tom Cruise | Photo source Reuters

Other celebrities and personalities who turned Oprah's farewell show into a star-studded event include Aretha Franklin, Michael Jordan, Jerry Seinfel, Madonna, Kristen Chenoweth, John Legend, Josh Groban, Josh Groban, Jamie Foxx, Maria Shriver, Stedman Graham, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Halle Berry, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Dakota Fanning, Diane Sawyer, Beyonce, Rascal Flatts, Rascal Flatts, Lisa Ling, Carson Kressley, Jessica Seinfeld, Ally Wentworth, Bob Greene and Richard Daley.

The show, which is set to air on May 23 and 24, is billed as "Oprah's Surprise Spectacular" because not even the talk show queen know who would be appearing.

Meanwhile, the finale will air on May 25, which would close 25 years of the most-watched daytime talk show in America.

Stevie Wonder & Paul Mc Cartney - Ebony & Ivory

I'm having a 'Stevie Wonder Sunday'.

Amidst my work of going through Council paperwork today, I'm in need of a soundtrack for my day. It's usually the 'mellow sounds' of Magic FM that sees me through but thanks to a blog post by Jonathan Calder here earlier today, I'm turned my attention to the boy Wonder.

I've got a very eclectic range of music here at home as anyone who knows me will testify but to my continuing shame, not one of my many CDs is dedicated entirely to the legend that is Stevie Wonder.

So, inspired by Jonathan this morning, I've been searching out some of his many, many hits and was particularly taken by his soulful (when aren't they?!), meaningful duet with Paul McCartney.



It's a simple message of humanity sang by two of the greatest musicians of the last century. How have I never fallen upon it before?!