Promised Land. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Promised Land
Guests lounge on the lawn and on picnic tables at Oprah's Gospel Brunch.
Biscuits and fried chicken. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Biscuits and Fried Chicken
A station of biscuits and fried chicken.
Guests among the Redwoods. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Mingling
Guests eat and mingle among the grand redwoods.
Melba Moore and Sidney Poitier. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Melba Moore and Sidney Poitier
Melba Moore and Sidney Poitier.
Smokey Robinson chats with Natalie Cole. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Smokey Robinson and Natalie Cole
Smokey Robinson chats with Natalie Cole.
Oprah greets Maria Shriver. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Maria Shriver
Oprah greets Maria Shriver and her children.
Oprah and Angela Bassett. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Angela Bassett
Oprah and Angela Bassett dance on the lawn.
Diane Sawyer and Chris Botti. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Diane Sawyer and Chris Botti
Diane Sawyer shares a drink with Chris Botti.
Oprah and Judith Jamison. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Judith Jamison
Oprah welcomes Judith Jamison.
Iman and Oprah. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Iman
Iman and Oprah smile for the camera.
Maya Angelou, Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Maya Angelou, Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri
Maya Angelou, Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri.
Oprah and Barack and Michelle Obama. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Barack and Michelle Obama
Oprah embraces Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
Gladys Knight. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight takes her turn in a verse of the gospel classic "Changed."
Natalie Cole. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole takes the microphone.
Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick and Leontyne Price. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Guests Enjoy the Music
Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick and Leontyne Price enjoy the music.
Oprah and Stedman Graham. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Oprah and Stedman Graham
Oprah and Stedman Graham.
Shirley Caesar. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Shirley Caesar
Pastor Shirley Caesar, the "Mother of Gospel Music."
Kimberly Elise. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Kimberly Elise
Kimberly Elise sways to the music.
Patti LaBelle. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle takes in the moment.
Chaka Khan. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan belts out a verse of "Changed."
Oprah and Jesse Jackson. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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Jesse Jackson
Oprah and Jesse Jackson.
James Brolin, Oprah, Barbra Streisand, Nate Berkus and Barack Obama. Copyright 2005, Harpo Productions, Inc./George Burns & Bob Davis. All rights reserved.

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James Brolin, Barbra Streisand, Nate Berkus and Barack Obama
James Brolin, Oprah, Barbra Streisand, Nate Berkus, and Barack Obama sway in the shade to the music of the magnetic Edwin Hawkins singers.
Published 01/01/2006