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From the personal collection of Oprah Winfrey
One Incredible Journey: The Ultimate Oprah and Gayle Conversation
Oprah and Gayle King sit down to talk about what, for Oprah, is the biggest change in 25 years: the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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![Oprah with Julie Taymor](https://static.oprah.com/images/201102/omag/201102-omag-oprah-julie-taymor-1-130x89.jpg)
Creative mastermind Julie Taymor tells Oprah about the immense challenge and unparalleled thrill of bringing her wildest dreams to Broadway.
February 2011
![Oprah with Tyler Perry](https://static.oprah.com/images/201012/omag/201012-omag-oprah-tyler-101-130x89.jpg)
The director, playwright and actor sits down with Oprah to talk about his journey from struggling artist to superstar.
December 2010
![Oprah with O Magazine readers](https://static.oprah.com/images/201005/omag/201005-omag-otalks-everyone-130x89.jpg)
10 O readers—women of all ages, from all over the country—ask Oprah the tough questions (and a few fun ones, too).
May 2010
![Thich Nhat Hanh](https://static.oprah.com/images/201003/omag/201003-omag-oprah-thich-nhat-hanh-130x89.jpg)
The revered Buddhist monk reflects on the beauty of the present moment, being grateful for every breath, and the freedom and happiness to be found in a simple cup of tea.
March 2010
![Ellen DeGeneres](https://static.oprah.com/images/200912/omag/200912-omag-oprah-ellen-120x90.jpg)
Ellen DeGeneres tells Oprah about her balanced life, her loving wife and how she intends to take her new job as an American Idol judge very seriously.
December 2009
![Jay-Z](https://static.oprah.com/images/200910/omag/200910-omag-jay-z-102-120x90.jpg)
Jay-Z charts his escape from the hard-knock life, describes the reunion that healed the wounds of his childhood—and even reveals the standing Sunday date he has with what's her name.
October 2009
![Elizabeth Edwards](https://static.oprah.com/images/200906/omag/200906-omag-elizabeth-edwards-oprah-120x90.jpg)
Despite an excruciatingly public blow to her marriage and a terminal cancer diagnosis, Elizabeth Edwards leaves no doubt in this warm, intimate, and startlingly honest discussion that she is standing tall.
June 2009
![Michelle Obama's Oprah Magazine Cover](https://static.oprah.com/images/200904/omag/200904-omag-michelle-obama-oprah-magazine-cover-120x90.jpg)
In her first in-depth interview since moving into the White House, the First Lady tells Oprah about life in her new home.
April 2009
![Tina Fey and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/images/200902/omag/200902_omag_tina_fey_120x90.jpg)
Oprah has a few laughs with 30 Rock's Emmy-winning, politician-lampooning funny lady.
Feburary 2009
Daniel Pink
Oprah talks with Daniel Pink about his groundbreaking book, A Whole New Mind, and explores how right-brain thinkers are wired for 21st-century success.
December 2008
Maria Shriver
After 30 years of friendship, Oprah asks the First Lady of California a question she's never asked her before.
June 2008
Sally Field
The amazingly resilient actress talks to Oprah about growing up in the shadow of violence, using anger as a survival tool, and how, at 61, she's finally found a measure of peace.
March 2008
Pema Chödrön
The first American woman to become a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition and author of When Things Fall Apart, talks to Oprah about learning from pain and what it means to be a Buddhist.
February 2008
Denzel Washington
The two-time Academy Award winner and one-time Sexiest Man Alive opens up about his close-call adolescence, his close-knit family, and what makes him jump out of bed at 3 a.m.
January 2008
![Daniel Pink and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/images/200812/omag/200812_omag_ocut_pink_120x90.jpg)
Oprah talks with Daniel Pink about his groundbreaking book, A Whole New Mind, and explores how right-brain thinkers are wired for 21st-century success.
December 2008
![Oprah and Maria Shriver](https://static.oprah.com/images/200806/omag/200806-omag-oprah-maria-120x90.jpg)
After 30 years of friendship, Oprah asks the First Lady of California a question she's never asked her before.
June 2008
![Sally Field and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200803/images/omag_200803_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The amazingly resilient actress talks to Oprah about growing up in the shadow of violence, using anger as a survival tool, and how, at 61, she's finally found a measure of peace.
March 2008
![Pema Chodron with her grandsons](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200802/images/omag_200802_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The first American woman to become a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition and author of When Things Fall Apart, talks to Oprah about learning from pain and what it means to be a Buddhist.
February 2008
![Denzel Washington and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200801/images/omag_200801_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The two-time Academy Award winner and one-time Sexiest Man Alive opens up about his close-call adolescence, his close-knit family, and what makes him jump out of bed at 3 a.m.
January 2008
![Richard Branson](https://images.oprah.com/omagazine/200712/images/omag_200712_richardbranson_120x90.jpg)
One of the most extraordinary men—visionary, knight, and founder of Virgin Airlines—opens up about the company he started (at 16!), his new dream to fly to the moon, and his remarkable plans to change the world.
December 2007
![Jerry Seinfeld](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200711/images/omag_200711_ocut_120x90.jpg)
He redefined TV comedy, and now an American icon opens up about his stingingly funny film, Bee Movie, his kids, his cars, his wife, and his top three rules for living well.
November 2007
![Fantasia](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200709/images/omag_200709_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The star of The Color Purple proves that the American Dream is alive and well.
September 2007
![Dina McGreevey](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200706/images/omag_200706_mcgrvy_120x90.jpg)
"How could she not have known?" Gayle King talks to Dina Matos McGreevey and poses the question we've all been dying to ask.
June 2007
![Oprah, Christine McFadden and her twin babies](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200705/images/omag_200705_ocut_120x90.jpg)
What's the worst thing that could happen to a mother? It happened to Christine McFadden the day her ex-husband killed her children. Now, she tells Oprah how she's learning to live again.
May 2007
![Oprah and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200702/images/omag_200702_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The ardent environmentalist opens up about family, politics, and the state of our planet.
February 2007
![Shonda Rhimes and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200612/images/omag_200612_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The creator of Grey's Anatomy on color-blind casting, flawed characters, her post-9/11 adoption, and why the perfect husband would live next door.
December 2006
![Oprah and Sean Combs](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200611/images/omag_200611_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The multitalented, bling-studded mogul opens up about his life—his murdered father, the women he's loved (from his fierce mother to J.Lo to the one who's The One)—and argues rap lyrics and the N word with Oprah.
November 2006
![Oprah and Barbra Streisand](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200610/images/omag_200610_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The legendary singer/actress/director opens up about the moment she knew she had talent, her worries for today's world, and why her new tour is about "believing I am enough."
October 2006
![Janet Fitch](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200609/images/omag_200609_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The White Oleander author discusses the nuts, bolts, and bolts of lightning of writing and how in our imaginations, we can be anyone.
September 2006
![Oprah and Gayle King](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200608/images/omag_200608_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The two friends sit down for a startlingly honest chat about friendship, those tabloid rumors, and what Oprah really thought at Gayle's wedding. Lisa Kogan listens in.
August 2006
![Oprah and Hugh Jackman](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200606/images/omag_200606_ocut_120x90.jpg)
He's an X-Man, the Boy from Oz, and, in real life, a crazy-in-love husband and besotted dad. The incredibly talented Hugh Jackman talks about his Australian boyhood and the joy of living and acting in the moment.
June 2006
![Mary J. Blige and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200605/images/omag_200605_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The diva who's gone from the baddest of bad girls to the best of good examples talks about drugs, alcohol, toxic friends, the lyrics she'd like to change, and the shock that turned her around.
May 2006
![Meg Ryan](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200604/images/omag_200604_ryan_120x90.jpg)
What Meg found in India changed her perceptions forever. So did a baby-size bundle of sweetness named Charlotte True. Oprah talks to the actress about her unforgettable year.
April 2006
![Paul Rusesabagina](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200603/images/omag_200603_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The man who saved more than 1,200 lives and inspired the film Hotel Rwanda talks about his experiences during the Rwandan slaughter of 1994, survival, and resolving conflict with words.
March 2006
![Geena Davis](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200601/images/omag_200601_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The TV president explains how an Oscar-winning Mensa member can still be a doormat, how she came into her own, and why she married a man 15 years younger.
January 2006
![Oprah and Jamie Foxx](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200512/images/omag_200512_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The brilliant Oscar-winning star of Ray in one of the most candid interviews you'll ever read about racism, fame, family, fathers, daughters, accomplishment and what really brings him pleasure.
December 2005
![Charlize Theron](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200511/images/omag_200511_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The Academy Award-winning actress talks to Oprah about her big break, her ambitions and the road to stardom.
November 2005
![Christiane Amanpour](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200509/images/omag_200509_ocut_120x90.jpg)
One of the most intrepid and admired women in all of news broadcasting opens up about what it's like covering a war, and why she believes a thriving society must have a thriving press.
September 2005
![Lance Armstrong and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/images/200507/omag/200507-omag-lance-armstrong-120x90.jpg)
The six-time winner of cycling's grueling Tour de France discusses the hills and valleys of a remarkable life.
July 2005
![Jon Stewart](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200506/images/omag_200506_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The man who never met a politician he couldn't laugh at riffs on the comedians he admires, the infamous Crossfire incident, and how a blind date changed his life.
June 2005
![Oprah and Tina Turner](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200505/images/omag_200505_ocut_120x90.jpg)
Oprah talks to Tina about surviving Ike Turner's brutal physical abuse (and the night she got away), younger men, growing older, plastic surgery, and why all the best is yet to come.
May 2005
![Oprah and Sean Penn](https://static.oprah.com/images/200501/omag/200501-omag-sean-penn-120x90.jpg)
One of America's finest, grittiest actors lets down his legendary guard to talk about acting, patriotism, his short-lived marriage to Madonna, his bad-boy reputation, and why he remains optimistic about our nation's future.
January 2005
![Oprah and Barack Obama](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200411/images/omag_200411_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The then Illinois state senator took a rare break from his 16-hour workday to tell Oprah about his multicultural upbringing, political plans and priorities, and loving family.
November 2004
![Oprah and Barbara Walters](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200410/images/omag_200410_ocut_120x90.jpg)
The broadcasting legend who can coax a fascinating answer out of a rock opens up about her life, her passions, her peaks, her regrets—and, yes, she makes Oprah cry.
October 2004
![Alicia Keys and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200409/images/omag_200409_ocut_90.jpg)
The classically trained five-time Grammy-winning sensation opens up heart and soul about her leap from Hell's Kitchen to superstardom.
September 2004
![Bill Clinton and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200408/images/omag_200408_ocut_90.jpg)
The 42nd president opens up about his extraordinary journey to the White House, his controversial second term, and his current-day dreams for himself, America, and the world.
August 2004
![Billy Crystal and his daughters](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200406/images/omag_200406_ocut2_90.jpg)
The brilliantly hilarious, family-centric comedian riffs about everything from Saturday Night Live to shampooing his daughters' hair to his charming children's book.
June 2004
![Stevie Wonder and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200405/images/omag_200405_ocut_90.jpg)
Since the age of 12, he has been the sunshine of our musical lives. Now the 22-time Grammy winner talks about the music of his mind, fatherhood, and his first album in ten years.
May 2004
![Oprah and Bono](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200404/images/omag_200404_ocut_90.jpg)
Oprah talks to the legendary front man of U2, husband of 22 years, and father of four, who's singing his heart out to shine light on a crisis devastating a continent.
April 2004
![Sarah Jessica Parker and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200403/images/omag_200403_ocut_90.jpg)
The force behind Sex and the City opens up about motherhood, a complex marriage, money worries, turning 40 and her dreams of someday running a grocery store!
March 2004
![Oprah and Madonna](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200401/images/omag_200401_ocut_90.jpg)
The queen of personal transformation talks to Oprah about motherhood, marriage, and music. It may sound tame but you better believe she still has the power to shock!
January 2004
![Oprah and Julia Roberts](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200312/images/omag_200312_ocut_90.jpg)
The Academy Award winning actress opens up about fame, fickleness, embarrassing fashion moments, her Oscar, her husband, and why she's in the harbor of her life.
December 2003
![Marian Pearl, her son, and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200310/images/omag_200310_ocut_90.jpg)
Mariane Pearl opens up about her sweet, unconventional love affair with Danny Pearl, the beauty of her husband's spirit, and the challenge to be hopeful no matter what.
October 2003
![Oprah and Salma Hayek](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200309/images/omag_200309_ocut_90.jpg)
The actress, director, and producer opens up about coming to Hollywood, defying expectations, and the creativity that comes from owning your own power.
September 2003
![Norah Jones and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200307/images/omag_200307_nora_90.jpg)
The Grammy-winning artist opens up about her Texas childhood, her famous father and influential mother, money and overexposure, and what she'll do for a second act.
July 2003
![Oprah, Kathryn Sansone, and her children](https://static.oprah.com//omagazine/200305/images/omag_200305_oscut_90.jpg)
Oprah goes inside the very organized mind and house of this mother of nine to find out how she keeps her sanity—to say nothing of her shape.
May 2003
![Serena Williams, Oprah, and Venus Williams](https://static.oprah.com//omagazine/200303/images/omag_200303_oscut_90.jpg)
The sisters who've put a spin on the buttoned-up game of tennis talk about passion, fashion, and their ferocious bond.
March 2003
![Oprah and Jay Leno](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200302/images/omag_200302_oscut_90.jpg)
A truly stand-up guy of late-night television talks about his work life and his married life (with the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Mavis Leno).
February 2003
![Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Oprah, and Nicole Kidman](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200301/images/omag_200301_oscut_90.jpg)
Three extraordinary actresses get together for a revelatory conversation about making movies, children, getting older, their raging insecurity, and their transcendent film, The Hours.
January 2003
![Oprah and Ralph Lauren](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200210/images/omag_200210_oscut_90.jpg)
The visionary American dream-maker who's turned a look (and a necktie) into a $10 billion empire talks about the fabric of his amazing life.
October 2002
![Phil Donahue](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200209/images/omag_200209_oscut_90.jpg)
A one-on-one conversation with the guy who invented smart talk in the afternoon and brought startling new ideas into the living rooms and laundry rooms of American women.
September 2002
![Brandy, Oprah, and Sonja Norwood](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200207/images/omag_200207_oscut_90.jpg)
The singer-actress, along with her mother, talks about how two determined women recaptured a life that was spinning out of control.
July 2002
![Oprah and Chris Rock](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200206/images/omag_200206_oscut_90.jpg)
The funnyman opens up about transcending race, why comedy is his calling and the powerful life principle that sustains him during his most difficult moments.
June 2002
![Oprah and the Central Park jogger](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200204/images/omag_200204_oscut_90.jpg)
For the first time, the jogger left for dead in New York's Central Park breaks her silence, telling us what she remembers, what she wants, and what amazes her.
April 2002
![Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200203/images/oscut_200203_90.jpg)
The actor and his wife on sickness and health, love and marriage, and their no-spin family ties.
March 2002
![Oprah and Condoleezza Rice](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200202/images/oscut_200202_90.jpg)
The former Secretary of State talks about her downtime (piano, football, shopping), her uptime (faith, unity, power), and why the terrorists have already lost.
February 2002
![Oprah and Rudy Giuliani](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200201/images/oscut_200201_a_90.jpg)
The now legendary former New York City mayor talks about September 11, his call to courage and his own inspirational calm after the storm.
January 2002
![Madeline Albright](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200112/images/oscut_200112_90.jpg)
Days after September 11th, 2001, Oprah talked to the former Secretary of State about how to heal after the horror that befell New York City and Washington D.C.
December 2001
![Julie Taymor](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200111/images/oscut_200111_a_90.jpg)
The Tony award-winning director, artist and roar behind The Lion King pounces on the subject of creativity: its spark, risk, and heart-stopping power.
November 2001
![Oprah and Quincy Jones](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200110/images/oscut_200110_a_90.jpg)
The consummate composer, arranger, and entertainment producer discusses life, love and what could possibly be next for the man who's done it all!
October 2001
![Oprah and Tom Hanks](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200109/images/oscut_200109_90.jpg)
The quintessential uncommon common man talks about important work, fun work, and the three words that work magic in his onscreen roles.
September 2001
![Oprah and the Dalai Lama](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200108/images/oscut_200108_b.jpg)
The spiritual leader tells Oprah why material things can't satisfy the soul, why compassion can, and the startlingly simple secret to having no regrets.
August 2001
![Muhammad Ali and Oprah](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200106/images/oscut_200106_b.jpg)
The Greatest, on fear, fame, Parkinson's, the power of prayer, his ringing legacy, and his knockout plans for the future.
June 2001
![Laura Bush](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200105/images/oscut_200105_b.jpg)
The former First Lady talks about life in the limelight, changing the face of our schools, and her marriage to George W. Bush.
May 20001
![Oprah and Nelson Mandela](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200104/images/oscut_200104_b.jpg)
The Nobel Prize winner talks about South African apartheid, demanding respect, finding love, and what he's learned about the art of peace.
April 2001
![Oprah and Bette Midler](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200101/images/oscut_200101_b.jpg)
Oprah goes heart to heart with the singer-actress and discovers that beneath that over-the-top presence is a down-to-earth homebody, crusader, wise woman, and funny girl.
January 2001
![Oprah and Maya Angelou](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200012/images/omag_200012_maya_66.jpg)
The woman Oprah calls mentor-mother-sister-friend offers wise words about the roots of confidence, the trouble with modesty and how to do the impossible.
December 2000
![Oprah and Elie Wiesel](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200011/images/omag_200011_elie_66.jpg)
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning author talks to Oprah about his masterpiece, Night, a memoir about surviving the Holocaust.
November 2000
![Oprah and Sidney Poitier](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200010/images/omag_200010_sidney_66.jpg)
The legendary actor opens up about what five decades in Hollywood have taught him, and why his biggest challenge has been to be his own person.
October 2000
![Jane Fonda](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200007/images/omag_200007_oscut_66.jpg)
For the first time after her split with Ted Turner, the actress opens up about what she fears most—and the life-changing promise she has made.
July / August 2000
![Camille Cosby](https://static.oprah.com/omagazine/200005/images/omag_200005_oscut_66.jpg)
Bill Cosby's fascinating wife reveals what helped her heal after their son Ennis's tragic murder and how she emerged from her darkest year to find joy.
May / June 2000