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Winfrey: 25 years of 'Oprah' feels right ... Artist Jeanne-Claude dead at 74 ... Guild to honor 'Precious' producers ... Blur wins award for Glastonbury gig ... News from United Press International.

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Miley Cyrus's manager said the teen pop star and actress was not on the tour bus involved in a fatal crash Friday outside of Richmond, Va.

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The alternative rock band Blur has won the award for best headline performance of 2009 for its closing-night set at the Glastonbury music festival last June.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A tearful Oprah Winfrey Friday confirmed rumors she will end her long-running television talkfest in 2011, saying the time to quit "feels right."

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Producers Guild of America says it plans to honor "Precious: Based on the Novel By Sapphire" with the 2010 Stanley Kramer Award.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Artist Jeanne-Claude has died in New York as the result of complications due to a ruptured brain aneurysm, a message posted on her Web site said. She was 74.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Actor James Van Der Beek and his wife, actress Heather Ann McComb, are divorcing after nearly six years of marriage, court records filed in Los Angeles show.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Mary J. Blige, Neil Diamond, Sugarland, Rob Thomas and Usher have signed up to perform at the "Christmas in Washington" concert, TNT said.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Disney studio has postponed indefinitely production on the adventure film "Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Variety reported.

CULVER CITY, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group says it has signed a three-year marketing and distribution deal with CBS Films.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. director Chris Weitz says the process of helming films is so exhausting he might only make one more in his career.

SEATTLE, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Amazon.com says Scottish singer Susan Boyle's upcoming album, "I Dreamed a Dream," is the largest global CD pre-order in the Web site's history.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The pop music duo Daryl Hall and John Oates have signed on to "play" themselves on the animated U.S. comedy, "The Cleveland Show," Legacy Recordings said.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The rock band Nickelback said Thursday it has added several 2010 dates to its Dark Horse North American concert tour.

CHICAGO, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Oprah Winfrey plans to end her U.S. talk show in September 2011 after 25 years on the air, her production company said Thursday.