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Oprah Winfrey smiles as she listens to remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama as the president and First Lady Michelle Obama host the 2010 Kennedy Center Honorees at a reception in the East Room of the White House before going to the Kennedy Center on December 5, 2010. The recipients for the 33rd annual awards are singer and songwriter Merle Haggard; composer and lyricist Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; songwriter and musician Paul McCartney; and producer, television host and actress Oprah Winfrey. UPI/Gary Fabiano/Pool 
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Published: June 7, 2011 at 3:25 AM

LAS VEGAS, June 7 (UPI) -- Oprah Winfrey is to be honored with the Crystal Pillar Award at the upcoming Daytime Emmys Awards show in Las Vegas, CBS announced.

Winfrey this month wrapped up the 25th and final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" so she could concentrate on her OWN cable television network.

She will be presented with the Crystal Pillar Award "for changing the face of daytime television," said CBS, the network scheduled to air the ceremony.

Game-show hosts Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek are to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the June 19 event at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Anderson Cooper, Peter Marshall, Shemar Moore, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Penn & Teller, Rachael Ray and Meredith Vieira are lined up as presenters.

Also expected to take part in the event are Don Diamont, Daniel Goddard, Melissa Archer, Galen Gering, Tuc Watkins, Darnell Williams and Montel Williams.

Topics: Oprah Winfrey, Pat Sajak
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