Oprah to be honored at Daytime Emmys

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.