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Tickets to Oprah Surprise Show Available at 10 a.m.

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 29, 2011 2:06PM

Tickets for a two-part Oprah Winfrey Show taping titled "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular" will be available to randomly selected registrants at Oprah.com between 10 a.m. today and 11:59 p.m. tomorrow. Executive producer Sheri Salata said, "As most of our viewers know, being surprised is not one of Oprah's favorite things." (We see what she did there.)

Salata isn't saying who she'll be surprising the Big O with for the taping, which will air May 23-24. But you can expect a lot of celebrities to genuflect before Winfrey at the United Center. We say if Salata really wants to surprise Oprah, have Kitty Kelley interview her.