O What A Party!

This article describes the 50th birthday party and luncheon held for television personality Oprah Winfrey. Fans of Oprah Winfrey's talk show might have thought her live 50th-birthday show Jan. 29 was one rockin' party. Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder and John Travolta turned up as surprise guests, Jay Leno wheeled out a 400-lb. banana cake. Two nights later at a private estate in Montecito, Calif., Winfrey was back on the dance floor, bopping with girlfriends to "We Are Family" and getting her groove on with pals from Tom Hanks to Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to California First Couple Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Following the Chicago party and the surprise Oprah birthday show, Winfrey flew to L.A., where she was the guest of honor at a Jan. 30 luncheon at the Hotel Bel-Air. Winfrey got exactly what she wanted--and then some--at the gold-themed bash, for which event designer Colin Cowie created two outdoor venues: a Versailles-inspired dinner "tent"--made of drywall and glass windows--and "Club O," modeled after Monaco hot spot Jimmy's.