Kim and Kanye weren't the only couple out in NYC last night ... Oprah Winfrey took time out from firing her staff and re-tooling her OWN network to go on a dinner date with longtime lover Stedman Graham.

Stedman even showed some PDA by holding O's waist as they arrived at renowned ABC Kitchen restaurant last night.

After all these years, their relationship is still looking Rosie rosy.

Long before Stedman Graham was known by most as Oprah Winfrey's lover -- dude says he used to be a SERIOUS baller ... spending a few years playing basketball in a "European pro league!"


He's got more game than we thought.

Oprah Winfrey is finally talking about the subject that dare not speak its name, her longtime partner since 1986 ...  Stedman Graham -- revealing that he's still her "lover" and "mate."


In a Barbara Walters interview airing Thursday, Oprah says that despite rarely being seen in public together, Stedman is still  "the love ... the lover ... the man ... the partner ... the mate" of her life.

Oprah adds that she doesn't know of another man that could have lived this life with her "and still hold his own and be his own." Interestingly, OWN is the name of the Oprah's new television network.

Dressed like your average couple about to fly coach, Oprah Winfrey and her life partner of over 20 years Gayle King Stedman Graham jetted off in a private plane together from Santa Monica Airport on Sunday.


It's unclear where the couple was headed ... but it's pretty clear who paid for the trip.

Nothing but the best for Mr. & Mrs. Winfrey.

What the hell is Oprah's alleged longtime partner Stedman Graham doing entering President Obama's inauguration with members of his cabinet?!



Oh wait, that's actually Obama's Attorney General appointee Eric Holder.

Gayle King can rest easy again.

Oprah's finally ready to let Stedman sleep over – every night.

The talk queen and longtime beau Stedman Graham are finally taking their relationship to the next level and moving in together – after, oh, 20 years or so -- and tongues are wagging that this development could foretell the unthinkable ... an Oprah-Stedman wedding.

According to Life & Style magazine, the pair have decided to cohabitate, possibly in the $6 million Chicago pad that O just bought. The mag's source says Oprah is finally "happy to let Stedman have what he wants." An Oprah rep confirms the news. No word, however, on how O's BFF (and sometime sleepover guest) Gayle King will feel about this.

Miss USA Invited for More High Times

Tara Conner's got a head-bending gig lined up for herself – that is, if the whole rehab thing doesn't quite work out. According to Page Six, High Times magazine – that bible of all things mind-altering -- had just sent an invite to the troubled Miss USA, whose drug problems almost led to her being deposed, to participate in the Miss High Times pageant in Negril, Jamaica. Alas, the Donald gave her a second chance. "We wish her the best of luck," says High Times' Rick Cusick. "But we would like Tara to know that if the rehabilitation doesn't work out, she can still come down to Jamaica and party with us as much as she wants."

Diddy's Using Dog Fur on His Jackets

P. Diddy is using dog fur on one of his fashion line's jackets, and the Humane Society is barking loudly about it. A hooded jacket in the Sean John line was found to be using fur from a canine species called a raccoon dog, even though it was advertised as having an "imitation rabbit fur collar" and other materials called "faux fur." Diddy's not the only designer using the fur of raccoon dogs, which are often skinned alive for their fur. The fur is then mislabeled as being from raccoons. Diddy said yesterday that the jacket would be removed from store shelves, and that the jacket will be made with faux fur trim only henceforth.

Party Favors: Britney to Do Tell-All with Vanity Fair? ... Bono Made Honorary Knight ... Uma Breaks Hand

Britney Spears may do a "frank" tell-all interview with Vanity Fair magazine, says the London Sun newspaper. The pop tart might also reveal the first pictures of her son Jayden James to the mag. ... Rocker-humanitarian Bono will become a knight of the British empire after New Year's Day, but don't call him "Sir." That designation only goes to nationals of Britain or former British colonies. ... Uma Thurman broke her wrist on the set of her new movie "The Accidental Husband" in Connecticut, says Ben Widdicombe's Gatecrasher. The production will have to shut down an extra week for Uma's injury.

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