New York, November 21, 2005 – Apparently we weren’t alone in appreciating the brilliance of Oprah Winfrey’s dramatic performance outside a Paris Hermes boutique last summer. The American talk-show icon received an award at the International Emmy Awards gala on Monday, which honor excellence in television programming produced outside the United States. Brava, Oprah!

Hosted by British television personality Graham Norton, guests included Vivica A. Fox, Danny Glover, "Soprano" Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who apparently hasn’t spent one night at home since splitting with her husband, and Morgan Spurlock, who showed the world why Americans are so fat in his documentary "Super Size Me". British actress Helen Mirren was all tied up in a romance novel-worthy bodice-ripper of a dress. Not to be outdone, Yank Bebe Neuwirth trotted around in a dress so tiny, she needed some pants.