It's a big switch from her Valentine's Day fluff piece, although as she says in her commentary, we as human beings do need to escape from the horrors we see and experience in this world. It is self-protection.

It is why Oprah's show goes from serious subjects such as a husband killing himself and leaving his wife penniless to soft topics like the sheets Oprah can't live without. She knows that we can only take so much bad news before we switch channels.

It's why Dianne hopes now that the WGA writers strike is over that The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will start having different types of guests, not just political authors and such. A celebrity can sometimes be a welcome change...