29 August 2008 6:20 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
He's only just become the official Democratic nominee, but it seems Barack Obama already has the celebrity vote sewn up. His moving acceptance speech at Denver's 2008 Democratic National Convention was watched by a bevy of cheering stars Thursday night. One of the most moved? Oprah Winfrey, a longtime supporter, who told the Associated Press, "I cried my eyelashes off." "I think it's the most powerful thing I have ever experienced," added the daytime queen, comparing his words to Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream Speech." (Fitting, then, that Obama's prime-time speech fell on the 45th anniversary
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