Gayle King’s got it made in the shade. Thanks to her premium position as Oprah’s best gal pal, she’s got a high-post job at O magazine. Now she’s reportedly just moved into a cushy penthouse purchased in the name of Sophie, Oprah’s deceased dog?

From the NY Post: According to deed-transfer records released yesterday, a company called Sophie’s Penthouse LLC bought a $7.1 million full-floor sky palace atop the 36-floor building at 207 E. 57th St., reports The Post’s Braden Keil. It has three bedrooms, 31/2 baths, a large living room/dining area, and a 768-square-foot wraparound terrace.

We ain’t mad at you, Gaylsie. Milk it, mama.

Is there anything Oprah can’t do? Award-winning TV show, magazines, movies, radio, Broadway, upscale schools in Africa. By 2009, look for the Oprah Winfrey Network. No lie. The media mogul partnered with Discovery Health Channel to create an Oprah-branded TV station. They’ll handle distribution, but O’s at the controls for everything else.

“We’ll deal with topics such as money, health and relationships. I want to create a niche, a place where people can go to feel better about their lives,” Winfrey told reporters during a conference call Tuesday.

What next??? Man, if Oprah could buy the world and slap her name on it, she probably would.  Go, O!

Click here for more on the deal.

Even I find this hard to believe. But according to a story on MSNBC.com, Oprah’s will does not include her partner of a zillion years, Stedman Graham.

“Fearing that her estimated $2 billion fortune would be squandered in the event of her untimely passing, Oprah Winfrey’s leaving nothing to chance. The talk-show titan recently prepared her will, and according to the National Enquirer, she’s left a significant someone out of it completely. Charities and yet-to-be adopted children stand to benefit the most from the enormous estate, while Stedman Graham, O’s partner for the last 21 years, allegedly won’t see a dime.”

Stedman’s a successful author and motivational speaker, so he probably ain’t hurtin’ for money. But if I had O’s bucks, I’d leave my man a lil’ sump, sump. Even her beloved dogs are allegedly gettin’ some change. Dang.

Were you one of the zillion candidates who sucked up to Diddy in a You Tube video, in hopes of becoming his dutiful personal assistant? Well, the honors went to lawyer Heather Thompson, whom Diddy chose out of three top candidates on Oprah’s show Tuesday.

“It was just a passion, it was the way she articulated herself,” Diddy explained about Thompson. ”I think [she] understood what the job entailed. She had a background that was stellar. It was just the way she came across.”

From attorney to personal assistant? Heather must have a bigger plan up her short sleeve, right?

(Photo credit: George Burns/Harpo Studios)

Unless you’ve been living under rock, you’ve heard about the sexual abuse allegations going on at Oprah’s school in South Africa. The media mogul acted quick — jumped on a plane in a hurry, fired some folks, apologized and all. I just heard on The Today Show that she has given every girl in the school a cell phone with her DIRECT LINE. Which pretty much says, “If something’s jumpin’ off, call me!” Did she go overboard with this?

“America’s Favorite Dad” is Oprah’s guest on today’s show (Oct. 17), and you know what that means. Be prepared to hear about what’s wrong in the Black community, and in front of all of Oprah’s millions of white fans. The daytime diva will be chatting with the legendary comedian about his new book, “Come On, People,” and about the controversial remarks he made at the 2004 NAACP convention. Remember how pissed he was?

Just one of many quotables: “Those people are not Africans, they don’t know a damned thing about Africa. With names like Shaniqua, Shaliqua, Mohammed and all that crap and all of them are in jail.” 

“The only thing I regretted was I thought that I was talking to just my people,” Bill Cosby said, reflecting on the comments he made. “I said, okay, I’m gonna talk to my people and I guess there were some black people who saw some white people sitting around and then they decided that I was dragging out dirty laundry.”

Y’all know he’s a little right.