Both Oprah Winfrey and former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom honor from President Barack Obama.
The White House confirmed the awards on Thursday.
The medal is America’s highest civilian honor. Bradlee led The Post to its peak during the Watergate years, still considered the high water mark for journalism.
Oprah Winfrey is, well, Oprah. A woman who needs no introduction.
“Good God, how fabulous,” Bradlee told the Post. “What more can a man get? I feel terribly honored. What does a person do to deserve this kind of prize?”
The Post, meanwhile, is being sold to Jeff Bezos for $250 million.
Oprah, meanwhile, is starring in The Butler and making headlines for everything from her comments on Paula Deen and race to her mentoring of Lindsay Lohan.