Oprah to appear on David Letterman!

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah, Dave. Dave, Oprah. The cold war between television titans Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman has thawed to the point where Winfrey has accepted Letterman's invitation to appear on the ``Late Show'' on Dec. 1. Letterman made the announcement during a taping of his show on Monday. Winfrey's appearance will coincide with opening night of the Broadway musical ``The Color Purple,'' which she is producing. ``What a big night that is going to be — not only for us, not only for Oprah, but for Broadway,'' Letterman said. ``You have the big `Color Purple' Broadway opening, and then right across the street here in this theater, you have Oprah appearing here. I mean, that's what Broadway is all about — it's a street of dreams.'' It's Winfrey's first visit to ``Late Show,'' although she was twice Letterman's guest on his NBC show before the late-night comic moved to CBS in 1993. The origin of their ``feud'' was murky, although Letterman has frequently joked about her through the years. Letterman's failed 1995 stint as Academy Awards host is best remembered for his awkward ``Oprah, Uma. Uma, Oprah'' introduction. Winfrey told Time magazine in 2003 that she wouldn't go on Letterman's show because she's been ``completely uncomfortable'' as the target of his jokes. ``This just gives you an idea of what a big, big star this really is,'' Letterman said on Monday. ``She's huge. Put bygones behind us, the water under the bridge, over the dam, wherever water goes — standing in your basement — she's going to be here on this show and it's going to be fantastic.'' Back in 2003, Letterman joked about wanting Winfrey on his show to hold ``the Super Bowl of love.'' Winfrey — who had sent an olive branch gift of books for Letterman's newborn son — called his bluff and invited him on her show. He declined. ``Here's what would happen: I would go on the `Oprah' show, and I would break down and sob like a little girl ... I don't want to have that happen,'' he said at the time. ``I'd feel ridiculous. I'd never be able to live that down, that Oprah would make me sob.''