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Dec 4, 2007 12:23 pm US/Eastern

Oprah, Denzel To Appear On Cover Of Ebony

NEW YORK (CBS) ― Oprah Winfrey and "American Gangster" star Denzel Washington will appear on the cover of this month's issue of Ebony magazine, which details a behind-the-scenes look at the two's newest movie, "The Great Debaters."

The film tells the real life story how Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas, spearheaded the school's newly formed debate team into stardom in 1935 by leading the squad to the national championships against Harvard.

Winfrey is a producer for the movie, as is Washington, who is also the film's director and leading man.

The movie, which hits theaters on Dec. 25, was in the works for a decade, Ebony reported.

The cover is one of two magazine covers the two will appear on together, E! Online reported on Oct. 30. The other is believed to be Parade. 

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