The Hollywood Reporter says Oprah Winfrey is bidding her longtime home, Chicago, adieu, now that her Windy City-based Harpo studios are transitioning full-time to their new location in West Hollywood. In a phone interview with Harpo offices in Chicago, Winfrey said that she will miss the city that has been the setting for her shows. The move will affect approximately 200 employees, who will remain on staff through December. Her network, OWN, will reportedly stop shooting its shows on Tuesday, but the media mogul is looking forward to starting fresh in California. Oprah’s new location will also offer the network a rich history. She said “The idea of being on the lot where Natalie Wood filmed West Side Story or Marilyn Monroe did Some Like it Hot, you automatically feel like you’re part of a community that’s larger than you.”
