Magic man David Blaine set a new world record for holding his breath underwater for 17 minutes and 4 seconds today in Chicago on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

“A lifelong dream,” a glad Blaine, 35, told Oprah moments after setting the record in a water-filled sphere. “I can’t believe that I did that.”

Less than two years ago, Blaine went into convulsions during a similar attempt. The previous record was 16 minutes and 32 seconds.

Blaine’s record-breaker will air on Oprah this afternoon.

Tom Cruise puts the squeeze on Oprah while filming a TV segment at Tom’s home in Telluride, Colorado.

One teaser question Oprah asks Tom: “How’s Kate’s family accepting you?”

After interviewing Tom, Oprah said, “I had a great time with him, so that’s on Friday’s show. And then we’re celebrating 25 years of him in the business.”

This footage will air on The Oprah Winfrey Show this Friday, May 2.

Then, on Monday, May 5, the talk show queen will grill Cruise, 45, from her Chicago studio about Scientology, his lashing out against Matt Lauer on the Today show and his wild couch jumping antics.

Oprah already filmed the first of her two-part interview with Tom Cruise at his private estate in Telluride, Colorado.

The Queen of Daytime revealed a few details to her audience of 4,000 during this past weekend’s interview with Tina Turner and Cher at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. And apparently, one of Oprah’s production assistants asked the audience not to leak out anything they heard saw.

One audience member revealed to E! “She had everyone repeat in unison, ‘What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’ several times.”

Same source spilled the beans on the interview: “Oprah said Tom gave her a ride on a snowmobile She also said that Katie and Suri were there for the interview, too.”

Cruise, 45, is grilled about Scientology, his lashing out against Matt Lauer on the Today show and his wild couch jumping antics. This segment will air on Friday and then on Monday, May 5, Cruise will return to Oprah’s Chicago studio to wrap up his interview.

The Jonas Brothers will appear on The Oprah Show today thanks to nearly 5,000 e-mails the show’s staff received from fans.

Their father, Kevin Sr., says his sons’ faith helps them keep their priorities straight.

“We’re not raising boys. We’re raising men and fathers and husbands,” he says. “It’s very important to us that they can live their dreams, but the first priority is that they’re good people.”

You can watch the entire Jonas Brothers appearance on Oprah here: Part I, Part II and Part III.

Or here are some clips: Watch the Jonas family joke around over breakfast at Oprah.com. The JoBros also perform their hit song “When You Look Me In The Eyes” here.

Thomas Beatie and his wife Nancy are a happily married couple and are expecting their first child. But it’s the husband, Thomas, who’s pregnant.

Despite having his gender changed from female to male, Thomas, 34, kept his female sex organs intact because he hoped to have a child some day.

“I actually opted not to do anything to my reproductive organs because I wanted to have a child one day. I see pregnancy as a process and it doesn’t define who I am,” Thomas told Oprah. “I feel it’s not a male or female desire to have a child. It’s a human need. I’m a person and I have the right to have a biological child.”

Click the links below to watch The Pregnant Man on The Oprah Show:

Watch here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7.