Look back: 25 great 'Oprah' moments

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Oprah WinfreyLiberace's last TV appearance (1986)Racism in Forsyth County (1987)Oprah sheds light on the AIDS crisis (1987)'Diet Dreams Come True' (1988)Michael Jackson interview (1993)Oprah's Book Club launches (1996)Oprah's mad cow problem (1996)Ellen DeGeneres comes out as a lesbian (1997)Oprah and Dr. Phil (1998)The Mattie Stepanek interview (2001)Oprah's 'Favorite Things' episode (2002)Oprah and Dr. Oz (2004)The brand-new car giveaway (2004)Tom Cruise loves Katie Holmes (2005)Tracey Gold comes clean (2005)Oprah Winfrey endorses Barack Obama (2006)James Frey is in the hot seat (2006)Roadtrip! (2006)Oprah reveals 'The Secret' (2007)Tommy Hilfiger and the racist rumor (2007)Pregnant man Thomas Beatie (2008)Mackenzie Phillips talks about incestuous relationship (2009)Surprise flash mob featuring the Black Eyed Peas (2009)Sarah Palin visits Oprah (2009)Sarah Ferguson opens up about bribery scandal (2010)

Heaven help the person who makes Oprah Winfrey look the fool.<br>
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In 2005, Winfrey deemed author James Frey's drug addiction memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," worthy of her book club -- an honor with benefits akin to that of a winning slot machine. Too bad it was revealed in 2006 that "memoir" is not the most accurate word to describe Frey's book.<br>
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After the fallout, Winfrey invited Frey on her show and lashed into him by asking questions like "How much of the book is fabricated?," "Why did you lie?" and if Frey felt as if he conned his readers as she picked apart sections of his book. Frey admitted to embellishing some of the incidents in his book.

James Frey is in the hot seat (2006)

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Heaven help the person who makes Oprah Winfrey look the fool.

In 2005, Winfrey deemed author James Frey's drug addiction memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," worthy of her book club -- an honor with benefits akin to that of a winning slot machine. Too bad it was revealed in 2006 that "memoir" is not the most accurate word to describe Frey's book.

After the fallout, Winfrey invited Frey on her show and lashed into him by asking questions like "How much of the book is fabricated?," "Why did you lie?" and if Frey felt as if he conned his readers as she picked apart sections of his book. Frey admitted to embellishing some of the incidents in his book.

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