He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped.
He was light on the details and didn’t name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. And he was certain his “fate was sealed” when longtime friend, training partner and trusted lieutenant George Hincapie, who was along for the ride on all seven of Armstrong’s Tour de France wins from 1999-2005, was forced to give him up to anti-doping authorities.
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Jim Litke and Jim Vertuno
01/14/13 8:13 PM
Lance Armstrong ended a decade of denial by confessing to Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
The admission Monday came hours after an emotional apology by Armstrong to the Livestrong charity that he founded and turned into a global institution on the strength of his celebrity as a cancer survivor.
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Kim Kardashian tells Oprah Winfrey that her relationship with Kanye West is anything but a publicity stunt — it’s the real deal.
“We met almost a decade ago, we’ve known each other for a very long time, we’ve been friends for six or seven years,” the socialite explained to the talk show queen, as reported by Us magazine.
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Facebook Live -- the social networking site's live-streaming TV show -- may get a bump in viewership Thursday afternoon during an online discussion with one of TV's most famous personalities.
Oprah Winfrey is set to visit Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto on Thursday for a 1:30 p.m. online chat session, according to a Facebook Live event page.
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Oprah’s big family secret is out of the bag! After promising to share a shocking discovery from her past, the talk show queen delivered the big news on Monday’s show: She has a sister.The media mogul said she only found out in November that she has a half-sister named Patricia, who grew up in foster homes before being adopted at age 7. Oprah and her mother — who had never mentioned Patricia’s existence — were reunited with her on the show.
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Oprah Winfrey's network has begun not with a bang but with redeclared purpose by the Queen of Daytime for her much-anticipated cable-channel venture.
The Oprah Winfrey Network, or OWN for short, launched Saturday at noon EST with a one-hour preview special hosted by Winfrey. She provided a hearty wrap-up of the live-your-best-life fare she will curate across the network's schedule.
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Reese Witherspoon may be getting an extra-special holiday present: an engagement ring from her beau. High-powered CAA agent Jim Toth has been ring-shopping, according to Radar Online, and plans to pop the question to the Oscar winner “very soon.”
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