Dr. Phil: Oprah's Show Was Home For Me

Dr. Phil McGraw, who rose to fame appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and eventually launched his own TV program, is opening up to ET about the news that Lady O is ending her show in 2011.

“This is a very nostalgic moment for me. Oprah Winfrey is first and foremost one of my dearest friends and obviously the person who taught me everything I know about television,” Dr. Phil tells us.

“Her show was home for me for five of the most exciting years of my life. ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ is the gold standard and I know that she will succeed at whatever she chooses to do next.”

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Heidi Klum Takes New Last Name -- Hubby Seal's!

Heidi Klum finalized her legal name-change on Friday.

Heidi’s new last name became Samuel – Seal’s surname – after a Los Angeles commissioner signed off on the name change, says People.com.

The supermodel cited “marriage” as her motive for the change. Heidi and Seal have been married for more than four years and have four children together.

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Sarah Palin's Book Notches Big Sales

Publisher HarperCollins says the first-day sales for Sarah Palin’s new memoir are among the best ever for a nonfiction book.

The publisher reports that Palin’s book, Going Rogue: An American Life, sold 300,000 copies its first day out, says the Associated Press. Former President Bill Clinton’s My Life sold 400,000 copies the day it was released in 2004, and Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Living History moved 200,000 copies one year earlier.

ET was on the ground in Grand Rapids, MI on Wednesday for Palin's first stop on her book tour, where a list of rules for those waiting to get their copy of the book had been posted!

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Bond Increased for Erin Andrews' Accused Stalker

A judge has upped the bond to $100,000 for Michael Barrett, the man accused of surreptitiously filming ESPN reporter Erin Andrews.

Barrett, who was in a Los Angeles court on Friday to face one count of interstate stalking, has posted bond, his attorney tells the Associated Press. He was originally free on a $4,500 bond.

Barrett is set to be arraigned on Monday.

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A Look Back at Oprah's Best Moments

As news breaks that Oprah will be ending her famed "Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011 after what will then have been a 25-year-run, ET takes a look back at some of the most notable moments from the show.

Just in 2009, Oprah interviewed such notables as Whitney Houston, Sarah Palin and Elizabeth Edwards, and they, like most who visit Oprah's couch, told all about not only their successes, but also their struggles.

No one can forget Tom Cruise declaring his love for Katie Holmes by jumping on Oprah's couch in 2005; in 2008, Tom invited Oprah to visit his home in Telluride, CO, in an interview which highlighted the couple's domestic bliss.

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