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James Frey to Oprah: That Interview Was a 'Car Crash'

Rob Quinn — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:03:48 CDT

Oprah Winfrey is using two of The Oprah Winfrey Show' s final eight episodes to revisit what she says is the biggest controversy of the show's 25-year history. Author James Frey was back on the show yesterday, five years after Oprah gave him a very public dressing-down for having invented...

James Frey Returning to Oprah

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:04:48 CDT

Oprah Winfrey eviscerated him on her talk show (and later apologized for it ), but James Frey is ready to return to the scene of the crime. The author, who famously found himself the recipient of Oprah's wrath when it was revealed he fabricated portions of his so-called memoir, A...

Greg Mortenson Scandal May Be 'Tragedy' for Girls

John Johnson — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:46:05 CDT

The allegations that author Greg Mortenson isn't quite the humanitarian he claims to be smacks of the James Frey memoir scandal , with one all-important difference, writes Michelle Goldberg at the Daily Beast . Frey damaged only his own reputation, but Mortenson could do far worse. He is, after all, "the single...

Inside James Frey's Sweatshop-Like Novel Factory

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:17:05 CST

James Frey, infamous for angering Oprah with his "fake memoir" A Million Little Pieces , idolizes Vonnegut, Hemingway, and Henry Miller. He's the kind of writer who talks about wanting to "change the game" and "move the paradigm." Yet he's also the head of Full Fathom Five, a young-adult novel factory...

Top 9 Oprah Moments

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:42:57 CST

After 23 years of The Oprah Winfrey Show , the queen of talk has racked up quite a few memorable moments. In the wake of news that she's going to end the show in 2011, E! runs down the top nine, including Tom Cruise’s crazy couch dance, her car giveaway, James...

James Frey's Latest Creation: Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay Jesus

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:55:02 CDT

James Frey pissed off a lot of people—including Oprah—when his “memoir” A Million Little Pieces was exposed as fictional—but his new book might spark even more ire. Illumination: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible features a Messiah who marries gays, impregnates a teen, and later takes...

Oprah to Fake Memoirist: Sorry!

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:57:31 CDT

In a moment worthy of, well, Oprah , talk-show queen Winfrey herself had an epiphany while meditating—and called memoir faker James Frey to apologize for publicly eviscerating him on her show. “When I heard her say, ‘I felt I owe you an apology,’ I was very grateful,” Frey tells...

Fake Memoirist Frey Implies Dirt on Oprah

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:52:00 CDT

Does James Frey—who achieved infamy when Oprah Winfrey denounced his fake addiction memoir A Million Little Pieces —have dirt on the talk-show queen? That’s what he seems to imply in new novel Bright Shiny Morning , the New York Post reports. The paperback edition, out May 12, includes an omitted...

Fake Holocaust Memoir May See Light as Novel

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:25:02 CST

Herman Rosenblat’s Holocaust memoir was exposed as fake, but that doesn’t mean no one can profit off it: A small New York press is considering publishing the work as fiction, Gawker reports. Rosenblat, who even fooled Oprah a la James Frey, spun a touching but debunked story about meeting his...