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  • Top 10 Sesame Street Moments: To mark the 40th anniversary of the show that revolutionized children's TV, TIME presents the most memorable moments in Sesame Street history

    Top 10 Sesame Street Moments

  • Top 10 Cameron Crowe Moments: As Crowe's directorial debut, Say Anything , gets a well-earned 20th anniversary re-release, TIME turns back the clock and assesses the finest moments from his back catalog

    Top 10 Cameron Crowe Moments

  • Top 10 Oprah Moments: From her infamous interview with a love-struck Tom Cruise to an unforgettable car giveaway, TIME explores the talk-show host's most memorable moments

    Top 10 Oprah Moments

  • Top 10 Oprah Controversies: The pioneering media mogul has weathered her fair share of conflict. TIME takes a look back at 10 heated controversies

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  • Top 10 Posthumous Albums: To mark the release of Michael Jackson's highly anticipated This Is It , TIME looks back at the albums that brought fame and fortune to singers after they were gone

    Top 10 Posthumous Albums

  • Top 10 Unlikely Celebrity Albums: Bob Dylan's 47th album, Christmas in the Heart , was released on Oct. 13, 2009 — to much bafflement. In honor of the music legend's sudden foray into holiday cheer, TIME examines other celebrities' bizarre musical experiments.

    Top 10 Unlikely Celebrity Albums

  • Top 10 Game-Show Moments: It's been exactly 50 years since contestant Charles Van Doren admitted that his victory on the game show Twenty-One was rigged, but the industry remains as popular as ever — thanks, in part, to lesser scandals, slip-ups, bloopers and milestones like these

    Top 10 Game-Show Moments

  • Top 10 Concert Movies: With Michael Jackson's This Is It hitting theaters, TIME takes a look at some of the greatest concert films ever

    Top 10 Concert Movies

  • Top 10 Movie Catchphrases: The Terminator wasn't lying when he promised,

    Top 10 Movie Catchphrases

  • Top 10 Political Defections: Republican apostate Arlen Specter's move to join the Democrats has shaken Congress, but he's not alone. Over the years, scores of politicians have danced from one side of the aisle to the other. TIME rounds up the top 10 political defections in U.S. history.

    Top 10 Political Defections

  • Top 10 Celeb-Inspired Halloween Costumes: In the fame game, you're nobody till somebody makes a Halloween costume in your image. TIME takes a look at some of 2009's best straight-from-the headlines outfits

    Top 10 Celeb-Inspired Halloween Costumes

  • Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Moon: NASA has sent two probes on a collision course with the moon in hopes that the impact will reveal signs of water. That's right: water on the moon . A look at some more little-known facts about that pie in the sky

    Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Moon

  • Top 10 Public-Service Announcements: A recent Welsh ad warning against texting and driving is a viral sensation, but it's got nothing on Smokey Bear and singing pills

    Top 10 Public-Service Announcements

  • Top 10 TV Dads: To mark the 25th anniversary of The Cosby Show , TIME picks the 10 most memorable fathers in TV history

    Top 10 TV Dads

  • Top 10 Celebrity Grave Sites: As Michael Jackson is laid to rest in Los Angeles, TIME takes a look at some of the most famous celebrity memorials from around the world

    Top 10 Celebrity Grave Sites

  • Top 10 TV Chefs: As the Julia Child biopic Julie & Julia opens nationwide, TIME cooks up a retrospective of TV's other great culinary masters

    Top 10 TV Chefs

  • Top 10 Most Expensive Auction Items: As bidders prepare to battle for Andy Warhol's famous Michael Jackson portrait, TIME explores the priciest items ever sold on the auction block

    Top 10 Most Expensive Auction Items

  • Top 10 Innocents Abroad: Former President Bill Clinton's retrieval of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea captured the world's attention. But hordes of foreigners have gotten themselves into hot water overseas. TIME looks back at 10 memorable incidents

    Top 10 Innocents Abroad

  • Top 10 Worst-Dressed World Leaders: From Kim Jong Il's khaki unitard to Putin's bare-chested bravado, TIME examines the many fashion faux pas committed on the world stage

    Top 10 Worst-Dressed World Leaders

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