Great Moments in Cher: 5 High Points You Won't Find on Her New DVD Set

Wearing that insane Bob Mackie outfit to the Academy Awards

In 1986, a year before she won for Moonstruck, Cher arrived at the Oscars wearing an explosive black feather headdress over a belly-revealing beaded gown. "As you can see," she quipped to the audience, "I did receive my Academy booklet on how to dress like a serious actress."

Calling David Letterman an "a**hole"

1986 was a big year for Cher -- she also made her long-delayed debut appearance on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman, and when the host pressed her as to why it had taken her so long to come on the show, she finally told him the exact reason. (Not long after, during a testy Letterman interview with Shirley MacLaine, the actress fired off, "Cher's right -- you are an a**hole.")

Sonny Bono's eulogy

After the death of her ex-husband, who by that point had been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Cher read a moving and occasionally funny tribute to him at his memorial service. What had been up to that point just another stodgy political funeral became, for just a moment, a glimpse at genuine human sadness.

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