Whoopi Goldberg

Born in Manhattan between 1949 and 1955 (depending on the source), Whoopi Goldberg is a multiple award-winning American comedienne, actress, producer, television host, and author. From the projects in New York City, to Off-Broadway, to San Francisco and back to Broadway, she became an entertainment icon.

The recipient of some of the most prestigious awards in film, television, and theater, Whoopi Goldberg came to prominence for her starring role in Steven Spielberg's film adaptation  of Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple, and has since become one of a very elite group of artists who have won the Grammy, the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, the Emmy, and a Tony.

Goldberg is an integral part of the "Comic Relief" benefit concert series, which she helped to jump-start, directing the first and emceeing eight of the following comedy festivals to benefit the homeless. She is an avid humanitarian, advocating for children, the homeless, and human rights.

Whoopi Goldberg became a co-host on Barbara Walter's ABC-TV show The View in September of 2007, and will open a musical version of her hit movie comedy Sister Act in London’s West End in June of 2009.

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• Carrie Prejean Vexes The View With "Victim" Act [View Askew]

  
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  Carrie Prejean continued her publicity tour on The View today, where she became hostile while defending her right to express her Christian views on gay marriage, and continued that hostility when challenged about how un-Christian her sex tape is. Whoopi and Sherri bring up a good point when asking Carrie ...
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• Taylor Swift Spoofs Kate Gosselin On SNL (Video)

  
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  In case you missed Taylor Swift’s appearance on SNL over the weekend, you missed a pretty hilarious skit spoofing Kate Gosselin’s pointless PR tours, obsession with fame, and, of course, her infamous reverse-mullet hairstyle. Was Taylor mean enough to pull it off? Of all people to take a dig at Kate ...
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• Ian McKellen And The Dumb Broads Of THE VIEW

  
  Rama's Screen — Authority: 154
  Poor Sir Ian McKellen , he’s a fine, fine actor who didn’t deserve such treatment. He recently had to endure the stupidity of Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Whoopi Goldberg and the rest of the THE VIEW numbnuts. Those broads didn’t know what they were talking about and the worst part was that they kept talking. ...
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• Whoopi Goldberg Confuses Her Movie Wizards On “The View”

  
  Pop Crunch — Authority: 717
  Whoopi Goldberg was left shamefaced on The View Friday after she confused Lord of the Rings’ star Sir Ian McKellen with the wizard from the Harry Potter film franchise. The actor who played Gandalf in the hit trilogy was a guest on the when host Whoopi asked: “Are you coming back in Harry Potter?” Sir ...
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• Ian McKellen upset with Whoopi Goldberg

  
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  London, Nov 8 (IANS) “Lord of the Rings” star Sir Ian McKellen is upset with Whoopi Goldberg after she confused him with a wizard from Harry Potter movie on live TV.Mirror.co.uk reports, the actor who played Gandalf in the hit trilogy was on “The View” when host Whoopi asked: “Are you coming back [...]
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• X Factor Reject Rachel Adedeji Lost Because She Is Blacker Than Alexandra Burke

  
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  CONSIDERING all things black and white, Rachel Adedeji and X Factor, Yasmin Alibhai-brown asks Daily Mail readers: “Why are so many black and Asian women desperate to be white?” For our part, we don’t. But we suspect a Jewish plot. What say you, Yasmin? Coloured skin is considered a curse unless it ...
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• BEST DAY EVER: Unlike Whoopi, Doug Benson Always Gets His Gay Wizards Straight

  
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  Mariah Carey needs some work playing coy with Larry King , and Whoopi needs to study up on wizards if she ever wants Sir Ian McKellen back on The View . Thankfully Doug Benson was on his game in this episode of Best Day Ever : VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip ...
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• In case you missed it: Joel Osteen discussed his thoughts on gay people on The View

  
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  Perhaps it’s not the most fun on a Friday morning to start with a religious guy talking down the gays but Houston’s Joel Osteen did just that this week on The View. Whoopi respectfully asks his thoughts on gay people and while Osteen responds in a calm fashion, it’s clear he’s not a fan. No surprise, really. ...
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• Virgin Atlantic’s iPhone app is made for those who are afraid of flying

  
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  Virgin Atlantic is joining the “iPhone game” with the iVersion of their popular “Flying Without Fear” course. The goal is to get some press love (you got our attention), while…
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• Whoopi’s Oops on The View

  
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  It seems Whoopi Goldberg has the same problem I do - telling long-bearded wizards apart. Ian McKellen (that’s Sir to you) stopped by the set of The View to talk about Lord of the Rings …and ended up getting asked about Harry Potter instead. Specifically, he was asked if he was “coming back” in the next ...
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• Pastor Joel Osteen’s Sugar-Coated Homophobia

  
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  Pastor Joel Osteen is one of the most popular preachers in the country, and the author of several best-selling books that help people achieve "their best life now" and teach people how to practice a Christianity rooted in making money. Hes long been seen as a friendlier version of televangelist, an upgrade from the ...
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• Whoopi Goldberg Mistakes Ian McKellen For Another Famous Wizard

  
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  Sir Ian McKellen was on The View today to talk about his latest project. And according to PopEater, Whoopi Goldberg had some difficulty keeping her Harry Potter stars straight from her Lord of the Rings cast. He first got into a little heated discussion with Elisabeth Hasselbeck about flu shots and ...
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• Whoopi Goldberg Confuses Ian McKellen For Dumbledore; Do All Gay Wizards Look The Same?

  
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  Ian McKellen joined the ladies of The View this morning to field an unexpected question about whether or not he’d be returning to the Harry Potter series as Dumbledore , causing simultaneous heart attacks across two separate nerd nations. Every time someone else on the View panel messes up, you can ...
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  Foxs Shep Smith on "The View" this a.m. It appears the harpies liked Shep and he did a fine job.  Joy Behar emphasized "journalist" when introing Shep as "a rare breed of Fox News journalist" who "gives you the news without chasers." Why did Fox slam dunk the other cable networks on Tuesday election night? ...
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  For anyone who fears he or she may hold Hollywood studio executives in insufficiently low esteem, the Wall Street Journal offers this trend story : Soon to be starring in his own feature-length film with Universal Pictures: Stretch Armstrong, the pliant, muscle-bound doll whose roots go back to the 1970s. Big ...
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• New Virgin Atlantic iPhone app helps people with a fear of flying

  
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  Filed under: Transportation , Internet Tools , News I suffer from serious anxiety while flying . Ive tried learning about the mechanics of flight, popping Xanax, Ive even taken a flight lesson in an effort to cure my fear. Sometimes I can stay calm, but on other flights, for apparently no reason, Ill suddenly ...
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• WHOOPI GOLDBERG AT BRAVO – PARROT JOKE

  
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  This is the partial of Whoopi’s stand-up module during Bravo 2007. Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Reddit Buzz up! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Add this to Google Bookmarks Related ...
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• Whoopi Gets Her Wizards Mixed Up in Interview With Ian McKellen

  
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  Filed under: Movie News , TV News , Videos , YouTube Sir Ian McKellen stopped by The View on Thursday for a friendly chat about his latest project, but ended up schooling Whoopi Goldberg on the difference between Dumbledore and Gandalf. After discussions about his TV series The Prisoner and a ... Read more ...
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