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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• Chris Albrecht Named President of Starz, LLC

  
  STAGE TIME Magazine | Stand-Up Comedy Resource — Authority: 131
  Liberty Media Corporation announced that Chris Albrecht, former Chairman and CEO of HBO, will join Starz, LLC as its President and CEO. He will oversee all of the Starz entities, including Starz Entertainment, Overture Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment and Film Roman and will assume his new role beginning January 1, ...
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• Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day [Clipjob]

  
  GossipFeast — Authority: 166
  Today at Gawker.TV, Whoopi Goldberg loves her weed, read more
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• Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day [Clipjob]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 863
  Today at Gawker.TV, Whoopi Goldberg loves her weed, Kathy Griffin shows us her lady-parts, Harvey Levins craptastic TMZ show, Teen Mom will scare your teenager out of ever having sex, and the most...
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• Photos and video from Epcot’s Candlelight Processional with Whoopi Goldberg

  
  Orlando Attractions Magazine Blog — Authority: 505
  Award-winning actress and co-host on ABC’s “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg was the featured celebrity narrator in the Candlelight Processional from Dec. 18 to 20. The Candlelight Processional is a holiday tradition which combines a retelling of the Christmas story accompanied by a 50-piece live orchestra and a mass ...
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• Barbara Walters has a new love slave. I apologize for that mental image.

  
  Snarky Gossip — Authority: 438
  SWEET BUTTERED MOSES ON A RITZ CRACKER. So Barbara Walters . I liked her a lot until she interviewed Steve Irwin’s widow Terri and intentionally made her cry on camera. Yeah, that was kind of the end of our relationship…..I don’t call her anymore, it’s quite strained. Anywhoodle! Babs has got herself a ...
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• Barbaras New Beau!!!

  
  GossipFeast — Authority: 166
  Good for you! Barbara Walters has still got it, even when shes pushing the start of 80! read more
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• Having Celebrity Friends Still Means Prison

  
  Jobseekers of America.com | Sarcasm from the Underemployed — Authority: 122
  I am so disappointed in Whoopi Goldberg and Al Roker, they wrote letters as character witnesses for Anthony Marshall in his sentencing.  Who is Anthony Marshall?  He is the 85 year old son of  Brooke Astor, the late New York philanthropist and socialite.  Why was he on trial?  He and his attorney, Francis ...
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• Barbara Walters: Down For The Count

  
  Chickaboomer — Authority: 449
  Barbara Walter is now hot and heavy with Whoopi Goldbergs former flame .  The 80-year-old ABC News stars new beau is a nine-years-younger  Count Dracula .  Frank Langella.   Babs took Frank to the Kennedy Center Honors in DC. Heres Frank in his prime in Bram Stokers "Dracula."
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• RIP Brittany Murphy

  
  Glamour Vanity — Authority: 441
  I still can’t believe she’s gone. Just Married actress Brittany Murphy passed away on Sunday morning in her LA home. She was 32. Brittany who suffered from diabetics and allegedly had serious problems with prescription drugs just like Michael Jackson , was found by her mom unconscious in the shower at 8 am and ...
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• Justin Bieber Dreams of Genie

  
  Just Jared — Authority: 759
  Still wearing his foot cast, Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber strikes a pose with Genie from Disney’s animated flick Aladdin at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Saturday (December 19) in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Other pics include Justin riding the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster with ...
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• Six Degrees of Teen Dramas

  
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  New to Six Degrees of Teen Dramas? Here’s how to play! Last Week: Whoopi Goldberg This Week: Robert Downey Jr. Good luck!
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• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: THE COLOR PURPLE

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 561
  On this day in 1985, WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES released THE COLOR PURPLE. Directed by STEVEN SPEILBERG (Happy Birthday, BTW!) from the best selling novel by ALICE WALKER, this movie took all kinds of flack when released but went on to become one of the most beloved and iconic films of all time to African-American ...
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• LTTS Gift Idea - Nelson Mandelas Favorite African Folktales

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 563
  Looking for a Christmas gift that gives back? Last year, Look to the Stars brought you a story about Nelson Mandelas audiobook of African folktales read by your favorite stars. We have now learned that the Artists for a New South Africa ( ANSA ) audiobook has been nominated for a Grammy! This selection of ...
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• This Day In Film: The Color Purple

  
  What The Flick | BET.com — Authority: 425
  On December 18th, 1985, The Color Purple was released in the U.S. The movie would feature an unknown Whoopi Golderg in the starring role of Celie , an already established actor with Danny Glover as Albert/Mister, and a local news anchor named Oprah Winfrey as Sofia. Directed by Steven Spielberg , The ...
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• Toy Story 3 to be released in IMAX 3D

  
  Film Fetish — Authority: 131
  IMAX and Walt Disney Studios today announced that Toy Story 3, the third installment of the hit franchise, will be released to IMAX 3D theatres simultaneously with its release on June 18, 2010. Toy Story 3 will be digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience with ...
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• Paul OGrady makes emotional farewell to Channel 4

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 965
  Paul OGrady makes an emotional farewell as his teatime Channel 4 chat show comes to an end - describing it as the best job in my life.
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• Joy Behar Muses About The Demise Of Womens Magazines [View Askew]

  
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  Youve gotta chuckle when she calls the people who run womens magazines "war criminals." But if she thinks women wont get "attacked" online, shes clearly never been to any gossip or fashion websites.
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• Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day [Clipjob]

  
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  Today at Gawker.TV, the cast of Jersey Shore sullies the story of the First Christmas by reenacting it themselves, Jason Segel s puppet-centric Rock Opera, MTVs Teen Mom , and a bastardized new version of Lets Make a Deal . Jason Segel Performs Puppet Opera on 1,000th Episode of The Late, Late Show ...
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• Gordon Ramsays Cookalong was half fun, half terrible

  
  TV Squad — Authority: 702
  This was not what I was expecting. I dont think Ive ever been as confused by a TV show while I was actually watching it. Maybe because Gordon Ramsays Cookalong was live or maybe it was because Chef Gordon Ramsay had to move at such a frantic pace to get everything done in an hour. Whatever the reason, I found ...
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• If you were a tree, what kind of grade would you give yourself?

  
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  The gals on the View discuss Oprah Winfrey’s White House interview of Barack Obama. What could go wrong? Barbara Walters gets things going by suggesting that Barack Obama should have had the common sense not to answer the question when Oprah asked hm to grade his performance. Not to be outdone, Joy Behar rushes to ...
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