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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• BROTHERS & SISTERS "The Wig Party" Season 4 Episode 7

  
  Daemons TV — Authority: 123
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• Small Beast Showcase at The Delancey During CMJ: Theremin, David J, and David Lynch Covers

  
  Spinning Indie — Authority: 118
  David J at The Delancey in NYC My all-time favorite show during the CMJ Music Marathon this year was a showcase at The Delancey on Thursday, October 22, 2009. As part of the " Small Beast " series, this collection of acts played in the small bar area on the ground floor of the club. Downstairs one of the most ...
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• Neither a bi-national state nor a two state solution

  
  Israpundit — Authority: 626
  By Ted Belman Jeffrey Goldberg interviewed Hussein Ibish the author of “What’s Wrong With the One-State Agenda?” on on the Fantasy World of One-Staters . Ibish was one of the speakers at the J Street Convention. Ibish thought the J Street tent was too big to find a consensus and it would have to create ...
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• Fundamental Technology, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Networking — Session 4, AIW Going Freelance Seminar

  
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• Goldberg: ‘Lamestream media’ runs with 2nd-hand stress angle

  
  TheScroogeReport — Authority: 110
  Most news agencies avoid the possibility that the Fort Hood massacre was a terrorist act, says media analyst Bernie Goldberg While prayers go out to the families and survivors of those killed or injured during the worst mass shooting on an American military base, I can’t help but notice that the the ...
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• And they wonder why there arent more of them getting elected...

  
  LyfLines — Authority: 136
  Jonah Goldberg notes the tone-deaf quote of the day: Darr said he hopes having a registered sex offender in a leadership role doesnt give people the wrong impression about the Libertarian Party... Unfortunately, Im afraid this will give people exactly the right impression about the Libertarian Party (and this is ...
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• Andrew Sullivan: Gaza War Was "Immoral and Counter-productive. An Act of Anger and Vengeance And Cruelty"

  
  TPMCafe — Authority: 140
  Andrew Sullivan has been a life-long supporter of the State of Israel. His ardor for Israel was demonstrated weekly when, as a twenty-something, he edited The New Republic -- owned by Martin Peretz, one of the most extreme neocons in the country. No more. The Gaza war did it. This is what he writes today, "I ...
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• Interview: Adam Goldberg on His New Film (Untitled), Static Art World Culture, and Kicking the Bucket

  
  /Film — Authority: 765
  When it comes to a working actor who humorously perfects the modern guy as a hip scepter for perpetual thought and frazzled irritation,  Adam Goldberg holds the key to today’s conflicted kingdom. Like his characters dating back to a break out role in  Dazed and Confused and on to an ace performance in ...
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• Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Angel Orensanz (Droid party) pics, setlist

  
  brooklynvegan — Authority: 708
  words by Andrew Frisicano , photos by Chris Goldberg Yeah Yeah Yeahs played the Verizon DROID launch party at Angel Orensanz (the previously undisclosed location in NYCs Lower East Side) on Friday, November 6th. Music started at 9pm and was promptly over by 10pm. The band is playing Fever to Tell ...
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• A Little Trip to Heaven (2005) DvdRip

  
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• Whoopi Goldberg Confuses Her Wizards

  
  Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net — Authority: 562
  From www.mirror.co.uk (who tend to exaggerate every fact): Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen was upset on live TV after he was confused with another movie wizard. The actor – who played Gandalf in the hit films – was on US TV’s The View when host Whoopi Goldberg asked: “Are you coming back [...]
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• LAME STREAM MEDIA: completely disconnected on Fort Hood and Islamofascism

  
  The News Factor ... an informative online Conservative news magazine — Authority: 490
  MSM disconnectedness Post by Rick at wizbang Those who seriously follow journalism today, or what passes for it, will not be surprised by what follows but it’s something that needs to be discussed and passed on nevertheless. Despite reports of Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s Muslim devoutness, videos of him in ...
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• Ian McKellen Suffers The View Stupidity with Grace and Wit

  
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  Actors might make a lot of money, but at least they work for it with long hours on set, paparazzi insanity, exhausting PR tours, and the pressures of handling the same questions over and over and over again with grace and charm. But even more impressive is when they can be graceful in the face of utter ignorance or ...
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• The New Iran Man at the State Departments Iran Desk

  
  American Thinker — Authority: 784
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• Who’s the best Oscar host of the 2000s?

  
  Dave Karger's OscarWatch — Authority: 534
  All the talk about the announcement of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as next year’s Academy Award hosts has started me thinking: Who is the best Oscar emcee of the last decade? There have been seven: Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres, Whoopi Goldberg, Hugh Jackman, Steve Martin, Chris Rock, and Jon Stewart. Below I ...
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• Bill OReilly Explains Why Viewers Chose FOX for Ft. Hood Coverage: The Media Guard Has Changed

  
  mediabistro.com: TVNewser — Authority: 630
  Bill OReilly called out The New York Times , The Washington Post , Time , Newsweek , and CNN over some of their coverage of the Ft. Hood massacre -- which, in OReillys view, blamed the wars instead of the killer, Nidal Malik Hasan , for the rampage. "The guy is either a Muslim terrorist or a crazy person. Thats ...
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• Chart o the Day: We Went a Trillion in the Hole for THIS?

  
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  Spotted at InstaPundit:Click to bigg-ifyWhat could possibly go wrong in nationalizing one-fifth of the economy using a 2,000-page bill that puts Rube Goldberg to shame?
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• O’Reilly Lambasts ‘Despicable’ Media Coverage Of The Ft. Hood Massacre

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 799
  On Friday night’s episode of The O’Reilly Factor the host pulled no punches, launching directly into an especially vicious Talking Points segment aimed at Ft. Hood gunman Major Nidal Malik Hassan , but mostly the media’s portrayal of the killings. O’Reilly was indignant as he called out the “far left ...
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• What’s killing American Journalism? Goldberg Knows.

  
  insignificant thoughts — Authority: 511
  I got an email from a journalist friend this morning, about the big news of the day, the massacre at Fort Hood in Texas. Here’s what it said: “While the mainstream media is busy downplaying the shooter’s religion, just think if an O’Reilly or Goldberg book was found in his home or, God forbid, there was a ...
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• Death in These United States

  
  Stinque — Authority: 514
  There’s only one relevant question regarding Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Did he act alone? That was the lingering question Thursday afternoon, when the news talked of “multiple suspects” in the Fort Hood shootings. Big difference between a sole sorry nutjob and a conspiracy. But when the potential conspiracy ...
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