"started his successful career as a major film actor. ""Made in America"" earned mostly negative reviews from critics, holding a 31% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 29 reviews. However, Roger Ebert praised Goldberg's acting in the film and said ""This isn't a great movie, but it sure is a nice one."" Made in America (1993 film) Made in America is a 1993 American comedy film released on May 28, 1993 by Warner Bros. starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson, and featuring Nia Long, Jennifer Tilly and Will Smith. The film was directed by Richard Benjamin. It was shot in"
"Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She is the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting. Goldberg's breakthrough role was Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in the period drama film ""The Color Purple"" (1985), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best"
"her contributions to the Walt Disney Company. Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She is the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting. Goldberg's breakthrough role was Celie, a mistreated woman in the Deep South, in the period drama film ""The Color Purple"" (1985), for which she was"
"from Poland syndrome. While a guest on ""The Arsenio Hall Show"" in late 1988, he met actress Whoopi Goldberg, whom he described as ""a sexy, funny woman"". The two became friends, co-hosting ""Help Save Planet Earth"" in 1990, a video guide to saving the environment (Danson played himself, Goldberg played the role of Mother Earth). However while making ""Made in America"" in April 1992, the two became romantically involved—a pairing which was heavily featured in gossip tabloids such as the ""National Enquirer"". The couple also appeared on the Rock the Vote TV special that same year, as well as being"
"of ""Cheers"" had ended, the cast had moved on to other stages in their careers. Shelley Long appeared on the CBS show ""Good Advice"" before this episode, and resumed her work there. Ted Danson appeared in ""Made in America"", which opened in theatres soon after the episode aired. Kirstie Alley participated in the film ""Look Who's Talking Now"", the sequel to ""Look Who's Talking"" and ""Look Who's Talking Too"". Woody Harrelson appeared in ""Indecent Proposal"", with Demi Moore and Robert Redford already showing in theaters, and appeared in Oliver Stone's ""Natural Born Killers"". George Wendt appeared in an off-Broadway play."
"Black in America Black In America is a multi-part series of documentaries hosted by reporter Soledad O'Brien on CNN. The series is about various issues regarding blacks (African-Americans) which includes panel discussions on issues facing the black community, and a look at the culture of black families in America, men and women. It features exclusive commentary by music mogul Russell Simmons, Grammy Award-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco, comedian D.L. Hughley, award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, and actress/comedian Whoopi Goldberg. The program has been extremely successful. CNN.com’s interactive section for ""Black In America"" garnered over 2.4 million page views. The ""Black In America"""
"Star"", starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. Werman's producing credits also include key recordings by The Producers, Mother's Finest, Gary Myrick & The Figures, Jason & The Scorchers, Krokus, Lita Ford, Kix, LA Guns and Dokken. Werman's production style was sometimes described by critics as too clean and controlled for the hard rock and heavy metal albums that he has produced. In particular, the members of Cheap Trick questioned his production of ""In Color"", their second album, two decades after its release. Werman counters that the band always allowed him a free hand as producer, and that they approved the"
"the show writing that he ""has charm, dignity, wit, intelligence and, it's worth mentioning, he's a movie star!"" Cates also offered the role to performers Steve Martin, Bette Midler, and Johnny Carson, but they all turned down the opportunity. After several days of speculation, Cates announced that he hired Oscar-winning actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg to host the festivities for the first time. By virtue of her selection, Goldberg became both the first African American to host as well as the first woman to host the telecast solo. In an interview with the ""Los Angeles Times"", Cates explained the decision"
"a Comedy Series (Woody Harrelson), and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Rhea Perlman). In the 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards, Perlman was awarded as the Funniest Supporting Actress for her character Carla Tortelli. Unless otherwise, the main source of Nielsen ratings is the newspaper ""Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"". According to that main source, ratings of 1988-89 were based on 90.4 million households that have at least one television. Cheers (season 7) The seventh season of ""Cheers"", an American television sitcom, originally aired on NBC in the United States between October 27, 1988 and May 4, 1989. The show was created"
"Greta Gerwig Greta Celeste Gerwig (; born August 4, 1983) is an American actress, writer, and director. She first garnered attention after working on and appearing in several mumblecore films. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in a number of films by Joe Swanberg, some of which she co-wrote and co-directed. Since the early 2010s, Gerwig has collaborated with Noah Baumbach on several films, including ""Greenberg"" (2010), ""Frances Ha"" (2012), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and ""Mistress America"" (2015). She has also performed in ""Damsels in Distress"" (2011), ""To Rome with Love"" (2012), ""Jackie"" (2016), and ""20th"
"the feature film ""Different Flowers""..Shelley also appeared in the film Holiday Engagement in 2011. Long's first marriage ended in divorce. In 1979, Long met her second husband, securities broker Bruce Tyson. They married in 1981 and had a daughter, Juliana, on March 27, 1985. Long and Tyson separated in 2003 and divorced in 2004. Shelley Long Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as Diane Chambers on the hit sitcom ""Cheers"", for which she received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a"
"Whoopi Goldberg film ""Corrina, Corrina"". In 1946, Stevens married actor Hugh Marlowe. They divorced in 1968; the couple were the parents of two sons, Jeffrey and Chris.Stevens and Marlowe acted in the Broadway production of ""Laura"" in which, credited as ""A Girl"" so as not to alert the audience, she played the part filmed by Gene Tierney. On June 13, 1994 Stevens died at her home in Brentwood, California after battling lung cancer. K. T. Stevens K. T. Stevens (born Gloria Wood, July 20, 1919 – June 13, 1994) was an American film and television actress. Stevens was born in"
"How to Make It in America How to Make It in America is an American comedy-drama television series that ran on HBO from February 14, 2010, to November 20, 2011. The series follows the lives of Ben Epstein (Bryan Greenberg) and his friend Cam Calderon (Victor Rasuk) as they try to succeed in New York City's fashion scene. The show's second season premiered on October 2, 2011. On December 20, 2011, HBO announced the cancellation of the show citing failure to generate a large audience and buzz. Executive producer Mark Wahlberg expressed hope in an interview for ""GQ"" magazine in"
"studies conducted by external researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of its educational program for children, called MindUP. Goldie Hawn Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, producer, and singer. She rose to fame on the NBC sketch comedy program ""Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"" (1968–70), before going on to receive the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ""Cactus Flower"" (1969). Hawn maintained bankable star status for more than three decades, while appearing in such films as ""There's a Girl in My Soup"" (1970), ""Butterflies Are Free"" (1972), ""The Sugarland"
"in New York City. Tawny Cypress Tawny Cypress (born August 8, 1976) is an American actress. She has appeared in various television and stage plays. She starred as Cherie Rollins-Murray on the television series ""Unforgettable"", on the second and third seasons. She previously had recurring roles on several TV series, including Fox's drama ""K-Ville"" as Ginger ""Love Tap"" LeBeau, Simone Deveaux on the TV series ""Heroes"", and Carly Heath on ""House of Cards"". Her mother is of Hungarian and German extraction and her father is of African-American and Native American ancestry. Cypress was born and raised in Point Pleasant, New"
"four Emmy Awards. She left the series in 2002, and the ""Center Square"" was filled in with celebrities for the last two on-air seasons without Goldberg. Goldberg hosted the documentary short, ""The Making of A Charlie Brown Christmas"" (2001). In 2003, Goldberg returned to television, starring in ""Whoopi"", which was canceled after one season. On her 46th birthday, Goldberg was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Goldberg also appeared alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett in the HBO documentary ""Unchained Memories"" (2003), narrating slave narratives. During the next two years, she became a spokeswoman for"
"Whoopi Goldberg for the opportunity to work with Arthur Miller onstage. She worked with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in ""Father of the Bride Part II"". She went back to the stage and won the 1994 Tony Award for best performance by a featured actress in a play for the Broadway revival of ""An Inspector Calls"". She also won the Outer Critics Circle Award for best featured actress in a play in the Broadway production of Paul Rudnick's ""I Hate Hamlet"". In 1998, she starred in ""Happiness"" with Philip Seymour Hoffman, playing the role of Joy, a sensitive single woman"
"and marking Ingram's first hits; the album also incorporated ""Baby, Come to Me"", on which Ingram duetted with Patti Austin. He and Thomas Newman are the only composers besides John Williams to have scored a Spielberg theatrical film. Spielberg directed a segment of """" that was scored by Jerry Goldsmith. Marking Jones's debut as a film producer, ""The Color Purple"" received 11 Oscar nominations that year. Additionally, through this picture, Jones is credited with introducing Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey to film audiences around the world. After the 1985 American Music Awards ceremony, Jones used his influence to draw most"
"Top 100 best film characters. Goldberg starred in ""Soapdish"" (1991) and had a recurring role on """" as Guinan, which she would reprise in two ""Star Trek"" films. On May 29, 1992, ""Sister Act"" was released. The motion picture grossed well over US $200 million and Goldberg was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Next, she starred in ""Sarafina!"". During the next year, she hosted a late-night talk show titled ""The Whoopi Goldberg Show"" and starred in two more motion pictures: ""Made in America"" and """". From 1994 to 1995, Goldberg appeared in ""Corrina, Corrina"", ""The Lion King"" (voice), ""The"
"Jackie Swanson Jackie Swanson (born June 25, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her role on the American sitcom ""Cheers"" as Kelly Gaines, the rich and simple love interest of Woody Boyd. In 1985, Swanson made her professional debut in the Prince video ""Raspberry Beret"". She and Prince were friends. He wrote a song entitled ""Palomino Pleasure Ride"" for her. In 1987, Swanson made her feature debut in the opening scene of ""Lethal Weapon"". She played Amanda Hunsaker, who falls to her death from a building onto the roof of a car. She performed this free-fall"
"Whoopi Whoopi is an American sitcom starring Whoopi Goldberg that premiered on September 9, 2003, on NBC. The show aired for one season and ended on April 20, 2004. The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City. Whoopi Goldberg starred in this comedy as one-hit wonder Mavis Rae, a cigarette-smoking, alcohol-drinking, menopausal and especially opinionated hotelier. The former one-hit wonder runs her own small hotel in New York City - and does it any way she wants. Goldberg also served as an executive producer on the series. In 1986 Mavis"
"one granddaughter named Charlie Rose from her eldest daughter, Amarah Skye. Alex Martin Alexandrea ""Alex"" Martin (born May 9, 1973) is an American actress and producer. She was awarded the title of Miss Golden Globe at the 1994 Golden Globe Awards. Alexandrea Martin is the daughter of actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg and her first husband, Alvin Martin. Martin has three children: daughters Amarah Skye (born November 13, 1989) and Jerzey (born 1995) and son Mason (born 1998). Her first pregnancy was by an unknown father. Her second and third pregnancies were by her then-husband, Bernard Dean, whom she later"
"that the federal copyright law does not trump the California Celebrities Rights Act. In another, the 9th Circuit ordered a jury trial on the basis of publicity rights. The case resulted in an undisclosed settlement in 2001 to the actors. Norm Peterson Hilary Norman Peterson is a character on the American television show ""Cheers"", portrayed by George Wendt. He is named Hilary after his grandfather. Norm appeared in all 275 episodes of ""Cheers"" between 1982–1993 and was initially the only customer featured in the main cast, later joined by Cliff Clavin, Frasier Crane, and Lilith Sternin. Along with Sam Malone"
"of the original TV series, the play was adapted by Erik Forrest Jackson. It is produced by Troika/Stageworks. The director was Matt Lenz. It starred Grayson Powell as ""Sam Malone,"" Jillian Louis as ""Diane Chambers,"" Barry Pearl as ""Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso,"" Sarah Sirotta as ""Carla Tortelli,"" Paul Vogt as ""Norm Peterson"", and Buzz Roddy as ""Cliff Clavin."" The production is scheduled to tour through 2017. Cheers Cheers is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes for eleven seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions"
"Whoopi Goldberg. A ""The New York Times"" reviewer wrote that although the production had funny moments, ""the tone that defines the show is a glib disaffection for Hollywood"", lamenting that the show missed the opportunity to use more songs from films, and concluding: ""It's fine if Mr. Alessandrini wants to see Hollywood as the enemy, but you have to know your enemy to take good aim at it."" Alessandrini released an album to accompany the show in 1995. The album was released by Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc., was recorded live in Hollywood, and features the original cast members, many of"
"director at Star Acting Studios. Shadia Simmons Shadia Simmons (born June 28, 1986) is a Canadian actress, teacher, and director. She is best known for her role as Corrine Baxter in the television series ""Strange Days at Blake Holsey High"", her recurring role as Emily on ""Life with Derek"" and for her starring role as Piper Dellums in the 2000 movie ""The Color of Friendship"". Her first film was ""Moonlight and Valentino"", where she played the part of Jenny Morrow, the daughter of a character played by Whoopi Goldberg. She appeared in the Disney production ""A Saintly Switch"" and was"
"It is a craftily contrived piece of silliness enacted by competent and attractive people: Laugh In's Goldie Hawn, Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman in that order of laudability."" In her first major film role, Goldie Hawn, once described by ""Time"" as the ""dizzy cream puff who is constantly blowing her lines [on ""Laugh-In""]"", was praised in that same magazine for being ""a natural reactress; her timing is so canny that even her tears run amusingly"". Hawn's performance in ""Cactus Flower"" won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, her sole Oscar to date. The film presently has a score"
"Kushner made certain changes to his play (especially Part Two, ""Perestroika"") for it to work on screen, but the HBO version is generally a faithful representation of Kushner's original work. Kushner has been quoted as saying that he knew Nichols was the right person to direct the movie when, at their first meeting, Nichols immediately said that he wanted actors to play multiple roles, as had been done in onstage productions. The lead cast includes Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Jeffrey Wright (repeating his Tony-winning Broadway role), Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson, and Mary-Louise Parker. ""Angels in America"
"Rhea Perlman Rhea Jo Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress and author, best known for her role as head-waitress Carla Tortelli on the sitcom ""Cheers"" from 1982 to 1993. Over the course of 11 seasons, she was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress – winning four times – and was nominated for a record six Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. Rhea Perlman was born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, the daughter of Philip Perlman (1919–2015), a Polish immigrant who was a manager at a doll parts factory and Adele"
"television show ""Cheers"" in 1990, and became an executive producer for the show in 1992. During his tenure, the show won two Emmys and two Golden Globes. Long received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations in 1992 and 1993. After ""Cheers"" ended in 1993, Long formed a television production company with his ""Cheers"" collaborator and fellow Emmy nominee Dan Staley. Together, they created the television show ""George and Leo"", starring Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch, for CBS. They also created ""Love & Money"" for CBS and ""Men, Women & Dogs"" for The WB. In addition to their show creation work, Long"
"Alex Martin Alexandrea ""Alex"" Martin (born May 9, 1973) is an American actress and producer. She was awarded the title of Miss Golden Globe at the 1994 Golden Globe Awards. Alexandrea Martin is the daughter of actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg and her first husband, Alvin Martin. Martin has three children: daughters Amarah Skye (born November 13, 1989) and Jerzey (born 1995) and son Mason (born 1998). Her first pregnancy was by an unknown father. Her second and third pregnancies were by her then-husband, Bernard Dean, whom she later divorced. Martin and Dean remarried on October 15, 2011. Martin has"
"Russell has been in a relationship with her ""The Americans"" co-star Matthew Rhys. They have a son, born in 2016. Keri Russell Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress and dancer. She came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the WB drama series ""Felicity"" (1998–2002), for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Russell also starred as KGB agent Elizabeth Jennings on the FX spy thriller series ""The Americans"" (2013–2018), for which she received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. Russell has appeared in several films, including """" (2006),"
"frequently clashed over the course of the series, leading to many of the conflicts that drove the plot of each episode. Whoopi Whoopi is an American sitcom starring Whoopi Goldberg that premiered on September 9, 2003, on NBC. The show aired for one season and ended on April 20, 2004. The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City. Whoopi Goldberg starred in this comedy as one-hit wonder Mavis Rae, a cigarette-smoking, alcohol-drinking, menopausal and especially opinionated hotelier. The former one-hit wonder runs her own small hotel in New York City"