"Anniversary of ""I Love Lucy"". In July 2006, Goldberg became the main host of the Universal Studios Hollywood Backlot Tour, in which she appears multiple times in video clips shown to the guests on monitors placed on the trams. She made a guest appearance on the situation comedy ""30 Rock"", in which she played herself. She is shown as endorsing her own workout video. In Season 4 of the sitcom, she counsels Tracy Jordan on winning the ""EGOT"", the coveted combination of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. Goldberg was involved in controversy in July 2004 when, at a fundraiser"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"in 1986 for ""The Color Purple"", and Best Supporting Actress in 1991 for ""Ghost""). For ""Ghost"", she also won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1991. In February 2002, Goldberg sent her Oscar statuette from ""Ghost"" to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to be cleaned and replated. During this time, the statuette was taken from its shipping container and later retrieved by the shipping company, UPS. She won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording in 1985 for ""Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway,"" becoming only the second woman at the time to"
"an Oscar, and a Tony. She has been in over 150 films, and during a period in the 1990s, Whoopi was the highest-paid actress of all time. It was reported that Goldberg's salary for the film """" (1993) was $7 to 12 million, the highest ever paid for an actress at the time. Goldberg has received two Academy Award nominations, for ""The Color Purple"" and ""Ghost"", winning for ""Ghost"". She is the first African American to have received Academy Award nominations for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. She has received three Golden Globe nominations, winning two (Best Actress"
"Whoopi Goldberg) in Steven Spielberg's 1985 ""The Color Purple"", adapted from Alice Walker's novel of the same title, as Ruth in ""Badge of the Assassin"" (1985), as Jewel in John Singleton's ""Rosewood"" (1997), and as Patience in Antoine Fuqua's ""Tears of the Sun"" (2003). She has also appeared on television in the series ""ER"". Busia is the author of ""The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel"" (Washington Square Press, 1997, ). She was one of three co-writers for the screenplay adaptation of Toni Morrison's 1987 novel ""Beloved"" for the 1998 film version of the same name directed by Jonathan Demme."
"name as part of his compound surname. His father was Puerto Rican and his mother was African American. He went to Lackawanna High school, earned his bachelor's degree from Binghamton University, his master's degree from Wayne State University and received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Buffalo State College. In 2003, he was the reader in Volume 13 of the HBO film, ""Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives"". The series was narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. He wrote ""Lackawanna Blues"" (2001), an autobiographical play in which he portrayed himself and some twenty different characters from his past, which was"
"Hagen at the HB Studio in New York City. She first appeared onscreen in """" (1982), an avant-garde ensemble feature by San Francisco filmmaker William Farley. Goldberg created ""The Spook Show"", a one-woman show composed of different character monologues in 1983. Director Mike Nichols offered to take the show to Broadway. The show was retitled ""Whoopi Goldberg"" for its Broadway incarnation, ran from October 24, 1984, to March 10, 1985, for a total of 156 performances; the play was taped during this run and broadcast by HBO as ""Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway"" in 1985. Goldberg's Broadway performance caught the"
"It was on this project that Spielberg also met his future wife, actress Kate Capshaw. In 1985, Spielberg released ""The Color Purple,"" an adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, about a generation of empowered African-American women during depression-era America. Starring Whoopi Goldberg and future talk-show superstar Oprah Winfrey, the film was a box office smash and critics hailed Spielberg's successful foray into the dramatic genre. Roger Ebert proclaimed it the best film of the year and later entered it into his Great Films archive. The film received eleven Academy Award nominations, including two for Goldberg"
"from a severe stroke. However, she later returned to the cast for five performances. The show closed on October 30, 2010. Goldberg is co-founder of Whoopi & Maya, a company that makes medical cannabis products for women seeking relief from menstrual cramps. Goldberg says she was inspired to go into business by ""a lifetime of difficult periods and the fact that cannabis was literally the only thing that gave me relief"". The company was launched in April 2016. On April 1, 2010, Goldberg joined Cyndi Lauper in the launch of her Give a Damn campaign to bring a wider awareness"
"been broadcast and screened at venues around the world, including the Sundance, Berlin, Chicago, Sydney, and New York film festivals. William Farley (director) William Farley is an American film director, based in San Francisco. He directed Whoopi Goldberg in her first screen role, in the ensemble piece """" (1981-2). William Farley was raised in Braintree, Massachusetts, on Boston's south shore in a working-class family. His early life included training as a commercial artist and as a sculptor. Drafted by the U.S. Army, Farley worked as an illustrator for an intelligence unit. Farley's first film was made in 1970. As a"
"as the pressures and demands of becoming an adult. The program debuted on UPN in January 1996, and soon became their most-watched show. The network decided to cancel the show after six seasons on the air, leaving it ending with a cliffhanger for a scrapped seventh season. Brandy was awarded an NAACP Image Award for her performance. In 1997, Brandy was hand-picked by producer Whitney Houston to play the title character in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s television version of ""Cinderella"" featuring a multicultural cast that also included Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, and Houston. The two-hour ""Wonderful World of Disney"" special garnered"
"since the 32nd ceremony took place at the Pantages Theatre in 1960. In view of the return of the Oscars to Hollywood, the Academy hired film producer and Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Laura Ziskin in September 2001 to oversee production of the telecast. AMPAS president Frank Pierson explained the decision to hire Ziskin saying, ""This show is one of the most difficult—if not the most difficult—producing jobs in show business. Laura Ziskin brings intelligence, experience and wit expressed in everything she has done."" This marked the first occurrence that a woman produced the Oscars solo. Four months later, Whoopi Goldberg"
"Awards. Goldsberry has had a lengthy singing and songwriting career, co-writing and performing more than half the soundtrack to the 2001 film ""All About You"", including the title song. She was also the grand prize winner of the 1997 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her rock music. Goldsberry wrote and recorded an album titled ""Everything But the Kitchen Sink"" (2001) and an EP titled ""Beautiful"" (2006). In October 2015, she appeared at the BET Hip Hop Awards, where she was one of two women to rap in the Cypher. In 2002, Goldsberry married New York attorney Alexis Johnson. In May"
"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"
"In the end, Albert realizes that he has mistreated Celie and seeks a friendship with her. The novel was adapted into a film of the same name in 1985. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Whoopi Goldberg as Celie, Danny Glover as Albert, and Oprah Winfrey as Sofia. Though nominated for eleven Academy Awards, it won none. This perceived snubbing ignited controversy because many critics considered it the best picture that year, including Roger Ebert. On December 1, 2005, a musical adaptation of the novel (based on the film) opened at The Broadway Theatre in New York City."
"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"
"showing the history of California through several recreated scenes, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg as Califia, the Queen of California. A bust of Goldberg attired in queenly raiment was the target of a projected image showing Goldberg narrating the story—the sculpture appeared to come to life. The attraction, at Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened with the park on February 8, 2001. It closed to the general public on September 7, 2008, and was open only to school groups until March 2009. It was demolished in July 2009 to make way for the construction of"
"Slim Fast and produced two television series: Lifetime's original drama ""Strong Medicine"" that ran for six seasons and ""Whoopi's Littleburg"", a Nickelodeon show for younger children. Goldberg made guest appearances on ""Everybody Hates Chris"" as an elderly character named Louise Clarkson. In November and December 2005, Goldberg revived her one-woman show on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in honor of its 20th anniversary. She produced the Noggin sitcom ""Just for Kicks"" in early 2006. From August 2006 to March 2008, Goldberg hosted ""Wake Up with Whoopi"", a nationally syndicated morning radio talk and entertainment program. In October 2007, Goldberg announced"
"just two blocks away from the theater showing ""The Real Thing"". It was nominated for three Tony Awards and won Best Actress for Judith Ivey. In 1983, Nichols had seen comedian Whoopi Goldberg's one woman show, ""The Spook Show"" and wanted to help her expand it. Goldberg's self-titled Broadway show opened in October 1984 and ran for 156 performances. Rosie O'Donnell said that Nichols had discovered Goldberg while she was struggling as a downtown street artist: ""He gave her the entire beginning of her career and recognized her brilliance before anyone else."" In 1986 Nichols directed the Broadway premiere of"
"in 1963 he received his Ph.D. from Adelphi University. In 1965 Goldberg became a professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles and retired in about July 2007. His newest book and his first in fifteen years, ""What Men Still Don't Know About Women, Relationships, and Love"", synthesizes the major points that he wrote about in his seven previous books, as he explores contemporary issues that confront men in their relationships with women and family. While originally seen as an author of men’s books, his writing has also become popular among women. His last two books, ""What Men Really"
"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"
"of the Challenged Athletes Foundation and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. In 1986, Williams teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal to found Comic Relief USA. This annual HBO television benefit devoted to the homeless has raised $80 million . Bob Zmuda, creator of Comic Relief, explains that Williams felt blessed because he came from a wealthy home, but wanted to do something to help those less fortunate. Williams made benefit appearances to support literacy and women's rights, along with appearing at benefits for veterans. He was a regular on the USO circuit, where he traveled to 13 countries"
"2017, along with Bonnie Bedelia, Caroline Rhea, Dale Dickey, Leslie Jordan, Ann Walker, Emerson Collins, Whoopi Goldberg and Katherine Bailess. The television series began airing in July 2008. It ended after one season. A colorful family from a small Texas town must come to grips with the accidental death of the elderly family matriarch during a clandestine meeting in a seedy motel room with her much younger, married neighbor. The woman's family must deal with their own demons while preparing for what could be an embarrassing funeral. In Fall 2014, Del Shores announced that he was working on sequel to"
"he held from 2005 until his death in 2017. Grey produced eight of the ten top-grossing films to come from the studio. Actress Holly Hunter won an Academy Award in 1993 for her performance in ""The Piano"", and was also nominated for her performances in ""Broadcast News"" (1987), ""The Firm"" (1993), and ""Thirteen"" (2003), as well as winning two Emmy Awards and receiving seven nominations. Jason Alexander would star in the long-running, critically acclaimed sitcom ""Seinfeld"" as George Costanza. Fisher Stevens would star in ""The Flamingo Kid"" (1984) and ""Short Circuit"" (1986), before turning to documentary directing, where he won"
"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"
"to publish the collection in book form and to donate the money he made to AIDS/HIV charities. In 2003 ""The Sweater Book"" was published by Thomas Dunne Books. The collection features photos of hundreds of people, including Whoopi Goldberg, Laura Linney, Glenn Close, Christopher Meloni, Noah Wyle, Maggie Smith, Jason Alexander, Stephen Collins, Sela Ward, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jane Krakowski, Hugh Laurie, Kristin Chenoweth, Bryan Cranston, Swoosie Kurtz, Tim Allen, Loretta Devine, Ryan Phillippe, Mary Steenburgen, Ted Dansen, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Carol Burnett and many more. During his time working on ""The Sweater Book"", Mosher was bicoastal,"
"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"
"June 14, 1977 to their divorce in 1996. They have two children. He also then lived with actress/comedian Whoopi Goldberg, whom he had met on the set of ""Eddie"". From 1996 they were together but they separated in March 2001. Langella published a memoir in 2012 called ""Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them"". In a review in the ""New York Times Book Review"", Ada Calhoun wrote that ""Langella's book celebrated sluttiness as a worthy—even noble—way of life. There was so much happy sexuality in this book that reading it was like being flirted with for a"
"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"