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While discussing the controversy over a Tennessee school district banning Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning and somewhat graphic graphic novel Maus in schools, Whoopi Goldberg said today on The View that the Holocaust was “not about race.” She got immediate pushback from the show’s other hosts and, shortly thereafter, from the Anti-Defamation League, the Auschwitz Memorial and the Holocaust Museum.

Whoopi Goldberg, 66, is facing a slew of backlash for the comments she made about the Holocaust and its relation to race on Monday, Jan 31’s episode of The View. The co-host made her bold statement while discussing how a Tennessee school district recently banned Maus, a graphic novel about a Holocaust survivor. “The Holocaust isn’t about race,” Whoopi stated. “Well, they considered Jews a different race,” her co-host Joy Behar clarified to which Whoopi responded, “it’s not about race.” “It’s about man’s inhumanity to man,” she said when asked to explain her stance.

recent ban of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Holocaust retelling “Maus,” Goldberg argued that the genocide was broader than a race-based injustice.“The Holocaust isn’t about race. No, it’s not about race,” Goldberg, 66, said repeatedly. “It’s about man’s inhumanity to man.” Other “The View” co-hosts were quick to disagree.

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Grevioux, the screenwriter and comic book creator behind the Underworld franchise, has partnered with filmmaker Erik Bernard to launch Gemini Filmworks, a production company backed by BondIt Media Capital. Their shingle focused on creating high-quality, low-budget genre films will also work within the mediums of television, comics and video games, among others.

The road to the Super Bowl continues for Matthew Stafford, 33, and the Los Angeles Rams. The quarterback and his team will take on the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship on Jan. 30, with the winner heading to the Super Bowl on Feb .13. Matthew started his NFL career on the Detroit Lions, after being selected by the team in the 2009 NFL draft. He led the team to the playoffs in the 2011, 2014 and 2016 seasons, and mutually agreed to part ways with the program in 2021.

Michael Bublé and his wife, Luisana Lopilato are as in love as ever.ET's Matt Cohen was on set of Bublé's music video for his new single, «I'll Never Not Love You,» where he talked about the concept behind the video and including his wife in the visual for his latest love song.«Well, I thought the song, 'I'll Never Not Love You,' was so special, that I felt it deserved a huge swing, I really did,» Bublé explained. «I knew it was ambitious and the concept was ambitious, but I miss the days of the grand, huge epic music videos, so my love of music has always been very cinematic. When, I write, the way I arrange songs, there's always this great cinematic aspect to it, and so I really wanted to be able to take this song and give it the love and the admiration I had for it by giving it a killer story.»The video is the follow up to Bublé's 2009 hit, «Haven't Met You Yet,» which also starred Lopilato as his leading lady.«15 years ago, you saw that my wife had a song that I had written for her where I meet her in a grocery store, and it becomes this thing at the end of the song that it's all just a daydream, and so I had this idea in the Michael Bublé cinematic experience, 'Why can't I make the sequel? Why can't this be the sequel?' So, at the end of the video, we find out that like M.

Gallery: Joy to the world! These famous babies were born in 2021 (BANG Showbiz)The ‘Ozark’ actress posted another photo on social media with some baby clothes, with one reading "daddy's super star", and she revealed they are having a girl. It was captioned "Arriving April 2020 #babygirl (sic)" The pair married in December 2018 at the Albertson Wedding Chapel in Los Angeles, just hours after Matthew popped the question.

Vampire Diaries actor Matthew Davis has welcomed his second child with his wife Kiley.The star, 43, and his wife Kiley Casciano, 29, welcomed their second baby together on Monday 24 Jan and have revealed the baby girl’s name. The couple are already parents to 21 month old daughter Ripley, who now has a sister named Dorothy Lavender Davis. Matthew’s wife Kiley shared the special news by sharing a photo of her holding the newborn in the hospital while smiling at her husband.

Matthew Koma isn’t above embarrassing his wife Hilary Duff for a little joke.

Homegrown Irish artist CMAT has exploded in the last 12 months - bringing a hilarious, authentic twist to pop music with a series of self-referential, country-influenced releases.

Whoopi Goldberg isn’t laughing atBill Maher’s jokes about COVID-19 precautions. The View co-host didn’t hold back, when discussing a clip from the comedian’s show where he made fun of different safety measures in place to prevent spreading the virus, including mask wearing and checking vaccination statuses. Whoopi, 66, made it clear that she thought Bill’s, 66, monologue jokes were “not funny” in a Monday January 24 episode of The View.

Noel Gallagher has claimed that Harvey Weinstein once stared at his wife Sara MacDonald “throughout” a meal at a Paris restaurant.As the Oasis founder recounted, he and Sara were dining at the same restaurant as the disgraced Hollywood producer a few years ago, and noticed that Weinstein kept staring at her.He told Matt Morgan‘s podcast: “We happened to go for lunch. Harvey Weinstein happened to be sat at quite a big table with loads of similar looking men.“He stared at her throughout this meal.”After initially believing that Weinstein may have been interested in casting Sara in a film, Gallagher then realised what the motive behind the staring may have been.

Boris Johnson is facing a make-or-break week for his premiership with his future in No 10 hanging in the balance.

ITV Dancing on Ice star Sean Rice has broken her silence after his death. Jodeyne Higgins has paid tribute to the DOI star on Instagram. ITV Dancing on Ice star Sean tragically died last week, with heartbreaking tributes flooding in for the pro.

Fight Club co-star Meat Loaf, who passed away aged 74 earlier this week.Sharing a still from 1999’s Fight Club where his character of the unnamed narrator is embraced by Robert Paulson (played by Meat Loaf), Norton wrote: “I don’t keep pictures from films around home. But I have this one in my office in a frame because it makes me smile every time.“It’s engraved ‘Love and Hugs, Meat’. It sums him up well.