Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal pay emotional tribute to “brother” Robin Williams

This is something we never thought we’d hear Whoopi Goldberg say!

The prospect of working with Jessica Chastain under the direction of Michel Franco was enough to pique Peter Sarsgaard’s interest in Memory, but what really sealed the deal was how Franco had written his character, Saul. Since Franco rarely defines the character on the page, Sarsgaard was given the freedom to create a personal portrait of a man just beginning to struggle with a debilitating illness. Here, he explains how was influenced by a family member with early onset dementia, and why he chose to focus on the joy and humor in the character’s life, rather than the disease.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Whoopi Goldberg used the January 11 episode of “The View” to slam Fox News for perpetuating a conspiracy theory that claims the U.S. government is using Taylor Swift to control public opinion (via Entertainment Weekly). “There are real issues impacting millions of Americans,” Goldberg said.

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg on Tuesday warned her fellow co-hosts and the audience that failing to vote for President Biden would essentially be a vote for former President Donald Trump rounding up journalists and gay people. She described Trump’s views as “I’m going to take all the journalists, I’m going to take all the gay folks, and I’ll move you all around and disappear you.’”Co-hosts on ABC’s “The View” debated how young Democratic voters feel about the party, and whether America’s support for Israel amid the war in Gaza would make many young voters stay home.

Nominations for the 30th annual SAG Awards were announced Wednesday, with Barbie and Oppenheimer mirroring their big summers at the box office by leading the way with four nominations apiece in the movie races, while on the TV side the last season of Succession scored five noms to lead the field.

Jo Koy has been heavily criticized following his turn as host at last night’s Golden Globes. Following Sunday night’s ceremony, The View discussed the show during the “Hot Topics” segment with Whoopi Goldberg and Sara Haines defending the comedian’s talents.

Jennifer Lopez insists that her husband, Ben Affleck, is all good despite often getting photographed with a variety of facial expressions in public.“Ben is doing alright. You don’t need to worry about Ben, let me just tell you,” the 54-year-old actress told Entertainment Tonight during the 81st Golden Globes red carpet in L.A. on Sunday.Late last month, Affleck hilariously went viral when photos of him and Lopez Christmas shopping with their moms surfaced.

Sunday night’s Golden Globes Awards.Damon was sitting at his table without his tux jacket on, chatting away during a commercial break, when Affleck approached and put his arm around his old friend. Damon, wearing a custom Giorgio Armani suit, gave Affleck a big bear hug as they both smiled broadly.Damon was seated next to his wife of nearly two decades, Luciana Barroso, at the time.Affleck and Damon, wearing matching tuxedos, later presented the Best Director – Motion Picture award to Christopher Nolan for “Oppenheimer.”Nolan directed Damon in the big-screen blockbuster starring Cillian Murphy.

Five-time Emmy nominee Judith Light is taking home her first golden statuette tonight following her big win at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. She was honored for her guest-starring role in Peacock’s Poker Face, which also earned the NBC streamer its first Emmy.

Whoopi Goldberg has denied “insane” rumours that she’s on Jeffrey Epstein’s list.Earlier this week, the names of dozens of high-profile figures with connections to the late sex offender were made public with the release of court documents. Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton were among the associates as well as Michael Jackson and Stephen Hawking.Numerous online trolls had claimed that Goldberg was on the list and she dispelled the rumours on Thursday’s (January 4) episode of The View, branding the accusations “insane”.“Apparently they said I was on an island, and I’m like, ‘I don’t go anywhere,'” Goldberg said.“So I’m just going to say — and there’s just been a lot of stuff recently, I don’t know what I’ve done to anybody — but apparently there are a lot of the sites and they’re satire sites and people don’t realise they can be harmful.”Goldberg went on to quash numerous other rumours about her that was circulating online. “I never got kicked out of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant.

real on Thursday’s episode of “The View” while addressing the fact that her name appears on a “fake list” of celebrities that took a trip to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.The 68-year-old EGOT winner bashed conspiracy theorists and satire websites that spread misinformation to the public immediately after an avalanche of real court documents related to the late convicted pedophile were released.“Let me bring that up, the conspiracy theory folks,” Goldberg began. “I have to explain, because there was a fake list and I’m on it.”In response, co-host Sunny Hostin jokingly asked, “So you were on the island?”Goldberg quickly replied, “Apparently.” “I don’t know, they said I was on the island, and I’m like, ‘I don’t go anywhere!’ I don’t know what I’ve done to anybody,” she added, “but apparently there are a lot of these kind of sites that are satire sites, but people don’t realize that they can be harmful.”Goldberg proceeded to attempt to clear her name and address a number of rumors that have been swirling on gossip sites.“So let me just get my part out,” Goldberg continued.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor After a wild year that brought us an atomic bomb creator, a toy doll coming to life and an Indigenous woman’s fight for survival against her white husband, 2024 promises to be another exhilarating one with a slew of highly anticipated films and performances set to grace the silver screen. (See Variety’s most anticipated movies of 2024 for further proof) We’re going to have performers from long-awaited sequels (Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker: Folie à Deux”) and prequels (Anya Taylor-Joy in “Furiosa”), to anticipated biopics (Angelina Jolie in “Maria”) and original stories and characters (André Holland in “The Actor”). There are also performers from long-awaited adaptations (Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in “Wicked: Part One”) and ones from movies that have been finished shooting for quite some time (Mark Rylance in “The Way of the Wind”).

Britney Spears, Whoopi Goldberg and Prince Harry earned well-deserved spots on this list for bearing it all and not caring who hears or sees their outlandish posts or remarks. They say no press is bad press, and for many of these stars, their TMI tidbits got The Post talking — even if the general public begged them to stop sharing such personal details with the world.

Perhaps no single theatrical image sums up Broadway‘s 2023 more effectively than Jessica Chastain’s Nora leaving her dreary, unfulfilled doll house life to exit directly into the unlimited possibilities of an honest-to-god New York City street.

“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.”However, the Oscar winner, 46, won’t be signing on for the project to play Celia St. James.“[There is] zero possibility,” Chastain recently told E! News.“But I love how excited the fans are,” she gushed.She went on: “When I was working on Broadway, every single day, they’d be outside, when I was signing, with the books.

first gave a tribute to the comedian at the event, before honoring the “When Harry Met Sally” star, 75.“I want to acknowledge the person who should also be standing here with me is our brother Robin,” she said as she got choked up.She then pointed to an empty space next to her where Williams should have been.The “Ghost” actress then gave a sweet speech about Crystal, calling him her family.“You’re my big brother, and you have no idea what an honor it is to see you get your due,” she said. “I love you. You’re a mensch.

Angelique Jackson SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “The Color Purple,” now playing in theaters. As “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule and his star-studded cast made their press rounds ahead of the musical movie’s Christmas Day release, they paid a special trip to visit “The View” and Whoopi Goldberg, who starred in the 1985 movie adaptation of Alice Walker’s classic novel. It’d been nearly 40 years since Goldberg played Celie, an abused and uneducated Southern Black woman whose journey to liberation is at the center of Walker’s tale. Bazawule and stars Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks and Taraji P.

WISN 12 in Milwaukee, where Rivers earned the distinction of being the city’s first Black film critic on television in 1979, announced his death on Wednesday.The announcement applauded the Marquette University graduate for contributing “segments for the nationally syndicated PM Magazine, which he said helped Milwaukee go beyond stereotypes.”His sister, Betsy Rivers, later confirmed his death on Facebook.“Bobby passed away last night and is no longer in any pain,” she wrote on Wednesday.A cause of death has not been announced.The Post has reached out to Rivers’ reps for comment.Heralded as “Milwaukee’s Black, queer media pioneer” by Wisconsin LGBTQ news outlet Our Lives Wisconsin, Rivers worked as a VJ on VH1 in 1985 alongside Rosie O’Donnell. In 1988, he went on to host his own celebrity talk show on the cable music channel, “Watch Bobby Rivers.” He later hosted the late-night dating show “Bedroom Buddies.”In the early 2000s, Rivers hosted Food Network’s short-lived series “Top 5.”But fame was not without its drawbacks, and Rivers often received racist and homophobic attacks.“Nobody really knew this, but I did receive a lot of hate mail,” Rivers said in a July 2023 interview with Our Lives Wisconsin.

Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick and the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb have been awarded at the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors. Check out the footage below.The annual honours are given to figures in the performing arts for their lifetime contribution to American culture, and were held earlier this month in Washington, D.C.With President Biden in attendance, the show was hosted by Gloria Estefan, and featured tribute performances from artists including Gladys Knight, Missy Elliott and Michael Bublé.Rapsody played a version of Latifah’s ‘Just Another Day’, while Monie Love and MC Lyte duetted on ‘Ladies First’.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jessica Chastain started 2023 by telling Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live” that she was open to reading a script for the film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.” The Oscar-winning actor has long been fans’ top choice to play the title character, a reclusive old Hollywood star who reflects on her life during a final interview with an unknown journalist. “I do know there is an online thing about it,” Chastain said when asked about the fan casting. “Sure, send me a script.” Cut to the end to the year, and Chastain is officially closing the book on starring in a “Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” movie.