Tyler Perry is giving Sister Act fans an update on where the development of the third installment of the film is at after Whoopi Goldberg talked about hoping to start production of the movie.
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Whoopi Goldberg and her co-hosts on “The View” tackled the racially fuelled attacks that have been hurled at HBO’s “House of the Dragon” and Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”, with racist complaints about people of colour portraying silver-haired Targaryens in the former and elves, hobbits and other denizens of Middle Earth in the latter.
On Tuesday’s edition of “The View”, Goldberg explained why the arguments of those attacking the shows’ diversity simply don’t hold up to logic, explaining that both shows “are not real,” and “there are no dragons, there are no hobbits.”
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“Are you telling me Black people can’t be fake people, too?” she asked. “I don’t know if there’s, like, a hobbit club, I don’t know if there are gonna be protests. But people: What is wrong with y’all?”
“What I think is fascinating is like, dragons are okay, fire-breathing dragons, and people with white hair that are born like that when they’re little, and violet eyes, but the Black people in it is just a bridge too far for these folks,” added Sunny Hostin.
“It’s just racist. Call it what it is,” declared Joy Behar.
Goldberg compared the furor to what she’s expecting when Disney’s new live-action “The Little Mermaid” is released, with Halle Bailey — who is Black — starring as mermaid Ariel.
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“Y’all are gonna lose your minds when you see the new Ariel. ‘Cause you know … there are many communities of mermaids of various colours,” Goldberg said. “And when I say ‘of various colours,’ I’m not playing. There are violet
Tyler Perry is giving Sister Act fans an update on where the development of the third installment of the film is at after Whoopi Goldberg talked about hoping to start production of the movie.
“The View” on Wednesday dove into the ongoing debate over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ stunt in which he flew two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants from his state to Martha’s Vineyard as a ploy to draw attention to the ongoing immigrant crisis on the southern border. While it’s been a hot-button issue this week with voices on both sides denouncing the action as questionable or even illegal – a Texas sheriff has opened a case against DeSantis to determine if he misled the migrants into boarding the planes and therefore broke the law – but conservative co-host of “The View” Alyssa Farah Griffin indicated that she thinks it’s time to move on and focus on a solution.
Whoopi Goldberg is sharing her desire to work on the long-awaited Sister Act 3 that was announced back in 2020. The View co-host welcomed Jenifer Lewis to the ABC talk show and reminded her that they still had the movie pending.
Trevor Noah does not have time for any racist backlash surrounding the recently released trailer for “The Little Mermaid”.
The voice actress for Ariel in Disney‘s original The Little Mermaid is showing her support for Halle Bailey!
Tony Goldwyn has set an all-star cast for his newest feature Inappropriate Behavior, with two-time Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale (Blonde), two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro (The Comeback Trail), two-time Emmy nom Rose Byrne (Physical), Oscar nom Vera Farmiga (Five Days at Memorial), three-time Emmy nominee Rainn Wilson (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story), EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg (Till) and William Fitzgerald signing on for roles.
previously announced as the star and major supporting character, respectively.Cannavale plays Max Bernal, a late-night comedy writer who tries and fails to parlay his success into a second act as a stand-up comic. After moving in with his father Stan (De Niro), he clashes with his ex-wife Jenna (Byrne) about parenting their young son Ezra (Fitzgerald), who is on the autism spectrum.
were dropped off Thursday at Vice President Kamala Harris’s D.C. home, via Texas and Abbott.You can watch the full discussion on DeSantis from “The View” in the video above.
Look at this racism… Isn’t it neat?
Whoopi Goldberg joked about that “The View” on-air mishap on Tuesday’s episode.
Whoopi Goldberg doesn't have eyebrows, don't feel bad — even those working closely with her have never realized it!On Monday, the 66-year-old opened up with her co-hosts on , revealing the reason she chooses to keep her face eyebrow-less. During a segment exploring the recent trend of celebrities bleaching and shaving their eyebrows, the actress explained that her mother was well ahead of the curve and first shaved off her eyebrows as a child.«I had eyebrows as a little kid and you know how men get those bumps? I started to get them on my face, so my mother removed them,» Goldberg shared with her co-hosts, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin.She added that she just «kept doing it because I don't know my face with eyebrows unless I'm working — they put them on and take them off.»Haines admitted she «never noticed» that Goldberg didn't have them, even after looking into the star's face on the program for six years.
Whoopi Goldberg has finally addressed something that has puzzled fans for a long time.
While it’s well known, you might not be aware that Whoopi Goldberg actually has no eyebrows.
Whoopi Goldberg was deeply unimpressed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s remarks Sunday, on which he chose to criticize Joe Biden despite it being the 21st anniversary of 9/11. So, the host of “The View” offered McCarthy some advice: “If you can’t stick to what the day means, then don’t get on television.”As the country observed the day in remembrance, McCarthy used his time on Fox News to say that in 2001 “we had a commander in chief that united the country instead of dividing the country,” as well as to criticize Biden’s foreign policy.
Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent Jennifer Hudson didn’t win “American Idol” 18 years ago — she came in seventh place. But it didn’t matter: She was soon destined for a tremendous, award-winning career. The superstar became the first and only “Idol” alum to win an acting Oscar, nabbing the best supporting actress trophy in 2007 for her stellar turn in “Dreamgirls.” Fast-forward to 2022 and Hudson is now an EGOT, having also won a Tony Award, Grammy and Daytime Emmy along the way. Now, she’s adding another credit to her lengthy resume: talk show host. Hudson will debut “The Jennifer Hudson Show” on Sept. 12, which also happens to be the star’s birthday. But why a talk show?
Whoopi Goldberg had had enough of newcomer Alyssa Farah Griffin on Thursday’s “The View”.
Hollywood royalty! Whoopi Goldberg has quite the reputation, both on and off the screen.