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NEWS ABOUT: Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg stories: 16 news summaries
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 Who Will Be the Next Oprah? 

Rachael Ray, Sarah Palin, and other potential replacements

Nov 20, 09 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Who will fill the Oprah vacuum on daytime TV when the Queen of All Media leaves for her cable network in 2011? Mike Hess weighs the pros and cons of six candidates on PopEater .
  • Ellen DeGeneres: "Talked her way onto the cover of Winfrey's O Magazine ... coincidence
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entertainment • Oprah Winfrey • Whoopi Goldberg • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • Rachael Ray • Sarah Palin • Ryan Seacrest • Paula Abdul • daytime television • Oprah Winfrey replacement

Glenn Beck a 'Sack of Dog Mess': Whoopi

View host rips into Fox commentator for lying about Amtrak incident

May 20, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whoopi Goldberg unloaded on guest Glenn Beck on The View today over an alleged fabrication involving Amtrak and reserved seats, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “You were a lying sack of dog mess,” Goldberg told the Fox News personality. Barbara Walters said she and co-host Goldberg did not have... More »

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television • The View • Barbara Walters • Whoopi Goldberg • Fox News • Amtrak • Glenn Beck • lying • confrontation

(Newser) - You might have noticed something odd about the United Nations assembly room last night: Instead of a country, each of the 200-plus delegate seats bore a placard with the name of one of the 12 Colonies of Kobol. That’s right, the Sci-Fi Channel commandeered the frakking UN for a... More »

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United Nations • Whoopi Goldberg • Battlestar Galactica • Sci-Fi Channel • Edward James Olmos • Mary McDonnell

  Bambi Is Best Weepy: Poll  

Ghost edges out Titanic, and cartoons are well represented in online outcome

Oct 13, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bambi is the best “tear-jerker” ever, the Daily Telegraph reports. An online poll puts the Disney cartoon at the top of the list, and it should be no surprise: Even Paul McCartney credits the death of Bambi’s mother for his vegetarianism. Ghost, the sentimental story of the relationship... More »

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film • poll • Whoopi Goldberg • cartoon • Tom Hanks • E.T. • tear jerkers • Bambi • Titanic • Demi Moore • Patrick Swayze • Ghost • The Lion King

Clinton Takes
In The View
on Monday

Ex-prez likely to get warmer reception than McCains did last week

Sep 19, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton is scheduled to appear Monday on The View, where he hopes to get a more friendly reception than John and Cindy McCain did Sept. 12. The GOP candidate and his wife are still fuming about their treatment, the New York Post reports, with the wife of the Republican... More »

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John McCain • The View • Bill Clinton • Whoopi Goldberg • Cindy McCain

Whoopi Reduces Hasselbeck to Tears Over N-Word

Heated face-off sparked by Jackson gaffe 

Jul 18, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A heated discussion of the N-word between View co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Elisabeth Hasselbeck ended in tears yesterday. Goldberg argued that black people should use the term to rob it of its power—and kept TV censors busy with her repeated use of the word. Hasselbeck fretted over how to... More »

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The View • Whoopi Goldberg • Elizabeth Hasselbeck • talk show • racial slurs

'Project Runway' Winner to Dress Whoopi for Tonys

Christian Siriano will design the primetime duds for host Whoopi Goldberg

May 27, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Flamboyant "Project Runway" winner Christian Siriano—he of the "bi-level fashion hawk" updo—describes himself as a "musical theater kid who loved costumes." For his next challenge he'll be right at home, then, designing Whoopi Goldberg's outfits when she hosts the Tony Awards next month in... More »

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fashion • New York City • Tony Awards • Whoopi Goldberg • Project Runway • Christian Siriano

 Speech Sparks Candor on Race 

Churches, advocates, universities say race taboos have been lifted

Mar 20, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - While a verdict on the political wisdom of Barack Obama’s race address might be months in the coming, the speech has sparked a national conversation on the topic, the New York Times reports—with universities, churches and TV commentators chiming in. The Tuesday speech is the top video on... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • race • Bill O'Reilly • Barbara Walters • Whoopi Goldberg

Friends Rally
to Support Swayze

News of actor's pancreatic cancer
stuns Hollywood

Mar 6, 08 10:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze's celebrity friends are offering encouragement to the actor a day after news broke that the Dirty Dancing and Ghost star has pancreatic cancer, Access Hollywood reports. “I won an Oscar because of Patrick Swayze," said Ghost co-star Whoopi Goldberg on The View. "So baby, we... More »

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cancer • Whoopi Goldberg • pancreatic cancer • Patrick Swayze • Dirty Dancing • Pancreatic Cancer Action Network • Jennifer Grey • Ghost

Hasselbeck Returning
to 'The View'

Rosie O'Donnell's right-wing rival back from maternity leave

Jan 4, 08 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Conservative TV co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck will return to "The View" on Monday after a two-month maternity leave—and she'll be bringing her new son, Taylor Thomas, with her. Hasselbeck infamously had it out on the air with liberal co-host Rosie O'Donnell over the war in Iraq shortly before the... More »

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The View • Barbara Walters • Whoopi Goldberg • Elizabeth Hasselbeck • Sherri Shepherd • daytime talk show • Joy Behar • Iraq war • maternity leave

I Like Ike,
Says Spector, But I Hate
His Enemies

Eulogy takes aim at Tina, Oprah, others

Dec 22, 07 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Phil Spector gave an impromptu and rambling—but highly entertaining—eulogy at pal Ike Turner's funeral in which he took potshots at Tina, Oprah, Whoopi, and even Eric Clapton, Fox News reports. Spector glorified Turner—“Ike could play circles around Eric Clapton and Eric knew it”—and vilified... More »

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Phil Spector • Oprah Winfrey • Whoopi Goldberg • Oprah's Book Club • Ike Turner • Tina Turner

OPINION

Black Families Need Their
40 Acres

The ticket to black success is property ownership, says Gates

Nov 18, 07 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With a poll last week showing that African Americans no longer think of themselves as a "single race," Henry Louis Gates Jr explores causes of  the widening gap between middle class and poor blacks. His study of 20 highly successful African Americans, from Oprah to Whoopi to... More »

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African Americans • Oprah Winfrey • Whoopi Goldberg • poverty • homeownership • slavery • values • Frederick Douglass • homeowners

Oprah Throws Star Power Behind Obama

Fundraiser at Winfrey's estate pulls $3M for candidate

Sep 9, 07 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey made her first foray into politics yesterday when she hosted a massive fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama at her California estate, pulling in an estimated $3 million, a record for the senator. Obama rubbed shoulders with Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg; Stevie Wonder performed.  Winfrey told her... More »

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Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey • Whoopi Goldberg • Stevie Wonder • campaign fundraising • Chris Rock • Election 2008

Whoopi Muted in ‘View’ Debut

Co-hosts outshout Rosie's replacement
on everything
except dogfighting

Sep 5, 07 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Whoopi Goldberg era on "The View" began with little resemblance to Rosie O'Donnell's, as Goldberg struggled to get a word in edgewise in her debut yesterday. The Oscar-winning comic was lost in mindless patter and jarring segues, with "I don't know if that's a good idea" perhaps... More »

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The View • Rosie O'Donnell • Michael Vick • Whoopi Goldberg • dogfighting • Joy Behar

Whoopi Joins
'The View'

Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd
get in on the girltalk

Jul 27, 07 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whoopi Goldberg and comedian Sherri Shepherd will be adding their views to daytime television this fall. "The View” will announce the new additions next week, the LA Times reports, two months after Rosie O’Donnell’s acrimonious departure.  More »

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television • New York • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • Barbara Walters • ABC • Meredith Vieira • Whoopi Goldberg • Sherri Shepherd • Star Jones

Roseanne Eyed as New Rosie

She has a big enough mouth, if outspoken still suits "The View"

May 1, 07 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - They can gab all they want about Elisabeth Hasselbeck's second pregnancy; it's Rosie's successor come June "The View" stalwarts are obsessing over. The Post claims the smart money is on Roseanne Barr—talk about typecasting—but other names circulating include Whoopi Goldberg, Connie Chung, and  Kathie Lee Gifford. More »

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television • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • Roseanne Barr • Whoopi Goldberg • Connie Chung • Kathie Lee Gifford • rumor

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