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Barack Obama and Whoopi Goldberg ripped into senior White House advisor Jared Kushner after he said the current president can only help Black Americans if they want to succeed themselves. The former president torpedoed Kuschner while on the campaign trail for his former VP and current Democratic nominee Joe Biden. “[Kushner] says Black folks have…

Whoopi Goldberg has revealed that she and film bosses are “working diligently” on a third Sister Act film. The 64-year-old actress played Deloris Van Cartier in the 1992 movie and its sequel Sister Act: Back in the Habit and revealed that bosses are “working diligently” on a project that will see her reprise the role.…

Whoopi Goldberg wants police departments to reteach cops “how to police” following the Black Lives Matter movement. The 64-year-old actress believes the key to tackling systematic racism is forcing society to make a change as she claims children are “taught” to be racist “without realizing.” Appearing on “Watch What Happens Live,” she said: “Well, racism…

Whoopi Goldberg blasted Meghan McCain during the latest episode of “The View.” During a heated discussion about Donald Trump’s impeachment, Goldberg and McCain threw jabs at each other. The conversation initially started with the panel discussing the difference between Trump officials refusing to testify in the impeachment proceedings and former Vice President Joe Biden saying…

Meghan McCain continues to catch heat for being rude on “The View.” One day after McCain was scolded by co-host Whoopi Goldberg for being loud and not allowing other co-hosts to speak, the right-wing commentator was blasted by presidential hopeful, Sen. Corey Booker. During an episode of the “The View” on Oct. 31, the panel…

Whoopi Goldberg lowered the thunder on co-host Meghan McCain during Tuesday’s episode of “The View.” The conservative McCain and her polar political opposite co-star Joy Behar were embroiled in yet another philosophical brawl on the Oct. 29 show. As in previous instances, the two began shouting over one another — this time about the presidential…

Music mogul Jay-Z is getting back into the drug game. This time, he will do so legally. The first hip-hop billionaire — who famously sold drugs as an adolescent in the projects in New York City before attaining music icon status — announced that he is joining forces with a cannabis company near San Francisco.…

Bella Thorne broke down in tears after Whoopi Goldberg‘s reaction to her nude photos. The 21-year-old actress released the nude snaps of herself to take her “power back” after threats from an alleged hacker, but the 63-year-old star hit back on “The View” this week and insisted Thorne should have known to just not “take nude pictures of…

Whoopi Goldberg reveals that she had a major health scare that nearly led to her death. The Ghost actress took almost a month off from “The View” in February to focus on her health and revealed a month later that she came “very close to leaving the Earth” after developing double pneumonia, a life-threatening infection that inflames the…

Whoopi Goldberg almost died from pneumonia and septic shock. The 63-year-old actress has been absent from her role on “The View” for almost a month after she took time off for her health and has now revealed she was battling pneumonia — which is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both…

Fellow comedians Mo’Nique and Steve Harvey nearly came to blows on the set of the latter’s daytime talk show after Harvey made a bold request that Mo’Nique found insulting. The Oscar-winning Mo’Nique (Precious) is flexing these days as the proud comedienne markets the fact that she has recently signed a Las Vegas residency. During her…

It was a year ago when Mo’Nique began her infamous boycott of Netflix because she believed she was being lowballed in comparison to her White female and Black male comedian counterparts. She was offered a reported $500K for a comedy special while the likes of Amy Shumer got $10M and Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle got…

Whoopi Goldberg will be getting her best hat ready because she’s headed to a unique wedding. “The View” host’s “granddog” is getting married. Filmore, the pet of her daughter Alex Martin-Dean, and Instagram favorite Izzy the Frenchie will tie the knot in a lavish ceremony later this month. Goldberg shared a photo of the wedding invite on…

Tiffany Haddish admits it is a dream come true to work with Whoopi Goldberg — because the Hollywood comedian is the person who inspired her own career. Goldberg, 62, plays the mother of Haddish’s character in the upcoming comedy Nobody’s Fool — which was written and directed by Tyler Perry. Haddish, 38, admits that every day…

It’s certainly been an uneven two decades for all of the true Lauryn Hill fans out there (myself included.) But can we just, for a moment, push past all of her habitual lateness, and the more recent Robert Glasper slander to remember one of the first moments that we all realized that Ms. Hill was…

Whoopi Goldberg is returning to “The View.” Goldberg previously revealed that her future with the daytime talk show was up in the air. “I have to do it, baby, because I have to go and grow,” Goldberg revealed to Wendy Williams last September. “I got stuff to do. I got movies I need to direct.…

The recent controversy generated by Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson over the latest film in the Planet of the Apes series has earned the wrath of Whoopi Goldberg. In the movie War for the Planet of the Apes, the character known as “Bad Ape” wears a distinctive blue vest. McKesson believes the movie was…

Is Whoopi Goldberg the new queen of shade? During the March 23 episode of “The Talk,” host Sara Gilbert announced the nominations for the Daytime Emmy Awards in select categories. When the time came to reveal who would be contending for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host, Gilbert oddly got a little tongue-tied. In fact, Gilbert…

Whoopi Goldberg takes aim at a news site for running a fake story, which “endangered” her life. During Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” Goldberg claimed she was targeted by a writer, who intentionally falsified a report stating she made derogatory remarks about the widow of fallen Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens, 36, who was recently killed…

It’s always a magical time at Disney. March 9-12, 2017, will be an especially exciting time. It marks the 10th anniversary of the Disney Dreamers Academy. The Disney Dreamers Academy is a power-packed, four-day event held annually at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, in which 100 select high school students, 13-19, are inspired to…