Sister Act News

When did you first realize that you loved Whoopi Goldberg? Was it with her brilliant Oscar-nominated debut role as Celie in The Color Purple ? Or was it her hysterical Oscar-winning performance as Oda Mae Brown in Ghost ? Maybe it was as the giant Frisbee-helmeted Guinan on Star Trek, doling out wisdom to the officers of the Starship Enterprise.

The musical version of "Sister Act" has a different vibe - a disco vibe - than the 1992 movie starring Whoopi Goldberg.

"View" co-host Sherri Shepherd appeared on Tuesday's "Fox & Friends" and told the hosts why she planned on purchasing a gun.

The Guthrie Theater today announced that actors Daniel Gerroll , Patricia Kalember and Whoopi Goldberg will appear in BEHOLD: A Gala Performance celebrating the Guthrie's 50th anniversary on June 22, 2013.

You probably remember Whoopi Goldberg's popular film Sister Act from 1992, an unlikely story about an aspiring singer who witnesses a murder and needs to be hidden until the trial - in a convent.

In terms of gender parity and/or proving that female audiences both want to go to movies and will support female-driven entertainments, no films have been as important in the last several years as Bridesmaids and the first Twilight film.

Actress Kathy Najimy, beloved for her turns in "Sister Act" and "Hocus Pocus," recently discussed her longtime lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy work.

Add a cupful of The Supremes, a mixture of Temptations and Four Tops, and a dash of the Rockettes and you have family friendly SISTER ACT , at the Fox Theatre ! Disco singer Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder by Curtis , her married boyfriend.

'The ABC show 'The View' has become the news comment place du jour as if you guys - meaning you fabulous women - were all Edward R. Murrow.

Among the shows coming to town: "American Idiot," the smash musical based upon the Grammy- award winning album by Green Day.