Whoopi Goldberg News

On this week's THE VIEW, guest Kurt Russell spoke to the co-hosts about his role in Quentin Tarantino's new film "The Hateful Eight" in which he plays The Hangman.

Darlene Love stopped by ABC's THE VIEW to perform the Christmas classic, 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' with a little help from the co-hosts.

Today ABC Family confirmed cast for the scripted comedy “Nicki.” Ariana Neal (“Get Hard,” “Fruitvale Station”) will play Nicki, a role inspired by Nicki Minaj in her early years before she became a Grammy Award-nominated, multiplatinum superstar; Selita Ebanks (“Real Husbands of Hollywood“) will play the role of Grace, Nicki's mom; Wesley Jonathan (“The Soul Man”) will play Vincent, Nicki and Jaylen's father; and McCarrie McCausland (“Army Wives,” “The Originals”) is cast as Jaylen, Nicki's older brother. Whoopi Goldberg will guest star as Nicki's neighbor, Miss Martha. Minaj is executive producer and will also appear in the show. ABC Family is becoming Freeform on January 12, 2016.

GRAMMY award-winner Kenny Rogers brings his Once Again It's Christmas Tour, featuring Linda Davis, to Valley Forge Casino Resort (1160 First Avenue) tonight, December 18, 2015. Nineteen years after performing the farewell concert for the original Valley Forge Music Fair, Rogers returns for the Fair's grand revival. Rogers will perform holiday favorites, plus many of the 24 number one singles the country-pop singer has recorded throughout his 50-plus-year career. Doors will open at 7:00pm, with the show starting at 8:00pm. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster for $59.00 to $99.00 each.

On last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE on Bravo, host Andy Cohen asked his guest, comedian and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg if she plans on ever doing another one-woman show on Broadway.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/variety show, will return to JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater for two shows -- Sunday, December 20 at 9:30 PM and Monday, December 21 at 7:00 PM -- for the Seventh Annual Holiday Spectacular. Sunday's 9:30 PM show will feature Cole Escola, Molly Pope, Aaron Jackson, Liam Forde and Dane Terry. The Monday 7:00 PM show will feature Shaina Taub, Aaron Weinstein, Mark Nadler, Molly Pope, Dane Terry, and Rob Maitner.  Tracy Stark serves as the show's Music Director.

It might just be the funniest musical ever written! A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM makes its Civic Arts Plaza debut! This hilarious mixture of slapstick, farce, mistaken identity, music and dance has to be seen live to be believed! The winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED... has enjoyed two successful Broadway revivals, and has showcased generations of comic actors from Zero Mostel and Phil Silvers to Nathan Lane and Whoopi Goldberg. Cabrillo Music Theatre's brand-new production opens on Friday, January 29th, 2016 playing until Sunday, February 14th, at the 396-seat Scherr Forum at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks.

GHOST THE MUSICAL brings the hit 1990 romantic movie that made pottery sexy to Australian stages and BWW Sydney Gets A Glimpse Of the rehearsals

Stage Entertainment, en coproduccion con El Terrat y Whoopi Goldberg, llevara el musical SISTER ACT al Nuevo Teatro Alcala desde el 17 de marzo de 2016 durante 3 unicos meses.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/variety show, will return to OASIS (298 Eleventh Street, San Francisco CA) tonight, December 12 at 7:00 PM after two packed shows earlier this year.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/variety show, will return to OASIS (298 Eleventh Street, San Francisco CA) on Saturday, December 12 at 7:00 PM after two packed shows earlier this year.

Are you a huge movie buff? Is your favorite sport predicting the Oscar winners? “The View” has the contest for you when it kicks of its first-ever Fantasy Movie League Contest.

Two-time Emmy award winner, Grammy winner and NY Times best-selling author Kathy Griffin will take the stage for a night of take-no-prisoners laughs. She will bring her all new show, Like A Boss, to Hershey Theatre on Friday, February 12 at 8:00 p.m.

Below, watch Tony Award winner Christian Borle and the cast of Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN perform the hilarious number 'Hard To Be The Bard'.

Today, the nation's first-ever community-wide festival of laughter, Gilda's LaughFest, announced the first round of talent and shows for the festival's sixth year to be held March 10-20, 2016. Headliners include Seth Meyers, performing during Gilda's Club Grand Rapids Signature Event, Kathy Griffin, Marlon Wayans, and a diverse range of artists that are new to the festival, as well as some past returning favorites.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 13, 2015 – Tonight, Dec. 3 at 7:30 a.m. Gilda'sLaughFest, the nation's first ever community-wide festival of laughter, will announce a selection of artists performing at the 2016 10-day festival, which runs March 10 - 20. The announcement for the sixth annual festival will be held in the Cook Auditorium at the Grand Rapids Art Museum and is free and open to the public.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/variety show, will return to JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater for two shows - Sunday, December 20 at 9:30 PM and Monday, December 21 at 7:00 PM - for the Seventh Annual Holiday Spectacular. The Meeting* has been called 'delicious and delightfully droll' by The New York Post and 'hilarious and sardonic' by The Village Voice. A story for Slate.com called the evening 'so deliciously icy that it left me shivering with fear and delight.' The 2014-2015 season sold out after a New York Times 'Arts & Leisure' piece ran last fall. Special guests for the Holiday Spectacular will be announced. Tracy Stark serves as the show's Music Director.

In anticipation of this star-studded event, throughout the week, we are looking at the impressive musical careers (and when possible, musical theatre careers) of THE WIZ LIVE! stars. Today, we are easing on down the road with the group at the center of the story, the four characters affectionately referred to as 'The Friends;' Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. This group has a two-time Tony nominee and comedy legend, a rising Hollywood star, a three-time Grammy winning R&B icon, and a virtual unknown in the role of a lifetime.

Tonight, December 1st at 7 pm at at Barnes & Noble located at 150 East 86th Street, Ann Hampton Callaway will perform selections from THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS, a new collection of Christmas songs interpreted by the multiplatinum-selling singer, Tony nominated actress, pianist and leading champion of the American songbook, with lyrics by two-time Emmy Award winner William Schermerhorn. Schermerhorn will join Callaway in the discussion, with Alex Rybeck on piano.

Sometimes it seems there is so much theater happening that it's difficult to keep track of it all. From personal experience, despite all the datebooks, smart phones, tablets, desktop computers and laptops...it's hard to keep everything straight in this wacky business of the show.