10 minutes ago / R.I.P TV icon Whoopi Goldberg, Goodbye Whoopi Goldberg… More:

10 minutes ago / R.I.P TV icon Whoopi Goldberg, Goodbye Whoopi Goldberg… More:

 

 

10 minutes ago / R.I.P TV icon Whoopi Goldberg, Goodbye Whoopi Goldberg… More:

 

Caryn Elaine Johnson born November 13, 1955 known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality. A recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of 17 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award (“Oscar”), and a Tony Award. In 2001, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Goldberg began her career on stage in 1983 with her one-woman show, Spook Show, which transferred to Broadway under the title Whoopi Goldberg, running from 1984 to 1985. She won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the recording of the show.

 

VERY SAD . 3 minutes ago in Texas, Samuel L. Jackson ,

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Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed more than $27 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing actor of all time.[a][4] In 2022, he received the Academy Honorary Award as «a cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide».

[5][6][7] Jackson made his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and Her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier’s Play off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the Broadway play The Mountaintop (2011).[8] He returned to Broadway in the 2022 revival of The Piano Lesson playing Doaker Charles,

for which he received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination.[9][10] Jackson’s early film roles include Coming to America (1988), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), Menace II Society (1993), and Fresh (1994). His early collaborations with Spike Lee led to greater prominence with films such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo’ Better Blues (1990), and Jungle Fever (1991). Jackson’s breakout performance was as Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino’s crime drama Pulp Fiction (1994), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has continued to collaborate with Lee (Oldboy in 2013 and Chi-Raq in 2015) and Tarantino, with the latter including prominent roles in Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015).