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LaToya Jackson Named Guest Co-host of ‘The View’

ABC says LaToya Jackson will be a guest co-host on “The View” Sept. 16 and 18. Having previously co-hosted the ABC daytime talk show in 2003, Jackson is the latest celebrity to be named as a substitute for Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is on maternity leave until mid-October.
ABC is also announcing that Victoria Beckham will make [...]

Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder Line Up For Mandela Day

Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Queen Latifah have all signed up for what the Nelson Mandela Foundation and 46664 are calling ‘Mandela Day’.
According to organizers, each artist will participate in a July 18 concert to raise awareness and funds with the intention of creating an official Mandela Day to be held annually [...]

India.Arie Is Set to Aake Her Broadway Debut

India.Arie on Broadway — produced by Whoopi Goldberg. The Grammy-winning singer will make her Broadway debut in a revival of Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.”
She will open in the play Sept. 8 at Circle in the Square.
Preview performances begin Aug. 19 in what will be [...]

Goldberg Defends Vick in ‘View’ Debut

 
So much for the sedate alternative to Rosie O’Donnell on “The View.” Whoopi Goldberg used her first day on the daytime chat show Tuesday to defend football star Michael Vick in his dogfighting case.

Goldberg said that “from where he comes from” in the South, dogfighting isn’t that unusual.
“It’s like cockfighting in Puerto Rico,” she said. [...]