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Do you know what an EGOT recipient is? I mean, you probably do since youâre here, but if not, it means that the person has won an Emmy, a Grammy, and Oscar, and a Tony. Only 16 people have ever received this prestigious distinction, and Whoopi Goldberg is one of them. Nowadays, itâs common to see her on
The View, but Whoopi Goldberg movies like
Ghost and
The Color Purple, and also her other TV work, like
Star Trek: The Next Generation, are part of the reason why Whoopi Goldberg will always be a national icon.
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ffers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. This week: February is Black History Month, so we’re looking back on great performances by Black actors that the Academy Awards ignored.
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Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
There are so many instances in her early career when Whoopi Goldberg was tasked with tackling a scene that could be reduced to “How odd, a Black woman is here.” Breaking through with her Oscar-nominated performance in
The Color Purple following her triumphant one-woman show on Broadway, Goldberg was a performer whose talents were so unique and difficult to categorize that Hollywood had no clue how to fit her into any of the boxes of mainstream media. She would eventually win an Academy Award for injecting some life into 1990’s