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Elton John has achieved EGOT status. The famed British singer-pianist won an Emmy Award on Jan. 15 for best variety special (live) for "Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium," a three-hour concert documentary that streamed on Disney+.

John said he was "incredibly humbled" for joining the elite group of EGOT winners who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.

When Whoopi Goldberg was invited to help produce an Emmett Till project, the actor thought she knew all about the Black teenager's 1955 kidnapping and lynching until she learned about the surprising elements behind the historic tragedy.

Oscar-winning deaf actor Marlee Matlin, who appeared in this year's Best Picture winner "CODA," has been elected to the Academy's board of governors, the organization said on June 23.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body that awards the annual Oscars, said Matlin was part of a new slate of governors who will take office for the 2022-23 season.

US actress Whoopi Goldberg on Feb. 1 was suspended from the talk show she hosts for two weeks after saying that the Nazi genocide of six million Jews "was not about race."

Despite an apology from the host of "The View" talk show, ABC News President Kim Godwin said she had decided it was not enough.

Hollywood's motion picture academy will introduce new eligibility rules to boost diversity among Oscars nominees under a raft of new measures announced on June 12. 

The move comes after years of criticism over a lack of diversity among the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' members, and among the Oscar nominees and winners they select.

Famous American actress and co-hostess of popular daytime talk show “The View”, Whoopi Goldberg is in Greece vacationing.

Greek TV host Fotis Sergoulopoulos shared a photo with his Instagram friends with famous American actress and co-hostess of popular daytime talk show “The View”, Whoopi Goldberg. The American actress is in Greece for her holidays, and although the exact location of the two is not disclosed, they are most likely in Poros where Sergoulopoulos is spending his vacations.

American cinema and TV actress Whoopi Goldberg wore a bracelet and ring combination and watch created by Turkish jewelry designer Sevan B?çakç? at the 88th Oscar ceremony on Feb. 28.

The octopus-shaped ring and bracelet by Istanbul-based designer B?çakç? marked the 25th anniversary of Goldberg's "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar.

The 88th Academy Awards show kicks off on Sunday and celebrities will start lining the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre.

After months of preparation for Hollywood’s most glamorous night, the show will begin on Sunday, February 28 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT at Dolby Theatre, Hollywood and will air live on the ABC broadcast network.

Joan Rivers, the caustic stand-up comic and television host who blazed a trail at a time when comedy was all but off-limits to women, died in New York on Thursday. She was 81.
      
The award-winning star had been in Mount Sinai Hospital since August 28, when she reportedly stopped breathing during a medical procedure on her vocal cords at a clinic in New York.