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ac America's Love/
hoo i Goldberg
By
Everyone i ulking about .
the wonderful job Whoopi
oldberg did in "Ghost", a
suspense-filled sci-Ii thriller
and love story. Ironically,
director Jerry Zucker was at
first reluctant to cast
Goldberg.
"Every Black actress in
Hollywood wanted this role
and we saw them all. When
Whoopi's name first came
up, I was concerned because
I imagined Wboopi with tbe
dreadlocks and tbe tennis
shoes and tbe stand-up
comic ... "
Fact is, Zucker's very
comment lies at the essence
of Black America's rejection
of Goldberg. "I refused to
evolve into what everyone
figured I should look like,
particularly amongst Black
women", she says.
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a e relatio
. In fact, pickets were the
measure of disapproval
expressed by orne when
founder and state senator
MaxiDe W e invited her
to spea at tbe Blac
Woman's Caucus in Los
Angeles. "They didn't like
. how I look,": Goldberg says.
"Tbey didn't like tbat I used
what they considered to be
foul language. I read so many
different things that people
say about me in the Black
community and I just kind of
chuckle. Sometimes you
can't see the forest for the
trees. I don't need to carry a
banner, I'm there. The fact
that I m still there, says it all.
I don t hav to prov� that I'm
Black. I don't have to prove
that I'm acceptable. I am
acceptable as myself and I
will alway be that, I'm not
going toput on high heels and .
shit. I'm gOlDg to leave my
braids in, and I'm going to
t �r it's
taken Black women a -long
time to get over this.
That in (act, thls was it."
A footnote: Whoopi's
Ghost castrnate and
Houston-born heartthrob
•
Patrick Swayze attributes
part of his soulful and
broad-ranged sex appeal to
the fact tbat his mother had
the first Blac dance
company in the South .
Said Swayze: "my mother
and I took a lot of Ilak. At one
time, Lis (his wife) and I
were the "token honkies" in .
tbe company. "
A GRAND TURNOUT
For Warwick: "Collecuvely
we can all make a difference"
were Dionne Warwick's
words ell as the theme of
her third annual AIDS gala.
On band to help were By
Aile, Ste Wo der,
Q I cy Jo e Mell"
Ma e er, Lo
Ke. y Ko ers, Melba
Moore, Bebe a.d Cece,
I aac Haye, . Blair
U der ood, SiD bad,
. Da y Glover, and O.J.
Si , just to name a
few ....
ELSEWHERE I
hip
tinseltown, so much
excitement w s generated by
Mandel's recent visit that
executives at ABC have
given the green light to a
four-bour mini eries tracing
the bistory of the fight
against apartheid in South
Aftica.
The project could be
ready for broadcast as early
as next May.
o THE HOME
FRO T: Reports are that
lovebirds RaiD Pryor and
Kevin Teals (Life Goes On)
. are now playing house ...
Designing Women co-star
Mesh c T ylor and his
wife Bi c, recently
celebrated the birth of their
first son, Tariq AD r, in
Los Angeles. Tariq is the
Taylor's first boy. (They
have three daughters) ...
JermaiDe J CksOD will
have' to have reconstructive
ry tQ_ t;P ect a,tt v ni ury
be received iii a recentcar
accident when he hit his nose
Eddie Murphy
Donates
25,000 To
A C
In an effort to help"K ep
The Pressure On
Apartheid." Eddie Murphy
has d�natcd $25,000 to
support the humanitarian
and education I programs
of the African N tional
Congress (ANC).
Murphy's donation was
made in conjunction with
Nelson Mandel's visit to
the U.S.
Eddie Murphy, along
w th Spike Lee, Little
St ven and Robert DeNiro
al a hosted a private
re eption for Nelson
M ndela pan ored by
A ti ts United Again t
A artheid t DeNiro'
Tr beca Film Center in New
Y rk. Over a half million
do lars wa raised at this
ev nt for the ca use.
II the money don ted to
th African tional
Co gress will go to assist in
ho sing for political exiles
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on the steering wheel.
Meanwhile, be and girlfriend
Ma ret M dOD do have
just settled in to a new borne
in ob so exclusive BelAir.
(Maldonaldo is the mother of
two of his children).
.'
ext eek:
Wack star spea out against
"Jewish racism" in
HOllywood.
returning to South Africa
and to e tabli h 20 regional
upport centers for the A C
struggle against aparthei .
Monie will also
contributed to
humanitarian and
educational programs in
South Africa.