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Disney’s celebrity re-imagination

January 25th, 20084 comments

For whatever reason, Disney started a campaign of using celebrities as Disney characters. They have Tina Fey as Tinkerbell, Giselle Bundchen and Mikhail Baryshnikov as Wendy and Peter Pan, Whoopi Goldberg as Genie, Jessica Biel as Pocahontas and Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony as Jasmine and Aladdin. Missing from the set are Paris and Nicky …

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Oprah didn’t invite Whoopi

July 14th, 2006Respond

Oprah Winfrey recently held the Legends Ball which honored important black women. A few of the people who were invited included “Mariah Carey, Maya Angelou, Gladys Knight, Toni Morrison, Angela Bassett, Audra McDonald, and Brandy”.
However, Oprah did not invite her fellow co-star in The Color Purple, Whoopi Goldberg. Even though I think Whoopi has no …

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