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14-03-2025
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Wendy Williams To Undergo Additional Neurological Tests After Former Talk Show Host Defiantly Tells ‘The View' She Wants To 'Move On' From Guardianship
Former talk show host Wendy Williams called in for an interview on The View this morning, speaking passionately about her recent travails of life in a memory care unit that made headlines when she went out to dinner with her niece and may or may not have had permission to leave the assisted living facility. Paparazzi had greeted Williams when she returned to the facility after the dinner excursion (Williams said she also visited a hospital for an evaluation and to have blood drawn her thyroid condition). More from Deadline Whoopi Goldberg Won't Attend Kennedy Center Until It "Becomes What Kennedy Center Was Always Supposed To Be"; Trump Appointee Calls 'Hamilton' Withdrawal A "Publicity Stunt" 'The View's Whoopi Goldberg Wins Audie Award & Reveals Why It's So Meaningful: "You Are What Keeps Me From Going Over The Edge" Meghan McCain Takes Aim At 'View' Co-Host Alyssa Farah Griffin In Latest Shot At ABC Talk Show Williams says the dinner excursion was within the rule of the memory care unit but was told upon her return that it was not. Watch the segment below. The situation was the latest incident in which Williams had publicly insisted that she did not need to live in a memory care unit and, in fact, wanted a new guardian and a new judge in the case that landed her in confinement. (In addition to Graves disease, Williams reportedly has been diagnosed with dementia and aphasia; while she had said in the past that she suffers from substance abuse issues, she told The View today that she no longer drinks except for one birthday celebration last July). Shortly after her phone-in appearance to The View cohosts (sans Whoopi Goldberg, who has Fridays off), Sunny Hostin, the panel's legal expert, read the following statement: 'We think it is important to note that her legal guardian now believes it would be prudent for Wendy to undergo a new medical evaluation that will involve comprehensive neurological and psychological testing by a specialist in the field. This would be more thorough testing than what she had mentioned earlier. The judge has agreed to do that. And when we learn more, we will let you know.' While Hostin did not name the guardian or judge, Williams' legal guardian is Sabrina E. Morrissey and the judge in the case is Judge Lisa Sokolof. Williams' guardianship was triggered by Wells Fargo bank after the talk show host's bank account indicated unusual activity. It was later determined that Williams could not care for her finances. Williams has repeatedly disagreed with that assertion. Without naming the guardian and the judge, Williams told The View, 'These two people don't look like me, talk like me, act like me…you know, get off my neck! I can't do it with these two people…' Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 'The White Lotus' Season 3 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Arrive On Max? How Jon Gries' Return To 'The White Lotus' Could Shape Season 3
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Whoopi Goldberg Won't Attend Kennedy Center Until It 'Becomes What Kennedy Center Was Always Supposed To Be'; Trump Appointee Calls ‘Hamilton' Withdrawal A 'Publicity Stunt'
The Kennedy Center just lost another patron. Whoopi Goldberg announced on today's The View that she will no longer attend Kennedy Center performances in light of the Donald Trump board takeover that has prompted a raft of changes at the venue including firings and show cancelations. During today's Hot Topics segment of the ABC daytime talk show, Goldberg and the rest of the panel were discussing yesterday's announcement by Hamilton producers Jeffrey Seller and Lin-Manuel Miranda that they have scotched a planned 2026 Kennedy Center engagement of Miranda's hit musical. The decision, they said, was a response to the 'recent purge by the Trump Administration of both professional staff and performing arts events at or originally produced by the Kennedy Center…' More from Deadline 'Hamilton' Producers Cancel Upcoming Kennedy Center Engagement Following Trump Takeover: 'Some Institutions Are Sacred And Should Be Protected From Politics' Broadway Stars To Perform Kennedy Center's Canceled 'Finn' Musical At New York Town Hall; Andrew Rannells, Andrea Martin, Kelli O'Hara, Bonnie Milligan, Jessie Mueller & More Join Benefit 'The View's Whoopi Goldberg Wins Audie Award & Reveals Why It's So Meaningful: "You Are What Keeps Me From Going Over The Edge" Last night, Richard Grenell, the Trump-appointed interim executive director of the Kennedy Center, posted a response to the Hamilton producers on X, calling the cancelation 'a publicity stunt.' 'The American people,' Grenell wrote, 'need to know that @Lin_Manuel is intolerant of people who don't agree with him politically. It's clear he and Sellers [sic] don't want Republicans going to their shows. Americans see you, Lin. Let's be clear on the facts. Seller and @Lin_Manuel first went to the New York Times before they came to the Kennedy Center with their announcement that they can't be in the same room with Republicans. This is a publicity stunt that will backfire. The Arts are for everyone – not just for the people who Lin likes and agrees with.' (In producer Seller's statement yesterday, he proactively countered Grenell's argument, writing, 'Hamilton was proudly performed at the Kennedy Center in 2018 during the first Trump administration. We are not acting against his administration, but against the partisan policies of the Kennedy Center as a result of his recent takeover.') On today's View, the panel took up the subject, with Republican cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin bemoaning the end of bipartisanship at the Kennedy Center and Sunny Hostin noting, 'If you fire everyone [on the board] that was there, and it was a bipartisan group, and replace them with sycophants that are just going to toe the Trump line, is that really the mission of the Kennedy Center?' Goldberg had a particularly strong reaction to the situation, saying that Trump's firing of the Center's previous bipartisan board 'was a big smack to the arts, which don't have a politics.' Goldberg went on to suggest that Hamilton makes it statements with its nontraditional casting. 'Hamilton doesn't look like Hamilton,' she said. 'I have no plans to go back to the Kennedy Center until the Kennedy Center becomes what it was supposed to be – a welcome place for all artists no matter what your groove is.' Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys & More 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Call her an audio book star. Streisand's 'My Name Is Barbra' named audio book of the year
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand, star of stage, screen and song, has triumphed in another medium: audio books. The Audio Publishers Association has given Streisand and her memoir 'My Name is Barbra' the Audie Award for audio book of the year and for best audio memoir. Streisand herself narrated the 1,000-page book that covers her extraordinary life and career. Other winners announced Tuesday include best work of humor to Kate McKinnon 's 'The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science,' narrated by McKinnon and Emily Lynne; Whoopi Goldberg 's self-narrated 'Bits and Pieces' for best narration; best audio short stories to Stephen King 's 'You Like it Darker,' narrated by Will Patton and King; and best literary fiction to Percival Everett's 'James,' narrated by Dominic Hoffman.
Associated Press
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Call her an audio book star. Streisand's ‘My Name Is Barbra' named audio book of the year
NEW YORK (AP) — star of stage, screen and song, has triumphed in another medium: audio books. The Audio Publishers Association has given Streisand and her memoir 'My Name is Barbra' the Audie Award for audio book of the year and for best audio memoir. Streisand herself narrated the 1,000-page book that covers her extraordinary life and career. Other winners announced Tuesday include best work of humor to Kate McKinnon 's 'The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science,' narrated by McKinnon and Emily Lynne; Whoopi Goldberg 's self-narrated 'Bits and Pieces' for best narration; best audio short stories to Stephen King 's 'You Like it Darker,' narrated by Will Patton and King; and best literary fiction to Percival Everett's 'James,' narrated by Dominic Hoffman.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Heinemann Audiobook Humans Who Teach by Shamari Reid Recognized as Audie Award Finalist
PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Heinemann today announced that the audiobook version of Humans Who Teach: A Guide for Centering Love, Justice, and Liberation in Schools, written and narrated by Shamari Reid, has been named a finalist for the Audie Award in the business/personal development category. Other finalists in the category include Women Money Power by Josie Cox and And Then We Rise by Common. The Audie Awards®, presented by the Audio Publishers Association, is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Shamari Reid is an assistant professor of justice and belonging in education at New York University and the creator and host of the Heinemann podcast series Water for Teachers. Humans Who Teach is his first book, a guidebook for educators about how to center their own humanity to create more joyful, welcoming and equitable classrooms for their students while also prioritizing living lives full of peace, love and joy. "I am so honored to have received this nomination from the Audio Publishers Association," said Reid. "We poured our hearts into recording an audiobook that would help teachers to heal, and having our work and the humanity of teachers recognized brings me great joy." "We're delighted that the Audio Publishers Association has recognized Shamari Reid's important work," said Maggie DeMont, general manager of Heinemann. "Humans Who Teach shines a much-needed spotlight on the professionalism and humanity of educators, offering a blueprint for how teachers can care for themselves while creating authentic and meaningful classroom experiences for their students." Audie Awards winners in each category will be announced at the 2025 Audies Gala in New York City on March 4, 2025. For more information about Heinemann Audiobooks, please visit About HeinemannHeinemann is a publisher of professional resources and a provider of educational services for educators, kindergarten through college. Heinemann supports the professionalism and compassion of teachers as they help children become literate, empathetic, knowledgeable citizens. Heinemann authors are exemplary educators eager to support the practice of other teachers through books, videos, workshops, online courses and most recently through explicit teaching materials. Heinemann is dedicated to teachers. Discover the path to lifelong professional learning at Media Contact:Erika McCaffreyCommunications View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Heinemann
