May 12, 2008
Whoopi Goldberg to host Tony Awards show
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Whoopi Goldberg will serve as host of the 2008 Tony Awards on June 15 at Radio City Music Hall, the show's executive producers, Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, announced yesterday.
"I love Broadway and I'm thrilled to be doing anything for the first time," said Goldberg, who has hosted the Academy Awards four times. "I'm gonna have a blast."
Goldberg, a regular on ABC's The View, has been on Broadway with her own one-woman show as well as in revivals of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
The 62nd annual Tonys, which honor the best of the 2007-2008 Broadway season, will be broadcast live starting at 8 p.m. on CBS (WJZ, Channel 13).
Nominations will be announced Tuesday.
In 2000, Turner retired after a world tour. But her part in a well-received duet at this year's Grammys lured the 68-year-singer back to the touring circuit.
"Everywhere I went people were asking me when I was going back on tour," Turner said in a statement. "So after a lot of thought and planning, I can answer the only way I know how: See you in Kansas City, where we'll kick the tour off!"
The couple "remain good friends and devoted parents to their son, Milo, and are requesting that their family's privacy be respected at this time," the representative's statement said.
Tyler, 30, and Langdon, 36, wed in 2003; Milo was born in December 2004.
Fashion expert, personal stylist and salon/spa owner Gretta Monahan will join the lineup for the new season, replacing model Veronica Webb.
In each episode, Gunn and Monahan will team up to help the self-proclaimed style-challenged make themselves over using Gunn's rules.
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