Comedienne Whoopi Goldberg to topline “A Day Late and a Dollar Short”June 23, 2013 - 15:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lifetime is continuing its push into broadening its movie programming beyond ripped-from-the-headlines fare and biopics with Terry McMillan's "A Day Late and a Dollar Short," according to TheWrap exclusive report. Whoopi Goldberg will executive produce and star in the movie set to premiere in 2014. She'll play Viola Price, who learns that her next asthma attack could kill her. Emboldened by that knowledge, she sets out to repair her fractured family. It will be a reunion for the multiple award winner and McMillan, as Goldberg appeared in the 1998 theatrical film "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," starring Angela Bassett, which was also adapted from the author's bestselling novel. It also brings Goldberg back to the Lifetime fold. She executive-produced the cable network's medical drama series "Strong Medicine" from 2000 to 2006, as well as its 2001 original movie, "What Makes a Family." “Terry McMillan is one of America’s most beloved writers and 'A Day Late and a Dollar Short' combines her signature emotional storytelling with the complex characters viewers identify with and love" Lifetime's executive vice president and general manager, Rob Sharenow, said in a statement. "We are thrilled to be working again with Whoopi Goldberg, who will be emptying her enormous talents both in front of and behind the camera,” Production begins this summer. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |