Root of Corruption - Annex: #WHQOPSI (pizzagatewhatever)

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  • Analyzing curiosities relating to Whoopi Goldberg and possible connections to global corruption, including pedophile/trafficking/blackmail/espionage networks.

Continued in comments, sort oldest first

Definitions:

WG = Caryn Elaine Johnson (Whoopi Goldberg)

Preface

(Sorry for being slightly ambiguous again, the storytelling helps bring things together though.)

What prompted me to look into WG was that she apparently likens gays meeting with Mike Pence to Jews Meeting a Nazi (footage from The View; viewer discretion advised). Naturally this peaked my interest as an out of place comparison, given recurring elements in my research and that of others. I wasn't expecting to find much initially, but, incidentally, while I was busy looking through recent Q-drops and following along with current events and taking notes of who is or may be involved in this that or the other - juggling a shit load really... I kept coming across WG's name...

So, while WG was the initial topic, this thread will become about far more than her & her connections may remain peripheral at best, but, who knows...

wiki: Whoopi Goldberg

Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955),[3] known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (/ˈhwʊpi/), is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television and is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. She was the second black woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win an acting Oscar.

In the period drama film The Color Purple (1985), her breakthrough role was playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe. In the romantic fantasy film Ghost (1990), Goldberg played Oda Mae Brown, an eccentric psychic who helped a slain man (Patrick Swayze) save his lover (Demi Moore), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and a second Golden Globe, her first for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1992, she starred as a pretend sister in the comedy Sister Act, earning a third Golden Globe nomination, her first for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and reprised the role in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993).[4] Her other film roles include Made in America (1993), The Lion King (1994), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Girl, Interrupted (1999), For Colored Girls (2010) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014). In television, Goldberg is known for her role as Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and since 2007, she has been the moderator of the daytime television talk show The View.

Background and early life

Caryn Elaine Johnson was born in Manhattan, New York City on November 13, 1955, the daughter of Robert James Johnson, Jr. (March 4, 1930 – May 25, 1993), a Baptist[5] clergyman, and Emma Johnson (née Harris; September 21, 1931 – August 29, 2010),[6] a nurse and teacher.[7][8] She was raised in the Chelsea-Elliot Houses.

Goldberg has described her mother as a "stern, strong, and wise woman" who raised her as a single mother[9] with her brother Clyde (c. 1949 – May 11, 2015), who died of a brain aneurysm.[10][11] She attended a local Catholic school, St Columba's when she was younger. Her more recent forebears migrated north from Faceville, Georgia, Palatka, Florida, and Virginia.[12] She dropped out of Washington Irving High School.[13][14][15]

She has stated that her stage forename ("Whoopi") was taken from a whoopee cushion; "If you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.' And that's where the name came from."[16][17] She said in 2011, "My mother did not name me Whoopi, but Goldberg is my name, it's part of my family, part of my heritage. Just like being black."[18] Henry Louis Gates, Jr., in his book In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past, found that all of Goldberg's traceable ancestors were African Americans, that she has no known Jewish ancestry, and that none of her ancestors were named Goldberg.[12] Results of a DNA test, revealed in the 2006 PBS documentary African American Lives, traced part of her ancestry to the Papel and Bayote people of modern-day Guinea-Bissau. Her admixture test indicates that she is of 92 % sub-Saharan African origin and of 8 % European origin.[19]

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Between 1979 and 1981, she lived in East Germany,[21][citation needed] working in a number of theatre productions.[22]

Spouse

  • Alvin Martin (m. 1973; div. 1979)
  • David Claessen (m. 1986; div. 1988)
  • Lyle Trachtenberg (m. 1994; div. 1995)

Children

At this point, something seems really weird about how/why she chose the name Goldberg and doesn't seem to like the idea of carrying the surname of any man she marries. There's not a great deal to go on just yet, but, given that her daughter carries the surname of her father, I thought it worth looking into him.

I made a #whoopsi at first when searching for more info on Alvin Martin; I came across the following and couldn't help but notice "Ham", naturally peaking my interest further, in possible connections between WG and global corruption.

wiki: Alvin Martin

Alvin Edward Martin (born 29 July 1958) is an English retired footballer who played as a defender.

Playing most of his footballing career for West Ham United he appeared in 598 games for scoring 34 goals.

Wrong Alvin Martin, though. There's no wiki for the correct one, but, there's this:

geni.com - Alvin Martin | archive.is does not work with geni <sadface>

Birthdate: May 26, 1952 (54)

Death: December 19, 2006 (54)

 

Immediate Family:

Husband of <private> Martin (Burrell)

Ex-husband of Whoopi Goldberg

Father of <private> Martin

 

Occupation: drug counselor at Horizon House, clerk at Chase Manhattan Bank

Managed by: Private User

Last Updated: March 13, 2015

So, I won't make any direct inferrences about WG just yet, but, like I said, her name keeps coming up.

Before I run out of room in the main body, let's take a quick look at something else in the WG wiki...

Personal life

~~She was romantically linked with actors Frank Langella,[63] Timothy Dalton, and Ted Danson,[64] who controversially appeared in blackface during her 1993 Friars Club roast.~~

wiki: Ted Danson: Personal life

Relationship with Whoopi Goldberg

While a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show in late 1988, he met actress Whoopi Goldberg, whom he described as "a sexy, funny woman".[24] The two became friends, co-hosting Help Save Planet Earth in 1990, a video guide to saving the environment (Danson played himself, Goldberg played the role of Mother Earth).[25] However while making Made in America in April 1992, the two became romantically involved—a pairing which was heavily featured in gossip tabloids such as the National Enquirer. The couple also appeared on the Rock the Vote TV special that same year,[26] as well as being set to star in a Paramount-produced version of Neal Barrett Jr.'s Pink Vodka Blues,[27] written by Marshall Brickman.

Danson experienced substantial negative press attention on October 8, 1993, after his appearance in blackface at a Friars Club comedy roast in honor of Goldberg. In his monologue, Danson made extensive use of offensive racial stereotypes, used the word "nigger" more than a dozen times, and ate a watermelon, angering such guests as Montel Williams and Mayor David Dinkins.[28][29] Goldberg defended the sketch, explaining that she had helped write much of the material and referred Danson to the makeup artist who painted his face.[30] Danson and Goldberg issued statements emphasizing "the Friars Club tradition of raucous and over the top humor" and describing those offended as newcomers who "were uncomfortable with what to expect".[28] Substantial excerpts from the performance were later printed in Spy.[31] On November 5, 1993, Danson and Goldberg issued a statement signalling the end of their relationship.[32]

Political activism

Danson is a friend of former United States President Bill Clinton, who attended Danson and Mary Steenburgen's wedding. Danson has donated more than $85,000 to Democratic candidates, including Al Gore, John Edwards, Barbara Boxer, Bill Clinton, Al Franken, and John Kerry. He has also donated to the Democratic Party of Arkansas and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Danson and Steenburgen campaigned for Sen. Hillary Clinton during her 2008 Presidential campaign.[37] He attended the wedding of their daughter Chelsea on July 31, 2010.[38] He appeared with Steenburgen at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. On October 3, 2016, he helped open the new headquarters in Lancaster at the old Queen Pharmacy on King Street for Hillary Clinton.[39][40][41]

HRC +++ + +++++ | Danson | Johnson/Goldberg

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Note before proceeding: I have no reason yet to suspect Timothy Dalton of any wrongdoing. I don't discourage further investigation, but, I trust him at this time.

As best I can determine, Timothy Dalton and Whoopi Goldberg were "romantically involved" between 1990 - 1992:

Curious that nobody has added the following to WG's wiki entry...

I make no claim to the accuracy/credibility of the publications listed below, they are merely provided as the most immediately available references:

In the above, the common understanding is that Dalton and WG dated between 1990 - 1991, however, the 1st article does say that the two dated as late as 1992.

wiki: Timothy Dalton

He was already finished playing Bond, by the time he and WG had their romance; his last Bond film was Licence to Kill (1989).

  • Why then is the "James Bond" section headered with a time frame of (1986 - 1994)? I'll cut to the chase again...

Emphasis my own

After his Bond films, Dalton divided his work between stage, television and films, and diversified the characters he played. This helped him eliminate the 007 typecasting that followed him during the previous period. Dalton was nevertheless for a certain period considered to act in the Bond film GoldenEye. Instead, he played Nazi spy Neville Sinclair in The Rocketeer (1991), and Rhett Butler in Scarlett, the television miniseries sequel to Gone with the Wind. He also appeared as criminal informant Eddie Myers in the acclaimed British TV film Framed (1992).

wiki: The Rocketeer (film)

The Rocketeer is a 1991 American period superhero adventure film from Walt Disney Pictures, produced by Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, and Lloyd Levin, directed by Joe Johnston, that stars Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino, and Tiny Ron Taylor. The film is based upon the character of the same name created by comic book artist and writer Dave Stevens.

Set in 1938 Los Angeles, California, The Rocketeer tells the story of stunt pilot Cliff Secord who stumbles upon a hidden rocket powered jet pack that he thereafter uses to fly without the need of an aircraft. His heroic deeds soon attract the attention of Howard Hughes and the FBI, who are hunting for the missing jet pack, as well as the Nazi operatives that stole it from Hughes.

SPOILER ALERT:

Plot

~~Sinclair dons the rocket pack and flies off, but the leaked fuel causes the rocket pack to catch on fire, causing Sinclair to plummet to his death near the "HOLLYWOODLAND" sign; the resulting explosion destroys the LAND part of the sign. Lothar is engulfed in flames as the airship explodes, but Cliff and Jenny are rescued at the last moment by Hughes and Peevy flying an autogyro.

Things that make you go "hmmmm..."

wiki: Hollywood Sign

The Hollywood Sign (formerly the Hollywoodland Sign) is an American cultural icon and landmark located in Los Angeles, California. It is situated on Mount Lee, in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The sign overlooks Hollywood, Los Angeles.~~

History

Origin

The sign was erected in 1923 and originally read "HOLLYWOODLAND." Its purpose was to advertise the name of a new segregated housing development in the hills above the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. H.J. Whitley had already used a sign to advertise his development Whitley Heights, which was located between Highland Avenue and Vine Street. He suggested to his friend Harry Chandler, the owner of the Los Angeles Times newspaper, that the land syndicate in which he was involved make a similar sign to advertise their land.[4] Real estate developers Woodruff and Shoults called their development "Hollywoodland" and advertised it as a "superb environment without excessive cost on the Hollywood side of the hills."[5]

They contracted the Crescent Sign Company to erect thirteen south-facing letters on the hillside. The sign company owner, Thomas Fisk Goff (1890–1984), designed the sign. Each letter was 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and 50 feet (15.2 m) high, and the whole sign was studded with around 4,000 light bulbs. The sign flashed in segments: "HOLLY," "WOOD," and "LAND" lit up individually, and then the whole. Below the Hollywoodland sign was a searchlight to attract more attention. The poles that supported the sign were hauled to the site by mules. Cost of the project was $21,000,[6] equivalent to $301,629 in 2017.

The sign was officially dedicated in 1923. It was intended only to last a year and a half,[7] but after the rise of American cinema in Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the sign became an internationally recognized symbol and was left there.[8]

Deterioration

Over the course of more than half a century, the sign, designed to stand for only 18 months, sustained extensive damage and deterioration.

During the early 1940s, Albert Kothe (the sign's official caretaker) caused an accident that destroyed the letter H. Kothe, driving while inebriated, was nearing the top of Mount Lee when he lost control of his vehicle and drove off the cliff directly behind the H. While Kothe was not injured, his 1928 Ford Model A was destroyed, as was the original 50 foot (15.2 m) tall illuminated letter H.

In 1949, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce began a contract with the City of Los Angeles Parks Department to repair and rebuild the sign. The contract stipulated that "LAND" be removed to spell "Hollywood" and reflect the district, not the "Hollywoodland" housing development.[9] The Parks Department dictated that all subsequent illumination would be at the Chamber's expense, so the Chamber opted not to replace the lightbulbs. The 1949 effort gave it new life, but the sign's unprotected wood and sheet metal structure continued to deteriorate. By the 1970s, the first O had splintered and broken, resembling a lowercase u, and the third O had fallen down completely, leaving the severely dilapidated sign reading "HuLLYWO.D."[10][11]

Restoration

In 1978, in large part because of the public campaign to restore the landmark by Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine, the Chamber set out to replace the severely deteriorated sign with a more permanent structure. Nine donors gave US$27,777.77 each (totaling US$249,999.93) to sponsor replacement letters, made of steel supported by steel columns on a concrete foundation (see Donors section below).[12]

wiki: Studio system (Redirected from Golden Age of Hollywood)

I'll skip ahead with some emphasis, to save space.

Sound and the Big Five

The years 1927 and 1928 are generally seen as the beginning of Hollywood's Golden Age and the final major steps in establishing studio system control of the American film business.~~

The last of the "Big Five" Hollywood conglomerates of the Golden Age emerged in 1928: RKO. The Radio Corporation of America (RCA), led by David Sarnoff, was looking for ways to exploit the cinema sound patents, newly trademarked RCA Photophone, owned by its parent company, General Electric.~~

The end of the system and the death of RKO

However, behind the scenes at RKO, long the financially shakiest of the conglomerates, the court ruling came to be looked at as a development that could be used to the studio's advantage. The same month that the decision was handed down, multimillionaire Howard Hughes acquired a controlling interest in the company. As RKO controlled the fewest theaters of any of the Big Five, Hughes decided that starting a divorcement domino effect could actually help put his studio on a more equal footing with his competitors. Hughes signaled his willingness to the federal government to enter into a consent decree obliging the breakup of his movie business. Under the agreement, Hughes would split his studio into two entities, RKO Pictures Corporation and RKO Theatres Corporation, and commit to selling off his stake in one or the other by a certain date. Hughes's decision to concede to divorcement terminally undermined the argument by lawyers for the rest of the Big Five that such breakups were unfeasible.

After the system

Syndication, television, recession, and conglomerate Hollywood

~~Two large independent firms also qualify as mini-majors, Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company. They stand somewhere between latter-day versions of the old "major-minor" - just like Columbia and Universal was in the 1930s and 1940s, except Lionsgate and The W.C. have about half their market share—and leading Golden Age independent production outfits such as Samuel Goldwyn Inc. and the companies of David O. Selznick.

The rest of the "~~conglomerate Hollywood" section is worth reading...

I'll wrap this annex up now, it'll serve well later on.

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