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"&lt;img vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg\" id=\"vimage_1\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2006/07/13/winfrey_goldberg_wi_0713_20-1.jpg\" /&gt;Even though Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg ascended to fame together in 1985's \"The Color Purple,\" Oprah apparently didn't seem fit to include Whoopi in her extravagant, year-in-the-making Legends Weekend, a glitzy, over-the-top celebration of the vanguard of African-American women back in May. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whereas everyone from Maya Angelou to Gladys Knight to Toni Morrison was celebrated over the weekend with a luncheon, a ball and a brunch, Whoopi was nowhere to be seen. Though both stars have denied a rift resulting in the snub, Goldberg's omission was noticeable, especially when lesser lights like Angela Bassett, Audra McDonald, and Brandy were feted (in a grouping called \"The Young'uns\").&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://parade.com/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parade&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; magazine asked its readers to weigh in on whether Whoopi should have been invited to the event, and a resounding 76% said that Oprah was indeed wrong to exclude the actress-comedian from the weekend. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_07-02-2006/Personality_Parade \" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Read some of the reaction and the full scoop from Parade here. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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