Whoopi Goldberg to Star in New Lifetime Original Movie

LOS ANGELES: The Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winner Whoopi Goldberg is starring in the new Lifetime original movie A Day Late and a Dollar Short, alongside Ving Rhames.

Premiering April 19 at 8 p.m., the TV movie is based on the New York Times best seller by Terry McMillan (Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back). It tells the story of a mother who tries to help her dysfunctional family through life's ups and downs. Goldberg (Ghost, The Color Purple) and Rhames (Mission: Impossible) are joined by Mekhi Phifer (Dawn of the Dead), Kimberly Elise (Diary of a Mad Black Woman), Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) and Tichina Arnold (Everybody Hates Chris).