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Title
Whoopi and Billy at Grammys
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Mendoza, Javier
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1986
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated February 26, 1986 reads, "They looked marvelous, and so did CBS: Tuesday night's Grammy Awards, which featured Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal in matching wigs as presenters, helped propel the network into a ratings tie with NBC for the February sweeps." Goldberg won the Best Comedy Recording Grammy for "Whoopi Goldberg" (Original Broadway Show Recording) and Crystal was nominated in the same category for "You Look Marvelous." The 28th Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1986 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00083155
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b017_f1_i26
CARL0000082478
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/25385
Subject
Goldberg, Whoopi,--1955--Awards
Crystal, Billy
Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Grammy Awards
Sound recordings--Awards
Comedians--Awards--United States
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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