Although Whoopi Goldberg defended Mel Gibson on "The View," co-host Joy Behar told "The Insider" that the actor isn't welcome on their program, Popeater.com reports.

"Barbara [Walters] would not allow him on the show," she says.

"Barbara's Jewish, he's an anti-Semite, he's a racist ... so he's done," Behar said, adding that the show would never grant him an opportunity to defend himself.

The tapes, of which RadarOnline.com has released three parts thus far, feature an enraged Gibson bellowing at Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of his 8-month-old daughter, relentlessly employing C-words, F-bombs and, sadly and disturbingly, racial slurs including the N-word.

"I know Mel, and I know he's not a racist," Whoopi said on "The View" on Monday. "I have had a long friendship with Mel. You can say he's being a bonehead, but I can't sit and say that he's a racist, having spent time with him in my house with my kids. I don't like what he's done, make no mistake."

Behar points out she does not agree with her co-host. "I am surprised, but that's her position, it's called 'The View.' "

Oprah Winfrey's quarter-century run on daytime TV may be accompanied by a TV film dramatizing her life, the Associated Press reports.

Veteran producer Larry A. Thompson said Monday the planned two- or four-hour Winfrey film will be based on Kitty Kelley's tell-all biography. Thompson says he has optioned it for six figures.

The TV project is expected to air in September 2011, which would coincide with the end of Winfrey's weekday talk show.

Thompson has produced TV biopics about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and Sonny and Cher.

He calls himself "a huge fan" of Winfrey and says he's shopping the project to networks he declined to specify. An unknown will likely be cast to play Winfrey.

A spokesman for Winfrey's Chicago-based Harpo Productions declined to comment.

The project was first reported by the E! News website.

Charges filed against "30 Rock" actor Rip Torn stemming from a January burglary bust have been dropped, RadarOnline reports. The 79-year-old actor has made a name for himself in Hollywood over the course of his 54-year career with roles in a number of hit films, including the "Men in Black" series, according to Popeater.com.

Torn was arrested on Jan. 29 in Salisbury, Conn., after allegedly breaking into a Lichfield Bancorp building while drunk and carrying a loaded weapon.

Torn's attorney, A. Thomas Waterfall, has petitioned for the actor to undergo accelerated rehabilitation, consisting of alcohol education classes. Under the conditions of this program, charges against Torn, a first-time offender, could be dropped following a probation period.

Ed Norton is speaking out on Facebook after Marvel Studios announced last week that the actor won't reprise his Hulk role in its forthcoming "Avengers" film.

Norton says he took to the social-networking site Monday because he felt it would be rude not to respond to an outpouring of support from fans.

Following Marvel president Kevin Feige's announcement Saturday that the studio would replace Norton with "an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members," Norton apologized to fans that "it won't work out" for him to play Bruce Banner again, adding he is proud of his work in the "Hulk" film and grateful to the studio for the opportunity to play the part.

Marvel had no comment Tuesday.

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