**FILE** Sherri Shepherd poses at the premiere of the film "Beauty Shop," in this Thursday night, March 24, 2005 file photo, in Los Angeles. ABC's daytime show "The View" appears close to adding Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd as regular cast members following a year with more plot twists than a soap opera. The two women were in final negotiations to join the show, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday, July 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, FILE)