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Raven-Symoné Heading to Sister Act

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BEVERLY HILActress Raven-Symone arrives at 13th Annual Warner Bros. And InStyle Golden Globe Awards After Party at The Beverly Hilton hotel on January 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Raven-Symoné will be taking over for Patina Miller in Sister Act, Deadline reports, as, yes, Deloris Van Cartier, the character Whoopi Goldberg made famous lo those many years ago. (Raven-Symoné was 6 when the film came out in 1992.) The erstwhile Olivia, who put out her first album when she was 8, starts rehearsals in February and begins performances in March for a six-month run as the nightclub singer turned witness turned Sister Mary Clarence. What’s black and white and something something? A nun something something; that’s so Raven something something.

Raven-Symoné Heading to Sister Act