Academy Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg stars in this smart and sassy comedy as ex-diva Mavis Rae, a cigarette-smoking, alcohol-drinking, menopausal and opinionated hotelier. The former one-hit wonder runs her own small hotel in NY City -- and does it any way she wants. Fifteen years earlier, Mavis had one huge hit song -"Don't Hide Love" - and, quickly realizing that her initial success was a fluke, she parlayed her finances from that hit into purchasing the Lamont Hotel in Manhattan. Mavis operates the hotel on her charm and wit while assisted by Nasim, her reliable handyman.