Goldberg, Gooding star in 'Rat Race'

Goldberg, Gooding star in `Rat Race'

A noteworthy movie milestone has been reached with the release of Paramount Pictures' "Rat Race." With the casting of both Whoopi Goldberg and Cuba Gooding Jr., "Rat Race" marks the first time that two African American Academy Award-winning actors have ever appeared in a film together.

Las Vegas casino tycoon Donald Sinclair is determined to keep his wealthiest high rollers happy, so he's concocted a new, quasi-legal sporting event for them to bet on: a human "rat race."

The Rat Racers are six ordinary people, selected at random: Sinclair has but six specially minted gold coins in six different slot machines. Anyone who wins a coin …