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      *Whoopi Goldberg will reunite with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams Saturday in Las Vegas to host another Comic Relief, a concert featuring more than 20 comedians that will raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

      The event, which will air at 9 p.m. ET Saturday on HBO and TBS, began in 1986 as a way to raise money for the homeless.       

       In an interview with Newsweek’s Steve Friess, Goldberg talks about Katrina’s influence on the decision to bring back Comic Relief, plus she discusses her fear of flying and why there still aren't many black people on television.      

• NEWSWEEK: Why are you getting the Comic Relief gang back together again?

• Whoopi Goldberg: I don't think any comics really have done a benefit on a large scale for Katrina victims, which is to say we go to the people and say, 'Listen, send us what you have and we'll make sure 100 percent of it actually gets to people. It doesn't have to go through an agency that's gonna figure out what to do with it.' We know where it's going to, we know the folks who are going to be benefiting from it.

• The old Comic Relief events raised $50 million for the poor.

• Oh yeah. When we first did it, people mistook homelessness for being bummish, not interested in working or changing their life. What Comic Relief did was put a face to the homeless because it really became “There but for the grace of God go all of us.” We're all just one step away when you figure that people are working three or four jobs to hold onto their homes.

• You're taking the bus to Vegas. Why don't you fly?

• I haven't flown in 20 years. Everybody's said to me, “Have you tried this, have you tried that?” I've tried everything. It's not for me. I don't like airplanes. I take the time I need and I get where I need to go and I'm much happier that way. I arrive and I'm rested and I'm on everybody's schedule wherever I'm going.