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Few film roles exceed Angela Bassett’s qualifications, even those intended for a man. The Oscar-nominated actress returns to the screen this month in Olympus Has Fallen portraying the director of the Secret Service, a position never occupied by a female and a character initially written for a male actor. But so what, Bassett says. There’s really nothing special […]

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Throughout the course of her career, Angela Bassett has portrayed some of history’s most prominent figures, including Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks and Dr. Betty Shabazz, to name a few. This week during an appearance on HuffPost Live, the Yale University alum opened on how her 1993 Golden Globe-winning role as Tina Turner in “What’s Love Got To Do With It” still resonates today […]

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Lifetime kicks off Black History Month Saturday with the made-for-TV movie Betty & Coretta, starring Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige. The film is executive produced by Blige and also features Malik Yoba and Lindsay Owen Pierre, with narration by legendary actress Ruby Dee. Focusing on the extraordinary women behind two men who would change […]

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Sherri Sheppard takes on an interview with Angela Bassett and Mary J about the new highly anticipatedLIFETIME movie, “Betty and Coretta”. Both women speak on the grace yet strength the wives of these great men possessed. This movie is said to be a great family movie and a great watch for our young people!   article courtesy of Joy105.com CLICK HERE to watch […]

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  Fox Searchlight’s adaptation of Langston Hughes’ 1961 gospel musical Black Nativity — will start filming later this month with Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Tyrese Gibson and Jacob Latimore.  Writer-director Kasi Lemmons (best known for Eve’s Bayou) is writing and directing the film. Black Nativity follows the story of Langston, a teenage boy […]

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Here’s your first official look – via a two-minute video preview- at Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige in the upcoming Lifetime original movie Betty & Coretta. The tele-film will premiere on Saturday, February 2nd at 8 p.m. EST, and will center on the relationship between Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King. Specifically, it will […]

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  Lifetime will kick off Black History Month in February with the film Betty & Coretta, starring Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige. The movie is executive produced by Blige and also stars Malik Yoba, and Lindsay Owen Pierre. Focusing on the extraordinary women behind the two men who would change history, Betty & Coretta tells the similar true stories […]

I can vouch and say one couple that represents black love well in Hollywood is Actor Courtney B. Vance and his lovely wife, Actress Angela Bassett! Not only does their love shine bright but their faith shines as well.

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Angela Bassett shows off a new hair do on the March 2011 cover of Essence magazine. While wearing a strapless gold dress, with gold embellishments and accessories, she tells us why Black women are so fabulous: