Based on a true story, watch an extended preview of the extraordinary women behind the men of the Civil Rights Movement as Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige star in Betty & Coretta. Premieres Saturday, February 2 at 8/7c on Lifetime. From our sister station MyHoustonMajic.com: Lifetime Premiering Black History Movies Starring Angela Bassett, Mary […]

via:eurweb Hollywood may have a well-deserved reputation for being a spiritual wasteland, but faith is hardly absent from Tinseltown, says beliefnet.com. The following 12 Hollywood powerhouses are at the top of their game in movies or TV, and are unabashedly proclaiming their Christian beliefs. And they are far from the exception. We chose them from dozens of candidates, […]

Not many couples have a book written about their love’s journey. Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance wrote Friends: A Love Story based on their relationship’s metamorphosis from friendship into the beautiful 15 year marriage that it is now. The couple met at the Yale School of Drama and on an appearance on Oprah, Angela […]

Via: msn.com 20 years ago, ‘Boyz N the Hood’ launched the careers of Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne, Regina King & others. What have they been up to since the revolutionary film? Cuba Gooding Jr., Then  Tre Styles works at Fox Hills Mall, is smart, has a beautiful girlfriend and is learning how to be a […]

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via:eurweb The sequel to “Waiting to Exhale” is bout ready to start. At the Essence Music Festival, the author Terry McMillian said she’s working on the third draft of a script and hopes to have it finished by July. Read More

  via:eurweb Angela Bassett has signed on to replace Halle Berry in the forthcoming Broadway production of The Mountaintop, which stars Samuel L Jackson as civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on the night before his 1968 assassination. As previously reported, Berry had to pull out of the project in April because of child […]

Angela Bassett spilled the beans on the remake of "Waiting to Exale"! You might want to read to see what else she said and check out the clip from the interview.

We have seen Ms. Bassett in a lot of roles. This time the roll takes her to the stage! Click to read more!

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  Veteran actress Angela Bassett appears on the cover of Essence magazine’s March issue marking its 4th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards. Bassett is the publication’s 2011 honoree, along with Viola Davis, Jennifer Hudson and Loretta Devine. In the cover story “Unstoppable,” Bassett shows that even without the glam and glitz of Hollywood, […]