Last spring, scribegrrrl blogged about the 2008 inductees to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and noted that Angela Bassett — owner of one of the best sets of biceps in Hollywood — was slated to be among them.

Well, yesterday was her big day.

Wearing a dress that lay bare her biceps, Angela Bassett tearfully acknowledged the honor.

"Who would have thought that a little girl in pigtails from St. Petersburg, Florida, would grow up to find herself gazing at a star with her name on it, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? This day is so, so special to me."

Although it's hard to take the Hollywood Walk of Fame too seriously, especially given the ambiguous criteria for selection, I don't find it difficult to appreciate anything that makes Angela Bassett happy. Because the Yale grad is brilliant, and very lovely. And it makes me happy to take any excuse to look at pictures of Angela Bassett.

She's been lovely as historical figures, such as Rosa Parks.

And, of course, Tina Turner.

(If you haven't seen What's Love Got to Do With It lately, check out the trailer here and watch this next clip. Talk about showing off her biceps.)

She was also lovely pairing with Laurence Fishburne (Ike to her Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It) onstage at the Pasadena Playhouse in August Wilson's Fences.

And she was a little more butch, but still lovely, as Mace in Strange Days.

And she's even been lovely in very bad movies, such as Mr. 3000.

And Vampire in Brooklyn.

She was lovely paired with Taye Diggs as Stella, when she was getting her groove back.

But even though Taye Diggs is fairly easy on the eyes, I prefer her in this pairing with Diane Lane.

If looking at pictures of Angela Bassett is not enough, you can also catch her in Meet the Browns, which opens today.