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Angela Bassett

Lifetime is remaking "Steel Magnolias" with an all-black cast!
by
Heather Hogan, Senior Editor
 on October 13, 2011 | Comments (15)

And we've got suggestions for the women who should take over for Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley Maclaine and Julia Roberts!

Angela Bassett gets a new "Identity"
by
the linster
 on March 8, 2011 | Comments (12)
The actress will star in the U.S. adaptation of a failed UK TV show.
Angela Bassett is set to scrub into the "ER"
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Dorothy Snarker
 on April 30, 2008 | Comments (10)
She’s already been a private dancer, now Angela Bassett will be in private practice. OK, fine, it’s more like general practice. The Oscar-nominated and G
Remembering Thelma and Louise: movies and violence against women
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Sarah Warn, Founder and Former Editor in Chief
 on April 24, 2008 | Comments (56)
It's been fifteen years since some idiot decided Boxing Helena (1993) was a good idea for a movie, and some days it still feels like not much has changed. S
Angela Bassett gets her star
by
Ace
 on March 21, 2008 | Comments (12)
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
Let's fill Eliza Dushku's "Dollhouse"
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Dorothy Snarker
 on March 6, 2008 | Comments (28)
Who wants to play house — Dollhouse, that is? The ambitious new Joss Whedon/Eliza Dushku sci-fi series is currently casting its principal characte
11 black actresses to know and love
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Sarah Warn, Founder and Former Editor in Chief
 on January 21, 2008 | Comments (99)
To commemorate MLK Jr. Day, and because it's an excuse to write about beautiful women, I made a list of the 11 black actresses who make me sit up and take noti
Fifty and fabulous in 2008
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the linster
 on December 20, 2007 | Comments (15)
One of my childhood memories is a time at my cousin's 12th birthday party when I thoughtfully said, "Twelve is such a ripe old age." I don't kno
From scream queen to screen queen: big-name stars with horror roots
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Dorothy Snarker
 on October 31, 2007 | Comments (4)
Boo! Did I scare you? No, well, fine. But I do know a scary secret. Lean close, I'll tell you. Closer. A bit closer. Boo! OK, come on, that time I had to sc
Angela Bassett and Edie Falco together again in “Nothing but the Truth”
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Ace
 on October 25, 2007 | Comments (2)
I just read that Angela Bassett has joined the cast of Nothing but the Truth, a political drama loosely based on the Valerie Plame scandal. Bassett
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