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Leos where ya at?!? I had no idea that Angela Bassett was a fellow member of team lea but the superstar is making us look dayum good!!!
Bassett, a 30 year veteran of television and film, celebrated her 60th birthday yesterday (August 16, 2018) and she posted a bikini shot that would put most 20-somethings to shame!
Photo below… Continue Reading…
Lifetime’s movie premiere of “Whitney” was a ratings hit for the network, but it seems that not all family members of the late songstress approved of the portrayal and at least one has voiced their disapproval.
[WATCH: Lifetime’s ‘Whitney’ Movie + Bobby Brown’s Post-Show Interview (FULL VIDEO)]
Pat Houston, Whitney’s sister in-law and executor of her estate, released a detailed statement expressing her disappointment about the movie and how she was not been properly involved in the making of the movie. She even states that she wasn’t even offered a complimentary advanced copy of the film!
Pat also feels ‘somekindaway’ about lifetime’s decision to air the film so close to the anniversary of the Whitney Houston‘s death which was on Feb. 11, 2012.
Read Pat Houston’s full statement below… Continue Reading…
Lifetime aired their highly anticipated Whitney Houston biopic, ‘WHITNEY’ Saturday evening and from all the online chatter, it would appear that it was actually pretty decent!
We were all on pins and needles after that Aaliyah fiasco (click HERE if you missed that) but this time, Lifetime clearly put some thought into casting and developing a real-life storyline.
While there was clearly “sex and drugs” on the menu for Whitney’s turbulent lifestyle, viewers were also treated to her infamously tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown.
Angela Bassett, the show’s producer, chose to focus the film on a five-year period of Houston’s life, during the period of the height of her music & budding film success.
Many viewers believe it was a bit too Bobby-centric, but that makes sense being that he probably contributed the bulk of information for the film.
In case you missed it, watch Lifetime’s ‘WHITNEY’ + Bobby Brown’s intimate after-show interview below… Continue Reading…
Iconic actress Ruby Dee is the narrator, hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige boldly takes on the role of Betty Shabazz and Angela Bassett takes on the role of Coretta Scott King in the made for tv film.
While the daughters of both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King have spoken out against the biopic, stating that the portrayals of their mother’s weren’t quite accurate, it still makes for an entertaining movie.
Watch the full video of LifetimeTV’s ‘Betty & Coretta’ + read the family’s take on the movie below… Continue Reading…
Jackson is currently performing in ‘The Mountaintop’ alongside Angela Bassett and after a matinee performance of the play he got the mandatory “Happy Birthday” group song from the cast and crew…. and his close friend Reverend Al Sharpton.
Jackson (a graduate of Morehouse College) is an honorary ATLien and he’s been the lone voice responsible for getting Falcons fans on their feet each home game by yelling RISE UP!… now Jackson is joined in the spot by a few more recognizable ATL favorites…
Angela Bassett is joining “ER” for it’s final season. The veteran actress will play a “tough-as-nails attending physician who is coming back to Chicago after doing tsunami relief work in Indonesia.” Of course you already know there will be much drama with Ms. Bassett’s character…it is expected that she will be hiding a troubled past that reveals itself towards the final episode. I can see it now…she swings into town with an abusive husband and she hides her bruises with cheap make-up and sunglasses…that’s already been done?….oh, my bad! 😯
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