Angela Bassett

Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson, who last seen on Broadway in The Mountaintop, will host the 2012 BET Awards, which will air live July 1 from the Historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.  

Stage and screen star Samuel L. Jackson will host the BET Awards 12, to be aired live from the Historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 1. Jackson starred on Broadway earlier this season in The Mountaintop. He received an Oscar nomination ...  

Following acclaimed openings in Washington and New York, the Kennedy Center's Broadway production of the award-winning musical Follies officially opened its limited engagement at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre May 9.  

Following acclaimed openings in Washington and New York, the Kennedy Center's Broadway production of the award-winning musical Follies officially opened its limited engagement at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre May 9. Read the Playbill.com story.  

Khan, Loretta Devine, Angela Bassett — joined by her husband Courtney Vance and their two children — and other celebrities appear in the video for “Super Life: Fear Kills, Love Heals” wearing hoodies. Martin was wearing the clothing item ...  

Her innocent and elegant pastel pink dress was demure but illusory to a profound and passionate speech prefaced by a riveting monologue, when actress Angela Bassett visited St. Sabina Church recently as part of its African American Speaker Series.  

Nominees have been announced for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards. As previously reported, the ceremony will be held at the Marriott Marquis Times Square on Friday, May 18, hosted by Stockard Channing and John Larroquette. The Drama League Awards honor ...  

After a successful run on the hit NYC Broadway show, ‘The Mountaintop,’ Angela Bassett is making her move back into television. The ‘Waiting To Exhale’ actress will be taking on a role as a CIA agent on an upcoming FOX … Continue  

Among the celebrities paying tribute to Martin are Angela Bassett, Garcelle Beauvois, Terry Crews, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Sharon Leal, Keke Palmer, Eva Pigford, Kelly Price. Other performers such as Common, Macy Gray and Talib Kweli ...  

Speaking in Chicago over the weekend, legendary actress Angela Bassett added her voice to the chorus of celebrities joining activists in charging racism in the death of Trayvon Martin and ensuing absence of charges against his killer. Comparing the 17-year ...  

On her nightstand: “Friends: A Love Story,” by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance with Hilary Beard. “The book ... traces the relationship between actors Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett, who were friends for years and transitioned ...  

Currently starring on Broadway opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the Olivier Award-winning play “Mountaintop,” a reimagining of events the night before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bassett was at the South Side Catholic church as part ...  

Based on a Terry McMillan novel, the movie starred Houston, Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon and Loretta Devine as four girlfriends dealing with bad relationships. Before her death, Houston had completed her first film since the 1996 holiday comedy The Preacher ...  

Based on a Terry McMillan novel, the movie starred Houston, Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon and Loretta Devine as four girlfriends dealing with bad relationships. There was talk of Houston continuing her transition back to film with a Waiting to Exhale sequel ...  

Chaka Khan, Eric Benet, Kelly Price, actors Boris Kodjoe, Angela Bassett and others have re-recorded Khan’s “Super Life” as a tribute song and PSA in honor of Trayvon Martin. On March 25, more than a dozen musicians, singers, TV personalities and ...  

Matt Damon Goes 'All In' - EXCLUSIVETheInsider.comIt was a tournament-style show that aired on the network in 2004 and featured Ben playing Texas Hold 'Em alongside fellow A-Listers like Chevy Chase, Angela Bassett, Neil Patrick Harris, Don Cheadle, Carrie Fisher, Chris Meloni, Rosario Dawson, ...  

Juanita speaks: Michael Jordan's ex talks about her penthouse on the marketChicago Sun-TimesSTELLAR REMINDER: Actress Angela Bassett will speak Friday at Saint Sabina Church and will be a special guest at a Obama Victory Fund luncheon hosted by Susan McKeever, Evonne & Stuart Taylor and Dr. Cheryl Whitaker. Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Obama for ...and more »