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Loretta Devine On ‘Waiting to Exhale,’ Recalls Gregory Hines Urging Her to ‘Lose Weight’ and Whitney Houston’s Incessant Singing On Set

Black EnterpriseAugust 25, 2021August 25, 2021

by Black EnterpriseAugust 25, 2021August 25, 202123444

Loretta Devine opens up about her Waiting to Exhale days and the fun she had on set with Angela Bassett and Whitney and the things...

Arts and Culture Money Women

Even With A Raise, Angela Bassett Still Isn’t Getting Paid What White Actresses Make

Jeroslyn JohnsonAugust 16, 2021August 16, 2021

by Jeroslyn JohnsonAugust 16, 2021August 16, 20211298

Angela Bassett recently made national headlines with her history-making salary increase to “north of $450,000 an episode”....

Lifestyle

Angela Bassett Makes History As Highest-Paid Black Actress in TV History

Jeroslyn JohnsonAugust 5, 2021August 5, 2021

by Jeroslyn JohnsonAugust 5, 2021August 5, 20216252

Let's bow down for this Queen, Angela Bassett, who has certainly earned her stripes as the highest-paid Black actress in broadcast TV history!...

Arts and Culture

Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance Producing Series on Tulsa Race Massacre and Black Wall Street

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 27, 2021May 27, 2021

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 27, 2021May 27, 20215184

MTV, Angela Bassett, and Courtney Vance announced Nathan Alan Davis will be writing a series on the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921...

Entrepreneurship

Billionaire Robert F. Smith Has History of Financial Activism Beyond Morehouse

Samara LynnMay 20, 2019

by Samara LynnMay 20, 20193547

Robert F. Smith, recognized with an honorary degree from Morehouse along with award-winning actress Angela Basset, has undertaken severals charitable acts....

Education Leadership

Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith, Angela Bassett To Be Honored At Morehouse Commencement

Selena HillApril 24, 2019

by Selena HillApril 24, 20191140

Billionaire Robert F. Smith and actress Angela Basset will be recognized with honorary degrees at the 2019 Morehouse College commencement ceremony....

Arts and Culture Lifestyle

From ‘American Crime Story’ to Co-Starring With Oprah and Tom Cruise, Actor Courtney B. Vance Reflects on His Career

Gwendolyn QuinnMay 26, 2017September 23, 2017

by Gwendolyn QuinnMay 26, 2017September 23, 20171209

Though he’s been acting for more than 30 years, Courtney B. Vance credits his award-winning performance as Johnnie Cochran for the FX series The...

Arts and Culture Lifestyle

Twitter Reacts To Bobbi Kristina Disrespecting Angela Bassett

Kevin L. ClarkJune 30, 2014September 29, 2017

by Kevin L. ClarkJune 30, 2014September 29, 20172998

Angela Bassett will direct the 'Whitney Houston' docufilm, which has made the late singer's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, quite upset....

Arts and Culture Lifestyle

Yaya DaCosta Cast As Whitney Houston In Lifetime Movie

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJune 9, 2014June 30, 2014

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJune 9, 2014June 30, 20141326

The movie is due to debut in 2015...

Lifestyle

Angela Bassett to Direct Whitney Houston Biopic

Courtney ConnleyMay 23, 2014September 29, 2017

by Courtney ConnleyMay 23, 2014September 29, 20171334

Lifetime network has tapped award-winning actress Angela Bassett as the director of new Whitney Houston biopic...

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