SLIDESHOW - This has been a banner year for black performers on Broadway. But, black stars also rocked the red carpet in addition to taking home Tony Awards trophies...
SLIDESHOW - The 54-year-old star has excelled at playing both icons (Tina Turner and Betty Shabazz for example) and down-to-earth working class women...
NEW YORK (AP) — The idea of working with director Antoine Fuqua was enough for Angela Bassett to appear in the action flick, 'Olympus Has Fallen.'" But things got better for the Oscar-nominated actress when she found out she'd share most of her scenes with Morgan Freeman...
theGRIO REPORT - During an interview with theGrio, 'Olympus Has Fallen' director, Antoine Fuqua,talks about his new film and opens up about the long-awaited Tupac biopic...
theGRIO REPORT - During an interview with theGrio, Angela Bassett talks about playing a character initially meant for a male actor in 'Olympus Has Fallen,' and weighs in on Chris Brown and Rihanna...
MADAME NOIRE - While Shabazz does commend the movie network for their willingness to highlight an era as important as the one depicted in the film, she expresses that the movie was highly fictionalized and the manner in which it portrayed her mother was extremely inaccurate...
theGRIO REPORT - Angela Bassett, Ruby Dee, Mary J. Blige and Malik Yoba hit up the red carpet at the New York City premiere of Lifetime's 'Betty & Coretta'...