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Angela Bassett

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Angela Bassett’s résumé of sci-fi, horror and comic book movies created new ways of seeing Black women

Oscar-nominated actress showed what’s possible through offbeat choices and varied characters

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‘Another Act’ special edition: Return to Wakanda

Cast members give preview of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’  

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‘Another Act’: Angela Bassett on her role in ‘Soul’ on Disney+

Also, she discusses how she’s appreciated in the Black community, on social media and in Hollywood

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Episode 28

Roundtable: Michael Jordan on Stephen Curry’s Hall of Fame credentials, Zion’s weight dilemma and more N-word controversy

Also: Black women in cinema and the NBA’s new code of conduct

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South African choreographer reinterprets ‘Giselle’ as a vehicle for female rage

Dada Masilo’s ballet recalls Angela Bassett’s famous torching-the-Beemer scene in ‘Waiting to Exhale’

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Angela Bassett is a queen in ‘Black Panther’ — and Hollywood

‘I’m grounded in where I came from — where we all come from — and what we all possess within us’

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Black Panther — on and off-camera — is a woke superhero fantasy set in today’s reality

Wakanda is in Atlanta, beautiful chocolate bald women protect the crown, Dru Hill and Chaka Khan are on blast — and it only gets better

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‘Black Panther’ is so lit because of the cast

Basically all of your favorite actors — seriously, all of them