Daily entertainment news covering Angela Bassett en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/26/seth_rogen_co_writes_aamp_acts_in_simpso_1 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:06:11 EST Entertainment News 138830@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seth Rogen has fulfilled a dream, and he's not talking about starring in the box-office hit "Knocked Up" or playing a superhero in the upcoming "The Green Hornet."

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/16/movie_spotlight_notorious_ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:20:42 EST Entertainment News 108136@http://www.starpulse.com/news In the last few years, biopics, namely music biopics have become a routine. It's only fitting that Notorious becomes this year's first.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/04/anthony_edwards_discusses_his_cameo_as_d Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:40:14 EST Entertainment News 102617@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Anthony Edwards says it's easy being Greene. The actor, who left "ER" six years ago, said in a telephone news conference Monday that he had no problem getting back

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/16/celebrity_birthdays_august_78 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 94266@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Franz Ferdinand bassist Robert Hardy (1980), singer Vanessa Carlton (1980), actor George Stults (1975), "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" star Steve Carell (1963), actor Timothy Hutton (1960), pop queen Madonna (1958),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/08/slideshow_celebrities_with_twins Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:45:12 EST Entertainment News 95051@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's all the rage these days - twins that is. Angelina Jolie just gave birth to one of the most famous sets of twins in history, and Lisa Marie Presley & Rebecca Romijn

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/09/celebrity_foreclosures_show_extent_of_ho Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:36:37 EST Entertainment News 92220@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tabloid magazines like to reassure us that celebrities are just like us — they go grocery shopping, take their dogs for a stroll around the neighborhood,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/13/er_starts_countdown_to_series_final_flat Tue, 13 May 2008 08:26:21 EST Entertainment News 87209@http://www.starpulse.com/news BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Deep inside Stage 11 on the bustling Warner Bros. lot, a giant of a television show is starting to die.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/29/angela_bassett_will_join_er_for_15th_aam Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:06:21 EST Entertainment News 85866@http://www.starpulse.com/news NBC announced that Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Angela Bassett will join the cast of NBC's long running show "ER" in early fall of next season as a tough-as-nails attending physician who is coming back to Chicago after doing tsunami relief work in Indonesia.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/18/opening_march_21_tyler_perry_s_meet_the_ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:30:46 EST Entertainment News 81477@http://www.starpulse.com/news Prolific playwright Tyler Perry adapts his popular stage play of the same name in this family-oriented comedy concerning a desperate mother who connects with the family she never knew. Brenda is a single Chicago mother of three who has been struggling for years to keep her kids off of the streets. Suddenly let go from her job with no warning... Continue Summary Pictures / Trailer / More

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/21/tina_turner_the_musical_ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:11:53 EST Entertainment News 72082@http://www.starpulse.com/news A bizarre musical tracing the life of Tina Turner is heading for the London stage. The show, based on Turner's autobiography, will be called Simply The Best, according to reports.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/16/mel_gibson_tops_list_of_hollywood_s_most Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:20:14 EST Entertainment News 63924@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actor/director Mel Gibson has topped a poll naming the most powerful Christians in Hollywood. The Passion Of The Christ star, who last year vowed to stop drinking alcohol after he was caught driving under the influence in California, beat out competition from fellow Bible fan Denzel Washington.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/16/celebrity_birthdays_august_47 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 54425@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Franz Ferdinand bassist Robert Hardy (1980), singer Vanessa Carlton (1980), actor George Stults (1975), "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" star Steve Carell (1963), actor Timothy Hutton (1960), pop queen Madonna (1958), actress Angela Bassett (1958), "Titanic" director James Cameron (1954), singer/actress Kathie Lee Gifford (1953), "Family Matters" actor Reginald VelJohnson (1952), actress Lesley Ann Warren (1946), actress Julie Newmar (1933), singer Eydie Gorme (1931), football legend Frank Gifford (1930), actor Robert Culp (1930), actress Ann Blyth (1928), and British writer/soldier T.E. Lawrence (1888; d. 1935).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/10/stars_provide_voices_for_inspired_by_the Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:57:59 EST Entertainment News 50825@http://www.starpulse.com/news The most ambitious, critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible ever produced, "Inspired By... The Bible Experience," has confirmed more than 200 cast members for the "Old Testament" prequel to its bestselling "New Testament" edition.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/19/tina_turner_biopic_ruined_ike_turner_s_c Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:09:27 EST Entertainment News 47784@http://www.starpulse.com/news Singer Ike Turner's career was ruined by the 1993 biopic of ex-wife Tina Turner, which depicted his abusive relationship with her. The songwriter/producer maintains he was bullied into signing a contract for What's Love Got To Do With It, leaving him with no input over how he was portrayed in the Academy award-nominated film - and he's suffered ever since.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/17/beyonce_earns_leading_6_nominations_for_ Thu, 17 May 2007 09:22:50 EST Entertainment News 42933@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Beyoncé earned a leading six nominations Wednesday for the 2007 BET Awards, including nods for top female R&B artist, video for ''Irreplaceable'' and duets with Jay-Z on ''Deja Vu'' and ''Upgrade U.''

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/16/dream_concert_will_raise_money_for_marti Wed, 16 May 2007 09:03:26 EST Entertainment News 42749@http://www.starpulse.com/news WASHINGTON (AP) - Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons and Tommy Hilfiger are among those spearheading a concert to raise money to build a memorial to The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/10/forest_whitaker_is_set_for_walk_of_fame_ Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:01:40 EST Entertainment News 37399@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oscar winning actor Forest Whitaker is set for another major 2007 honor - a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Last King Of Scotland actor will unveil the 2,335th star on the famous Hollywood Boulevard landmark on Monday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/22/taye_diggs_aamp_hector_elizondo_to_guest Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:12:25 EST Entertainment News 31404@http://www.starpulse.com/news Taye Diggs will guest star in Grey's Anatomy in a special two-hour episode that will air later this season. Diggs, an established star of film, television and theatre, made his feature film debut starring opposite Angela Bassett in the box office hit, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and has since earned critical acclaim in several leading roles.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/15/angela_bassett_aamp_courtney_b_vance_cel Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:55:45 EST Entertainment News 29889@http://www.starpulse.com/news What’s Love Got To Do With It star Angela Bassett and her husband, actor Courtney B. Vance, made the most of their wedding night in 1997 after abstaining from sex for a full year before their nuptials. The long-time friends chose to be celibate for 12 months after Law & Order: Criminal Intent star Vance proposed and had just one night to consummate their marriage before Bassett flew off to shoot movie How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/10/oprah_winfrey_angela_bassett_aamp_others Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:42:57 EST Entertainment News 18306@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oprah Winfrey, Kimberly Elise, Angela Bassett and Ruby Dee will be presenters at Film Life's "2006 Black Movie Awards A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present and Future," airing Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), on TNT.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/16/celebrity_birthdays_august_16 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:00:53 EST Entertainment News 12878@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Franz Ferdinand bassist Robert Hardy (1980), singer Vanessa Carlton (1980), actor George Stults (1975), "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" star Steve Carell (1963), actor Timothy Hutton (1960), pop queen Madonna (1958), actress Angela Bassett (1958), "Titanic" director James Cameron (1954), singer/actress Kathie Lee Gifford (1953), "Family Matters" actor Reginald VelJohnson (1952), actress Lesley Ann Warren (1946), actress Julie Newmar (1933), singer Eydie Gorme (1931), football legend Frank Gifford (1930), actor Robert Culp (1930), actress Ann Blyth (1928), and British writer/soldier T.E. Lawrence (1888; d. 1935).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/08/fishburne_aamp_bassett_team_up_for_fourt Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:00:52 EST Entertainment News 9645@http://www.starpulse.com/news What's Love Got To Do With It stars Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett are set to team up again for a new play in Pasadena, California. The stars, who played Ike and Tina Turner in the hit biopic, will play opposite each other in celebrated playwright August Wilson's "Fences," when the production debuts at the Pasadena Playhouse next month.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/01/27/celebrity_snippets_angela_bassett_s_twin Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:21:52 EST Entertainment News 2324@http://www.starpulse.com/news * Actress Angela Bassett is expecting twins through a surrogate mother this spring. The 47-year-old star has been married to actor Courtney B. Vance for nine years. Actress Halle Berry is among the couple's friends hosting a baby shower at the swanky Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles this weekend.

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