I have always craved her muscle tone but am too lazy to actually work for it.

...(except Meet the Browns)

Hot!

I have to say, I loved her attitude in "Whats Love Gotta do With it"...but then again, I am a sucker for anything Tina Turner.

If Angela Basset wanted to murder me, she absolutely could.

That dress is gorgeous, snaps to Angela.

She'll always be Anna Mae Bullock to me.

She's so gorgeous. Most toned arms I've ever seen.

I guess you could buy a ticket to the movie and then not go, right?

Dayum.

Is she in "Meet the Browns"?

I loved her romance-making with DeNiro in the Score. He's my kinda guy, she's my kinda gal

@ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Comment stealer.

The dress is gorgeous, though.

love her; she looks amazing. loved her in "what's love got to do with it," though honestly the muscles in her arms then were borderline scary. or maybe they were scary. regardless, she is and always has been gorgeous and a great actress.

i'm so tired of tyler perry and i've never even seen one of his movies

And THAT is how you rock a goddess gown.

she really did kill it in WLGTDWI.

That's a pretty janky red carpet. The people behind her are wearing jeans and backpacks and there's a scaffolding across the bottom. Is she in a strip mall?

@Her_royal_Highness: I thought she was amazing in that as well. I just can't handle the abuse scenes.

I still remember my dad renting Mad Max and watching it with him while eating Hostess Snoballs.

Stone cold fox.

Nothing more to add.

@RyanB: oh God yes DeNiro!

She is always smashing.

@feathernotdot: Yes, the muscle tone.

@Archetype: Yeah, the scenes were a bit...ugh. But you have to admit that you were rooting for her when she finally beat the shit out of Ike Turner. Bastard.

Seriously great

@Her_royal_Highness: I've loved him ever since I was 10. Now whenever I visit NYC I go to the Tribeca Grille (his restaurant) just to see if he's there, you know, managing something. Creepy? Perhaps. Necessary? Absolutely.

At a first glance it looked as if she'd munched on chocolate biscuits. And i DON'T mean it as some sort of racial remark. I really don't, it just looked like that.

i know the movie wasn't as good but she looked so bad ass in "strange days"

@suburbanstoner-corporateslave: but the woman in jeans is carrying a giant Louis Vuitton! Wait, does that make this red carpet more or less janky? I might vote more.

Except for another gd Tyler Perry movie. Starring Tyler Perry.

Dude. Jackons: An American Dream, that AMAZING miniseries on ABC. She was the mom. Anyone?

"Tito, get a switch! Get a switch!"

@RyanB: Hell, I would do the same thing.

I would go in and order: "a steak with a side of DeNiro please. Thank you" :)

Yowza.

@mllej: it's like he's the new rob schneider

@suburbanstoner-corporateslave: I think the look she has in her eyes says, "I will cut that janky slut. And my manager for sending me here, come to think of it."

@Her_royal_Highness: I think that's actually a menu item. And if it's not, I'll suggest it should be one next time I go.

@AllThatYaz: Actually, I think the best part is where Joe Jackson is chasing Michael to beat him for something, and he and Catherine (Angela Bassett) end up laughing hysterically because the Michael looked like a jackrabbit when he hid under the bed.

Damn that sentence was a mess. I'm sorry.

All I can add to this conversation is that my bro used to call me and prank call me as Ike Turner. Fucking. Hilarious.

@Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: *deletes extra use of "call" in mind*

i'm sad that we don't see enough of her and other black actresses like kerry washington. yet keira knightly, kate hudson and other lesser talented white actresses continue to abuse the film screen yearly.

I asked my boyfriend, when I was 15, who he thought the sexiest actress was. He immediately came up with Angela Bassett because "she's gorgeous and she has the most amazing arms; she could tear me in half, and I would love it." I can't remember why I broke up with him now. God, I've been a fool.

@bess marvin, girl detective: yeah it sucks that the only roles they get are in fucking tyler perry movies.

she is on my list for top 10 most beautiful women ever - and that list counts insides and outsides.

@Her_royal_Highness: When I saw that in the theater, seemingly all the women in the room were screaming "YEAH! YEAH!" and kicking or hitting the seats in front of them. Powerful reaction and funny as shit.

@ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: Ha, he's from my hometown, totally moated me in our local videostore that jackass.

@Lady Skittlehattington's Publicist: I read that and started laughing hysterically...not quite sure why. That's just so great - who prank calls their sister, pretending to be Ike Turner? That's like prank calling your sister, pretending to be Abe Lincoln, or Alex Trebek or Abigail Adams.

What I mean to say is, Is your brother single? Because he seems like my type. He'd float my crazy boat.

@bess marvin, girl detective: @ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: I was shocked when I saw she was cast in this Tyler Perry movie. But again, his movies are big box office draws, and it gets her in front of an audience.

@mllej: what a bummer.

I say goddamn! Goddamn, goddamn...

@brendastarlet: I'd rather she have gotten the job as Holly Hunter's captain/buddy on Saving Grace than be in this shit.

Perhaps this is karma for her deplorable sour grapes after Halle won. Yes, you deserved it more, but damn.

You look Ferosh hunny!

@PopCultureSavant: You are not alone (and I've seen one).

@Macloserboy: maybe so. I've always thought she and Courtney B. Vance had the opportunity to be this generation's Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.

@redrover189: He's married. And kind of a tool to be honest. He does have his hilarious moments when he's not being a sexist asshat.

His Ozzie Osbourne impression is even better.

Love. Her.

Thank you, Jezebel, for featuring 3 strong, smart, independent women today. What a great way to end untalented-but-famous-Jersey-whore week!

@ineffable.me l0v3s unicorns!1!!1!: while i command any black man succeeding in the film industry, i just can't relate to his over the top characters. i understand they are derived from a play, but it doesn't translate well on screen in my opinion.

*jaw drop*

Crap is she a beautiful woman.

...She deserves better than "Meet the Browns." Oh well...not every role can be that or Mrs. Malcolm X or Tina Turner...

That and both of those roles are pretty intense to experience/shoot. Notice Robert De Niro stopped with his (best) fitting roles--no more Jimmy Conways or Sam Rothsteins or Jake la Mottas...

On to "Rocky and Bullwinkle" and an endorsement for American Express.

The commercial itself was beautiful though.

@bess marvin, girl detective:

TP is a paradox:

On one hand, you've got a Black man making movies about Black people that are wildly successful and have crossover appeal. This paves the way for other Black writers, directors, actresses to make movies that are also wildly successful and have crossover appeal.

On the other hand, you've got a Black man making shiteous movies about stereotypical Black people that are wildly successful and have crossover appeal. This paves the way for other Black writers, directors, actresses to make shiteous movies about stereotypical Black people that are wildly successful and have crossover appeal.

Look out! There's a bald, fat, too-many-bad patterns-wearin old guy leering right behind you, Angela!

@ceejeemcbeegee (just debatin' not hatin'):
Re: Tyler Perry
age old stichyation, chica. Which came first, the minstrel or the opportunity?

And it's not like people aren't pitching better stuff, it's just the Step and Fetchit shit that gets funded.

FTR: I stopped watching the Oscars when Angela Bassett lost.

@brendastarlet: Agreed. Both talented and beautiful.

@dandelionbrowne: What does it say about the Oscars that Angela Bassett lost but Halle Berry won? Not a good verdict, IMHO.

The dress looks cheap.