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Angela Bassett has been on the go promoting her new film "Whitney," which is scheduled to premiere on Lifetime Saturday, Jan. 17, at 8 p.m. One stop the new director made was to "The Wendy Williams Show," where she opened up about directing for the first time, Bobbi Kristina drama and her thoughts on making the movie. When Wendy asked the actress, "I understand this is your first time directing?" Bassett replied, "My first time." Wendy, "How did this all come about for you?" Bassett: "I was having lunch one day with the executive producer who produced [the] 'Betty and Coretta' movie that I did for Lifetime with Mary J. Blige a couple years back. He says he's working on this Whitney movie ... knowing his integrity, the way he goes about things, I was excited about it, because two years I wasn't excited about the idea." She adds, "It seemed too soon, and just inappropriate at the time, but now three years later I thought, 'Oh, wonderful' ... he talked about finding a director." Bassett said she rushed home to try to find some directors for her friend: Read More »
American Horror Story Freak Show returns from it's brief hiatus tonight and we couldn't be more excited for it. We mean after the last episode's dramatic turn, we are just dying to see what is to become of the other freak show performers, no pun intended. In the all-new episode titled, "Blood Bath," fans are going to see a lot of Angela Bassett's three-breasted character Desiree, as she rises up to unite the sideshow performers. Read More »
'American Horror Story' is gearing up to give fans one heck of a Freak Show. The cast of the third installment of the horror franchise, Coven, was in attendance at this years Comic-Con in San Diego, where they had a panel discussion that focused mainly on the past season of the show. However, it did give a few clues into what viewers can expect when the series returns for it's fourth season this fall. Read More »
And the drama continues! While Cissy Houston sits back and continues to be upset about the new biopic of her daughter, the late Whitney Houston, director and actress, Angela Bassett pushes on with production. Read More »
If you ask Whitney Houston's mother, Cissy Houston, 80, how she feels about Lifetime's upcoming biopic of her late daughter, she'd probably say that she is not happy, and upset. Read More »
We want to dance with somebody, after hearing this news. It was reported earlier this week that the Whitney Houston biopic is definitely going to feature some of the R&B singer's music in the film. However, there is a catch. The songs won't be the originals sung by Houston, and they wont even be star Yaya DaCosta's vocals. Instead, it has been confirmed that singer Deborah Cox will be putting her own spin on the famous tracks for the movie. Read More »
Do you think Arlen Escarpeta is good enough to play the late Whitney Houston's husband, Bobby Brown? If looks could tell then we'd have to say, just wait and see. Despite our recent story of America's Next Top Model, Yaya DaCosta looking just like Houston, we want to know if you feel that her co-star looks like Brown. Read More »
Despite the late Whitney Houston's family being upset and outraged about the singer's life being revealed and shown on the small screen, Lifetime, you have to admit to yourself fans are excited. Read More »
Bobbi Kristina sure does now how to apologize quickly. MStars News previously reported that the daughter of the late singer, Whitney Houston recently went off on actress Angela Bassett, after she made insulting remarks to why she would not want to hire Bobbi Kristina to play a role in the upcoming Lifetime Biopic of the singer. Read More »
While the world is excited to see the Whitney Houston biopic, there is one person that isn’t counting down the days until the premiere. Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, is not too keen on the new project and it seems that her anger and frustration stems from not being able to portray her late mother in the new film. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Angela Bassett, who will be directing the film, said that she never even contemplated putting Bobbi in front of the camera. Read More »
News broke several months ago that Michael Chiklis had joined the cast of American Horror Story: Freak Show, the fourth season of Ryan Murphy's twisted series. A new report offers some more details about The Shield star's role in Season 4. Read More »
American Horror Story: Freak Show is still a little ways off, but fans of Ryan Murphy's twisted series are eagerly anticipating Season 4. As per usual, a new season means new characters for each of the wonderful actors and actresses on the show, and a new report has information on several of the roles. Read More »
Fans of American Horror Story likely know that Season 4 of the series will be subtitled Freak Show and will take place at a carnival in Florida in the 1950s. Now, series creator Ryan Murphy has revealed some new details about the upcoming season. Read More »
