Angela Bassett has landed the lead role in ABC's drama pilot Identity, Deadline reports.
Based on a British series, Identity revolves around an elite police unit that focuses on identity-related crimes. Bassett will play ...
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Angela Bassett has been cast in ABC's new drama project, One Police Plaza, Deadline.com reports.
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Brenda Leigh Johnson is going to need a little help in The Closer summer finale, and Courtney B. Vance is the man for the job.
The former Law & Order: Criminal Intent and FlashForward star will guest-star in Monday's episode, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. He may also return later in the season.
Vance will play Deputy Chief Tommy Delk, the head of the LAPD's counter-terrorism division. He's brought in to help with a joint investigation between the FBI and the LAPD. As Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) fights to stay a step ahead, Delk proves that he is just as clever as she is in manipulating the system...
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The nominees for the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be announced on Dec. 18 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.
Former Will & Grace star Eric McCormack and ER's Angela Bassett will reveal the nominees with SAG president Alan Rosenberg, according to Variety. The announcement ...
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Angela Bassett shatters the quaint quietude of a San Fernando Valley bistro with a triumphant laugh. She's just been asked to describe her new role as Dr. Catherine Banfield on the 15th and final season of ER (premieres Thursday, Sept. 25 at 10 pm/ET, NBC). "I'm the boss!" she all but bellows. "I'm the queen! I'm the chief of the ER! I come in, snap my fingers and tell everybody who's used to doing things in their old familiar ways what to do and how to do it. I tell 'em, 'It's my way or the highway!'"
Looks like County General has an attending diva in its halls.
Not that we'd expect anything less from the first leading TV role for the powerhouse who earned a Golden Globe, an NAACP Image Award and an Oscar nomination for her take-no-prisoners portrayal of Tina Turner in 1993's What's Love Got to Do With It."Angela's got such huge
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