TMZ.com
Ava DuVernay‘s similar to the remainder of us … thrilled that Angela Bassett‘s lastly bagged an Oscar on the Governors Awards, however she’s additionally clarifying it isn’t precisely the actual deal.
TMZ bought the director out in NYC, the place she made the excellence between the Governors Awards and the celebrated, world-renowned Academy Awards developing in 2 months … the place bagging a shiny gold statuette is the top of each actor’s profession.
1/9/24
So in case you’re celebrating Angela lastly successful an Oscar after dropping out on 2 earlier noms — 1993’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” and 2022’s ‘Wakanda Forever’ — Ava’s saying, not so quick … it is nonetheless not the precise factor.
Nonetheless, Ava tells us she’s so completely satisfied her “beautiful sister” was celebrated for her general physique of labor on the Governors Awards ceremony … the place her good friend Regina King handed her the award.
She additionally raves about getting to observe Angela do her factor on the stage, and was particularly impressed by her acceptance speech.
3/13/23
ABC
Angela urged fellow Black actresses to consider who their ancestors meant them to be … telling them to stay brave.
She additionally paid tribute to the empowered girls she’s represented in her roles — actual queens like Tina Turner, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King … and, after all, Wakanda’s fictional Queen Ramonda.
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