Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors Awards, said the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Honorary Award is “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or outstanding service to the Academy.” The Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will also receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The four recipients will be presented with their statuettes at the 14th annual ceremony on November 18 in Los Angeles. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said all four had been “recognised…

Angela Bassett gave a rousing speech about female empowerment at the Glamour Women of the Year event on Tuesday night. The “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star, who was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the event, reflected on the courageous women, on screen and off, who have impacted her life. “We are underestimated like Rosa Parks, who was presumed to be meek and mild, voiceless,” she said. “But on one December evening in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks said that, ‘When that White driver stepped back toward us … I felt a determination cover my body like a…