Angela Bassett and the Elusive Oscar | Why She's Never Won

Angela Bassett received an Oscar nomination for portraying Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It, but she lost that Best Actress race to Holly Hunter, and she still has never been victorious at the Academy Awards. In this video, I break down Bassett's remarkable career and discuss her Oscar chances for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. #angelabassett #oscars #academyawards #tinaturner #blackpanther #brianrowevideo #elusiveoscar
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[@pisceanbeauty2503]

She should have won an Oscar long ago, she is one of our best dramatic living actresses hands down, but she has not had the opportunity with meaty, diverse, dramatic film roles. I’m glad she is getting to kick butt on TV but I want to see her in more films, and in roles that center on her as the lead. As much as I am happy that other black actresses like JHud, Lupita, Viola Davis, and Regina King have won Oscars, it still feels like something is still missing when Angela Bassett has yet to win. She’s the one we’ve all been betting on for decades would get one. I hope her performance in Black Panther is substantive enough that she is nominated and wins.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Same here!

[@rerrpr]

I think Bassett is a truly superb talent. I also think Hollywood haven’t done her justice to her acting skills. It baffles me how Halle Berry has an Oscar and Ángela doesn’t. No one deliveries intensity, presence like Bassett.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!! Thanks for watching!

[@Nicco95]

Ironically enough, Angela turned down the role in Monsters Ball that gave Halle her Oscar. It was reported that Angela wasn't comfortable with the nudity. Choices. I'm glad she made a choice based on what she is willing to do as a performer. Gotta stick to your guns and trust your gut.

[@rerrpr]

@@Nicco95 also, the film is not that good (my opinion).

[@SteadyNUnremitting]

Lets leave Halle Berry out of this. That award was well deseved. There are plenty of white female oscar winners that are questionable.

[@rerrpr]

@@SteadyNUnremitting who’s talking about ethnicity here? Berry wasn’t the best that year. She had produced better performances like in Dorothy Dandridge, Jungle Fever, Things We Left…, Spacek and Dench had better performances in the same category.

[@troyperforms]

Angela Bassett should have at least two more career Oscar nominations ("Malcolm X" and "Waiting to Exhale"). I'm holding onto the hope that the next "Black Panther" movie puts her back in the awards conversation. One of my dream projects for her is a remake of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" with Viola Davis as her co-star.

[@thetriplethreat3]

YES her and Viola need to link!

[@B.Arthur]

Omggggggggg, that would be too powerful.

[@TheAwardsContender]

OMG, I love that idea about Baby Jane!!!

[@AndreiGromit]

Come on people. Are there no new stories to tell? There isn't even any invented animosity between Bassett and Davis like there was between Crawford and Bette Davis to make the film more cathartic.

[@Kashdro17]

@Reginald Wilson Her and Whitney shared Lead.

[@55555gino]

She’s a goddess. She really deserves all the awards

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!!

[@derrionbrown3923]

She’s a legend. Definitely deserves more.

[@TheAwardsContender]

So true!

[@markjamesatienza2966]

Holly Hunter should've won for "Broadcast News" while Angela Bassett definitely should've won for "What's Love Got To Do With It"

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love Bassett so much!

[@MotherMonstersBaby]

While your 4 reasons for Holly Hunter winning certainly played a role, the 5th reason, her whiteness, should not be ignored. The fact that *nowadays* the demographic of the Academy is only 16% people of color (2019, only 8% in 2015) and must have been much lower if existent at all in the 90s, clearly plays a role in the dismissal of Black actors' and actresses' performances (and the complete omitting of Waiting to Exhale). The fact that Angela has mostly been recognized by the NAACP awards, a Black institution, is no coincidence. As you have said, she's been deserving of multiple Oscars and Emmys (and honestly all the other awards too) throughout her career and I sincerely hope she still gets her well-deserved and well-overdue flowers next year and in the years to come. But we should also never forget who actually decides who is supposedly worthy of awards recognition because that continues to be, as Angela mentioned herself, white men and she is way above their opinions and lack of appreciation for her talent.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for your additional insight, and for watching the video!

[@Dennisanyone-]

The real question is why hasn’t she won an Emmy yet. Her work is more prolific in tv than feature films nowadays, and she’s had a ton of Emmy noms. I think they will eventually give her an Emmy for the right role. She could end up Oscar nominated for a great character part and maybe win too. Can’t entirely write off any actor as long as they’re alive and well for an Oscar win. I tried doing that with Matthew McC in his stupid rom com days and look what happened.

[@TheAwardsContender]

So true!

[@Itssassafras]

I cannot believe Angela Bassett has never won an Oscar. If talent like this goes unnoticed, it will continue to mark the irrelevancy of the Oscars.

[@TheAwardsContender]

She just needs the right role and it will happen!

[@FCLaney]

@@TheAwardsContender she’s had the right role twice, it has to be TIMING and THE ROLE. But we accept the honorary Oscar!

[@roycerowland2699]

I think that Angels Bassett could have been nominated for best supporting actress for Malcolm X at The Oscars and she was always been Oscars worthy and I could see that she could be nominated for best supporting actress for Black Panther 2 .

[@TheAwardsContender]

Here’s hoping!

[@andreachaparro3742]

This woman deserves all the flowers and praises. She's iconic

[@TheAwardsContender]

A total icon!

[@aavalestormiconicperformer]

The academy does not like to see powerful people of color especially in roles of royalty. Mrs. Angela Bassett played a Queen of an advanced powerful continent and you know who hates to see that. It is racism. They want to see people of color in stereotypical roles and award that to send the message that that is how they see us and in their eyes we cannot be anything more. If Mrs. Angela Bassett won the Oscar it would send a message that people of color can be royalty and lead a great nation and you know who does not want that to happen.

[@Gustava10]

That woman freaking deserves an Oscars!! Her performance as Tina Turner is still one of the biggest rob in history!! And I watch a tons of movies and trust me when I say this but she freaking deserved that Oscars!!😤

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, agreed!!

[@KarelSVT6471]

No. holly hunter deserved that oscar

[@rockyhrndz]

@@KarelSVT6471 Thankyou! Tina was like a lifetime movie!

[@JustTheLonelyTalk]

Little known fact: Whitney Houston was originally casted as Tina Turner in What's Lovr Got To Do With It but backed out shortly before filming was set to start due to her pregnancy.

[@dionysoscub]

Actually, Whitney was offered the role but declined it due to her pregnancy. She'd had a miscarriage previously while on the set of The Bodyguard and didn't want to risk losing the baby by all of the physical activity involved in the role.

[@keeganthorpe]

Thank goodness!

[@ZoraNH.dusttracks1891]

Some things work out for the best.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Didn’t know that, thanks for sharing!

[@tamyragraypromotions1678]

Had this ever actually been confirmed? I see soo many reasons why it couldn’t/wouldn’t have been true. The style and the way crafted in Whitney is a million percent the complete opposite of Ike and Tina days tina. And a girl who can’t dance (her words) trying to do tina numbers? Especially back in them days? I actually think it would have really hurt her career. They would have already been waiting to see her fail for her next film…and sorry, physically I don’t see her doing it as tina. And I think it would have got ripped apart. Just my opinion.

[@luizsergiobezerradasilva2261]

"She's got a point. She's an icon, she's a legend and she is the moment. Now c'mon now!"

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!

[@Ernie1978]

What a talented actress Angela is! She should've won that bloody Oscar either for Malcolm X or the Tina Turner film! She really made me shed a few tears in both films. In Waiting to Exhale she delivered another phenomenal performance.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Absolutely!! Thanks for watching!

[@ralphangel561]

I've always considered Angela Bassett the black Meryl Streep just not afforded the same opportunities. However I'm glad that she's finally getting her recognition again in Hollywood

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would love to see Bassett get some more juicy film roles!

[@jblue2523]

She should’ve definitely won an Oscar or an at least a nomination for her role in Waiting to Exhale. Angela has a gift for exuding her emotions into her characters, that’s what makes them so memorable to me. I’m *shocked* that she hasn’t won an Oscar at all.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know, but it could happen this year!

[@duanein3d]

THANK YOU FOR THIS! An incredibly underrated and underappreciated talent.

[@TheAwardsContender]

You’re welcome!!

[@toplaycool21]

She is extremely talented. Also, can we talk about her stunning, sultry voice? I can listen to her talk all day.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know!!

[@Mark-lx6hg]

Love this, Angela is one of the best actresses working today and I hope she will get that oscar nod for Black Panther sequel because uff even that trailer showcased her abilities to the fullest

[@TheAwardsContender]

So true. Thanks for watching!

[@bev9708]

Yet another GREAT video and a GREAT choice in the phenomenal Ms Bassett ... such a shockingly under-rewarded actor given the quality of her performances!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you so much! She’s amazing!

[@yanitchka]

I recently rewatched What’s love got to do with it after Tina Turner passed away and I have to say - Bassett is phenomenal and should have won. But I was thinking about Laurence Fishburne that same year. He had no chance in the lead actor category- Hanks beating Neeson was hard enough, but could he have gone in supporting? That year it was incredibly stacked in supporting actor, but the winner was actually a bit underwhelming. Could LF been there and won? Or maybe it should have been Ralph Feinnes? Fishburne was so great and that is his only Oscar nom. Such a tough year to be in.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@andrewharkin9774]

She just won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know, love it!!

[@coalz_coley]

I saw Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Angela Bassett's performance was really incredible. When it comes to Oscar recognition, Black Women often get sidelined and if they're nominated, they will be nominated for playing slaves, maids, bad mothers, and any negative role out there. It will be historic if she's nominated but these trophies don't matter anymore, I just wanna see black actresses getting humane roles just like their white colleagues do. Anyway, nice video man.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you so much!

[@elhisaucedo9966]

Justice for Basset! She should’ve won the Oscar for WLGTDWI. Not only was she the only actress that could’ve played that role, but the role had ALL the qualities that the Academy likes rolled into one: Glamor (dancing & singing)✅ Playing a historical character ✅ Dramatic performance ✅ Gritty source material ✅ And she had to juggle all of these qualities to perfection…But she lost to an actress in a mute role? How the hell does that happen?

[@danavixen6274]

The shade she threw on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live. "I lost to a mute." 😎

[@Laurenalwaysright]

It's people like her that I hope they don't want for her to become a legacy in order to get it. She needs to have at least 3 before it's too late.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Here’s hoping she gets a second nom soon!

[@marioalcerro1109]

Hey, even if that scene is her only significant scene in the entire movie; if Judi Dench and Beatrice Straight could do it, then I think Angela may very well get the win, and not just the nomination 🤞🏼 And for what likely will be a far more powerful monologue at that.

[@thetriplethreat3]

Especially Dench!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed! Fingers crossed!

[@NeverLetMeGo777]

Her performance in "What's Love Got to Do with It" is definitely one of the greatest of all time but so is Hunter's. Had the film came out a year later she would have been Academy Award Winner Angela Bassett. Hopefully BP2 is able to do the trick for her this time. Besides, thanks for this wonderful video!

[@thetriplethreat3]

The issue about ‘The Piano’ though, not many people are talking about it after all these years, but still What Love’s Got To Do With It endures

[@raaid22]

The piano was so of the time, like the English patient. It wouldn't work as well now. Holly does a great job, but it's not even close when you compare the two performances. Angela was acting from head to toe. even the way she holds her lips is spot on to turner.

[@thetriplethreat3]

@@raaid22 EXACTLY

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Solitaire_Guy]

@@thetriplethreat3 The Piano remains a great film.

[@G.Stevenson-d7c]

In my mind Angela Bassett won for "What's Love Got To Do With IT'. She's a great actress and I'm sure her day will come.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!

[@ApolosXV]

I love how you combine science-fiction (AKA Marvel), the Oscars and you, 3 of my favorite things altogether. And we can see you are very acquainted with the Marvel movies, you're not a snob for big blockbuster movies. It's refreshing. Thanks for covering and including those details in your video. Spectacular video once again (we know it, but it needs to be said more lol)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you, thank you!! Means a lot!

[@dancingwheels8494]

You forgot one… racism. I’m definitely not the one to throw out the race card in (especially not on social media), i’m sorry (not sorry), her performance as Tina Turner was everything an Oscar deserved and then some. I wouldn’t be surprised if her talking about a “white woman” in waiting to exhale, didn’t help.

[@TheAwardsContender]

She’s so great in What’s Love. Thanks for watching!

[@MotherMonstersBaby]

It's not the race card, it's simply the truth

[@DitalianCole]

Thanks for continuing what Siskel and Ebert did! Miss them, but SO glad we have YOU!!! Crazy as hell about your voice, your style, and your commentary!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you!!

[@stevenstevenson5303]

I watched the trailer. I'm sorry her monologe was nothing special(that's just me I hate superhero films) but I'm glad people keep talking about her greatness. She deserves so much more awards and roles!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@UltimateAwe]

Thank you for this. She is a phenomenal talent. Always riveting. Criminally underrated.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@matted781]

The real reason Angela Basset lost is because the producers released it the same year as Holly Hunters incredible performance. As great as Angelas performance was . Holly's performances is a tour de force. not only Holly had to "look sad" she had to play piano, learn sign and needed to imitate a mute and mimic the pain of losing a finger.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yep, very true!

[@stelios2506]

Exactly ! Angela's comment about Holly Hunter's performance is diminishing

[@gracegreen1859]

@@stelios2506 well Angela had more to learn and less time. Plus this was only her third film but first leading role. The legendary actress work speaks for itself. Where is the piano and hunter today??! No shade just some performances get an award and others are timeless which is even more remarkable.

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

Here's an idea for a future video: Top 10 Comic Book roles that deserved an Oscar nomination!! Here's a list of possible candidates: Michael B. Jordan, Hugh Jackman, Robert Downey Jr., Elizabeth Olsen, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Stewart, etc.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great idea!

[@emilyfoster7453]

I also feel like those actors have enough dramatic roles as well that they should have won Oscars already!!

[@Squishy876]

The fact that she has none and Meryl has like 25 is insane

[@TheAwardsContender]

Hope Bassett wins an Oscar soon!

[@marlonbeltran1135]

Mark my words: She will win Oscar this year. Her narrative is so strong with even a stronger performance in a Marvel movie. Her GG win is a good campaign throughout the Big 5 major awards

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

2 words-Deidre Bobeidre. 🤮

[@rockyhrndz]

But she didn’t!

[@small5th]

Did you see she’s going to receive an Honorary Oscar in November? Definitely a comfort prize but knowing her professionalism and elegance I’m sure she will accept it with grace

[@cvill03]

Definitely do Debra Winger as the Elusive Oscar. I feel like her would be interesting story. Both politics, her not playing the HOLLYWOOD game & her "reputation" & her turning down Oscar nominated & winning roles.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great idea!

[@thetriplethreat3]

Yes!!!

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Damn I truly wish this was a tie for holly hunter and Angela Bassett that would’ve been awesome I also think Angela should’ve been a double nominee for the 1996 Oscar’s for waiting to exhale and stranger days, but I hope Angela can get her second Oscar nomination and first win for best supporting actress for the black panther sequel if both the film and her performance end up being great and Disney does a great for your consideration campaign especially considering the recent films that been getting raved at the recent festivals it look like this year might be one of the most competitive years for the best supporting actress category

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, it will! Thanks for watching!

[@SwimmerPrince]

1993 is a similar situation to 1954, where people judged who should've won retrospectively. While the reality in those particular years, the winners are quite clear cut. Aside from sweeping the precusors, Hunter also won Cannes Best Actress. I think partly because Angela Bassett is enjoying a career resurgence with Black Panther and the racial bias conversation has been hot recently (justifiably) while Holly Hunter is largely forgotten today.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Feeling good about her chances at a second Oscar nomination!

[@B.Arthur]

I cannot wait for Sigourney’s episode! Keep up the great work!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, thank you! Her video is just weeks away!

[@razjk]

my only solace in her not winning for best supporting is that she deserves to get a best actress win!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would love to see her win someday!

[@LambentOrt]

It's because she's black. Statistically, non-white actors get overlooked for Oscar nods all the time because the Academy has always been (and still is) overwhelmingly white.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Sadly, ugh!

[@Kashdro17]

True her role in Waiting to Exhale was legendary.

[@lexkanyima2195]

That is not a anwser

[@beamanact]

Bassett is one of our GREAT actresses--she simply hasn't had the roles and I hope that will change! She should have won for WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT and I remember being pissed about the way they dissed her--when they showed clips of all the nominees, all they showed was Bassett lip syncing in one of the musical numbers--you could see that they were not taking her seriously. Interestingly, Marion Cotillard, as PIAF, also lip synced but won Oscar. It's a shame how Bassett was passed over.

[@sdseals2076]

Why she never won an Oscar? As long as she is alive, she can still win.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I’m crossing my fingers it happens!

[@vglegorreta]

I got the same buzzy vibe you did when I watched the trailer. I could see her lighting up the Supporting categories of the season. As for a win, I think it hinges on how Michelle Williams is promoted in Fablemans.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yep, exactly!

[@JeffTheGent]

👏🏽 Fantastic! Never do you ever disappoint, Mr. Rowe. 👍🏽

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks, means a lot!

[@jruedas81]

Love her. She should’ve won for What’s love got to do with it!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would’ve been a great win!

[@KarelSVT6471]

No. Holly hunter deserved that oscar

[@beguiled10]

Love the video Brian! I'm such a huge Basset fan. I've never seen the piano, but I dont think it has lasting cultural impact like Whats Love, so Angela should have won. Personally, I'm not banking on her winning for Black Panther. Frankly, I don't believe that most performances in super hero films can compete with the overall spectacle of those films, nor are they meant to. The closet we've come is of course Heath Ledger as Joker, Michael B in Black Panther 1 and controversially, Robert Pattinson in The Batman. Ultimately, I feel academy voters should look for more person driven performances when making decisions. My fantasy is that Angela and her younger lookalike Keke Palmer both win an Oscar for a mother daughter film together! Thanks for the channel and regular uploads. Great stuff!

[@paullemon5154]

@Brandi Giles The Academy often gets it wrong, especially in the case of Angela Bassett. While I like Holly Hunter and many of her performances, The Piano didn't move me all that much...she turned in better performances in Broadcast News and Thirteen. When I see Oscar winners such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Emma Stone, Helen Hunt, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock (sorry Brian...lol) and the highly overrated Jennifer Lawrence (I'm sure more will come to mind if given the time), it is mindboggling Angela Bassett hasn't won an Oscar or, at the very least, received more nominations. Bassett's small role in Boyz in the Hood was incredibly moving and powerful, and I would argue worthy of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks, Brandi, your comment made my day! You’re the best!

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

Another awesome video! To be honest I never thought Chadwick Boseman or Angela Bassett would get nominated in Black Panther, I did think Michael B. Jordan was a very strong contender, though. However, back to Angela, if the trailer is any indication of what she's going to bring in Black Panther Wakanda Forever, she's looking good already. Fingers crossed! She deserves all the recognition. A fantastic actress indeed.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!! Thanks for watching!

[@outinsider]

I am thinking of the precedent that Heath Ledger won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for portraying the Joker in The Dark Knight, a comic book movie. Black Panther is also a comic book movie. However, Academy recognizing the previous film and her character rising above may put her at an Oscar nomination again. It is quite possible that she might finally win one. She deserved one for What's Love Got To Do With It? and Malcolm X tbh, and her filmography is stellar throughout. We'll see. If Sheryl Lee Ralph can win an Emmy, Angela can win an Oscar.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would be amazing!!

[@singstreetcar5881]

Chadwick boseman didnt deserve an oscar nomination for black panther, can yall stop

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

True. If anything it would've been Michael B. Jordan in the Supporting category

[@TheAwardsContender]

I thought he was excellent. Thanks for watching!

[@AW_7_7_7]

Awards do not always go to the most deserving: they are about politics as much as they are about talent & performances. But Angela will get her much deserved Oscar someday, I believe. 😊

[@TheAwardsContender]

Fingers crossed!

[@lexkanyima2195]

But it has facts and tips to get

[@timothybuckles6331]

She should have two Oscars prior. What's Love, Waiting to Exhale. And a nom for Stella.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!

[@DevaNeeramanii]

I love Jamie Lee but...Angela should have won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar 2023 for Queen Ramonda.

[@alpe1987]

This is why we should vote in each category when it comes to the Oscars. They will nominate the actors while we vote on who should win. If this had happen then people like Angela, Glenn, Amy, and so on would have many Oscars. I’m sure everyone would agree with me!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@rockyhrndz]

I don’t. The Oscars is about being honored by your peers. Which is totally different than being honored by your fans.

[@marcor7044]

I feel like her performance in Black Panther II will be like Michael B Jordan´s performance in the original: Impressive and would deserve too get Marvel their first Oscar nom in an acting category

[@TheAwardsContender]

Here’s hoping!

[@dacrimsoncurse]

cause she's black? there you have your answer

[@BIGwillTHEGAME]

She better get an Oscar!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would love that!

[@reginafrederick2877]

Angela Bassett should've won an Oscar a long time ago

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!

[@stsheep]

it's hard to win an Oscar best actress/actor award without being in a film that is also a strong performer in other oscar 'main' categories (best picture, director, screenplay). she just hasn't been in such film.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Sad but true. Thanks for watching!

[@ODessa002]

There is not ome flaw in her talent this women deserves all the damn awards how tf does she not have an Oscar.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I know!! She’s amazing!

[@lavedadavis818]

Thank you for this very beautiful tribute to this phenomenal talent. She's always luminous in every role. No shade towards Halle, but I had no idea that she auditioned for 'What's Love Got To Do With It?' Interesting. Would love to see her win an Oscar, but if by chance she doesn't, that elusive award doesn't take away from her extraordinary legacy in film and television. Carry on. New follower. Peace.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Beautifully said! Thanks for watching.

[@Hryanw]

Not this video teaching me that it’s Angela Bassett saying “Right here, Right Now” in that Fatboy Slim song

[@TheAwardsContender]

Ha!

[@trice30]

Should have been nominated for best supporting actress for Malcolm X. She is so underrated.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!

[@OvaDaRainbow]

Angela Bassett will definitely score her second Oscar nomination for Wakanda Forever and I believe she will win FINALLY. I myself would love to see Angela Bassett Denzel Washington and Halle Berry do the remake of DEATH BECOMES HER.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, love that!

[@IllumiNatetheOracle]

Thank you for this! I remember rewinding her Waiting to Exhale fire scene over and over again as a kid. It was unlike anything I've seen. Apparently the scene was improvised. She's a legend

[@TheAwardsContender]

An absolute legend. Thanks for watching!

[@ApolosXV]

I hope she gets a chance to wear the mantle or have at least some small fight scene in BP2, she would show that she's not only a power house drama actress, but also she gets finer with age and can be and action star

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would be great!

[@giovannyespinoza6013]

I think Holly Hunter was the rigth winner for The Piano in 1994 Academy Awards, but I'd admitted that Angela Bassett was great in What's love got to do with it

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, both performances are great, but Bassett’s turn is an all-timer!

[@AdrianMendoza23]

Thank you for making this video. It's heartbreaking. Strange Days is an awesome film. I highly recommend checking it out.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching! Yes, I adore Strange Days!

[@anthonysowell5806]

So I was thinking the same thing when I saw the trailer that she could be nominated from her performance off the trailer. I also feel Olsen could be nominated as well. I feel the female actresses could help marvel get nominations

[@TheAwardsContender]

Would be awesome!

[@doncasto8520]

She truly is one of the best actresses in the business right now. Local (St. Petersburg, FL) girl done good!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love Angela so much!

[@lewisoconnor5947]

She 100% deserved an Emmy for her work on AHS. It’s such a shame that the best supporting actress category was so stacked the year coven was nominated. Frances Conroy and Kathy Bates were also obviously excellent and also deserved to win but I really would’ve loved a win for Angela

[@TheAwardsContender]

Same here!

[@jdphoenix3750]

I really enjoy these. I don't know if you honor requests, but if a Sigourney Weaver and the Elusive Oscar is made, I would love it.😊

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, the Weaver Elusive Oscar video is coming in a few weeks. Stay tuned!

[@Sir.L]

The thing about Angela Basset is that the dominates the screen whenever shez on There!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Absolutely!! I’ll watch her in anything!

[@cxap]

What can I say... :) Bassett in particular arguably puts her career-best performance in the role, with incredibly raw emotion packed into her delivery of each line of the script. - Sheraz Farooqi, Cinema Debate; Bassett gives one of the best performances in the Marvel universe so far. - Ross Bonaime, Collider; Bassett also has to be on the shortlist for Best Supporting Actress nominees. The script sets her up for some powerful moments that Bassett crushes with the kind of emotion to put lumps in throats. - Jeffrey Lyles, Lyles’ Movie Files Love it!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Just saw the film, she’s incredible in it!

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

She definitely should’ve won in 1994. That Tina Turner performance was so incredible and has had such a long lasting cultural impact. I still tear up during the scene where she runs for her life through traffic to escape Ike and asks the kind hotel manager for a room to stay in 🥺

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, I love that scene too!

[@andrewharkin9774]

It would be interesting if Angela Bassett earned her second Oscar nomination for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever because it would be the first time ever that an actor or actress has been nominated for their performance in a Marvel movie at the Academy Awards. I'm confident that that would make the shows ratings skyrocket.

[@TheAwardsContender]

YES, would be monumental!

[@leightonbate7516]

She probably got near in 1991 for Boys n the Hood and maybe Malcolm X,she's never got the chances other actresses have after the Oscar nomination,sure she was in good projects but they stalled around 2000 and she did mainly supporting roles afterwards,a real talented lady and here's hoping something happens for her in the future,i've no doubt if she had been in Monster's Ball she would have won too but the performance would have been different from Halle's.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, absolutely. Thanks for watching!

[@mateos7735]

She was fantastic in "What's Love Got to do with it" but to mention that Holly Hunter didn't deserve the award for "The Piano" is utter nonsense, Holly gave one of the great female performances of the 90s, expressing all those feelings without utter a single word... wow. I know that time will reward Angela, I know it.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@seanchukwuezi3079]

Honestly even if she didn't win the oscar for what's love got to do with it the Oscars could have been least giving her oscar nominations for others roles . Despite not in the film that much she should have been nominated for best supporting actress for boyz n the hood or malcolm x .

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!

[@rockyhrndz]

Finally Someone that makes sense.

[@BIGwillTHEGAME]

Katherine Jackson

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love!

[@faizaniftikhar8732]

She was born in 1958. wth she looks sooo young.

[@TheAwardsContender]

She is stunningly gorgeous at any age!

[@lexkanyima2195]

Same as Hunter

[@singstreetcar5881]

When I was a kid, I use to think Angela was the real tina Turner.sge didn't do the singing on what's love got to do with it. It was tina herself who did the singing. She was good on America horror story, she should have won for coven. she will eventually win an honorary oscar

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!

[@patrickclohessy8339]

She was offered Monster's Ball but turned it down. That role was lined up to her an Oscar.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes! Could’ve had a segment on this.

[@tashkenty]

Brian, please do Scarlett Johansson and the Elusive Oscar

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good idea!

[@traceylee5674]

Angela Bassett= Divine Skin!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love her!

[@eamonndeane587]

At the very least, Angela Bassett deserves a Lifetime Achievement Oscar.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes! Love her!

[@user-xq2lk6on9y]

If “what’s love got to do with it” was released in 1994, Basset would’ve probably won since the best actress category that year was weak.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!

[@SoulKnightKing]

Really unpopular and controversial opinion : I'd much rather Elizabeth Olsen win a nomination for Best Supporting Actress, rather than Angela Bassett. Mind you, this is definitely not taking to account that we haven't seen Bassett's performance. I just think if anyone from the MCU deserves the Oscar mom was Olsen. I think the issue is that Bassett should've been had multiple nominations for her other projects. However if Sheryl Lee Ralph just won the Primetime acting emmy decades after Dreamgirls than I would not count Bassett out of any upcoming projects.

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

You just reminded us of a very worthy performance in that of Olsen in Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. We can't forget about that one. She was very good!

[@TheAwardsContender]

We’ll see what happens!

[@perryjones7771]

She’s the greatest in my opinion. I need her and viola to link up and create a masterpiece.

[@TheAwardsContender]

That’d be awesome!

[@addiatmeikokusuma8058]

Brian is right..Basset should have won for portraying Tina Turner if only the movie was released in 1995..No one can beat Holly Hunter in 1994...and she would be the first African American actress to win an Oscar not .Halle Berry who won for Monster Ball was so political..Her performance was weak .even Renee in Bridget Jones was better than her

[@TheAwardsContender]

Fingers crossed Bassett wins someday!

[@RodneyDollar]

If she gets sag does that guaranteed she’s the winner

[@TheAwardsContender]

Not necessarily but it will help her chances!

[@jaygarcia8508]

That woman is an absolute legend 💖🙌🏼

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!!

[@markdaly1903]

Pauline collins story about Shirley Valentine at the oscars was just unbelievable. she was household name in the UK on tv in the 1980s and willy russell wrote the role for her and I think she debuted the role in liverpool playhouse, it went to the westend, where it cemented her reputation as a first rate actress. Bill kenwright who as uk theatre impresario and had connections in Hollywood after the success of Educating rita, put together a deal and Shirley Valentine went into production, it was a huge success in the USa and pauline collins created a lot of oscar Buzz. sure enough when the oscars were revealed Pauline collins name was in the Mix. and then one week to go her agent phoned her up and poured a massive bucket of cold water all over her, by saying that she would win, you will have a nice evening her agent said but you wont win, her agent told her this repeatedly in the run up to the event and a day before her agent would not return her calls, at the event, all eyes were on her and the name on the envelope wasnt her and she never worked in hollywood again. its a great film, and Pauline collins is great in it and she makes the character come alive. Angela Bassett does the same as tina turner but she may also have had issues with the academy that nobody knows about. could be political. she is a very strong female poc and that may scare people in the clip she it took spike lee ages to win an oscar for a politically topical film. and he passionately disliked white people that for long he didnt go to the oscars untill he won for black Klannsman

[@geekTroperaku]

Double toasted jokingly theorized that the reason why Angela Bassett lost was partly to do with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock the previous year. To avoid having the awards show suffer another humiliating incident and devolving into the BET awards, the Academy voters decided they weren't going to celebrate black diversity in 2023 and instead will celebrate Asians which is why Everything Everywhere kinda swept the awards.

[@flazeda8743]

The academy hates super hero movies except for Batman that they respect so she absolutely has the talent to win but will it be for BP? I doubt it, she needs an other great biopic drama.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed, I’m crossing my fingers for a surprise nom, but no way she could win. A biopic drama would be the ticket!