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Ava DuVernay’s just like the rest of us … thrilled that Angela Bassett’s finally bagged an Oscar at the Governors Awards, but she’s also clarifying it’s not exactly the real deal.
TMZ got the director out in NYC, where she made the distinction between the Governors Awards and the prestigious, world-renowned Academy Awards coming up in 2 months … where bagging a shiny gold statuette is the pinnacle of every actor’s career.
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1/9/24
So if you’re celebrating Angela finally winning an Oscar after losing out on 2 previous noms — 1993’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” and 2022’s ‘Wakanda Forever’ — Ava’s saying, not so fast … it’s still not the actual thing.
Nonetheless, Ava tells us she’s so happy her “beautiful sister” was celebrated for her overall body of work at the Governors Awards ceremony … where her friend Regina King handed her the award.
She also raves about getting to watch Angela do her thing on the stage, and was especially inspired by her acceptance speech.
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3/13/23
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Angela urged fellow Black actresses to think of who their ancestors intended them to be … telling them to remain courageous.
She also paid tribute to the empowered women she’s represented in her roles — real queens like Tina Turner, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King … and, of course, Wakanda’s fictional Queen Ramonda.