{"id":289358,"date":"2020-03-12T09:35:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T15:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1130442"},"modified":"2020-03-12T09:35:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T15:35:53","slug":"angela-bassett-spills-secrets-on-amazing-black-panther-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/angela-bassett-spills-secrets-on-amazing-black-panther-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela Bassett Spills Secrets on &#8220;Amazing&#8221; Black Panther Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020212\/rs_600x600-200312082321-600-angela-bassett-tonight-show.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.303395399781\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"27.535596933187\">\n<p>Wakanda forever!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/angela_bassett\">Angela Bassett<\/a><\/strong> stopped by <em>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/em> and gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/917257\/chadwick-boseman-surprises-emotional-and-inspired-black-panther-fans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Black Panther<\/em> fans<\/a> an update on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1058306\/from-black-panther-2-to-a-blade-reboot-marvel-announces-huge-slate-of-upcoming-movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highly anticipated sequel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[It&#8217;s] going along. Coming along,&#8221; she told host <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jimmy_fallon\">Jimmy Fallon<\/a><\/strong>. &#8220;Amazing, absolutely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doing his best to get more details out of the <em>Waiting to Exhale<\/em> star, who plays matriarch Ramonda in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/marvel\">Marvel<\/a><\/strong> action flick, Jimmy said, &#8220;You were telling me backstage that they decided to change the costume of Black Panther?&#8221; Going along with the joke, Angela quipped, &#8220;Jimmy, I was telling you that in confidence. You are now\u2014you did not!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once the <strong><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;alum assured the audience that he was kidding around, Angela jokingly backtracked, &#8220;I know nothing about nothing. I have nothing to talk about.&#8221; Jimmy responded, &#8220;We have guests on the show from these Marvel movies, and they&#8217;re not allowed to talk at all. So, I&#8217;m like, \u2018Alright!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.361111111111\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.7777777777778\">\n<p>Switching gears in an effort to avoid any spoilers, the duo discussed how Angela will be celebrating her husband <strong>Courtney B. Vance<\/strong>&#8216;s 60th birthday this weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After admitting that she&#8217;s a more spontaneous planner, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1084915\/how-9-1-1-star-oliver-stark-got-used-to-arguing-with-angela-bassett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>9-1-1<\/em> star<\/a> said that she&#8217;s going to have a hard time topping the star-studded b-day bash that the <em>American Crime Story<\/em> actor threw for her.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.442748091603\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13.786259541985\">\n<p>&#8220;Well, he gave me a party and wonderful people were there,&#8221; she recalled. &#8220;<strong>Snoop<\/strong> [<strong>Dogg<\/strong>] was there. I danced with him. He danced with everyone\u2014amongst other things. Oh, he brought the love. And the joy\u2026<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/john_legend\">John Legend<\/a><\/strong> surprised me. [He] came and sang \u2018Happy Birthday.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of star-studded affairs, Angela also reminisced about meeting <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/lizzo\">Lizzo<\/a><\/strong> for the first time at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1125221\/naacp-image-awards-2020-winners-the-complete-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 NAACP Image Awards<\/a>, where the superstars were both nominated for Entertainer of the Year. While on the red carpet, the <em>Boyz N The Hood<\/em> star was under the impression that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1125250\/lizzo-cynthia-erivo-and-more-stars-stun-in-standout-fashion-at-the-2020-naacp-image-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Juice&#8221; singer<\/a> wouldn&#8217;t be attending the event and stopped her interview mid-way to&nbsp;introduce herself.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"64.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"19\">\n<p>&#8220;So, I&#8217;m on the red carpet talking to one of those reporters and he&#8217;s like, \u2018Oh, yes, congratulations. You&#8217;re here. You&#8217;re up with Lizzo. And there she is,'&#8221; Angela recalled. &#8220;And I was like, \u2018What?! This interview is over!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s a delight,&#8221; Angela continued. &#8220;And a couple of hours before that, my daughter and I were just singing her song in the car, you know, at the top of our lungs. She&#8217;s the best.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(E! and NBC are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-7\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"32\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Watch <i>E! News<\/i> weekday mornings at 7 a.m.!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1130442\/angela-bassett-spills-secrets-on-amazing-black-panther-sequel?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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Coming along,&#8221; she told host Jimmy Fallon. &#8220;Amazing, absolutely.&#8221; Doing his best to get more details out of the Waiting to Exhale star, who plays matriarch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-27 01:45:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}