Angela Bassett to receive honorary Oscar

After nearly five decades in the entertainment industry, actor Angela Bassett will be honored with her first Academy Awards after her name was added to the Academy’s list of Governors Awards recipients. She’ll be joined by fellow honorary winners Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton.

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[LegoPostPresidency]

Good for her!
She’s had a very long inspirational movie career, she deserves this!

[nursemika]

It's well due and OVER DUE!! Congrats, Mrs. Bassett!!❤

[littlemoon]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Very well deserved and overdue!

[sumthintalkabout]

Smh the body of work that this woman has put forth has been amazing. An honorary Oscar is like giving a celebrity an honorary diploma just bc they attended the college but never graduated. Smh Look how look Will had to wait to get one but still less time than Angela. Congratulations I guess

[baronwest]

So the Academy Awards think that giving her a consolation prize is the answer and that she should be excited for it? That's insulting and self serving. If they actually respected her they would have given her a real Oscar, not wait a few months to give a fake one.

[ashleyfordham-harper]

When she given the Honorary Oscar, I hope they will apologize to her for what they did and let it continue. She was very disappointed as of the rest of us!! Prayers up for her win. She deserves it!!