Famed actresses Regina Hall and Gabrielle Union were spotted filming a segment for "Extra" yesterday while Angela Bassett hit the media circuit in NYC to promote her "Whitney" film. More inside...
Gabrielle Union and her Golden Globes date Regina Hall were spotted posing with Tracey Edmonds yesterday after the ladies taped a segment witht he host for "Extra" at Universal Studios. The two friends -- Regina and Gabrielle -- attended the InStyle WB after party together on Sunday.
The ladies linked up to discuss their "With This Ring" film, airing on Lifetime (Saturday, January 24th). And we're loving Gabby's white two-piece skirt and crop top.
Gabrielle and Tracey both serve as executive producers on the project which stars Regina Hall (above), Jill Scott, Eve Jeffers Cooper, Brooklyn Sudano, Deion Sanders, Stephen Bishop, Jason George and Brian White.
Also, Gabrielle touted her hit BET series "Being Mary Jane" which returns on February 3rd.
In New York...
Angela Bassett was spotted in NYC yesterday where she's been doing tons of promo for her directorial debut in the new LIFETIME movie 'Whitney', airing Saturday Jan 17th at 8/7c. Since the fabulous actress touched down in New York, we've been following her on the promo trail.
While appearing on "Live With Kelly & Michael" this AM, she shared the moment she knew she had Whitney's blessing to make the film.
"Driving to work to the production office about 4-5 weeks before we started filming....we're trying to get everything together with everyone who's going to be filming with you. So I'm driving off the exit and her song immediately comes on. It comes on everyday on the radio but it comes on at the exit,. Traffic slows down and I see this huge bus passes by and on the back of it, I see this huge writing saying WH. And it's In her favorite color, which is purple which I read in her mother's book. With her music playing, I see her initials, in her favorite color. I have trepidation, how will this play out in the end. We all have great hopes in the beginning. I just started crying--I'm glad I was at the exit because I couldn't see--I was laughing like OK girl, I hear you, I feel you, thank you, I know it's going to be OK and it's going to work out."
While appearing on "GMA", Angela talked about meeting Whitney in the 90s and explained why their time together uniquely prepared her for the film.
“I was fortunate to be able to work with Whitney on Waiting to Exhale and before I met her I was enthralled by her, by her gift, by her talent, but to work with her, be able to tell her that… to be able to observe her, work around her, observe her generosity, her regularness, her joy, her easy laughter…I thought that maybe that moment just prepared me or gave me insight to be able to tell part of her story.”
Later on Nightline, Angela explained why certain aspects pf Whitney's life are not in the film, including her death. “A full, rich, complicated life: there’s no way to do that in a television movie. If that’s a story someone else wants to tell, then perhaps we’re a trailer to that movie. That’s not a story I was interested in telling.”
She's looking amazing as usual!
Photos via Splash
