Two-time Golden Globe winner Angela Bassett and her husband – two-time Emmy winner Courtney B. Vance – glammed up to host the fourth annual Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday.
The Detroit-born 63-year-old and the New York-born 65-year-old – who originally met in 1980 while studying at the Yale School of Drama – will impressively celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary on October 12.
Angela shimmered in a single-strap silver-pleated gown, a pearly-silver box clutch, diamond necklace and earrings, but curiously did not wear her wedding ring.
Bassett looked banging in a long raven fringed wig and she had a baby pink manicure for the Gilead Sciences and Bulgari-supported gala.
The 9-1-1 producer-star’s suspiciously-unlined complexion was fully contoured with lots of blush on her cheekbones and a vampy shade on her pout.
Date night! Two-time Golden Globe winner Angela Bassett and her husband – two-time Emmy winner Courtney B. Vance – glammed up to host the fourth annual Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday
Impressive! The Detroit-born 63-year-old (L) and the New York-born 65-year-old (R) – who originally met in 1980 while studying at the Yale School of Drama – will celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary on October 12
Courtney looked debonair in a gun-metal suit over a white shirt and black necktie, a chic hat, glasses, and shiny black dress shoes.
Angela and Vance are proud parents of 17-year-old twins – daughter Bronwyn Golden and son Slater Josiah – whom they welcomed via surrogate.
The SAG Foundation president will next portray veteran criminal mastermind Jeremy Horne in Menhaj Huda’s 1988 Chicago-set bank heist drama Heist 88 – based on a true story – which premieres September 29 on Showtime/Paramount+.
The Pentecostal Evangelical Christian couple both executive produced Heist 88 through their Bassett/Vance Productions.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will award Bassett with an honorary Oscar during the 14th Governors Awards, which will be held January 9, 2024 after being postponed due to the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes.
The strikes also postponed the October 13 premiere of Netflix’s fantasy Damsel in which the Horizon Forbidden West actress plays Lady Bayford, the stepmother of Princess Elodie (Millie Bobby Brown).
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s $70M-budget film also features Robin Wright, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Ricky Guillart, Brooke Carter, and Shohreh Aghdashloo.
Bassett will also eventually resume her role as LAPD patrol sergeant Athena Grant in the seventh season of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear’s first responder drama 9-1-1, which will move from Fox to ABC next year.
Angela and Courtney made sure to pose with the married couple of the hour – Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson and Earlitha ‘Cookie’ Johnson – who were awarded with the Elizabeth Taylor Commitment to End AIDS Award for their decades-long advocacy work.
The 64-year-old NBA legend famously announced his own HIV diagnosis when he retired from the sport back in 1991.
Sexy after 60! Angela shimmered in a single-strap silver-pleated gown, a pearly-silver box clutch, diamond necklace and earrings, but curiously did not wear her wedding ring
Babe! Bassett looked banging in a long raven fringed wig and she had a baby pink manicure for the Gilead Sciences and Bulgari-supported gala
Flawless skin: The 9-1-1 producer-star’s suspiciously-unlined complexion was fully contoured with lots of blush on her cheekbones and a vampy shade on her pout
Swagger: Courtney looked debonair in a gun-metal suit over a white shirt and black necktie, a chic hat, glasses, and shiny black dress shoes
University of Michigan bound? Angela and Vance are proud parents of 17-year-old twins – son Slater Josiah and daughter Bronwyn Golden – whom they welcomed via surrogate (pictured August 13)
Based on a true story: The SAG Foundation president will next portray veteran criminal mastermind Jeremy Horne in Menhaj Huda’s 1988 Chicago-set bank heist drama Heist 88, which premieres September 29 on Showtime/Paramount+
‘Can’t wait for everyone to see our newest creation!’ The Pentecostal Evangelical Christian couple both executive produced Heist 88 through their Bassett/Vance Productions
Next year! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will award Bassett with an honorary Oscar during the 14th Governors Awards, which will be held January 9 after being postponed due to the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes
Honorees: The Horizon Forbidden West actress and Courtney made sure to pose with the married couple of the hour – Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson and Earlitha ‘Cookie’ Johnson – who were awarded with the Elizabeth Taylor Commitment to End AIDS Award for their decades-long advocacy work
Still going strong! The 64-year-old NBA legend famously announced his own HIV diagnosis when he retired from the sport back in 1991