This is gorgeous and glam and a little bit like, “am I wearing a Fun Coat or at a chic foam party? WHY NOT BOTH?” It’s nice to see La Bassett get the mega-glamorous treatment she so richly deserves, and I actually think the lead photo in the interview is even better. (They also link the subscribers cover in that piece, and it’s CUTE. I can’t wait to get it in my mailbox.
As far as said profile goes, every publication of course, is pulling the same blurb, about her looking disappointed when she lost the Oscar to Jamie Lee Curtis a couple of years ago:
[Bassett] later told Oprah Winfrey that she was “gobsmacked,” both by the loss and the chatter that ensued.“I found it interesting,” she says now. “Interesting that I wouldn’t be allowed to be disappointed at an outcome where I thought I was deserving.” While she may have moved past the episode, she hasn’t forgotten it. “I love applauding people. But in that moment…” She trails off, talks about how she had thought she had put in the work to be recognized, then corrects herself. “No, I have put in: put in the time, put in good work over time. I didn’t think that was a gift. I thought it was a given.” The following year the academy bestowed on her an honorary Oscar.
Honestly, also, let people look bummed when they lose an Oscar!! I wish people would go all the way to this level sometimes, to be honest:
