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| | Angela Bassett | Halle Berry | movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY |
 | | Had things turned out differently, it might have been Angela Bassett, not Halle Berry, baring all for ''Monster's Ball'' -- and shedding copious tears on Oscar night as the first African-American to win a Best Actress trophy. |
 | | But Bassett tells Newsweek that, despite a screen career drought, she turned the role down because she found the part demeaning. |
 | | Bassett came close to winning an Oscar herself when she was nominated for her starring role as Tina Turner in 1993's ''What's Love Got To Do With It.'' In the years since then, however, the offers didn't exactly pour in for the actress. |
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