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After a successful run on the hit NYC Broadway show, ‘The Mountaintop,’ Angela Bassett is making her move back into television. The ‘Waiting To Exhale’ actress will be taking on a role as a CIA agent on an upcoming FOX drama series:

Angela Bassett is in final negotiations to star in FOX’s untitled drama pilot. Bassett will play the very calculating director of the CIA who has an unusually large amount of political power.

The TV show follows Jane Forsythe (Saxon Sharbino) an orphaned 14-year-old daughter of a CIA operative who encounters a mystical rogue agent (McMahon) who acts as her surrogate father and professional mentor in the covert world. [Source]

No word on what the series will be titled. On the other hand, it’s good to see her making her way back to television. The last TV show she starred in was NBC’s ‘ER’, back in 2009, where she played Dr. Cate Banfield.

Queen Latifah, Jill Scott an up-and-coming actress Adepero Oduye will be a part of a new cast for the television film for the 1989 film ‘Steel Magnolias.’ This revived version will feature a few notable African-American women tackling some of the popular lead roles:

Queen Latifah is joining the star-studded cast for Lifetime’s all-African-American Steel Magnolias reboot as M’Lynn, the character played by Sally Field in the 1989 feature film of the same name. Condola Rashad will play her diabetes-stricken daughter, Shelby (played by Julia Roberts), and Rashad’s mother Phylicia will reinterpret the role of Clairee (portrayed by Olympia Dukakis). Alfre Woodard will tackle the irascible Ouiser, who was unforgettably played by Shirley MacLaine, Jill Scott looks to fill Dolly Parton’s shoes as understanding hairdresser Truvy, and Pariah breakout Adepero Oduye will play insecure newcomer Annelle, made famous by Daryl Hannah. [Source]

Although the original film took place in Georgia, this story will be placed in the state of Lousiana. It’s also no surprise that Queen Latifah will also have her hands in on the production end, too… Continue