Actress Angela Bassett has many reasons to celebrate these days. She's got a key role as the CIA director in the blockbuster Mission: Impossible — Fallout (opening July 27), her Fox drama 9-1-1 has been picked up for a second season, and on Aug. 16, she'll celebrate her 60th birthday. But she's not waiting to start the party. On July 4, she gathered with 40 friends and loved ones — including her husband, Courtney B. Vance (who played Johnnie Cochran in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson), and actresses Felicity Huffman and Tiffany Haddish — at NYC’s Liquor Lab for a pre-birthday bash. Angela and her husband, Courtney. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) The drinks were named after some of her most famous movies like Strange Days and How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the food was from Hill Country Barbecue Market. "Throughout the night, people kept on saying, 'Angela throws the best parties!
- 7/22/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
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