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Angela Bassett would make Emmy history if she wins lead actress for 'ER'

17 March 2009 6:26 PM, PDT | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news

There is a spirited debate in the forums about whether Angela Bassett of "ER" should put herself forward in the lead or supporting category at this year's Emmy Awards. The Oscar-nominated actress ("What's Love Got to Do With It") has joined the cast of the NBC medical drama as attending physician Cate Banfield for the final season of its 15-year run. Were she to get a lead nod and then win, Angela Bassett would make Emmy history as the first African American actress to prevail for a regular lead role on a drama series.

"ER" has won 22 of its record 122 Emmy nominations. However, only one of those Emmys went to a series regular — Julianna Margulies as supporting actress for the first season in 1995. And the last series regular to be nominated was Maura Tierney in that same category in 2001. But, as forum moderator Darrin "DoubleD" Dortch points out, "'ER's' buzz has skyrocketed.

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Richard Masur's Outsized Performance in 'Dust'

11 January 2009 3:54 PM, PST | From TheImproper.com | See recent TheImproper.com news

For the past 35 years, Richard Masur has starred in popular television series (“One Day at a Time,” “Picket Fences”), over 45 television movies (“Fallen Angel,” “The Burning Bed,”) more than fifty films (“Risky Business,” “My Girl,” “Heaven’s Gate”) and a number of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions (Michael Frayne’s Democracy, David Storey’s The Changing Room). Yet, despite a resume the length of a novella, Masur still enjoys a sense of semi-anonymity when he isn’t performing. People quite often mistake him for a high school friend, or “that guy from that show.” With the opening of Bill Goda’s new Broadway thriller "Dust," however, Masur’s intense performance is likely to be nothing short of the talk of the town.

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