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Angela Bassett is nudging her kids into a musical path.DuringE!’s red carpet coverage before the 2021Golden Globes, the actress, 62, shared how her 15-year-old twins,Bronwyn and Slater, whom she shares with husbandCourtney B. Vance, liked her movieSoul. The jazz-centric Disney/Pixar film went on towin the award for best animated feature.“They loved it. They both play the piano and rap and play guitar, so they have a little musical interest that I drill into them, that I insist upon!” she said. “But I thought maybe they wouldn’t get into it because it’s jazz … but surprisingly they loved it. They got a lot of the themes, a lot of the ideas from it and really appreciated it.“While chatting with host Janine Rubenstein on PEOPLE’s brand-new podcast,PEOPLE Every Dayearlier this month, Bassett said herkids have never seen herpopular 1993 film,What’s Love Got to Do With It.Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.Based on the life of singerTina Turner, the movie follows the ups and downs of Turner’s illustrious career. Bassett earned an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win for the performance.Bassett said her kids “haven’t seen it,” and she’s not doing anything to change that. “Let them discover it,” she said. “Let their friends discover it … maybe [then] I’d get some more respect around here! … I tell them, you don’t know what I got up my sleeve.“That’s not to say her kids are totally in the dark about their mom’s talents: “They really enjoyed [Soul],” Bassett noted at the time.The 78th AnnualGolden GlobesAwards are airing live on NBC from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET.
Angela Bassett is nudging her kids into a musical path.
DuringE!’s red carpet coverage before the 2021Golden Globes, the actress, 62, shared how her 15-year-old twins,Bronwyn and Slater, whom she shares with husbandCourtney B. Vance, liked her movieSoul. The jazz-centric Disney/Pixar film went on towin the award for best animated feature.
“They loved it. They both play the piano and rap and play guitar, so they have a little musical interest that I drill into them, that I insist upon!” she said. “But I thought maybe they wouldn’t get into it because it’s jazz … but surprisingly they loved it. They got a lot of the themes, a lot of the ideas from it and really appreciated it.”
While chatting with host Janine Rubenstein on PEOPLE’s brand-new podcast,PEOPLE Every Dayearlier this month, Bassett said herkids have never seen herpopular 1993 film,What’s Love Got to Do With It.
Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.
Based on the life of singerTina Turner, the movie follows the ups and downs of Turner’s illustrious career. Bassett earned an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win for the performance.
Bassett said her kids “haven’t seen it,” and she’s not doing anything to change that. “Let them discover it,” she said. “Let their friends discover it … maybe [then] I’d get some more respect around here! … I tell them, you don’t know what I got up my sleeve.”
That’s not to say her kids are totally in the dark about their mom’s talents: “They really enjoyed [Soul],” Bassett noted at the time.
The 78th AnnualGolden GlobesAwards are airing live on NBC from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
