at the Farmers Market in L.A. Just passing through. Damn, she's beautiful.

We were standing at the same booth and the clerk didn't know which of us to help, so I turned and said, "I'm ready. I'm ready. And I know what I want."



For those of you who don't know, that's my favorite line from "What's Love Got to do with It?" when Tina is ready to go solo before her 80's comeback.

And actually, that didn't happen at all. But I did she her walking through. And she is definitely beautiful.

oh man....that's awesome

very cool

You know, her and her husband had twins through a surrogate

She's absolutely gorgeous LOVE HER!!

CalhounSq said:

I want to see movies with her in the starring role, I saw the Tina Turner one, Stella got her Groove back, waiting to exhale, that futuristic one I can't think of the name right now. What else has she been in?

She's one of those actors that deserve tons of oscars but some how they are never casted in good movies. Too bad cuz she's a real talent.

ZombieKitten said:

She was just in Akeelah and the Bee. I loved that movie!

Rhondab said:

will have to watch out for it - is it just new? (we have to wait a while before movies hit our shores )

AWESOME! I know a lady who kinda remindes me of her.

Rhondab said:

Fantastic movie. I also loved her in Sunshine State. She's an underutilized actress, and I never wanna make her cross - she'd beat my ass with those developed arm muscles. My shit looks like twigs next to hers.

some people are lucky....cool experience.

Angela seems like she'd be great to have dinner with. I'm jealous Chris. I know you don't get star struck. I do.


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RipHer2Shreds said:

3 TIMES - Akeelah & the Bee is really REALLY great!!

It is new so it'll probably take a while to hit Australia

And YES, she is criminally underutilized in Hollywood It's bad enough they lose interest in actresses over 40, but when you're over 40 & Black you're really in trouble

Nonetheless I still keep my hopes up that we'll see her do more. She's fantastic & beautiful

CalhounSq said:

co-sign...if i ever saw her in person i'd ask her to recommend to me some good (but affordable) personal trainers....

missfee said:

Ha, that's funny. If I ever met her, I'd ask: "So, are you happy with Courtney? Are you sure?"

ThreadBare said:

They make the cutest couple, don't they?








Here she is with Michael Jackson:

CalhounSq said:

CalhounSq said:

Courtney looks like Martin Lawrence in that picture! She's beautiful.

And Mad - I'm jealous that you saw her in person.

Such an amazing actress.

The clips of her reading at the Oprah Legends Ball touched me the most!

peace

RipHer2Shreds said:

they are a great couple!!! the kind you never want to see breakup...

rushing07 said:

This is soooo true! I saw her on Martha stewart..& i swear she has not aged in 10 yrs! She is stunning. Ive always liked her.

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

HEY U!!!

Rhondab said:

I still need to go see that!

ZombieKitten said:

yeah, like Calhoun said it may take a minute. It also didn't do that well at the box office here I did write Starbucks and thanked them and Laurence Fishburne for producing such a great movie. The cutest thing was watching the kids spell stuff as they were leaving the theater.

It really is a GREAT movie as far as the message is sends out. Of course, I think ATL and 50 cents movie made more money

Rhondab said:

OMG, the little kids in the movie theatre were clapping at the end of it. So cute.

Rhondab said:

Yea, it's pretty shitty how audiences treat a quality Black film I told everyone & their mother to go see it - the next weekend MI3 hit so that blew it out of the water. I think XMen came out soon after too - I remember asking my sis if she took my nephew yet & they said, "No, we're going to see XMen!!!"

And yes, I bet PLENTY of Black folks flocked to ATL & the 50 garbage quicker than they did Akeelah, it's a damn shame

RipHer2Shreds said:

I thought it was a good social issue movie. I loved how they pointed at education issues and race issues and cultural difference without really pushing it.

I thought it was in OUR best interest to at least let Starbucks know that the movie was appreciate and don't stop backing these types of movies. I think all school aged kids should see it.