It's high time Angela Bassett won an Academy Award. What is she recommending? "Don't give up hope, sweetie"

In 2018, thanks to her performance as Queen Ramonda in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," she made history by becoming the first actress to receive an Oscar nomination for a Marvel film. This is her second Oscar consideration; her first came in 1994 for her performance in the biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It," in which she played Tina Turner.

Bassett, 64, has one of the longest gaps between nominations of ....