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Angela Bassett Turns to Tina for Answers
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For nearly 20 years, Tina Turner stood by her abusive husband
Ike.
"Why?" asks actress Angela Bassett, who portrays the legendary
rock star in the film "What's Love Got to Do With It."
"The relationship with Ike was abusive, bad and all the
adjectives. Tina is so talented, strong and beautiful.
"So why did she stay? That's the big question I had to answer.
Explaining it was one of the film's goals."
Even before she landed the role, Bassett met with Turner, pored
through the singer's photo albums and read her 1986 autobiography I,
Tina, on which "What's Love" is based.
The book tells ...
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Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne: 'What's Love Got To Do With It' movie tells true life story of Tina Turner. (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Jet
; ...the volatile relationship between Ike and Tina Turner to the big screen in the...independent and a world-class superstar. Ike and Tina Turner were true music legends during...Mountain High. Besides the music, Ike and Tina, along with the Ikettes background...
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Ike Turner talks about ex-wife Tina and his new fiancee.
Magazine article from: Jet
; ...life, my own story to share of Ike and Tina Turner, he says. I think they...the entertainment (business). Ike points out that Tina benefited from his show business...the early tunes he wrote for Tina. One of Ike's sons, Ike Jr., introduced them...
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'What's Love Got To Do With It.' (film about Ike and Tina Turner) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Ebony
; ...communicated in all languages. Ike Turner and Anna Mae Bullock (he changed her name to Tina after they married) met...Laurence Fishburne as Tina and Ike, follows Tina's life from the time she...the relationship between Ike and Tina and how their marriage...
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Rock 'n' Roll pioneer Ike Turner dies at 76.(MUSIC)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Jet
; ...In Love. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Ike and Tina began their work relationship as...They married in 1962. Together Ike and Tina Turner put East St. Louis and St...Then, in 1976, after 16 years with Ike, Tina Turner left. They were divorced...
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Rich, free and in control: the 'foreign affairs' of Tina Turner.
Magazine article from: Ebony
; ...limitations. From 1958 to 1976, Tina and her career were controlled...by her former husband, Ike. Starting with the chittlin...grand concert halls, the Ike and Tina Turner Revue gained considerable...physical and emotional abuse, Tina broke away from ike in 1976, after he beat...
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General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Military Review
; GENERAL IKE: A Personal Reminiscence, John S.D. Eisenhower...New York, 2003, 267 pages, $16.00. General Ike. A Personal Reminiscence fills a small, but...the book is not a definitive discussion of Ike's performance as the Supreme Commander of...
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Tina 'loved life' sdcsdc.
Newspaper article from: Gainsborough Standard (Gainsborough, England)
; ...been described as loving life by her husband. Tina Rennie, 41, died from natural causes, but...Scotter. Speaking to the Standard this week, Tina's husband Ian paid tribute to his wife of 16 years. Tina absolutely loved life and she will be sorely...
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Lucy and Tina: four ears and a tail.(dog helping deaf owner)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children
; Beep-beep, beep-beep goes the alarm clock. Lucy the dog nuzzles Tina's face until Tina wakes up. Tina is deaf, and Lucy is no ordinary dog. Lucy is Tina's hearing dog. Lucy and Tina are partners. Lucy alerts...
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Ike Turner plans to marry in June. (1994)
Magazine article from: Jet
; ...Jet during a recent interview, Ike Jr. in |88 brought me and another...laugh (Jet, Sept. 27, 1993). Ike Turner's turbulent marriage to superstar Tina Turner is detailed in the hit movie, What's Love Got To Do It. Ike, 62, is portrayed as a womanizer...repeatedly beats and verbally abuses ...
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FAITHFUL AND WORTHY.(Tina Spell)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: National Right to Life News
; ...I thought of the unselfish service that Tina Spell gave unstintingly to this Movement...benevolence. Perfect! That captures the spirit of Tina Spell. Only her gratuitous service was...their saintly work out of the limelight, Tina spent almost her entire life quietly helping...
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