Before beginning a career in acting and music, Jamie Foxx took on stand up comedy and it was here that Eric Bishop would become Jamie Foxx.
Before beginning a career in acting and music, Jamie Foxx took on stand up comedy and it was here that Eric Bishop would become Jamie Foxx.
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Who can forget Angela Bassett as Tina Turner or Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles? Do you remember who played Billie Holiday? Or who Beyoncé performed as in the film Cadillac Records? More recent African-American biopics include the Lifetime original movie Betty & Coretta (2013), starring Angela Bassett as Coretta Scott King and Mary J. Blige as Betty Shabazz, and The Butler (2013), starring Forest Whitaker and based on the life of Eugene Allen.
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