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Angela Bassett Talks Success, Empowering Her Children at LadyLike Scholarship Luncheon

Debra Lee and Pauletta Pearson Washington were also honored Saturday at the Beverly Hilton luncheon.

If you’ve ever wondered Angela Bassett’s secret to success, it’s actually quite simple: Put your head down and work hard. “I was taught to show up, to be prepared and to always do and give my best,” the 911 and Black Panther star said Saturday at the LadyLike Foundation Scholarship Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton, where she accepted an award for being a woman of excellence. “For many years I kept my head down, I studied my lines and I did the work. Whether portraying a fiercely talented living legend, a matriarch of a superiorly talented family or even the queen of a distant land named Wakanda, that’s been my process and that still is.”

Jordin Sparks Hasn’t ‘Stepped Foot in a Gym’ Since Giving Birth

Jordin Sparks revealed her post-baby body just three days after giving birth to son Dana – and she’s not stopping any time soon. The singer has been keeping busy since becoming a first-time mom, more recently attending the Ladylike Scholarship Luncheon in Beverly Hills on Saturday, June 2.

Tina Knowles Gushes Over Paris Trip With Blue Ivy Carter: ‘We Had the Best Time’

“We had the best time,” the 64-year-old businesswoman told Us on Saturday, June 2, at the Ladylike luncheon in Beverly Hills. “We did something every day. We went to Disneyland in Paris, we went shopping every day at Galeries Lafayette. She loves that store.”

Jordin Sparks glows at Ladylike Foundation bash ONE MONTH after delivering baby DJ

She delivered her baby son DJ exactly a month prior. And this Saturday, new mother Jordin Sparks was posing up a storm at the Ladylike Foundation's 2018 Annual Women Of Excellence Scholarship Luncheon. The 28-year-old, who married her baby's father Dana Isaiah last year, flattered her curves in a grainy grey dress hemmed at the knee.