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Image via Marvel Studios / Remix via Apeksha Bagchi MCU movies have been nominated for Oscars many times — for Visual Effects, Sound Editing, etc. But their selection in a significant category that translates to the franchise’s status as good cinema has only happened twice — when Black Panther (2018) was up for Best Picture and now, with Angela Bassett in the running for Best Supporting Actress for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. But it is only now that the chances of Marvel getting its first noteworthy Academy…

Image via Marvel Studios Unless you had your head buried in the sand for the past few months and missed out on watching Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (even after its release on Disney Plus), it is a well-known fact that Angela Bassett is phenomenal in the film up until her tragic death at the hands of Namor. Having already bagged a Golden Globe for her performance as Queen Romonda, she is now up for an Oscar. But evidently, the heartbreak caused by her sudden MCU exit is still fresh. Namor is one of the first…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAngela Bassett’s son Slater Vance has “sincerely” apologised to Michael B Jordan after taking part in a “harmful” TikTok trend widely known as the “celebrity death prank”.The viral prank, which gained traction around Christmas and continued until the end of 2022, consists of someone covertly filming another person, usually a parental figure, while telling them a famous figure has…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAngela Bassett’s son Slater Vance has “sincerely” apologised to Michael B Jordan after taking part in a “harmful” TikTok trend widely known as the “celebrity death prank”.The viral prank, which gained traction around Christmas and continued until the end of 2022, consists of someone covertly filming another person, usually a parental figure, while telling them a famous figure has…