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Star Gazing: Angela Bassett is Sitting Pretty
Angela Bassett attends the 9th Annual Power of a Dream Gala in Washington, DC, hosted by the U.S. Dream Academy, an organization that mentors children who have parents in jail. The organization's motto is: "A child with a dream is a child with a future."