LOS ANGELES:

Angela Bassett has had good days — giving birth to twins, winning a Golden Globe, being nominated for an Oscar. Then there was March 20.

“Do you ever have one of those days? I woke up and the sun wasn’t really shining but then it burst through the clouds and it was glorious. Hallelujah!” Bassett, 49, exclaimed to the crowd at the ceremony for the 2,358th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Bassett was joined by her husband, Courtney B Vance, their children and guests Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne and Rick Fox, her co-star in the new film Meet the Browns.

Fishburne, who starred alongside Bassett in 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do With It, highlighted Bassett’s resilience in the industry. “You get a lot of no’s in this business and you have to have that desire and determination, which Angela has,” Fishburne said.

Whitaker gushed that Bassett was “a powerful artist, a beautiful person, a mother, a wife, a friend who illuminates my life.”

Basset’s film credits include 1998’s How Stella Got Her Groove Back. At the ceremony, she recalled moving to Los Angeles from NYC in 1988.

“I meant to stay six months but I stayed. Today my cup runneth over!” Bassett said. “I am crying now, I cried yesterday and the day before. ... This day is so, so special to me.” — AP