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Apr 29 2008, AP

Angela Bassett will don the white coat for the final season of “ER.”NBC’s medical drama announced that the 49-year-old actress, who won a Golden Globe for playing Tina Turner in 1993’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” is joining the “ER”...

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Chinese actress Joan Chen poses for the photo call of “Er Shi Si Cheng Ji”, or “24 City” during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday, May 17, 2008.