Instead, Diggs said that Bassett "saw a little bit of sexiness" in one of his other early roles, which eventually led to his casting. Angela Bassett didn't groove with her future costar's performance ...

Before “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” became literary and Hollywood sensations, Terry McMillan was Terri McMillan, a young student at the University of California at Berkeley ...

“It Was the Way She Said It: Short Stories, Essays, and Wisdom” By Terry McMillan. Ballantine. 256 pages. $28 (Ballantine) Before “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” became ...