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Article: Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne: 'What's Love Got To Do With It' movie tells true life story of Tina Turner. (Cover Story)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- June 21, 1993
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Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne bring the volatile relationship between Ike and Tina Turner to the big screen in the recently-released film What's Love Got To Do With It.
The movie basically tells the story of Tina's life and is based, in part, on her autobiography I, Tina. The film tells how Tina went from being a shy and passive woman who endured numerous savage beatings to one who is self-assured, independent and a world-class superstar.
Ike and Tina Turner were true music legends during much of their 20-year marriage that ended in the mid-1970s. They jumped to the top of the pop and R&B charts with such hits as Proud Mary, Nutbush City Limits ...
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