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Let it be known that Gabourey Sidibe has excellent taste, both on Twitter [1] and in what she takes from the sets she works on. After the Empire actress reprised her role as witch Queenie on season five of American Horror Story: Hotel [2], she asked production for one souvenir to take with her. Fortunately the thing she got was so incredible, it's now her "prized possession," which she recently shared on Instagram [3].
"Hi! Soooooo my prized possession is this poster of @im.angelabassett as Romana Royal from season 5 of #americanhorrorstory, given to me by my friend and writer, @johnnygrey5. Ok bye. ❤️" All it takes is one look to see why she's so obsessed with it.
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For those of you who haven't seen the Hotel season, Angela Bassett plays Ramona Royal, the star of a series of blaxploitation films from the 1970s (including hits like Slaughter Sister, Bride of Blackenstein, and Silky Fine). While on a journey to rise above her B-movie status, Ramona runs into the immortal vampire Elizabeth aka The Countess aka Lady Gaga. The two enter into a relationship, and although Ramona never becomes the A-lister she hopes to be, she does become a member of Elizabeth's afflicted, so that's . . . something. Regardless, we'll be forever jealous that Sidibe has the ultimate memento of the character: her movie poster for Cracker Hunter, which is truly a gift to this world.