Kobe Bryant News

SHOWTIME announced today the acquisition of rights to the award-winning documentary QUIET STORM: THE RON ARTEST STORY based on the turbulent life of one of the NBA's most controversial figures. Directed by Johnny Sweet (VICK) and written by journalist Tom Friend, QUIET STORM: THE RON ARTEST STORY is produced by Bleacher Report and will premiere on SHOWTIME during Mental Health Awareness Month on Friday, May 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

On last night's episode of 'The Late Late Show with James Corden,' James, Kobe Bryant and Cara Delevingne played 'Spill Your Guts.'

ABC's “The View” averaged 2.859 million Total Viewers, 474,000 Women 25-54 and 326,000 Women 18-49, during the week of March 11, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.  

Internationally known Kathak artist Farah Yasmeen Shaikh-who makes her home in the Bay Area, was trained by the late Pandit Chitresh Das and whose performances have been described as "electrifying"-brings her first traditional solo performance to the Bay Area in 5 years this spring. This follows her work in The Parting, a vivid and large ensemble piece depicting the 1947 partitioning of India into three countries by the British, that she choreographed as well as starred in during its dual run in SF and San Jose in early 2018.

Lady Gaga talks about what her life has been like since she won the Oscar, the importance of hard work, performing Shallow live at the Oscars, the speculation that she and Bradley Cooper are in love, giving her Oscar speech, new footage from A Star is Born being released, sneaking into movie theaters to see it, and Jimmy and Guillermo present her with the platinum record for A Star is Born.

For the first time, ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will head to Las Vegas, Nevada, to shoot five original shows starting MONDAY, APRIL 1.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA presents “BASKETBALL GOLD WEEK”, a special slate of holiday programming with over 25 hours of basketball gold medal games and documentaries, beginning tonight and continuing every night through Jan. 1, 2019.

In celebration of tomorrow's Giving Tuesday, celebrities including Katy Perry, Kobe Bryant, Blake Shelton, Chevy Chase, Jessie James Decker, Kacey Musgraves, James Harden, the late Stan Lee and more have special experiences and signed items on eBay for Charity benefitting charities such as Save The Children, Baby2Baby, American Cancer Society, and theTony Hawk Foundation!

ESPN announced today a 20-hour, 10-part documentary 'Basketball: A Love Story' from Peabody Award-winning director Dan Klores. The sweeping project, which consists of more than 60 interconnected 'short stories,' will be available across multiple ESPN platforms in a variety of viewing experiences. Klores has created a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures, from Bob Cousy, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Dr. J, Yao Ming, Stephen Curry and Diana Taurasi, to Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant. Klores' short stories explore the complex nature of love as it relates to the game and opens the window to insights and perspectives about race, politics, media, art, business, style and entertainment. The episodes will feature different narrators: Chadwick Boseman, Julianne Moore, Chris Cuomo, Ashley Judd, Michael Che, Ansel Elgort, Ahmad Rashad, Robin Quivers, Daveed Diggs, and Fisher Stevens.

Celebrating its most-watched season in four years, “The View” returns for Season 22 with a new co-host, the hottest topics, headline-making conversations, politics, pop culture, celebrity guests and newsmakers beginning TUESDAY, SEPT. 4 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT). Abby Huntsman has been named co-host joining the panel of smart and talented women led by moderator Whoopi Goldberg with Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Meghan McCain. Huntsman joins ABC's award-winning talk show from Fox News where she most recently served as an anchor and host of “Fox & Friends Weekend.” Plus Joy Behar, who is an original cast member, celebrates her 20th season on “The View.”

On the heels of a historic inaugural Oscar win for its animated short “Dear Basketball,” Kobe Bryant's Granity Studios, in partnership with Cadence13, announced its first scripted family-friendly podcast series, “The Punies.”

SHOWTIME has announced a timely new three-part documentary series SHUT UP AND DRIBBLE, a powerful inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of the NBA. Executive produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, the series will premiere this October on SHOWTIME. The announcement was made today at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour by David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime Networks Inc.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Olympics from Beijing with more than 15 hours of archival programming across five days beginning Monday, August 6, at 8 p.m. ET. Hosted by Mike Tirico, "Return to Beijing: 10th Anniversary" revisits some of the most memorable events from the 2008 Games, including historic performances by Olympic greats Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. In addition, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will air 10-hour marathons of encore presentations on Saturday and Sunday.

On June 7, 2018, Charles Strouse, the Tony Award-winning composer of Annie, Bye Bye and Applause, and some of the most popular music from the last 60 years of Broadway, film and television, turns 90. To mark the occasion, a year-long celebration of events, including tributes, concerts, revivals and international productions, will take place across the United States and around the world.