Magic Johnson News

Magic remembers his friend Kobe Bryant, and talks about what he did for Los Angeles, playing him in one-on-one, bringing LeBron James to the Lakers, celebrating his 60th birthday, and Jimmy goes to great lengths to be included on Magic's summer vacations.

A Soldier's Play opened last night on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street). Check out photos from the opening night red carpet!

The Kwanzaa Film Festival presents a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day program, themed 'A Kwanzaa Response to a Hanukkah Tragedy' with a program that focuses on African American-Jewish Relations. The feature presentation is this year's 'Best Film' winner Soul Doctor - the Broadway movie-musical about the life of the 'rock star' rabbi Shlomo Carlbach and his history shaping relationship with music icon Nina Simone. The film will be shown on Monday, January 20th at 4pm at AMC Magic Johnson Harlem (2309 Frederick Douglas Blvd.) as part of their Gala Awards evening.

Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore will present a?oeART & MINDS GATHERING FOR CHANGE,a?? their 2019 Fundraising Gala, to be held on Saturday, October 26, 2019 from 6:00 a?" 10:00 p.m. at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 N. Main Street (between Arcadia Street and Avenida César Chávez), Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Anthony Anderson spoke to Jimmy Kimmel about yachting with Magic Johnson and friends over the summer, Jimmy not being invited, Anthony's Emmy nomination for ABC's “black-ish,” and sitting next to Jimmy at the Creative Arts Emmys. Watch the video below!

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Beyonce, who will play Nala in the upcoming remake of the classic The Lion King, and Syndee Winters, who plays Nala in Broadway's The Lion King, recently met at WACO Theater Center's Lion King-themed Wearable Art Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 1st.

For the 12th consecutive year in conjunction with the NBA Finals, ABC will present “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night.” These special-edition episodes will air during prime time every night of the NBA Finals, beginning with Game One on Thursday, May 30.

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.

To Kill A Mockingbird officially opened last night at the Shubert Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos from the opening night red carpet below!

 Award-winning documentary filmmaker  Stefanie Joshua (center) recently stopped by the BRIC House  Studio in Fort Greene to  discuss her new feature film   --'Bushwick Homecomings: The Record' (BH:TR), with  Luvon Roberson (left) and  Ruth J. Morrison (right), Arts & Culture Contributor and CEO/ Executive Producer respectively  of  Whats The 411 TV  -  the weekly news, commentary  and information television show. 

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.

Samuel L. Jackson appeared on last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live. Jackson talks about teaching an online acting masterclass, going to college for theatre and reveals what it is like acting while drunk, high and on acid. He talks about his new movie Incredibles 2, working on other animated films, and doing a school program at a local theatre where he sold kids a potion to help them get over their greatest fears. Finally, he talks about his recent Instagram posts where he wears t-shirts with his own face on them and Jimmy calls him out for not inviting him on his summer vacations with Magic Johnson.

For the 11th consecutive year in conjunction with the NBA Finals, ABC will present “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night.” These special-edition episodes will air during prime time every night of the NBA Finals, beginning with Game One on Thursday, May 31.

Leaders in entertainment, politics, business and medicine will gather at Tower Cancer Research Foundation's Tower of Hope Gala on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 to honor Lisa and Larry Rosenstein, Randi and Warren Grant, and Dr. Alan Wayne for their ongoing commitment to raising awareness about cancer, and their dedication to ending the disease.  All My Children's Colin Egglesfield will present an award to Dr. Alan Wayne, and Erin Cummings, breast cancer survivor who garnered international visibility when she starred on the Starz flagship series, "Spartacus: Blood and Sand", will serve as Master of Ceremonies.  Several research grants will be awarded at the Gala, including Tower's first ever $1 Million grant to a sole investigator, City of Hope's Dr. Xiaochun Yu.  Dr. Yu is receiving the grant as part of Tower's Power of Precision Campaign for his work focusing on ADP-ribosylation and cancer therapy.  This grant will explore how to use a weakness of cancer cells to target DNA damage repair pathways, and develop novel chemotherapeutic approaches.  The event will begin at 6:00 PM at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, 9876 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California.

Marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, NAN President and Founder Rev. Al Sharpton will host the “Keepers of the Dream Awards” on April 18, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. The awards, given each year to mark the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death, honor those who have continued to advocate for the principles that Dr. King gave his life for.