Legendary actor, comedian and former Oscars host Billy Crystal addressed Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on the latest episode of the CNN+ series “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace,” calling it a crime.
When Wallace brought up the slap, he said to Crystal: “You would take shots at the stars when you were hosting, but it was gentle and it was affectionate, and you had this sense of this mutual respect and good fellowship on your side of the footlights and their side of the footlights. First question: Do you think Chris Rock’s joke about G.I. Jane was over the line?”
“I just thought it, one, it wasn’t a great joke, and two, it was why, why go after her, you know, so I thought it just misplaced,” Crystal replied. “And I love Chris and we’re friends and I so respect him. I just thought it was wrong.
When Wallace brought up the slap, he said to Crystal: “You would take shots at the stars when you were hosting, but it was gentle and it was affectionate, and you had this sense of this mutual respect and good fellowship on your side of the footlights and their side of the footlights. First question: Do you think Chris Rock’s joke about G.I. Jane was over the line?”
“I just thought it, one, it wasn’t a great joke, and two, it was why, why go after her, you know, so I thought it just misplaced,” Crystal replied. “And I love Chris and we’re friends and I so respect him. I just thought it was wrong.
- 4/19/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
The doors of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will swing open today to welcome Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.
Bryant, who played 20 years for the Lakers, is the fourth all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Assn. He had 33,643 points in his career, with 60 of them coming in his final game. Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, now the owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, will induct Bryant into the Hall.
The induction will take place starting at 5:30 Pm Et/2:30 Pt. The ceremony Saturday is being held at the Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino in Uncasville, Conn. ESPN will broadcast the ceremony, with Live Streams available on WatchESPN, the ESPN app, and fuboTV
Bryant died in a January 2020 helicopter crash. His widow, Vanessa Bryant, will also speak at the ceremony.
The class of 2020 was supposed to be inducted last year, but the ceremony was delayed by the pandemic.
Bryant, who played 20 years for the Lakers, is the fourth all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Assn. He had 33,643 points in his career, with 60 of them coming in his final game. Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, now the owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, will induct Bryant into the Hall.
The induction will take place starting at 5:30 Pm Et/2:30 Pt. The ceremony Saturday is being held at the Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino in Uncasville, Conn. ESPN will broadcast the ceremony, with Live Streams available on WatchESPN, the ESPN app, and fuboTV
Bryant died in a January 2020 helicopter crash. His widow, Vanessa Bryant, will also speak at the ceremony.
The class of 2020 was supposed to be inducted last year, but the ceremony was delayed by the pandemic.
- 5/15/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The late Kobe Bryant had a lot of successes in life. His 2000 recording of a gangsta rap album wasn’t one of them, but it’s now finally out there for the world to judge.
Bryant, who will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, recorded the 16-track album, titled Visions, with a host of all-star support. Artists including Nas, 50 Cent, Beanie Segal, Black Thought, and Destiny’s Child appear on the recording.
Unfortunately, the album’s debut single, K.O.B.E. – featuring model and actress Tyra Banks – did not live up to Columbia Records expectations, and the project was quietly dropped without the entire album being released. This after Bryant released the single on the NBA All-Star Weekend, and performed it live at the game.
Bryant went on to release a handful of other tracks over the years, and appeared on the official...
Bryant, who will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, recorded the 16-track album, titled Visions, with a host of all-star support. Artists including Nas, 50 Cent, Beanie Segal, Black Thought, and Destiny’s Child appear on the recording.
Unfortunately, the album’s debut single, K.O.B.E. – featuring model and actress Tyra Banks – did not live up to Columbia Records expectations, and the project was quietly dropped without the entire album being released. This after Bryant released the single on the NBA All-Star Weekend, and performed it live at the game.
Bryant went on to release a handful of other tracks over the years, and appeared on the official...
- 5/14/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant will join fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts in May 2021, the NBA annnounced Saturday.
The ceremony was originally scheduled for August, but was postponed by the pandemic. Bryant was announced in April as a posthumous inductee.
Bryant died at age 41 in January, along with daughter, Gianna, 13, and seven others.
Other inductees in May include two-time NBA championship winner Rudy Tomjanovich; Kim Mulkey, who coaches Baylor’s women’s basketball team; Bentley’s 1,000-game-winner, Barbara Stevens; three-time Final Four coach Eddie Sutton; and the former Fiba Secretary General, Patrick Baumann.
Baumann, who was selected by the international committee, died in October. Sutton died in May.
The ceremony was originally scheduled for August, but was postponed by the pandemic. Bryant was announced in April as a posthumous inductee.
Bryant died at age 41 in January, along with daughter, Gianna, 13, and seven others.
Other inductees in May include two-time NBA championship winner Rudy Tomjanovich; Kim Mulkey, who coaches Baylor’s women’s basketball team; Bentley’s 1,000-game-winner, Barbara Stevens; three-time Final Four coach Eddie Sutton; and the former Fiba Secretary General, Patrick Baumann.
Baumann, who was selected by the international committee, died in October. Sutton died in May.
- 11/29/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The NBA announced Saturday that it has set the date to celebrate its new Hall of Fame inductees, including the late Kobe Bryant.
The San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Bryant, the beloved Los Angeles Lakers icon, will join the sport’s greats at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in May 2021. The event, which was set to occur in Springfield, Mass. in August but eventually delayed by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, will now take place from May 13 to May 15.
The May 2021 event will be a posthumous honor for Bryant, who died at the top of 2020. Also known as “Black Mamba” on the court, Bryant was an 18-time NBA All-Star and basketball legend.
Beyond the court, Bryant was a husband to Vanessa Bryant, father to four daughters and also an Oscar winner. In 2018, he snagged his first Academy Award for his animated short film, Dear Basketball. Narrated by Bryant,...
The San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Bryant, the beloved Los Angeles Lakers icon, will join the sport’s greats at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in May 2021. The event, which was set to occur in Springfield, Mass. in August but eventually delayed by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, will now take place from May 13 to May 15.
The May 2021 event will be a posthumous honor for Bryant, who died at the top of 2020. Also known as “Black Mamba” on the court, Bryant was an 18-time NBA All-Star and basketball legend.
Beyond the court, Bryant was a husband to Vanessa Bryant, father to four daughters and also an Oscar winner. In 2018, he snagged his first Academy Award for his animated short film, Dear Basketball. Narrated by Bryant,...
- 11/29/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, in his first year of eligibility, will be posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the NBA announced Saturday.
“He was one of the greatest competitors who stepped on the court and made sure his impact was felt on both sides of the ball. He is ranked 4th on the NBA’s career points list (33,643). We congratulate posthumously 5x NBA Champion Kobe Bryant,” the Basketball Hall of Fame tweeted Saturday.
In an interview Saturday with ESPN, Bryant’s widow Vanessa said...
“He was one of the greatest competitors who stepped on the court and made sure his impact was felt on both sides of the ball. He is ranked 4th on the NBA’s career points list (33,643). We congratulate posthumously 5x NBA Champion Kobe Bryant,” the Basketball Hall of Fame tweeted Saturday.
In an interview Saturday with ESPN, Bryant’s widow Vanessa said...
- 4/4/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Ex-nba star Kermit Washington was just sentenced to 6 years in prison ... and ordered to pay almost $1 Million in restitution for stealing money meant for charity ... TMZ Sports has learned. Washington -- a 66-year-old former NBA All-Star who played for the Lakers and Celtics -- was sentenced by a federal judge in Missouri after pleading guilty to 3 felonies and admitting to scamming people out of huge donations. Officials say Washington used his fame to raise hundreds...
- 7/9/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_pjxhcjmz"]] Rudy Tomjanovich isn't taking the most devastating punch in sports history personally anymore, telling TMZ Sports he actually feels sorry for Kermit Washington -- the guy who detonated his jaw in 1977. Washington recently pled guilty to fraud charges and faces up to 8 years in prison ... but before that, he was most famous for leveling Rudy T. with a shot doctors said could've killed him. No joke, Tomjanovich suffered a broken jaw and nose, plus a...
- 12/9/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_tunvqwo1"]] NBA legend (and current scout) Rudy Tomjanovich says he ain't the least bit surprised that LeBron James' son, Bronny, reportedly has top level college offers ... at 12 Years Old!! If ya haven't seen him play ... Bronny James has been Dominating youth bball tourneys across the country. He's so good, LeBron has said colleges (reportedly schools like Duke and Kentucky) have been recruiting him for years. So, when we saw Rudy -- a Lakers scout and...
- 10/14/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Ex-nba All-Star Kermit Washington -- who famously Ko'd Rudy Tomjanovich in a game in 1977 -- was arrested by federal agents today as part of an investigation involving Homeland Security, TMZ Sports has learned. Homeland Security Investigations spokesperson Shawn Neudauer tells us, "Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (Ice) Homeland Security Investigations (Hsi) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) arrested former NBA player Kermit Washington in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, on...
- 5/24/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_r4s8eacn"]] The NBA is a much more peaceful place now than it was back in the '70s ... so says a guy who would know, Kermit Washington. Besides having a 15 year run in the league -- Kermit infamously threw the punch that ended Rudy Tomjanovich's career back in 1977 ... one of the most brutal moments in the history of the NBA. So, when we saw Kermit in L.A. Tuesday-- we had to ask how he...
- 2/2/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_y1dttnii"]] Funny candid moment with Rudy Tomjanovich. The former Rockets and Lakers head coach was at Staples Center Tuesday night for the game ... when asked a question everyone's trying to figure out -- how do you beat the Warriors? His answer's pretty funny. We also asked if he thinks the Warriors can win 73 games this season ... eclipsing the 95-96 Bulls. Check out his answer. Read more...
- 1/27/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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