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After Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s tragic passing last month, Vanessa Bryant is opening up about the pain she feels since losing both her husband and daughter at the same time. “I’ve been reluctant to put my feelings into words,” she wrote in a new social media post. “My brain refuses to accept that both Kobe and Gigi are gone. I can’t process both at the same time.” Along with the message, Vanessa shared a video of Kobe and Gianna during their time together at the Mamba Sports Academy.

While walking the red carpet at the fourth annual Entertainment Studios Oscar Gala on Feb. 9, in Beverly Hills, Tiffany Haddish opened up about her favorite memory of Kobe Bryant. The NBA legend passed away in a tragic helicopter crash alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other victims, just two weeks before the show. Since then fans have been mourning the loss.

Actress Rose McGowan has blasted Snoop Dogg for verbally attacking U.S. newswoman Gayle King after she raised Kobe Bryant’s 2003 rape scandal in an interview with a friend of the tragic athlete.

The Oscars honored Kobe Bryant with a fitting tribute Sunday night.

Like many in Hollywood, Derek Fisher is thinking of the late Kobe Bryant this Oscars Sunday.

Actress Rose McGowan has blasted Snoop Dogg for verbally attacking U.S. newswoman Gayle King after she raised Kobe Bryant’s 2003 rape scandal in an interview with a friend of the tragic athlete.

After owning 2020 Grammy Awards with her historic wins, Billie Eilish is all set to take the Academy Awards stage to perform for the In Memoriam segment of the show which will feature a special tribute to late NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. Ever since the singer announced the news on social media, her fans have been waiting to see the songstress perform her hits on the stage.

Snoop Dogg, who caught heat over the weekend for seeming to have threatened Gayle King in an Instagram video post, is now insisting the message was misinterpreted, saying, “I don’t want no harm to come to her, and I didn’t threaten her. All I did was say, ‘Check it out. You out of pocket for what you doing, and we watching you.'”

Spike Lee might be a life-long New York Knicks fan, but he showed major love for Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant at Sunday's Academy Awards. 

Spike Lee paid a fashionable tribute to Kobe Bryant at Sunday’s Oscars by wearing a purple and gold tuxedo, made by Gucci, with the number 24 stitched onto his lapels.

LaLa Anthony, 38, is sending her love to Vanessa Bryant, 37, after she tragically lost husband Kobe and 13-year-old daughter Gianna on Jan. 26.

“My Koko Bean. She looks just like my Gigi,” Vanessa Bryant, 37, wrote next to an Instagram clip of her daughter Koko (real name Capri Kobe Bryånt), 7 mos, trying to walk with the help of her “Aunt Ri-Ri” on Saturday, February 8.

Vanessa Bryant is finding ways to smile amidst tragedy.

Rihanna has confessed the tragic death of basketball star Kobe Bryant is still weighing heavy on her mind.

The National Transportation Safety Board released an investigative update on the tragic helicopter crash that took the lives of L.A. Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, 41, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others on Feb.

Details on the upcoming public memorial for Kobe Bryant are starting to come together — and the date has a special significance for the late NBA superstar.

Oprah Winfrey feels for her best friend, Gayle King. The longtime friend of the anchor appeared on Friday's show, where she spoke with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager about the recent controversy surrounding King's interview with Lisa Leslie, a former professional basketball player and close friend of the late Kobe Bryant. 

The Kings of Bachata have kicked off their long-awaited Inmortal Tour in the city that the late Kobe Bryant made his home, Los Angeles. Like the rest of the world, the boys of Aventura (Romeo Santos, Lenny Santos, Henry Santos and Max Agende Santos) were affected by the untimely passing of the Five-Time NBA champion on Sunday, January 26.

A memorial service for NBA star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and the other seven people who died in the tragic helicopter crash in January, will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 24. It was decided to keep the memorial service on that particular date because it coincides with Kobe’s jersey number.

Kobe Bryant will be saluted during a public memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on 24 February.

Much to fans’ confusion (and anger), Bill Cosby is sending his gratitude to Snoop Dogg via Instagram and Twitter after the rapper declared to “Free bill Cosby” on Feb. 6.

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant‘s untimely passing in a helicopter crash at just 41-years-old has made so many people realize they need to value their time with those they love. Actress Robin Givens, 55, told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that his tragic death helped create a dialogue with her 20-year-old son William Givens Jensen about how time with loved ones is the most precious thing to have.

Gianna Bryant’s memory will live on forever. On Thursday, February 6, Vanessa Bryant took to her social media to share emotional videos from her late daughter’s basketball jersey retirement ceremony.

Details on the upcoming public memorial for Kobe Bryant are starting to come together — and the date has a special significance for the late NBA superstar.

Gayle King has hit out at executives at CBS for promoting a clip from her interview with Kobe Bryant’s friend Lisa Leslie about his sexual assault case.

50 Cent went off on Gayle King in a new Instagram post from Feb. 5, where the rapper took issue with Gayle bringing up Kobe Bryant‘s 2003 sexual assault case.

JAY-Z will never forget the last conversation he had with Kobe Bryant.

“I’ve been up reading the comments about the interview I did with Lisa Leslie about Kobe Bryant, and I know that if I had only seen the clip that you saw, I’d be extremely angry with me too,” Gayle King, 65, said in a video she posted to Instagram on Feb. 6.

Gayle King is sharing her side of the story. The 65-year-old anchor took to Instagram early Thursday morning to speak out following backlash surrounding her recent interview with former professional basketball player and Kobe Bryant's longtime friend, Lisa Leslie. 

Jay-Z, 50, and Kobe Bryant had a special relationship and the rapper talked about losing his friend for the first time while speaking at Columbia University in New York City on Feb. 5.

Vanessa Bryant wrote an emotional message to her late daughter Gianna on Instagram on Wednesday after her high school held a ceremony to officially retire her sports jersey.

Gayle King sat down with WNBA player, and Kobe Bryant’s friend, Lisa Leslie, on the Feb. 4 episode of CBS This Morning, and afterward, she was criticized for asking Lisa about the late basketball star’s 2003 sexual assault charge (which was eventually dropped).

The death of Kobe Bryant has changed Ireland Baldwin’s outlook on her relationship with her own famous father, Alec Baldwin. "[In light] of recent events that have happened within the last couple of weeks, with Kobe, it's like, 'What's the f-ing point of arguing?' There's no point," she told Entertainment Tonight.

Chris Brown is no stranger to getting artistic, and he’s shown off his talents with an incredible tribute to NBA star Kobe Bryant. The 30-year-old loves to spray paint, and upon learning about the tragic death of the Lakers legend, decided to commemorate him with a mural on the outside wall of his Los Angeles home.

Vanessa Bryant is set to receive a special gift from the Staples Center. On Sunday, February 3, workers at the arena began dismantling the makeshift memorial created by fans left in honor of Kobe and Gianna Bryant.

Although he made his mark in the wonderful world of sports, Kobe Bryant’s talents didn’t stop there. The former Los Angeles Lakers player also possessed an incredible creative vision, something that got him recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences resulting in his 2018 Oscar win. Kobe took home the ‘little gold man’ for his short film Dear Basketball, which is based on a poem that he wrote in 2016 when he retired from the game of basketball.