'The Notebook' Costume Designer Says She Was 'Honored' By Kobe Bryant's Sweet Gift for Wife Vanessa

Staying strong. Vanessa Bryant posed in front of a mural of her late husband, Kobe Bryant, and her daughter Gianna, seven weeks after the two passed in a fatal helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.

Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa Bryant is "absolutely devastated" by a report that said Los Angeles authorities shared photos from the scene of the helicopter crash that killed the NBA icon, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant and seven other people in January. The Los Angeles Times said on Thursday that Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shared graphic pictures of the accident site, a hillside in Calabasas, California.

Lil Baby just released his sophomore album, My Turn—and Lil Uzi Vert’s guest verse on “Commercial” includes a tribute to five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a helicopter crash this year.

The Notebook’s costume designer was left in tears after Kobe Bryant’s wife referenced the dress Rachel McAdams wore in the film at the basketball star’s memorial on Monday.

On Monday, the sports world paid tribute to Kobe and Gianna Bryant as part of a public memorial service at Staples Center. 

In Vanessa Bryant’s emotional eulogy of her late husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna, she mentioned that the NBA legend had once gifted her with the physical notebook and Allie’s blue dress from 2004 film adaptation of The Notebook.

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant have a love and bond that is unbreakable. The couple, who met when Kobe was 20-years-old and Vanessa 17-years-old, met on the set of a music video that the former NBA star was making.

When it came to his beloved wife, Kobe Bryant channeled one famous love story for their own.  On Monday, Vanessa Bryant took the microphone and spoke at a public memorial held for her late husband, who tragically died last month in a helicopter crash with their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, and seven others.  Addressing the packed Staples Center and people watching around the world, the mother of four, who had been married to the basketball legend for nearly two decades before his

Hours after speaking at her late friend and mentor, Kobe Bryant’s, Los Angeles memorial event, basketballer Sabrina Ionescu made college basketball history on Monday evening before dedicating the achievement to the loved NBA star.

Alicia Keys is celebrating the life of Kobe Bryant through her musical talents.  During Monday morning's celebration of life ceremony for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball player and his daughter Gianna Bryant, Alicia performed a special song, described as one of Kobe and wife Vanessa Bryant's "favorite numbers," inside the Staples Center.

They may no longer be here physically, but Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant's memories live on with Vanessa Bryant. During Monday's public memorial at the Staples Center, Vanessa earned a standing ovation as she stepped up to the podium to deliver a beautiful and emotional speech honoring her late husband and 13-year-old daughter.  "First I'd like to thank everyone for coming today," she began her moving eulogy.

On Monday morning, about 20,000 people will pack Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Lakers, for a public memorial service honoringKobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant. The event, dubbed a celebration of Kobe's life, comes three weeks after the 41-year-old NBA icon and retired star of the team was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, along with the 13-year-old girl, one of his and wife Vanessa Bryant's four daughters, and seven other people.

© Getty Three weeks after his death, Kobe Bryant is getting a sweet message on his favorite holiday. Vanessa Bryant, Kobe's wife, posted a photo of the two of them accompanied by lyrics from Lauryn Hill's song "Tell Him." The caption also paid tribute to the couple's late daughter, Gigi.

Kobe Bryant and his daughter have been laid to rest two weeks before a planned memorial at Los Angeles' Staples Center.