Natalia Bryant is making her debut as a creative director with a short film for the Los Angeles Lakers, shared exclusively with PEOPLE Natalia included a thoughtful nod to her late father, Kobe Bryant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kobe Bryant and John Williams struck up a friendship after the Lakers legend hired the composer to score his short film "Dear ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Kobe Bryant's farewell poem to basketball is getting the short film treatment with some high profile talent behind it. Entitled ''Dear Basketball,'' the animated short film will be ...

"Dear Basketball," a short film by retired Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and veteran Disney animator Glen Keane, has been nominated for an Academy Award. The film was one of five nominated in ...

Update 1/28/20: Unfortunately “Dear Basketball” was taken offline from the source where it had been shared. We will update this article when a new source becomes available. In the meantime, you can ...

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant won an Oscar Sunday night for best animated short film for his "Dear Basketball." The short was based on a poem Bryant wrote when he announced his retirement from the game.

"If you’re not a Lakers fan yet, I hope you watch this, and it makes you want to be," Bryant tells PEOPLE Natasha Dye is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE covering sports. Her work has also appeared in The ...

Natalia Bryant has made her debut as a creative director with a short film that features a subject matter with which she's very familiar. The 70-second piece is called "Forever Iconic: Purple and Gold ...

Natalia Bryant's debut as a creative director captures the heart of the Los Angeles Lakers. Natalia, 22, the daughter of late Lakers star Kobe Bryant, conceptualized the NBA team's new short film ...

Natalia Bryant gives dad Kobe Bryant a nod with a message on her USC graduation stole. After Jeanie Buss delivers her diploma, A-listers shower her with kudos. May 19, 2025 Mixed in are shots of ...