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How Kobe Bryant Spread the Joy of Being a Girl Dad – E! Online
MacKenly Randolph, daughter of two-time NBA All-Star Zach Randolph, was coached by Kobe at the Mamba Sports Academy (since renamed Sports Academy, the “Mamba” retired) and had made the same helicopter trip from Newport to Thousand Oaks with him and Gigi a week before they died. “He basically taught me how to play defense and…
Read MoreRemembering the Nine Lives Lost in the Devastating Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash – E! Online
“She was extraordinary,” Matt Mauser said of his bride, mom to kids Penny, Tom, and Ivy, and an assistant coach on Kobe’s Mamba Academy team. “She was incredibly witty, funny, funny like nobody you’ve ever met.” And skilled enough on the court to catch the eye of a certain 18-time NBA All Star. With Matt and Christina both…
Read MoreObserver’s Guide to the Must-See Gallery Shows On Now in New York
Nick Cave’s “Amalgams and Graphts” at Jack Shainman’s new location in Tribeca. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo: Vincent Tullo The new year in New York opened with a series of exceptional exhibitions, setting the tone for an art season packed with discovery and innovation. From long-overlooked artists finally getting their due to…
Read MoreScale AI’s 28-Year-Old Billionaire CEO Warns About This Scarily Good Chinese Startup
Alexandr Wang is one of the world’s youngest self-made billionaires. Drew Angerer/Getty Images For around a decade, the U.S. has retained its A.I. dominance over China, according to Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old founder and CEO of Scale AI, a $13 billion startup. But with the Christmas release of an “earth-shattering” A.I. model from the Chinese…
Read More‘Paradise’ Review: Sterling K. Brown Can’t Save This Series
Sterling K. Brown stars as Secret Service Agent Xavier Collins in Paradise. Disney/Brian Roedel You’ll already be in too deep with Paradise by the time its worst moment rears its tone-deaf head, but maybe you need to get through the episodes to be truly floored by the beat that sees Secret Service Agent Xavier Collins…
Read More‘Liza’ Shows More Than Anything You’ll Ever See Anywhere Else
Jake Hooker, Lorna Luft and Rex Reed watch Liza Minnelli perform at Luft’s 25th Birthday Bash on November 21, 1977. Ron Galella Collection via Getty No need to know the rest of it. One name says it all. There were other stars named Judy, but only one named Garland. With Liza, that’s all there is.…
Read More8 Symptoms Doctors Often Dismiss As Anxiety
When Vanessa Walilko was in her late 20s, she got strep throat—and then she got it again and again. Because she’s allergic to strep bacteria, she says her illness turned into scarlet fever several times within a few months. Soon, she started having heart issues. After spending a day in the sun selling jewelry at…
Read MoreThe Winter Show Returns With an Encyclopedic Presentation and Its Signature Timeless Flair
The January 23 opening night was full of activity. Matt Borkowski/BFA.com Celebrating its 71st edition this year, the Winter Show remains one of the oldest and most distinguished fairs, offering a quintessentially sumptuous Upper East Side experience. Staged in the opulent Park Avenue Armory—also home to other meticulously curated fairs like ADAA and TEFAF—the Winter…
Read MoreAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei Believes A.I. Could Double Human Lifespans in 5 Years
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei takes part in a panel during the 2025 World Economic Forum on Jan. 23. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who has a Ph.D. in biophysics from Princeton and was a postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford before entering Silicon Valley, believes advances in A.I. could soon enable humans…
Read MoreTrump’s $500B Stargate A.I. Project: What Will It Build and Does It Actually Have the Money?
President Donald Trump, accompanied by (L-R) Oracle CTO Larry Ellison, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, at the news conference announcing the Stargate project. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images On Tuesday (Jan. 21), President Donald Trump announced an A.I. initiative called Stargate. During a press conference at the White House attended by OpenAI CEO…
Read MoreHow to Negotiate Your Medical Bills
Everything is negotiable, as the saying goes—and that includes medical bills. Although many people assume their health care bills are binding, there’s often more wiggle room than one would think. “Never pay any bill right away,” says Caitlin Donovan, a senior director at Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF), a nonprofit that helps patients afford medical care.…
Read MoreIndianapolis Man Shot Pregnant Wife 5 Times Because He was Upset the Baby Wasn’t His
An Indianapolis man has been charged with attempted murder and feticide after he allegedly shot his pregnant wife and killed her unborn child. According to court records obtained by Fox 59, the suspect, identified as 36-year-old Jeremy McBride, gave a detailed confession and explained what led to the shooting. McBride Planned to Kill Wife, Child…
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