Kobe Bryant, Accused Rapist, Will Probably Win an Oscar
At the height of the Time’s Up awards season, a man accused of a brutal sexual assault is an Academy Award frontrunner. And his movie, ‘Dear Basketball,’ is terrible. What gives?
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When you scan the annual Oscars Class Photo featuring this year’s nominees all gathered and beaming on a set of risers at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, your eyes are immediately drawn to the outlier. Right there front-and-center, seated in the front row where, supposedly, his height would be slightly masked: Is that Kobe Bryant!?
The retired Laker is, indeed, an Oscar nominee this year, credited as creator, animator, and executive producer of Dear Basketball, which is up for the Best Animated Short trophy. Making what is typically designated as a pee-break category suddenly must-see viewing, Bryant and Dear Basketball are the odds-on favorite to win.
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