Writing
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: LeBron James Is Bigger Than the ‘GOAT’ Debate, He’s a Hero for Our Time
BY KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR ON 2/14/19 AT 8:41 AM In Paul Simon’s “The Boy in the Bubble,” he sings, “It’s every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.” It’s both an observation and a lament about how...
The Hollywood Reporter: My 50-Year Friendship With Big Bird and ‘Sesame Street’
The (very tall) Hollywood Reporter contributor first met the yellow character in 1969 — "It's nice to have someone I can look straight in the eyes” — and sees the show's influence on everything from...
The Hollywood Reporter: Why the ‘Green Book’ Controversies Don’t Matter
6:00 AM PST 1/14/2019 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar As awards season scandals pile up, dwelling on its historical inaccuracies, or the race (or boneheaded past actions) of its writer and director, misses the deeper value of an Oscar-worthy...
My picks for athlete of the year are the ones who carried that weight
Thu 27 Dec 2018 10.58 EST Colin Kaepernick, Maggie Nichols and Serena Williams left us better off because of their commitment to sport and society Today’s athletes have to carry a lot more baggage than a smelly...
The Hollywood Reporter: Blaxploitation Is Going Highbrow With an Anti-Trump Twist
6:30 AM PST 12/14/2018 by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Classic '70s films like 'Shaft' and 'Super Fly' featured swaggeringly badass men and women fighting an oppressive system, so with a racist in the White House, it's no surprise that...
Barnes & Noble Announces the Best Books of 2018
Lists Include Top 15 Books Overall, Plus Fiction, Thrillers & Suspense, History & Current Affairs, YA, Young Readers, and Kids December 11, 2018 08:30 AM Eastern Standard Time NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:...
The Hollywood Reporter: Midterm Election Lessons and How Trump Killed the Magic of the Political Movie
Historic gains aside, the Nov. 6 results show that the meaning behind classic films of yesteryear, such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,' 'All the President's Men' and even 'Lincoln,' don't have a place in...
