Kobe Bryant Will Be Honored During 2020 Oscars Ceremony

The Oscars plan on acknowledging the death of Kobe Bryant at the awards ceremony on February 9th. He was an Oscar winner for his five-minute autobiographical short film, Dear Basketball. When he won for best animated short in 2018, Kobe Bryant was in awe over his win. He said, "This feels better than winning the championship, to be honest with you... Growing up as a kid, I dreamed of winning championships and working really hard to make that dream come true, but then to have something like this seemingly come out of left field." Also, Nike has sold out of all of their Kobe Bryant merchandise, just two days after he passed away. People thought that Nike removed the merchandise. However, it was quite the opposite. The Lakers website also has no Kobe Bryant apparel available.

During an interview on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Justin Bieber opened up about his wife, Hailey Bieber, and their relationship. Turns out that he almost didn't propose to her too! Justin Bieber explained,  "I was extremely nervous... I felt, like, in the past, we talked about, you know, me asking the question and it felt like she would say yes. So, I wasn't really nervous about the saying yes, but the thing is just, like, I think I was more nervous about, ‘Am I going to make this commitment? Am I able to make this commitment as a man and be able to honor, you know, what I say... Because, you know, that's a serious commitment when you say you're going to love someone for better, for worse and, like, be faithful. That's a huge... Am I able to do that?' And so, I think that's really what I was battling with... But I finally was like, ‘I'm gonna make the decision and follow through with it and be a husband and, you know, this is what I've always wanted. I'm gonna choose this woman and just do it.'"

Claire Danes Confirms She Turned Down Titanic

No Kate Winslet? I can't imagine! Well it turns out that Claire Danes turned down the lead role in Titanic opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, just after she finished filming Romeo + Juliet. She shared on Dax Shepard‘s podcast, "There was strong interest, but honestly, like, I’d just made this romantic epic with Leo in Mexico City, which is where they were going to shoot Titanic, and I just didn’t have it in me. And I remember, Leo and I shared a manager at the time, and we were there at the office. I was on a balcony, which is funny because of Romeo + Juliet… and Leo had this rental red convertible, some, like, hot rod-dy car. And he was kinda going in circles in the parking lot. And I knew he was wrestling with the decision to do that movie or not and he just looked up at me, and he said, ‘I’m doing it. I’m doing it.’ And I could see he wasn’t sure, but he was like, f*** it, I gotta do this thing.’ And I looked down on him going, like, I totally understand why you are doing it. And I’m not ready for that.” Claire Danes also said that even though the movie became a smash hit, she has “zero regret” about the decision.