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In the wake ofKobe Bryant‘stragic deathless than a week ago, friends and former colleagues within the National Basketball Association are remembering how the star once transformed as a player and a person.Bryant, who first joined the league and theLos Angeles Lakersas a 17-year-old basketball prodigy in 1996, quickly gained a reputation as a “relentless” player on the court.“In the beginning, he reminded everyone of Jordan, just the way he would carry himself,” recalls retired NBA referee Derrick Stafford, who officiated over more than 60 of Bryant’s games....

Congressman Jamie Raskin photographed at home in Takoma Park.Photo: Julian DuFort The first few weeks of January were, for Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, completely life-altering. The 59-year-old Democrat was in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 when a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the building, forcing lawmakers of all political affiliations to flee for safety. He also helped lead the efforts to impeach the former president for his role in inciting the violence....

Dr. Robert Henderson, a Dallas orthopedic surgeon, had heard the name of neurosurgeonDr. Christopher Duntschmentioned with alarm before their paths ever crossed. “It had circulated that he had operated on a good friend of his and made him into a quadriplegic,” Henderson tells PEOPLE. Another patient of Duntsch’s, a woman on whom he’d operated for a routine herniated disk, “ended up bleeding to death in the recovery room.” So when the administrator of Henderson’s hospital asked him to evaluate the post-op condition of a third Duntsch patient, “my antennas were up,” he says....

Photo: Harry How/Getty Images It’s a matchup for the ages —Tiger Woodsgoing one-on-one against Phil Mickelson with $9 million on the line. The event, dubbed “The Match,” will take place at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas on Friday at 11 a.m. PST, and will see Woods — who experienced a career resurgence this year — go against Mickelson, who earned his first victory in five years in March. With Woods, 42, and Mickelson, 48, being two of the biggest names in the game, a unique format such as this might be hard to pass up for golf fans....

Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images; David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Venus Williamsis teaming up with artist Adam Pendleton to transformNina Simone’s childhood home. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, in 1933, Simone earned a reputation as the voice of the civil rights movement as racial tensions reached a peak in the 1960s. She wrote and performed the activist song “Mississippi Goddam” during the historic Selma-to-Montgomery marches in 1965. Courtesy The Nina Simone Project...

“It is with great sadness that Laney and I share with you the news that our sweet Oakleigh Klover Hayes was born this morning at the hospital andnow is safely in heaven. Thank you for honoring our privacy as we grieve,” the statement read about the couple who share three daughters and three sons, ranging in age from 2 to 11. “Walker has canceled his immediate upcoming appearances to be home with Laney and their children....

Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Hugh GrantandAndie MacDowellhad a rather racyFour Weddings and a Funeralreunion during the movie industry’s biggest night. Grant, 62, and MacDowell, 64 — who starred as each other’s love interests in the 1994 romantic comedy — stepped on stage Sunday at the2023 Oscarsto present the Academy Award for Best Production Design. “We’re actually here to do two things,” the actor began. “The first is to raise awareness about the vital importance of using a good moisturizer....

Photo: Hugh Jackman/Instagram Hugh Jackmanis wishing his “extraordinary” wife Deborra-Lee Furness a happy birthday! On Wednesday, Jackman, 54, shared a sweet selfie photo of him and Furness, now 67, onInstagramand noted all the lessons he’s learned from their relationship. “Happy birthday to my extraordinary wife. This is the 28th time I’ve celebrated this day with you,” Jackman wrote in the caption to the post, which shows him and Furness dressed up for a date along the water....

Photo: hugh jackman/instagram Hugh Jackmanis advocating for sunscreen as he shares another health update. TheGolden Globewinner, 54 — who has been treated for skin cancer several times — reminded his 31.1 million followers to “put some sunscreen on” in an Instagram Reel shared Monday, revealing a bandage on his nose after his most recent biopsies. “So, I wanted you to hear it from me, just in case someone sees me on the street or whatever,” he started....

Former Vice PresidentJoe Biden‘s sonHunter Bidenhas been ordered to appear in court next week in connection with a contempt claim made against him in hisongoing child support case in Arkansas, PEOPLE confirms. His appearance, at a Wednesday hearing in Independence County, will be his first in the case since it began last May. While paternity was settled earlier this month —following a DNA test in the fallthat proved Hunter, 49, fathered a child with Roberts in 2018 — the issue of child support remains pending....

Hunter Bidenhas received a warm welcome into new wife Melissa Cohen’s family! Melissa’s brother Garyn CohentoldPage Six in an email about thesurprise nuptials, explaining, “We are all very happy for Melissa and wish her and Hunter all the best for the future.” Garyn also shared that he has yet to meet Hunter, 49, the son of former Vice President turned presidential hopefulJoe Biden, but is excited for the day that he does....

Photo: Hunter McGrady/Instagram Hunter McGradyis getting real about the difficulties of balancing a relationship while parenting a newborn. “We give each other the patience we need. We both put in work, and Check in with one another to see how we are feeling. Some days I feel like we got it all together and we give each other a high five, a slap on the butt and move along and some days I’ll cry because I’m not so sure we are doing this thing called parenting right,” she said....

Photo: ADAM DELGIUDICE/AFP/Getty Hurricane Dorian has already wreaked havoc on the Bahamas, and the storm is now slowly but surely making its way up the East Coast, threatening states like North and South Carolina with a foot of rain and winds of more than 100 mph. The National Hurricane Center said in anadvisoryThursday morning that the Category 2 hurricane’s eyewall was just offshore the eastern coast of South Carolina with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph....