A review of this week’s Winning Time, “Acceptable Loss,” coming up just as soon as I wear some pants with my suit…
The season finale is called “Promised Land,” and its penultimate episode this week takes the Lakers all the way to the brink of such a place. They are four wins away from the NBA championship that would rescue Jerry Buss’ financially strapped operation and legitimize everything he and his brain trust have done to shake up the league in the past year.
Not everyone gets to make it to the promised land,...
The season finale is called “Promised Land,” and its penultimate episode this week takes the Lakers all the way to the brink of such a place. They are four wins away from the NBA championship that would rescue Jerry Buss’ financially strapped operation and legitimize everything he and his brain trust have done to shake up the league in the past year.
Not everyone gets to make it to the promised land,...
- 5/2/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Ben Stiller will produce a film about the life of his favorite basketball player, New York Knicks and NBA legend and Hall of Famer Bernard King.
The film will be based on King’s autobiography “Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court” from 2017, and it would chart King’s journey from the playground basketball courts in Brooklyn and living in the projects to eventually making it to the NBA.
Stiller is a New York Knicks superfan, and he along with Nicky Weinstock of Red Hour Films are joining the producing team of Ted Field and Radar Pictures and Rodney Henry and Protege Pictures for a film based on his memoir.
Bernard King’s memoir follows him through his college years in Tennessee and how he was out on his own for the first time in the South as a 17-year-old Black man. King in...
The film will be based on King’s autobiography “Game Face: A Lifetime of Hard-Earned Lessons On and Off the Basketball Court” from 2017, and it would chart King’s journey from the playground basketball courts in Brooklyn and living in the projects to eventually making it to the NBA.
Stiller is a New York Knicks superfan, and he along with Nicky Weinstock of Red Hour Films are joining the producing team of Ted Field and Radar Pictures and Rodney Henry and Protege Pictures for a film based on his memoir.
Bernard King’s memoir follows him through his college years in Tennessee and how he was out on his own for the first time in the South as a 17-year-old Black man. King in...
- 12/8/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Radar Pictures and Protege Pictures have picked up film rights to the memoir Game Face from New York Knicks and NBA legend Bernard King.
The book, penned by King and Jerome Preisler, recounts King's storied NBA career that played out against a history of hidden turmoil off the court. King played for 14 seasons until 1993 and was a four-time All-Star.
In addition to chronic physical injuries, the Knicks star endured cycles of negativity and self-destructiveness due to childhood trauma and sobriety issues. "You can’t read Mr. King’s story and not be inspired by the passion, the ...
The book, penned by King and Jerome Preisler, recounts King's storied NBA career that played out against a history of hidden turmoil off the court. King played for 14 seasons until 1993 and was a four-time All-Star.
In addition to chronic physical injuries, the Knicks star endured cycles of negativity and self-destructiveness due to childhood trauma and sobriety issues. "You can’t read Mr. King’s story and not be inspired by the passion, the ...
- 10/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Radar Pictures and Protege Pictures have picked up film rights to the memoir Game Face from New York Knicks and NBA legend Bernard King.
The book, penned by King and Jerome Preisler, recounts King's storied NBA career that played out against a history of hidden turmoil off the court. King played for 14 seasons until 1993 and was a four-time All-Star.
In addition to chronic physical injuries, the Knicks star endured cycles of negativity and self-destructiveness due to childhood trauma and sobriety issues. "You can’t read Mr. King’s story and not be inspired by the passion, the ...
The book, penned by King and Jerome Preisler, recounts King's storied NBA career that played out against a history of hidden turmoil off the court. King played for 14 seasons until 1993 and was a four-time All-Star.
In addition to chronic physical injuries, the Knicks star endured cycles of negativity and self-destructiveness due to childhood trauma and sobriety issues. "You can’t read Mr. King’s story and not be inspired by the passion, the ...
- 10/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
While Spike Lee's directing career in both features and documentaries ensures him a place in cinematic history, his legacy will also involve his groundbreaking advertising work. One could argue that Nike would not be the brand it is today without Lee's iconic ads with Michael Jordan for his patented Air Jordan sneakers, and over the years, the helmer has lent his touch to spots for Levi's, Converse, Jaguar and much more. And now he's at it for the NBA. And as everyone knows, Lee is a huge New York Knicks fan, and in this spot, which he both directed and stars in, he talks up Bernard King, forward for the team from 1982-1987. He was a four time NBA All-Star, one of the best scorers of all time, and a helluva player in the paint. And Lee honors King in this pretty exciting little spot. Give it a spin below.
- 12/22/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The offices of Spike Lee's Brooklyn-based production company "40 Acres and a Mule," are buzzing -- dozens of people working, eating, talking and taking pictures. The walls are covered in movie and sports collectibles, signs and artwork. There are abstract portraits of Michael Jordan and Muhammed Ali; a framed Sal's pizza box from Spike's seminal 1989 film, "Do the Right Thing"; a collage of Michael Jackson photos; a Reggie Miller-signed Indiana Pacers jersey (seriously); and a street sign with the N-word prominently printed in the center with a giant red strike through it. Overwhelming as these surroundings are, I have one thought going into my Q+A with Spike: "Will he be the interview subject everyone says he is? The controversial, ornery, take-no-prisoners filmmaker?" The atmosphere at his office only reinforces the notion that this is his place, and whatever he says, goes. However, the Spike Lee I meet, in...
- 8/7/2012
- by Alex Suskind
- Moviefone
Getty Images Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks drives against Jason Kapono and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers at Madison Square Garden on February 10, 2012 in New York City.
When The Garden is full and the right moment hits, it sounds like a riverbed canyon during spring thaw. The roar is deafening, and it rebounds from wall to wall, off the rafters, and into your face with tangible force.
The first time you felt that sonic boom was...
When The Garden is full and the right moment hits, it sounds like a riverbed canyon during spring thaw. The roar is deafening, and it rebounds from wall to wall, off the rafters, and into your face with tangible force.
The first time you felt that sonic boom was...
- 2/11/2012
- by Jeff Yang
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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