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Yesterday, the basketball world lost one of its most beloved figures with the passing of Dr. Jerry Buss, 80, owner of the L.A. Lakers since 1979. He embodied the American dream, rising from near poverty to help foster, nurture and own a team he loved and helped lead to their 10 NBA championships under his 34-year command. He branded, befriended, and bolstered the team, created their "Showtime" slogan, and turned its $16 million value into billion-dollar franchise. We celebrate his legacy with a photo roundup of some candid and memorable moments from his life and career.
Jerry Buss celebrates 1985 NBA Finals with the L.A. Lakers [via]
Los Angeles and the basketball world mourns a hero with the passing of beloved L.A. Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, 80, who lost his battle with cancer this morning. Under his ownership since 1979, the Lakers won 10 NBA Championships. More»
Is Shaquille O'Neal the solution to partisanship conflict in Congress? Democrats and Republicans alike lined up for fan photographs with the basketball legend this morning. More»
The first ever Catalpa Festival hit Randall's Island this weekend, 2 Chainz hosts his album release party at the 40/40 club for Based On A T.R.U. Story, Jay-Z announced that he is the executive producer of NBA 2K13, and more! Catch up on this week's music news! More»
Sean Kingston and Chris Rene hit the stage at The Grove for an annual summer concert; George Hamilton and Carolyn Hennessy attend the opening night of musical La Cage Aux Follies; Dita Von Teese and Cointreau host a poolside soiree; Eli Manning, Jeremy Lin and Maria Sharapova hit up the ESPY Awards—Wednesday night in L.A. was filled with star-studded events, and we have all the details on what went down in this installment of Last Night's Parties.
-Carly Rae Jepsen has released her new single with Owl City. Is it as catchy as Call Me Maybe? [Buzzfeed]
-LeBron James...I mean the Miami Heat finally won a NBA championship last night. Dan Gilbert congratulates LeBron. Well not really. [SBNation]
-In case you SOMEHOW missed it, Twitter was down for almost an hour yesterday due to a cascaded bug. There's already a parody account @cascadedbug [Mashable] More»
There's no doubt that the re-emergence (if you count a blip in '06 as the "emergence") of the Clippers as a respectable playoff contender has ignited a bit of a cross-town rivalry. Lakers fans see Clippers fans as bandwagon jumpers throwing themselves at a flavor of the week, and Clippers fans see Lakers fans as entitled older brothers desperately hiding their fear of being supplanted atop the food chain. Since it kinda sorta seems like neither team may get out of the Western Conference Semifinals, we may not be able to settle this on the court, so instead, let's go for the next best thing and figure out who's bringing the serious star power to the Staples Center these days. Hint: it's not the L.A. Sparks. More»
I have no trouble admitting that as a child, I was murderously jealous of all the kids in my class who got to celebrate Christmas. Sure, we had Hanukkah, but eight days of books and sweaters as presents is difficult to digest as a young child. And although I learned to value my own unique cultural traditions (plus, my parents got us a Nintendo 64 in 8th grade), some of that old, lonely feeling bubbles up when I realize that ¾ of my friends will be scattered across the map this week, gathered in celebration of the day when, if my knowledge of Christianity is correct, Santa Claus gave Jesus a Nintendo 64 of His very own. More»
Since the Los Angeles Clippers moved here from San Diego in 1984, they have shared a "rivalry" with their championship-winning neighbors the Lakers that makes the relationship between Germany and Poland look equitable and balanced. Historically crippled by terrible signings, fan apathy, perpetually awful luck, and Ricky Davis, it seemed to most people as if the Clips were destined to be an eternal punchline. But in sports, conventional wisdom is only true until it's not anymore, and Monday night (in a game that admittedly means nothing) Chris Paul and the Clippers looked a hell of a lot better than Kobe and the Lakers. More»
Nicole Richie, Mindy Kaling and Samantha Ronson welcome Pressed Juicery to WeHo; cover girl Kate Beckinsale hosts a dinner at the SLS for FLAUNT; Gelila and Wolfgang Puck, Devon Aoki, Brett Ratner and more celebrate Vertu's new luxury mobile device; Justin Bieber, Jake Gyllenhaal and the Kardashians catch the final Watch The Throne concert at Staples—last night was proof L.A. is not slowing down for the holidays, get all the details in this edition of Last Night's Parties. More»
Interview With Creative Time's Anne Pasternak Who Is Changing The Way We View Our Public Art
We sat down with Anne Pasternak for a few questions about Creative Time's past and future, as well as the importance of having an awareness about public art in the city.
