Kobe at the Sherlock Holmes premiere

[Basketball Fan]

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Kobe Bryant’s Favorite Actors and Actresses Are…
By: Roger Friedman // Friday December 18, 2009

It’s Oscar season, and everyone has an opinion!

But lo and behold, who was at the premiere of Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes” last night? Why, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant! He came as the guest of producer Joel Silver, and hobnobbed a bit first at Alice Tully Hall and then at the Metropolitan Club on Fifth Avenue. The club made an exception for Kobe on the dress code, too. They usually don’t allow sneakers, and sort of insist on a jacket if not a tie. (Tip of the hat to Paula Schwartz of the Carpetbagger for picking up on this.)

Kobe was truly nice, accessible and ready to talk. At the party, we chatted for a bit about basketball, and he promised to be nice to the Knicks the next time he played them. (The Lakers play the Nets on Saturday, and no Knicks until January 22.)

Anyway, Kobe suddenly said to me, “I’ll tell you who my favorite actresses are!” Okay. It’s so great when stars do the interview for him. He said, “First, Hillary Swank. Her focus is amazing. I’ve never seen anything like it. She’s my favorite.” And he’s met her too. Second: “Kate Winslet,” Kobe declared. I asked him if he’d seen “The Reader,” in which Winslet is very naked. “Yup! Hannah Schmidt!” he said enthusiastically, referring to Winslet’s character.

Kobe’s favorite actors? “Robert De Niro, for all his characters,” he said. “And Johnny Depp.” He told Paula while I was listening that his Oscar pick this year was “Invictus” — Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman.

He also told me that he thought Tiger Woods would survive his scandal. We didn’t get into Bryant’s past scandal, but he survived and surpassed it. So maybe he knows what he’s talking about.

The basketball superstar also took lots of pictures with fans, especially Giacomo Sumner, the 14-year-old son of Sting and Trudie Styler. The latter was sort of the instigator for “Sherlock Holmes,” hooking director Ritchie up with star Robert Downey, Jr. Bryant also got a kick out of meeting the movie’s female star, Rachel McAdams.

[Slava]

I half expected him to like De Niro and Pacino because of the Italian connection.

[Mamba Venom]

Kobe has been flying all around.

Fly to Utah
To Chi town
To Milwaukee
To New York
To LA
To New York
To LA

better get some miles for that!!!

[laduane1]

Looks like a cool looking movie. Script seems to be on par with the same as it has been over the years. I mean it is Sherlock Holmes after all. Unless they change something so much, I see it being a mid level type of film.

[Mamba Venom]

Kobe has been flying all around.

Fly to Utah
To Chi town
To Milwaukee
To New York
To LA
To New York
To LA

better get some miles for that!!!

My bad

Fly to Utah
To Chi town
To Milwaukee
To New York
To LA
To New York
To Detroit
To LA

all in a week

[DubaLakers]

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