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Kobe Bryant is making a special visit!

The 40-year-old 5-time NBA champion and CEO of Granity Studios visited the NBA Store on 5th Avenue on Wednesday (March 9) in New York City.

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Kobe invited local schools to attend the event to celebrate the release of his new Young Adult novel, The Wizenard Series: Training Camp, which is about five young basketball players, one enlightening coach and the awesome transformative power of the game.

Special guest and Hall of Famer Tiny Archibald shared his wisdom about life, sports and education to the group of young athletes.

This Is Us actress Phylicia Rashad also visited to describe what it was like to narrate the audio book and gave the audience a preview of this experience by reading an excerpt from the book.

The book reading and moderated conversation was followed by a Q&A session with the school children, who also left with personal photographs and signed copies of The Wizenard Series.

Serena Williams and Kobe Bryant are getting glam!

The 37-year-old tennis superstar and the 40-year-old former basketball player hit the red carpet at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday (February 24) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Kobe was joined by his pregnant wife, Vanessa Laine Bryant.

Fellow sports stars Lindsey Vonn, Maria Sharapova, Odell Beckham Jr and Grigor Dimitrov were all in attendance at the event.

FYI: Serena is wearing an Armani gown. Grigor is wearing a Dior Men tux. Maria is wearing a Lanvin dress, shoes and earrings. Lindsey is wearing a Daalarna Couture dress.

Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa Bryant have some exciting news – they are expecting their fourth child!

The couple took to Instagram on New Year’s Day to announce the happy news.

“Vanessa and I are beyond excited to announce that we are expecting another #mambacita to go along with Natalia, Gianna and Bianka,” Kobe wrote on Instagram.

Kobe and Vanessa are already the parents to three girls and they will be adding another princess to their family.

“Kobe and I are so happy to add another baby blessing to our family! Bianka will have a new baby sibling to play with and Natalia and Gianna are super excited to welcome another little baby sister to love,” Vanessa wrote.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his wife Sam walk the carpet together at the 2018 Baby2Baby Gala, presented by Paul Mitchell, on Saturday (November 10) in Culver City, Calif.

Also in attendance at the event were Kobe Bryant with his wife Vanessa, Nate Berkus with his husband Jeremiah Brent, Wiz Khalifa (who took the stage during the gala), Fred Savage, and Jeff Gordon.

In addition, Aaron got the chance to meet up with his Nocturnal Animals co-star Amy Adams, with her husband Darren Le Gallo.

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Kobe Bryant made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night (October 23) and talked about his new book, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play, and taking tap lessons to improve his skills.

The NBA legend spoke out about his secret lessons when Jimmy asked him if he had any celebrity friends who might surprise his fans: “Surprised? I don’t know. Maybe not surprised, but, you know, recently, I’ve been spending a lot of time with Debbie Allen,” Kobe said, referring to his famous dance teacher.

“Well, it was kept secret for obvious reasons,” Kobe continued, adding that he had to get customized size-14 tap shoes. “I had to get them made. I can’t go to a store and be like, ‘Yeah, I’ll take those size 14s. Tap.’”

“[At one point,] I could, like, tell my feet to do this, and they would actually do that,” Kobe added. “I walked into the studio, and it’s all these, like, 6-year-olds … and these kids are looking up at me like, what in the world? What’s this grown-ass man doing in here learning tap dance?”

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Kobe Bryant is addressing the rumors!

The 40-year-old basketball player made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday (September 28).

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During his appearance, Kobe talked about his family surprising him with a trip to Mexico for his 40th birthday. He also addressed recent rumors, saying there’s “not a chance” he’s coming out of retirement to play with the Los Angeles Lakers. He did say, however, that his 12-year-old daughter has inherited his skills!

Kobe also revealed he’s a big Harry Potter nerd and his most valuable possessions are a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone signed by J.K. Rowling, followed by the Game of Thrones series signed by George R.R. Martin, and the Dear Basketball score signed by composer John Williams. Then, Kobe discussed his podcast inspired by his children, “The Punies,” and Ellen surprised him with a L.A. Lakers Harry Potter robe!

Plus, Ellen tested Kobe’s skills in a game of “Ellen & Kobe’s Connect 4 Hoops.”

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