Kobe Bryant -- Purple and Gold Goes Green
Kobe Bryant ditched his usual Lakers gear in favor of some festive green when he took his daughter Gianna to Disneyland yesterday.
St. Patrick's Day is the only day of the year when a Laker is allowed to wear Boston Celtics colors.
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Sharapova & Vujacic Can't Handle Each Other
Tennis babe Maria Sharapova and her Lakers boyfriend Sasha Vujacic like making things difficult for themselves.
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Jake Gyllenhaal -- On the Rebound
While at the Lakers game last night, newly single Jake Gyllenhaal kept his eyes planted firmly on the, er, court.
The 29-year-old stud is a baller.
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Lamar to Khloe: It's Half Time on the House
What Lamar Odom taketh away, he also can giveth back -- 'cause dude just filed legal papers to transfer half the ownership of his new $4 million mansion to his wife Khloe Kardashian.
On January 5th -- one day after TMZ broke the story that title to the 8,347 square foot Tarzana, Ca mansion was held in Lamar's name alone -- Odom filed a new legal document to make the mansion JOINT property.
According to the prenup, Lamar has the right to keep the home in his name alone -- so the move is a pretty big sign of how Odom views his marriage.
And they said it wouldn't last...
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Nicole & Joel Hang on by a String
Unmarried parents Nicole Richie and Joel Madden swapped spit at a Lakers game on Tuesday.
There's a thin line between love and hate.
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Tobey vs. Leo Who'd You Rather?
Tobey Maguire, 34, and Leonardo DiCaprio, 35, showed their Laker pride while watching a game in L.A.
The question is ...
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Armed Robbers Kept Kobe from Practicing
It takes five gun-toting men to keep Kobe Bryant from stepping on the basketball court -- we're told the superstar had to miss a Los Angeles Lakers practice this morning in the wake of a violent robbery in his neighborhood.
Sources close to the team tell TMZ Kobe was issued an "excused absence" from a team shootaround at the Lakers practice facility this morning.
Unfortunately for the Utah Jazz, we're told Kobe is expected to play tonight.
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Two Lakers Stars Busted for Traveling Violations
The Los Angeles Lakers seem to be having trouble on the road. Two of the team's stars were nailed on one of L.A.'s most famous freeways recently for breaking some driving laws.
TMZ has learned Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum were each pulled over on the 405 freeway in the last few days.
Odom was popped for speeding -- law enforcement sources tell us he was going more than 80 miles per hour.
Bynum was busted for shadier circumstances -- cops say he had illegally tinted windows on his Mercedes Benz.
Fun Fact: In the State of California, it's illegal to have ANY aftermarket tinting applied to the front driver's side and passenger windows in your car ... who knew?!
Lamar and Khloe Livin' in Sin!
TMZ has learned Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian are not legally married ... and they won't be until a prenup is signed.
We've learned two high-powered family law attorneys are already squaring off, trying to hash out the prenup Odom wants as a condition to marriage. Neal Hersh is doing his bidding, while Lisa Meyer is repping Khloe. We're told the negotiations -- which began last Friday -- are already contentious.
Our sources say the couple will tie the knot -- legally -- once the prenup is inked.
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Lamar Odom -- You Got to Have Faith
Lamar Odom thinks marriage is about "faith" and "trust" -- so that postnup he's been working on must be him having faith and trust in his lawyers.
We got L.O. walking into his rehearsal dinner in Santa Monica last night where we asked him if he thought it was a good idea to marry someone he's only known for a month. As he put it, "People get divorced after being married for 18 years ... You never know."
Dude has a point -- but still, a month is a tad quick.
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L.A. Clippers -- Our Guys Weren't at Lamar's Party
The Lakers-Clippers cross town rivalry may extend to bachelor parties -- because the L.A. Clippers organization is vehemently denying that its players attended Lamar Odom's shindig last night ... even though a few Clip-squaders were at the same restaurant at the same time.
Moments ago, reps from the Clippers told us the 5 players we saw coming and going from STK last night were only at the restaurant for a Clippers team dinner ... a dinner that happened to be scheduled for the exact same time and place as Lamar's party.
So even though we asked Clipper player Marcus Camby "how was the party" -- and he responded, "It was cool" ... he must've been talking about the Clippers' "dinner" party ... and not the stripperless, midgetless bachelor party going on in the same place.
So sleep well Clippers fans ... once again your team was left out of the party everyone wanted to be at.
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Lamar Odom 'I Do' ... Want a Bachelor Party
There weren't any "midgets" or stripper poles -- that we know of -- but Lamar Odom still managed to pull together some sort of bachelor party at the last minute.
Joe Francis and Rob Kardashian's planned bash at Les Deux got the boot in favor of a dinner at STK and a little livin' it up at Guys and Dolls with his Lakers teammates. His two original party-planners also tagged along.
We got Odom's crew pulling up to both places -- and they were definitely rollin' in style.
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Khloe K. -- Laker? They Hardly Know Her!
Kobe Bryant will be front and center at the Lamar Odom/Khloe Kardashian nuptials this Sunday ... which means Vanessa and her $4 million ring may have a few pointers for the bride.
In fact, Lamar's rep tells TMZ all the players are planning to attend, but there are still a few question marks. Several have not RSVP'd -- Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Jordan Farmar.
Can't blame the non-committals ... it is last minute, after all.
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Lamar's Bachelor Party -- Odom Gone Wild!
Lamar Odom will get the necessary training for marrying into the Kardashian klan ... because his bachelor party is being thrown by the original "Girls Gone Wild."
TMZ has learned Joe Francis is hosting Lamar's swan song to bachelorhood tomorrow at Les Deux nightclub in Hollywood. It will be a formal affair ... with stripper poles and "midgets."
Here's the good news -- Khloe's brother Rob will be there to keep an eye on Lamar ... unless he's distracted by the midgets and stripper poles.
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Pau Gasol: Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum!
L.A. Lakers seven foot center Pau Gasol showed off his shirtless lankiness on a boat in Spain yesterday.
The Spanish 29-year-old is a giant talent.