Kobe Bryant, right, and Vanessa Laine Bryant arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Kobe Bryant arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Vanessa Laine Bryant, left, and Kobe Bryant arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Vanessa Laine Bryant, left, and Kobe Bryant arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Chadwick Boseman, left, greets Kobe Bryant at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Kobe Bryant’s “Dear Basketball” won the Oscar for the Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
The former Los Angeles Lakers star wrote the animated short film. It was directed by Glen Keane.
“Dear Basketball” topped “Lou,” “Garden Party,” “Negative Space” and “Revolting Rhymes.”
You can watch the film here.
REACTION:
#Oscar-winner #KobeBryant: "I feel better than winning the championship. I swear I do!" — Bob Strauss (@bscritic) March 5, 2018
Kobe!!! @kobebryant Congratulations-you continue to inspire. Elegant speech thanking Vanessa and your daughters also shout out to Molly Carter too. #winning #Lakers #GOAT 🐐 https://t.co/txaEX7bSmL — Jeanie Buss (@JeanieBuss) March 5, 2018
Congrats to KOBE first Oscar that’s big bro #dearbasketball. Proud of you, Big honor for you and your family. I’m jealous lol — SHAQ (@SHAQ) March 5, 2018
Kobe Bryant won a freakin Oscar!! 🔥🔥
He can't even believe it 😂#Oscars #KobeBryant pic.twitter.com/EggLm2iVsi — Aziza Sbeity (@TheAzizaSbeity) March 5, 2018
Kobe Bryant is coming for every shiny object — Ram (@ramanipol) March 5, 2018
Kobe adds an Oscar to his legacy 👏 pic.twitter.com/vIe3DhwK7c — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 5, 2018
#KobeBryant just won an Oscar for his short film “Dear Basketball” 🏀 pic.twitter.com/59KmUoQUAY — My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) March 5, 2018
haha, Kobe makes a short film – wins an Oscar right away. Hilarious, "Just shut up and dribble", though, right? #NBA — Tarek Fattal (@Tarek_Fattal) March 5, 2018
Kobe: 1 Oscar. LeBron: 0 — Scotty Tyler Felix (@scottstarrfelix) March 5, 2018
I have a snow day tomorrow and Kobe Bryant is an Oscar winner. I don’t even know what the world is any more. — Ann Leaf-Johnson (@johnsonannc) March 5, 2018
Kobe Bryant is now an Oscar winner! He gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of his animated short film, "Dear Basketball." pic.twitter.com/KYMt4vLDh3 — Yahoo Sports NBA (@YahooSportsNBA) March 5, 2018
Not everyone was happy about the Oscar win:
"Dear Basketball" was the worst of the five nominees and it wasn’t even close. #oscars — keithlaw (@keithlaw) March 5, 2018
Dear Basketball is bad. This was a bad choice. Bad Academy. Bad. — Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) March 5, 2018
DEAR BASKETBALL is bad. It's bad. It's bad, it's so bad. It's bad. #Oscars — Kate Erbland (@katerbland) March 5, 2018
Kobe Bryant talks about ‘Dear Basketball’: