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Growing up in the '90s, actor Michael B. Jordan, known back then simply as Michael Jordan, couldn't escape references to a certain NBA star with the same name who was everywhere, from the court to the movies to the shoe store. Everyone wanted to "Be Like Mike" — the other one. "I got teased so much, to the point where I almost changed my name," the Sinners star recently told CBS Sunday Morning. Looking back, Jordan said, he understood that it was being compared to the legendary athlete "was a part of the alchemy that made me who I am today. It definitely made me want to be competitive. I wanted to be great at something, if not for nothing else at that time, just to feel like I had my own identity."
Chris Haynes: He referred to an interview he saw with Michael B. Jordan and Denzel Washington. In that interview, Denzel told Michael: “What is stopping the masses from going to your show? And when they do go, are they going to come in droves? Because I can make the case that they already see your social media—and so you're already visible—so why would they go to your shows in droves?” Giannis said he looked at it from that standpoint. He told me: “You know what? I’m deleting all my social media stuff.” “I’m only leaving a couple championship photos out there.” “If people want to see me, come to the games, and I’ll give you all of me and showcase what I can do.”
Starring Keith David, Salli Richardson and Michael B. Jordan, Pastor Brown was released in 2009 and later aired on TV through Lifetime. A 2008 story from The Hollywood Reporter describes Oakley and former NBA player Shaun Livingston as executive producers. Not only was Oakley unpaid for his investment in Pastor Brown, but he wasn’t paid any profits, either. Worse yet, Oakley asserts, Belser illicitly used Oakley’s NIL to assuage additional investors “that Pastor Brown had legitimate and substantial financial partners” and then enter into various production agreements.
Jonathan Majors stars as the film's antagonist, Damian Anderson, in Michael B. Jordan's directorial debut. In the coming months, he will also familiarize himself with a story that Michael J. Jordan knows all too well. Majors is slated to portray Dennis Rodman in an upcoming film "48 Hours in Vegas." The story is inspired by Rodman's impromptu vacation to Las Vegas in January 1998 when he played for the Chicago Bulls. Jordan, his teammate at the time, recalled the incident in Episode 3 of ESPN's "The Last Dance" docuseries. "I'm looking at [head coach] Phil [Jackson], 'You ain't gonna get that dude back in 48 hours. I don't care what you say. He's done.' He leaves that room, goes straight to the airport, boom! We don't hear or see Dennis for 48 hours," Jordan said.
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TNT’s 2021 NBA All-Star Game coverage will open with a special conversation between Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP Harris) and award-winning actor Michael B. Jordan (@michaelb4jordan) at 8 p.m. ET. The two discuss how the VP’s time at Howard University shaped her career, her love of basketball and the need to remain vigilant to stop the spread of COVID-19 and promote the efficacy of the vaccine.
Blake Griffin’s The Pursuit of Healthiness podcast will launch on August 4 with a roster of A-list guests and has already been renewed for a second season, Audible said Monday. The podcast, announced in October, features Griffin discussing how everyday people can keep their bodies and minds in shape, featuring conversations with some of the most notable figures in the world of sports, entertainment and wellness. Season 1 guests include Michael B. Jordan, Arianna Huffington, Queer Eye’s food expert Antoni Porowski, Deepak Chopra, Chelsea Handler and Karlie Kloss among others.
The six-time NBA All-Star will have plenty of guests on the airwaves, including actor Michael B. Jordan, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, food expert Antoni Porowski, mindfulness specialist Deepak Chopra, author and activist Chelsea Handler, Headspace founder Andy Puddicombe, model Karlie Kloss, Bulletproof founder Dave Asprey, two-time Paralympic champ Oksana Masters and NASA head of nutrition and biochemistry Scott M. Smith.
When Temple saw the movie “Just Mercy,” starring Michael B. Jordan, last fall, he was convinced. The movie is based on a true story and depicts Jordan as attorney Bryan Stevenson, who appeals a murder conviction of his client, Walter McMillian. Temple had a phone call with Stevenson shortly after seeing the film and read McMillian’s memoir, which the movie is named after, during the season. “It just really made an impact on me on the power prosecutors have,” Temple said. “Some use it for good, some don’t use it for good. Those type of things had me thinking about something I could be doing.”
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Temple said law school has been on his mind for roughly five years, after his father, Collis, who was the first African-American basketball player at LSU, suggested it to him. The 6-foot-5 guard graduated from LSU in 2009 with a business degree and has always had the desire to pursue his education beyond a bachelor’s degree. He knew that an MBA wasn’t practical while playing basketball, but was enticed by law school after watching a TED Talk in 2017 in which a Candian prosecutor talked about the power his profession has. When Temple saw the movie “Just Mercy,” starring Michael B. Jordan, last fall, he was convinced.
“If you look at a league like the NFL, people are sitting close to the action in the end zone but the players are wearing helmets and it’s difficult to hear the conversations,” said Butler. “Think about that versus the NBA, where LeBron James will walk up to Jay-Z or Michael B. Jordan at courtside and you can pick up on some of the conversations.” “Putting a row of plexiglass will take away that intimacy you have with the game courtside,” agreed Toronto Raptors superfan and one of the NBA’s most known courtside attendees, Nav Bhatia. “I think the most we will see once this passes is less to almost no physical interaction with players and fans. Less of the handshakes and high-fives.”
Not everyone gets Vogel’s jokes right away. Or catches his movie references. “I didn’t even know who the guy was from Creed,” Hollins said, referring to Michael B. Jordan, who played Adonis Johnson. When asked if anyone is on Vogel’s level with movie quotes, Hollins enlisted the opinion of Dru Anthrop, the Lakers’ head video coordinator, who happened to be nearby preparing for a game. “I don’t know if anyone can be,” Anthrop said. “Coach would always give me three or four movies a week that he’d say you’ve gotta see this movie. I’d be like all right. But you also gave me a lot of work to do.
The regular season of the NBA is winding down, that means the playoffs are just around the corner. To get you excited the league has launched the “Heroes Wanted” commercial, featuring Michael B. Jordan as the narrator. The Black Panther star will lend his voice to the superhuman abilities of the NBA’s best stars and builds anticipation for everything that will go down in the road to the NBA Finals.