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Pam Grier was a guest this week on The Jennifer Hudson Show, and revealed there are big plans afoot for her legendary 1974 Blaxploitation classic, Foxy Brown.

Lauren Anderson blacked out at her first nude photoshoot for the brand“I actually blacked out. I wanted to be really skinny, and I hadn’t eaten anything,” she told The Post. “Fortunately, the makeup people were all there and kind of caught me before I actually fainted.”The Milwaukee native’s dizzying experience came after she was cast in the brand’s 2002 reality show “Girl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold,” in which 12 women competed to become Playmate of the Month.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is getting real about his recently diagnosed heart condition, and encouraging others to pay more attention to their own health.Speaking with  recently about his atrial fibrillation diagnosis, the NBA legend explained that he first felt symptoms, and noticed signs that something was wrong, several years ago, but dismissed them.«I was having an irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath and had no energy or stamina,» Abdul-Jabbar remembered. «I couldn't walk more than 30 yards without having to sit down and rest to catch my breath.»He figured that, since he had been an athlete for most of his life and stayed fit and healthy, he couldn't be at serious risk.

Los Angeles Lakers — including the recent lauded HBO series  — but now, Lakers president Jeanie Buss and several legends of the basketball dynasty are telling the story in their own words, in a new Hulu docuseries, .«I enjoyed hearing players talk about their experience as Lakers,» Buss reflected on the docuseries when she and some of the players featured sat down with ET this week. «Some of the players we traded away [talked about] what that felt like-- and it made it very personal and very human. Those were things that I had never heard before.»The series, like Buss' legacy with the team, begins with her father, Jerry Buss, who purchased the Lakers in 1979 and immediately invigorated the franchise with the drafting of Earvin «Magic» Johnson and a 1980 NBA Finals win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

. Shaquille O’Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Jeanie Buss, Rob Lowe, and LeBron James are among those who make appearances in the first look, discussing the «true trajectory that catapulted the Lakers into every household and history book,» according to a press release Tuesday.The clip also shows things get emotional when the series reflects on Johnson's HIV diagnosis which led him to retire from the NBA.While so much of the show will be about the Lakers team and players over the years, the official synopsis of the docuseries confirms the show is ultimately «about family, business, and power –and how all three must be harnessed to achieve greatness.»«When charismatic real estate tycoon Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the Los Angeles Lakers in a wildly risky and complex business deal, nobody could’ve predicted just how much success was to come,» the synopsis reads.

Earvin «Magic» Johnson's four-part documentary, , where Abdul-Jabbar elaborated on his feelings about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the face after he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head. The day after the Oscars telecast, Abdul-Jabbar wrote an op-ed, where he called the physical confrontation «a blow to men, women, the entertainment industry, and the Black community.» The former NBA player likened the thought process that Smith was defending his wife's honor to the «justification currently being proclaimed by conservatives passing laws to restrict abortion and the LGBTQ+ community.»On Thursday night's red carpet, the 75-year-old told ET that he believed Pinkett Smith «should have been given some consideration» from the public after the incident. Most of the immediate and long-standing reactions to the eventful Oscars night focused on the actress' husband and the comedian.«I just felt that Will's wife really should have been given some consideration as to, you know, how she felt about it and what she wanted to do about it,» he explained. «I mean [people] just ignored her altogether and I didn't think that made much sense.

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea recently performed a wild and distorted rendition of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’. Watch a clip of him playing below.The rock aficionado wielded a Lakers-branded bass, providing his own intense spin on the song.The performance was inspired by jazz musician Charli Parker and legendary basketball player Kareen Abdul-Jabar.“I was so happy to have had a brief conversation with Kareem Abdul Jabbar before I walked out there,” Flea said via Instagram.He continued: “Knowing Kareem’s deep love for and knowledge of jazz, I told him I would do a Charlie Parker riff, which I did in the second stanza (on the word ‘fight’.)”He also wrote about his fellow RHCP bandmates, noting that frontman Anthony Kiedis and drummer Chad Smith were both in attendance and that “everyone got a bitchin RHCP hoops shirt.”A post shared by Flea (@flea333) The band released their 12th album, ‘Unlimited Love’, last month via Warner.

premieres Sunday on HBO, giving fans a look back at the legendary franchise's incredible, star-studded run in the 1980s.«The Lakers really changed the game, the global game that we celebrate today,» Solomon Hughes, who plays Lakers icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the series, told ET. «This story is about the beginnings of that.»The Adam McKay-directed show is based on the Jeff Pearlman book,, and tips off when Jerry Buss purchases the team in 1979.

The History Channel will air a new Abraham Lincoln documentary over President’s Day weekend from Feb. 20 – 22 starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Abraham Lincoln is based on the Doris Kearns Goodwin best-selling book Leadership: In Turbulent Times.

City/Game: Basketball in New York.” It’s an exhibit at the recently reopened Museum of the City of New York as well as the title of an accompanying book.As the book and exhibit make clear, splashy moves created on NYC courts still inform the NBA. “LeBron [James], at this year’s All-Star Game, dribbled down the court in a fast break and went behind his back [with the ball], like he was passing to his trailer,” said Bobbito Garcia, co-director of the New York basketball documentary “Doin’ it in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC.”“The defender went for the trailer and LeBron dunked it.