[Cinema Talk] Kobe Bryant To Be Honored at the 2020 Academy Awards

Kobe Bryant will be honored by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences at the 92nd annual Academy Awards ceremony on Feb. 9. It’ll take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, and be televised live on ABC.

Kobe Bryant & Glen Keane on Winning Best Animated Short Film for 'Dear Basketball' | Oscars 2018 Source: AAP

Kobe Bryant and Glen Keane won the 2018 Academy Award in the animated short category for Dear Basketball. The film is based on a letter Bryant wrote in the Players' Tribune in 2015, in which he announced his retirement from basketball, saying that his body could no longer withstand the grind of the season. Bryant wrote, executive produced and lent his voice to the film. Keane directed and used hand-drawn animation to capture Bryant.