'Running Point' Review: Kate Hudson Sports Jeanie Buss' Power Suit

The new Netflix comedy series from Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and Dave Stassen combines girl power with basketball.

'Running Point' Review: Kate Hudson Sports Jeanie Buss' Power Suit

The idea for a series about the life and times of Jeanie Buss has been floating around Hollywood for more than 20 years, which makes sense. After all, the Los Angeles Lakers are probably the most Hollywood-adjacent sports team to ever exist, with some of the biggest names in the industry attending games on the regular. Imagine the possible guest stars! Then there's the women's empowerment angle, with Buss becoming the first woman to own an NBA championship team. That power came after a downright Shakespearean situation in which her father, Jerry Buss, died and left the empire to his six children; one can easily imagine an athletic twist on King Lear, a basketball Succession of sorts, arising from that.

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