Talking Lakers, LeBron James' Hollywood Career, Tom Cruise, and more with Film Critic Amy Nicholson!

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🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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LeBron James became a billionaire this week, fueled in part by his work in Hollywood as a producer and actor. So what awaits him going forward in the world of entertainment? Can he carve out a niche as an actor? Is his future really as a dealmaker, working behind the scenes as a producer. His newest venture, Hustle, starring Adam Sandler, debuts next week on Netflix and is getting quality early buzz. So what kind of Hollywood star is James? Amy Nicholson, host of the Unspooled podcast and NY Times film critic, who just happens to be a massive Lakers fan, joins the show to talk about James, the Lakers, Tom Cruise and the nature of stardom. Is the nature of the superstar, in entertainment and sports alike, shifting for good? But first, we lament the departure of Alex Caruso to Chicago -- Amy has multiple t-shirts celebrating Caruso and other Lakers players who all tend to get traded once she makes the investment -- and the team's broad unwillingness to grow their own rosters. Even when success comes, it does leave an emotional hole. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky (Guest, Amy Nicholson!) SEGMENT 1: Lamenting the departure of Alex Caruso, the inability to wear Caruso threads because of it, and what is missing when fans cheer for a mercinary squad. SEGMENT 2: LeBron James and Hollywood. How much has he accomplished, and where does he go from here? SEGMENT 3: Talking Tom Cruise. Is he the Last Great Hollywood Movie Star? Is that kind of star disappearing from the NBA as well? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! PrizePicks Check out PrizePicks.com and use promo code: “NBA” or go to your app store and download the app today. PrizePicks is daily fantasy made easy! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.2	Hey everyone, welcome to Lockdown Lakers for Friday, Brian Kiminetski and Andy Kiminetski.
0:44.8	Andy, congratulations to LeBron James. He's a billionaire and part of that empire is built in
0:49.8	entertainment. We're going to talk about what he's got coming up and what he's been doing
0:54.6	with Amy Nicholson. She's the host of the unspooled podcast and film critic at The New York Times.
0:58.7	That's all next. You are Lockdown Lakers. You're daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast. Part of the
1:09.7	Lockdown podcast network. You're team every day.
1:23.8	Thanks to everybody for making Lockdown Lakers your first listen of every day Monday through Friday.
1:27.7	We get this thing up bright and early for you. Never behind a paywall. Always available.
1:32.2	Fresh Lakers content. Make a Lockdown podcast your second podcast listen of the day or failing that
1:38.9	try the unspooled podcast with Amy Nicholson who is our guest. In fact, for this, just this one time,
1:45.6	we give you permission to skip the second listen with with the Lockdown network and go straight
1:49.8	unspooled. Just as long as a Lockdown show is your third listen. We are the first listen. Amy is
1:55.2	the second listen. Yeah, we're not giving up the first listen part. Amy, sorry. Lockdown. We don't
1:59.0	listen to us together. You're finding all the listens. How are you? I'm lovely. I'm so happy to be
2:06.2	here talking basketball with you guys. I've been following you on Twitter for so long and now we
2:10.5	get to actually hang out. That's very exciting. And you are a massive Laker fan that was one of the
2:16.4	reasons that we thought about having you on the show beyond the stuff that we wanted to get into
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