Jeanie Buss, Kate Hudson and Los Angeles Lakers

How Kate Hudson’s Longtime Relationship With Lakers President Jeanie Buss Shaped ‘Running Point’
Hudson plays a pro basketball team owner in the new Netflix series, which is loosely based on Buss' real story.
Is Kate Hudson's Running Point character based on Jeanie Buss, the Lakers owner?
Yes, this is based Jeanie Buss, who owns the Los Angeles Lakers (Waves! Lakers! Get it?). She just so happens to be an executive producer of the series, but she's cautioned that s
In ‘Running Point,’ Kate Hudson gets having to prove yourself, like Lakers boss Jeanie Buss
The actor stars in Netflix's new comedy 'Running Point,' playing a character modeled on the Lakers' president who must prove her business savvy and basketball know-how.
Meet Jeanie Buss: Lakers president behind the Doncic trade and inspiration for Kate Hudson’s character on the Netflix series “Running Point”
The new Netflix series "Running Point" features Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon, a character based off Los Angeles Lakers executive Jeanie Buss.
“Running Point” review: Kate Hudson's basketball comedy is flagrantly unfunny
Moments after Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) is named president of the Los Angeles Waves professional basketball team, her best friend/Waves’ Chief of Staff Ali Lee (Brenda Song) offers a warning along with her congratulations.
'Running Point' review: A mixed game of basketball starring Kate Hudson
WHAT IT'S ABOUT The dysfunctional inner workings of an NBA franchise serve as the fodder for "Running Point," a comedy series starring Kate Hudson and arriving on Netflix from co-creator Mindy Kaling.
‘Running Point’ Review: Kate Hudson’s Scattered Netflix Sitcom Misses a Few Too Many Shots
Running Point' follows Kate Hudson as the new president of a basketball franchise who tries to save the season, her family, and her job. [REVIEW]
Kate Hudson Basketball Sitcom ‘Running Point’ Is an Easy Layup, But Could Work on Its Long Game: TV Review
Peak TV may technically be in the past, but its specter still lingers. How else do you get two flashy, star-studded TV shows about the Los Angeles Lakers in the span of three years? The first, HBO’s “Winning Time,
The True Story Behind Jeanie Buss, Who Inspired Kate Hudson’s Running Point Protagonist
The inspiration behind Hudson's character and a writer for the Netflix comedy talk to TIME about drawing from history for the series.
Kate Hudson Says She Relates With Her Character In Netflix’s ‘Running Point’
Kate Hudson and Mindy Kaling are a comedy dream team. Here, they talk about their new 10-episode Netflix series 'Running Point' which is centered in the world of basketball.
Sports fan Kate Hudson takes the lead in ‘Running Point’
A sports comedy created by Mindy Kaling, “Running” is inspired – and executive produced by – real-life Los Angeles Lakers’ president and controlling owner Jeanie Buss.
Jeanie Buss on Lakers’ trade for Luka Doncic: ‘We had to go for it’
Beyond praising GM Rob Pelinka for how he handled negotiations of the stunning deal that she says would have made her father ...
‘Running Point’ Marries Mindy Kaling’s Skills and Passions: Complicated Women, Basketball, and Kate Hudson
Netflix's 'Running Point,' starring Kate Hudson, reunites Mindy Kaling with Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen, from "The Mindy ...
Kate Hudson says facing this 'greatest fear' has 'completely changed my life'
I am very timid to do comedy,” Kate Hudson, star of Netflix's new series "Running Point," admits in an interview.