Kobe Bryant is about to be the luckiest man in the world. The L.A. Lakers star and his estranged wife Vanessa Bryant are working on getting back together!

The former couple were spotted kissing yesterday — Valentine’s Day — outside the locker room at the Lakers-Hawks game.

According to TMZ, even though Kobe and Vanessa have submitted all necessary documents for their divorce, it doesn’t become final until mid-June and have plenty of time to withdraw the papers.

So we all know that what that means….this could be Kobe’s only chance of ever getting those three nicely decked-out mansions back.

If Vanessa and Kobe do end up reconciling…maybe Seal and Kris Humphries should ask him for some advice? (Just saying…it couldn’t hurt!)

When it comes to his beef with Common……Drake says he wants to get past all the negativity. (Even though he helped cause a good bit of it!)

The Young Money star has come forward and apologized to Vanessa Bryant for his diss line in “Stay Schemin.” He also plans to hang up the beef with Common and not make a response track.

On responding to Common:

 ”No. Because despite how it’s been worded by him that situation is not a “hip hop moment” or a “battle for the sake of musical integrity”…it’s a ploy for attention around the release of an album. More than anything it was just disappointing cause what kid isn’t a fan of what Common has done for our genre. A guy who made such an incredible career for himself based off expressing genuine feelings about life and love is now targeting me for sharing my story.”

On dissing Vanessa Bryant:

“That line came from a conversation about being this young and making this much money and the fear of losing it all. I just used his potential situation to address my own life. I never intended to offend Vanessa or anyone else. That line had everything to do with me and what goes on in my head as a 25 year old man with this much income flowing in. Kobe is and always will be a friend and an icon to me.”

We (kinda) understand why he went after Common …. but we still don’t get the whole Vanessa Bryant thing. Do you? Let us know in the comments!

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The checks are about to start coming in for Vanessa Bryant.

In addition to receiving three houses and $75 million, the estranged wife of Kobe Bryant will soon be made an offer by the producers of VH1′s “Basketball Wives.”

According to TMZ:

Producers are putting together “an extremely lucrative pitch for Vanessa” … for her to become a recurring character.

As one source put it, “Vanessa has more than enough storyline and would bring the show to another level.”

As for the timing — we’re told producers never dreamed of approaching Vanessa while she was married to Kobe … and our sources say Vanessa would NOT have been receptive.

If Vanessa accepts, we’re told producers would instantly make her a LEAD on the LA edition of the show.

This would definitely give us all something to look forward to on the upcoming new season. Wonder what Jackie Christie has to say about this???

Vanessa Bryant, wife of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, has filed for divorce, according to a shocking new report from TMZ!

Vanessa, who stuck by Kobe’s side after he was charged with sexually assaulting a woman nearly a decade ago back in 2003, filed the legal documents Friday afternoon (Dec 16), citing “irreconcilable differences.”

Sources close to the couple tell TMZ that Vanessa — the mother of Kobe’s two young daughters, Natalia (8) and Giana (5) — ultimately decided to end her 10-year plus marriage to the NBA player because she has “had enough” of his cheating ways.

“She’s been dealing with these incidents for a long time and has been a faithful wife, but she’s finally had enough,” one source said, adding, “This one is the straw that broke the camel’s back.”

According to the legal docs, Vanessa is asking for joint custody of their 2 daughters — 8-year-old Natalia and 5-year-old Giana — but Vanessa is asking that Kobe get visitation rights, which means she wants the kids in her care most of the time.

We’ve learned the couple has NO PRENUP, so 29-year-old Vanessa is entitled to half of the empire Kobe built over the last decade.

She’s also requesting spousal support … which is typical in divorce cases. Kobe, who filed his response to the divorce minutes after Vanessa filed her petition, says he will pay her spousal support.

According to the docs, Vanessa is being repped by disso-queen Laura Wasser and attorney Samantha Klein. Wasser reps oodles of celebs, including Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Maria Shriver and Kim Kardashian.

Kobe went to the Jay-Z concert Tuesday night in L.A. without Vanessa, and people who saw him there say he looked miserable.

Vanessa signed the divorce petition on December 1. Kobe signed his response on December 7.

Oh yeah, that $4 million ring Kobe gave Vanessa after the 2003 scandal …. It’s all hers. A gift is a gift.

The Bryants released a joint statement … saying they have “resolved all issues” privately, with the assistance of counsel.

[TMZ]

Kobe is also said to be devastated that his wife wants to divorce him, and he will do “whatever it takes” to save their 10 and a half year marriage.

This should make for nice locker room talk in the days leading up to the kick-off of the new NBA season on Christmas!

Monday (Jan 25), the Los Angeles Lakersspent some time at The White House to meet President Obama. Mr. Obama invited the team to the capital (Washington, D.C.) to commemorate their NBA title run last season. What interesting is that you will notice that the players brought along their families, which included Kobe Bryant‘s sexy wife Vanessa Bryant and Lamar Odom‘s wife Khloe Kardashian! Yup, a Kardashian has finally made their way into The White House. Who woulda thunk it? (LOL)

Check out some of the photos below…

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Shannon Brown of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrated his 24th birthday Sunday night (Nov 29) at Playhouse Hollywood in Los Angeles and partied it up with his teammates and some of his industry associates.

Shannon is pictured above (3rd to the left) with Kobe Bryant, Anthony Lindsey and Omarr Gilbert. Other folks at Brown’s shindig were Ron Artest, DJ Sean Mac and DJ Mbenga. Electrik Red and a few other people also came through and partied with Shannon and his friends.

Continue reading for more pics!

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The 2009 ESPY Awards went down Wednesday night (Jul 15) at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Kobe & Vanessa Bryant, Venus & Serena Williams, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Michael Phelps, Wyclef Jean and other celebrities/athletes showed up to the ceremony, which was hosted by award-winning actor Samuel L. Jackson.

The 17th annual sports awards show will air this Sunday, July 19th, at 9 PM ET on ESPN.

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BACKSTAGE/AUDIENCE/PRESS ROOM PHOTOS

SHOW PHOTOS

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Here Kobe Bryant is seen with his wife Vanessa on the red carpet of the celebration of the Los Angeles Lakers’ win over the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Championship. The party was held at Club Nokia Thursday (Jun 18) in LA and celebrities like Garcelle Beauvais, Diddy, Kanye West and more all came through to party and celebrate with the Lakers. Continue reading for more!

Kobe Bryant, pictured above with his family, waved at fans as the Lakers were honored during a parade in downtown Los Angeles last Wednesday (Jun 17) following the Lakers’ victory in the 2009 NBA Championship.

Disney Land also showed their home team some love.

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES // NBA // AFP

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant‘s Lawyers, Loeb & Loeb LLP, have released a statement on behalf of the couple striking back at the maid who accused Vanessa of being abusive, calling her names, and forcing her to retrieve a tag from a bag of dog feces.

“We have learned that a former employee of the Bryants, Maria Jimenez, has filed a complaint against our clients. Ms. Jimenez’s outrageous allegations of improper conduct are totally unfounded and patently false. The Bryants intend to vigorously defend against these untruthful allegations and are confident that the baseless nature of the allegations will be proven.”

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Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa are being sued by their maid, reports TMZ. The former housekeeper, Maria Jiminez, claims Vanessa was extremely abusive and called her names, even demanding that she put her hand in a bag of dog crap to get a tag from her blouse. And that’s not even half of it. Reports say Vanessa wanted to deduct the cost of the blouse from the maid’s salary!

Maria Jimenez claims Vanessa called her “lazy, slow, dumb, a f**king liar, and f**king sh-t.” In the lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Orange County, Jimenez claims Vanessa accused her of stealing her (mouth) retainer. Jimenez says it got so bad — Vanessa allegedly “badgered, harassed and humiliated Maria by yelling and screaming at Maria and criticizing her in front of Kobe, the Bryants’ children, employees and other people in the household” — she threatened to quit but Kobe talked her out of it.

The final straw: Vanessa went nuclear because Maria put an expensive blouse in the washer. Vanessa demanded that Maria put her hand in a bag of dog feces to retrieve the price tag for the blouse. Maria says she wanted to quit and Vanessa responded that she “had to work until payday to pay for the $690 blouse, which she did.”

Maria is suing for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy and emotional distress and unpaid wages.

Somebody needs to remind this hoe who’s money is in her pockets. We’ll give you a hint: it ain’t hers!