The Hollywood Reporter's Best Stories of the Week The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week: "Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go," an emotional Oh tells THR of her decision to exit at the end of season 10. A who's who of black entrepreneurs, a Ukrainian-born billionaire and an NBA star helped back Lee Daniels' $30 million drama. 'Chemistry' matters, say the Den of Thieves duo as they take on MTV's VMAs before trying to reboot the aging power. The opening segment from the filmmaker and football fanatic behind "Friday Night Lights" stars Big Bird, Richard Nixon -- and a heavy dose of Disney properties. He once "napalmed" his former network. Now he's back, helming a new late-night show, and divulging the full back story of how he said sorry, to whom and his true feelings for Al Gore (hint: there is name-calling). The Hollywood Reporter's photo portfolio also includes Yankees slugger Robinson Cano and Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III; as ratings and the price of rights soar, athletes are TV's new stars. It's never been easy on the sidelines, but, as the veterans and newcomers with whom THR spoke testify, it's always been worth it. The upstart ESPN challenger has big plans to jazz up the U.S. Open, with more cameras and technical innovation, the network's co-president Eric Shanks tells THR, with an eye toward "things that maybe haven't been done before." The legendary sports rep sounds off on the Lakers' woes, what happens when a client is caught using performance-enhancing drugs and what he learned from wife Nancy about talent. In their first profile since Jerry Buss died in February, his son and daughter reveal their complicated relationship and the plan to reboot their storied team. Says Kobe, "The shoes they're stepping into are so huge and epic."