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Be Prepared - the Beckham's are heading your way!!!
LauraGigs:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on July 18, 2007, 10:36:51 pm ---Thanks for posting, Shasta. As I understand it, getting the rights to use a Beatles song in a commercial is VERY expensive (thank you, Michael Jackson).
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Well, I don't think Sir Paul would have charged much less, LOL! ;)
opinionista:
Well, they might have spent tons of money with the song but not with the filming since it appears to have been filmed in Mexico and not in Madrid. That's not Madrid. The Stop sign gives it away. In Spain it does not says ALTO, it says STOP. In English!
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on July 18, 2007, 09:54:41 pm ---I've never seen a commercial welcoming anybody to the US. That's very surprising.
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It was produced by ESPN, to get people to watch soccer on their station. Not so surprising when you realize what it is for.
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opinionista:
David Beckham seems to be following Victoria's steps.
David Beckham to Star in Own TV Series
Hot on the stiletto heels of wife Victoria Beckham's NBC special, David Beckham is about to get his own TV show.
The 13-part weekly reality series David Beckham's Soccer USA, from American Idol producer Simon Fuller, will premiere next Wednesday on the FOX Soccer Channel.
"David Beckham's arrival is a tremendous milestone in U.S. soccer history," said FOX rep David Sternberg. "[The series] will provide an insider's look at his performance with the Los Angeles Galaxy."
On Monday, only 5 million viewers tuned into Victoria Beckham: Coming to America, which put the show – originally conceived as a mini-series – in the ratings basement.
David also faces a big question mark with his highly anticipated Saturday debut for the Galaxy. His kick-off still looks in doubt due to a left ankle injury.
Still, the money is on Beckham to make some sort of appearance on Saturday, reports Britain's The Times on Thursday.
"Everybody in Los Angeles and around the world wants to see him make his debut," Galaxy president Alexi Lalas tells the paper's Web site.
Source: People Online
MaineWriter:
A roll call of Hollywood stars attended a party in honour of David and Victoria Beckham at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles last night.
The celebrity bash, billed as an official welcome to Tinseltown, was hosted by four friends of the British footballer and his former pop star wife - the actors Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes, and Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
The six stars arrived together and halted to pose on the red carpet outside the venue. They locked arms and smiled at the cameras before disappearing inside.
The A-list credentials of the hosts apparently helped to tempt screen stars including comic Jim Carrey, Matthew Perry of Friends, and Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives to sip champagne in the museum's Geffen Contemporary gallery.
Action hero Wesley Snipes and the music producer Quincy Jones came to welcome the 32-year-old soccer star, who on Saturday played his first game for his new club side, Los Angeles Galaxy. Bruce Willis turned up, as did his former wife Demi Moore and her new husband Ashton Kutcher.
The director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer were among the first to arrive. Brooke Shields was there, as was Simon Fuller, the creator of American Idol, who managed the Spice Girls pop group that launched Mrs Beckham to fame.
Cruise flew in for the bash from Germany, where he is shooting a film about a general who tried to assassinate Hitler. Other Hollywood heavyweights expected to drop in included George Clooney and Steven Spielberg.
A small army of police patrolled streets for blocks around the venue, keeping curious bystanders at a distance. The entrance was busy with limousines and TV cameras by the dozen. Helicopters thumped overhead.
Inside, the warehouse-like venue was transformed with couches, elaborate lighting and floral arrangements into a glitzy nightclub. Music blared.
Beckham, hindered by a nagging ankle injury, played only 12 minutes in his debut match as a Galaxy player. His team lost to Chelsea 1-0, but that failed to dampen the spirits of the sold-out crowd, whose cheers were so loud Beckham admitted to being “a little bit embarrassed at times”.
The match's only goal was scored by John Terry, Beckham's replacement as England captain.
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2123949.ece
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