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Beckhams' Euro football up on sale (Go To Top)

         London: Fans of David Beckham can now have a slice of his Sporting spirit. The football used by the Manchester United midfielder in the Euro 2004 will soon be up for auction. According to Hello, 25-year old spectator from Spain who got hold of the ball when Becks kicked it into the stands in Portugal has decided to part with it by selling it to the highest bidder on Spain's version of internet auction site eBay. The item, with a starting price of one euro, is up for sale beginning July 12.The fan was seated in row Q of the stadium when Becks missing a crucial penalty for the England team and hid the ball under his shirt.

Brando's 21.6 mln dollar will shuns adopted daughter, grandson (Go To Top)

         New York: Late screen legend Marlon Brando's will has left out one of his grandsons and an adopted daughter, who will not get a share of his 21.6 million dollar estate. According to New York Daily News, the 13-year old boy, Tuki, is the grandson of Tarita Teriipaia, the Polynesian woman Brando married after acting with her in the 1962 movie "Mutiny on the Bounty." Tarita and Brando's daughter had hung herself after her half brother, Christian Brando killed her husband Dag Drollet, a murder for which Christian was imprisoned for five years. His adopted daughter, Petra Brando-Corval, who he adopted from his former assistant Caroline Barrett has also been left out of the will, which names 10 children as the beneficiaries of his estate.

Westlife's Bryan Fadden plans to go solo (Go To Top)

          London: Bryan McFadden, who quit the boyband Westlife, recently to spend more time with his wife and kids, has decided to go solo. The singer has reportedly signed a 2 million dollars deal for a solo album, with a record label, headed by music veteran Richard Griffith. According to Ananova, Bryan has already teamed up with Gary Barlow, the ex- "Take That" star. "Bryan has thought long and hard about signing the deal," a source was quoted by The Mirror as saying. "He knows that people will wonder why he's so keen to get back into the gruelling life of a pop star after saying he wanted to take a step back and spend time with his wife Kerry and daughters Molly and Lily-Sue. "But Kerry's had so much success in her own right after winning I'm A Celebrity... that he's felt a little bit in the shade. He's realised how much music means to him," he added.

Steve Martin has Beyonce in splits (Go To Top)

         Washington: Pop diva Beyonce Knowles reportedly had a very good time shooting for the new flick 'The Pink Panther', opposite Steve Martin. According to a report in The Star the actor had Beyonce in splits with his funny antics and some scenes had to be done over and over again because she couldn't stop laughing.

Janet Jackson's Bombay Dreams (Go To Top)

          New York: Pop star Janet Jackson might soon step into Ayesha Dharker's shoes, if the producers of "Bombay Dreams" have their way. According to The New York Post, the producers have reportedly approached Janet Jackson for the role of Rani, the Bollywood heartthrob. The 14 million dollar musical is still being staged at the Broadway Theatre despite some shattering reviews. The whole idea of Jackson joining "Bombay Dreams" came about after the producers first approached her about recording some songs from the show. Though there is still no confirmation form Jackson's side regarding accepting the offer yet her attachment with the show would probably succeed in generating international media coverage for the musical and sell plenty of tickets as well.

Woman jailed for spending tax money on breast implant (Go To Top)

         London: A Tasmanian woman has been sent behind the bars for three-and-a-half years for spending taxpayers' money on her breast implant, reports Ananova. According to The Advertiser, Sylvia Wilson made fraudulent claims of 200,000 pounds for diesel fuel rebate while working for her partner's plant firm and spent 40,000 of it on her breast implants. "Your application of a portion of the funds to your personal life is explained on the basis of your depression and as compensation for an unhappy life, " Justice Peter Evans was quoted as saying. "It is clear that your personal spending was in no way confined to necessities. To that extent, it can be said that your criminal conduct was motivated by greed, not need," he added.

Kathleen Turner to act in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (Go To Top)

         London: Veteran actors Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin have been roped in to recreate the roles of the troubled couple, made famous by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the 1966 movie, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" According to The National Enquirer, Turner and Irwin will play the roles of the professor and his wife in a Broadway version of Edward Albee's masterpiece.

Man raised in a hen-coop has bird-like behaviour (Go To Top)

         London: A man who was locked up with chickens when he was a child has become bird-like in his behaviour. According to Ananova, the man was imprisoned in a hen-coop by his grandfather after his parents died. He was tied to his bed in a local hospital after he escaped because the doctors did not know how to treat him. Now doctors and social workers in Fiji who are trying to rehabilitate the man say that he has made good progress and that he has no mental defects. "He was perching, he was picking at his food, he was hopping around like a chicken. He'd keep his hands in a chicken-like fashion, and he'd make a noise which was like the calling of a chicken - which he still has." Elizabeth Clayton who is helping him to recover, was quoted as saying.

Harrison Ford's groans give neighbours a hard night (Go To Top)

         London: Harrison Ford was heard producing strange noises in a hotel at Wales. The 'Indiana Jones' star who was there with lover Calista Flockhart didn't let his neighbours sleep for a moment. "There was clanging and banging. But I'm glad I didn't make a fuss. I've seen him beat up people in his films," the Sun quoted an insider as saying.

Madonna's antics gave director heart trouble (Go To Top)

         London: Maddona's outrageous behaviour on the set of a film they were making reportedly gave Oscar winning director John Schlesinger a heart attack. According to a report in The Telegraph, the veteran film-maker's comments on Madonna appear in a collection of letters and production notes conferred to the British Film Institute after his death in July last year. Schlesinger, who worked with Madonna in 1999 on his last film, 'The Next Best Thing' was enraged by her attempts to change numerous scenes in the movie and her regular demands for special effects to "beautify" her appearance, these papers reveal. In the comic flick Madonna played a yoga instructor who becomes pregnant after a drunken one-night stand with her homosexual best friend, played by Rupert Everett. Shortly after completing what he claims to be one of the unhappiest shoots of his career, Schlesinger, then 73, collapsed on the doorstep of his London home. He was diagnosed with heart failure and underwent a quadruple heart bypass operation. "We have tried all of these changes before . . . I do not for one moment think that their behaviour has not added to the reasons I have ended up here." The director wrote in one of the letters to his agent Andrew Cannava. Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's publicist has however expressed his surprise over these remarks by the veteran director, the report said. "People say many, many things about Madonna but no one has ever questioned her level of professional behaviour. I know Madonna had great respect for John Schlesinger as a director. I believe that John Schlesinger had control over this film and Madonna behaved as a salaried actress," Rosenberg was quoted by the report as saying.