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I am a good boy, claims David Beckham (Go To Top)

          London: An enraged David Beckham has blasted the media over its detailed coverage of his alleged affairs with Rebecca Loos and Sarah Marbeck. Speaking at the England squad's training camp in Sardinia, Beckham said, "I've been called a bad father, I've been called a bad husband and my wife has been called a bad mother." "Things always hurt that are said about my family, and for people to call my wife a bad mother is unbelievable. I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father," The Sun quoted the soccer super star as saying. The England skipper had first asked for some papers and TV stations to be banned from a press conference he was giving ahead of next month's Euro 2004, but he relented later. Beckham said to media men, "The way I and my family have been treated is an absolute disgrace because at the end of the day I'm a nice person and a loving husband and father." Nevertheless, PR guru Max Clifford has criticized Beckham for his vocal outburst. "The advice I would have given to David is don't attack the messenger if you don't like the message," the report quoted Clifford as saying. "You cannot use the media, and then be petulant and childish when they say something you are not happy with. No one has total control of the media." Even if you are David Beckham, it doesn't mean you have got the right to determine everything that goes in. It is a bad move for David Beckham to act like this, particularly as England captain," added Clifford. Beckham's media bashing has come days after his confirmation that he will continue his stay at Real Madrid, adds the report. Meanwhile, Beckham's pop star wife Victoria and their sons- Brooklyn and Romeo are moving to a new home in the Spanish capital.

'Harry Potter' is too old to act (Go To Top)

          London: 'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe will probably not play the famous J K Rowling character from the fifth movie. According to the Sun, film producer David Heyman has admitted that Daniel is outgrowing the world famous 'Harry Potter' character as he has turned 14. Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson, who is popular for her role as Hermione Granger are also 14 and face the same problem of 'getting old' for playing lead roles in Harry Potter series. Heyman said at the US premiere of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', "There will come a point when one, two, or all three move on. I don't know when the fifth, sixth or seventh movies, but it's inevitable." 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' is the third movie of the super successful series.

Britney's ex-hubby has his cake and eats it too (Go To Top)

          New York: Britney Spears ex-husband Jason Alexander is all set to cash on his short-lived wedding to the pop icon. Alexander is reportedly providing the American men's magazine, GQ, with pictures that show him feeding a piece of wedding cake to a Britney lookalike, according to Teen Hollywood. "Who doesn't like stardom in some way? I wouldn't say I eat it up or anything, but it's not a bad thing," Jason was quoted as saying in an accompanying interview to the magazine.

Britney losing her fans (Go To Top)

          London: Pop star Britney Spears has cancelled a show in Germany, even as concert organizers indicated that only a third of the 12,000 tickets had been sold. The show that was supposed to be held in Reisa was cancelled because of technical problems. But it is believed that Britney refused to perform in front of empty seats. According to the Sun, the 'Toxic' singer had left her half-full Berlin concert in tears last week, even as the final chords were echoing around the hall.

Madonna touches millions of hearts with 'Imagine' (Go To Top)

          New York: Pop diva Madonna touched the hearts of millions of fans when she performed John Lennon's moving number, "Imagine" during her Re-invention tour. The singer wants to focus the world's attention towards children in war ravaged countries and while she sang the song, images of suffering children appeared on a huge screen behind her. "I wanted to make a statement. I feel that song is the ultimate peace song. I wish I wrote it, but it's the s**t and I wanted to do it, so I tried to do it my best, give it my best," the 'Frozen' star was quoted as saying by ratethemusic.com. "It was really important to have this stuff going on behind me - the pictures and stuff - and really hit home t

Six inches can cost you 50 pounds (Go To Top)

          London: Even going slightly beyond the line may cost you heavily. Motorist Mark Wood realized this after paying a fine of 50 pounds for leaving his car six inches beyond the parking bay line. "No wonder people are so uptight about law and order. I get this stupid ticket but police didn't even bother to come round when I had two bikes nicked," a furious Mark was quoted by The Sun, as saying. The council has refused to wave off the fine.

Parminder Nagra and Art Malik bag top honours at Emmas (Go To Top)

         London: The 2004 Ethnic Multicultural Awards, Emmas saw Art Malik and Parminder Nagra being honoured in the top categories. Nagra, of Bend It Like Beckham fame won the best actress award for her performance in the two-part drama series Second Generation, which was aired on Channel 4. While Art Malik bagged the best actor award for his role, as consultant anaesthetist Zubin Khan in the BBC's hospital drama Holby City. The NatWest Emma Awards will be shown on BBC Two at 2245 BST on Sunday 30 May.

'Sex and the City' movie is now officially dead (Go To Top)

          Washington: The movie version of "Sex and the City" that was being planned by HBO has finally been shelved after Kim Catrall, who played the role of man-eating Samantha Jones in the sitcom, pulled out. Although Cattrall has cited scheduling problems as the reason behind her refusal to act in the movie, rumors are abound that her long standing feud with co-star Sarah Jessica Parker might have played a role. "She would have loved to have done the movie and made a deal to do the movie, but waited as long as possible with no script or start date and felt she had to take other offers that were presented to her after the hold period had passed," Cattrall's publicist Marvet Britto was quoted by E Online as saying.

Simon Fuller buys Madonna's haunted castle (Go To Top)

          London: 'Pop Idol' tycoon Simon Fuller has spent a whopping 7 million pounds for buying Madonna's former castle home in the Hollywood Hills. According to the Sun, the nine-storey 'Castillo del Lago' castle is famous for its luxurious elegance and overlooks the scenic Hollywood Lake. However, rumours have been doing the rounds from a long time that the pop diva's former home is haunted by the ghost of gangster- Bugsy Siegel. He used to run a casino from the stronghold in the 1930s. An eccentric homeless man named Robert Dewey Hoskins had also stalked Madonna at her castle in 1995. He had broken into the estate and had vowed to slit the singer's throat if she refused to marry him. Hoskins was later jailed, adds the report. The pop queen had moved out of the famous castle in 2002. She had complained, "There's too many stairs." The report says that the British native has bought the castle because he wants to launch his music label '19 Recordings' in America.