
Soccer star David Beckham has scored a foul in the eyes of one heartbroken 9-year-old New Jersey boy who didn't get to meet his idol for his birthday, according to the New York Post.
For a meet-and-greet with Beckham, Jeanne Kelly bid $7,000 at a Feb. 2 charity auction at the home of Rudy Giuliani's former finance chairman, Michael Gooch, to benefit Charley's Fund, which raises money to cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
The package was a present for Kelly's son, Conor. It included round-trip flights and two nights at an L.A. hotel for them both, with Beckham to meet the boy and sign a jersey for him.
The Kellys were scheduled to leave last Friday. But, Kelly says, she got a call Tuesday from Darren Brown at Charity Sports Auctions, which sold the package to Charley's Fund, saying it was canceled. "They told me there was a breach of security, and David's not doing it," Kelly told Page Six.
She has not been refunded her money, and neither has her sister, Diane, who bought the same $7,000 package for her 13-year-old son. Kelly says she feels awkward about asking for the money back because it went to charity. "It puts me in a funny spot," she said.
Friends, relatives and show-business colleagues gathered Sunday to remember Oscar-winning special-effects maestro Stan Winston, the man responsible for bringing the dinosaurs of "Jurassic Park" and other iconic movie creatures to life.
Winston died at his home in Malibu, Calif., surrounded by family June 15 after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma. He was 62.
In a career spanning four decades, Winston created some of the most memorable visual effects in cinematic history. He helped bring the dinosaurs from "Jurassic Park," the extraterrestrials from "Aliens," the robots from "Terminator" and even "Edward Scissorhands" to the big screen. At the service Winston's son, Matt, recounted his father's last day as being filled with laughter, hugs, kisses, tears and music from the Beatles. Colleagues, including "Iron Man" director Jon Favreau, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Arnold, Ernie Hudson and Robert Patrick, joined Winston's family and friends to reminisce and listen to personal stories from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rabbi Judith Halevy, brother Ronny Winston, uncle Mitchell Karlan, son-in-law Erich Litoff, and directors James Cameron and Steven Spielberg.
A paparazzo trying to photograph Matthew McConaughey at the beach told police he was attacked by a mob of surfers who threw his camera in the ocean.
The 29-year-old photojournalist told sheriff's deputies that a large group of surfers near Paradise Cove in Malibu approached him and other paparazzi about 2 p.m. Saturday and demanded the group stop taking pictures and filming. McConaughey was not involved in the attack.
Ted Nugent is finished hunting for a new pad. But he has some stuff to unload first.
The transplanted Detroit rocker held an estate sale in Texas over the weekend, peddling a rhinoceros head, zebra stallion mounts and bleached deer skulls signed by Nugent. The bulk of the estate sale involved the trophies and furniture.
The guitarist and singer, an avid hunter and gun enthusiast, is moving back to China Spring -- 12 miles from Waco -- to seek a simpler life.