Sports & Entertainment: Victoria Beckham's NBC Show Airs
NBC last night aired the 60-minute special, “Victoria Beckham: Coming to America,” featuring VICTORIA BECKHAM moving to L.A. She and husband DAVID were shown posing for their racy photo shoot in the current issue of W magazine. Also, Beckham’s new personal assistant, RENEE, told her the Dodgers wanted her to throw out the first pitch at a game. Beckham: “What if I make them lose?” Renee answered, “I don’t think your pitch is going to count.” Beckham, admitting that she does not know much about baseball, said, “They wear tight trousers. One member of the team actually wears some weird mask, which looks like what we saw in the sex shop.” When she arrived at Dodger Stadium, she was greeted by TOMMY LASORDA, who was repeatedly heard asking people, “What’s her name?” Her toss from well in front of the mound was far off the plate (NBC, 7/16).
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Actor Rob Brown Portrays
Ernie Davis In "The Express" |
COMING ATTRACTION: In a sports section Cover Story, USA TODAY's Marlen Garcia profiles "THE EXPRESS," a film about late Syracuse Univ. RB ERNIE DAVIS, who became the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy in ’61 and who some call "the JACKIE ROBINSON of college football." ROB BROWN stars as Davis and DENNIS QUAID plays his coach, BEN SCHWARTZWALDER. The movie, expected to be released in October ’08, is based on the ’83 biography “Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express" by ROBERT GALLAGHER (USA TODAY, 7/17).
MOVING ON: AMANDA, a Predators dance team member, and JENNIFER, whose occupation is listed as Executive Assistant to the Owner of the Lakers, were both chosen by tennis player MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS to move on to next week on NBC's "Age of Love" (THE DAILY).
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