LONDON – Team Beckham can soon expect another addition.
David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, are expecting their fourth child later this year, the former England captain posted Sunday on his Facebook account.
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“I’ve got some great news to tell you all,” Beckham wrote. “Victoria and I are expecting our fourth child this summer. The boys are very excited about the arrival of a new brother or sister.”
The pair, who married in 1999 and whose celebrity is entrenched on both sides of the Atlantic, already have three boys: Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, 8, and Cruz, 5.
David Beckham, 35, has played 115 matches for England — a national record for an outfield player — and captained the team from 2000 to 2006.
He played for Manchester United and Real Madrid before joining Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007.
Victoria Beckham, 36, first found fame as a singer for the 1990s girl band the Spice Girls and has since become a fixture on the fashion circuit.
The pair have parlayed their fame into lucrative sponsorship deals, clothing lines, and — for Victoria — a guest spot on “American Idol.”
Reality TV star Hatch heads back to court
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Reality TV star Richard Hatch is returning to federal court in Providence to face allegations he violated terms of his probation.
Hatch was convicted in 2006 of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won on the first season of “Survivor” and spent more than three years in prison. In 2009, he began a three-year period of supervised release under conditions that he would refile and pay his taxes on the “Survivor” winnings and other income.
Hatch is scheduled to appear in court today after the federal probation office filed a complaint that he failed to refile his 2000 and 2001 tax returns.
Murray sent script for ‘Ghostbusters 3’
LOS ANGELES – Power up that Proton Pack: “Ghostbusters 3” is closer to becoming a reality.
Ivan Reitman, who directed and produced the first two “Ghostbusters” movies, says “a very good script” for the third installment in the comic ghost-hunting tale has been sent to star Bill Murray.
Reitman said Friday that “nothing you’ve read on the Internet is accurate” and that Murray hasn’t yet read the “Ghostbusters 3” script.
But the filmmaker is confident about its content, saying “it’s good enough to do, to take the risk of doing again.”
Reitman’s latest project is the romantic comedy “No Strings Attached,” starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. It opens Jan. 21.
Critics pick ‘Social Network’
NEW YORK – The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday selected “The Social Network” as the best picture of 2010.
The fictional look at the creation of Facebook dominated at the society’s annual awards, which were voted on by 46 prominent movie critics gathered at a Manhattan restaurant.
Jesse Eisenberg was named best actor for his role as Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the social networking website. David Fincher won for best director and Aaron Sorkin for best screenplay.
The critics reached overseas for the best actress honor, naming Italian star Giovanna Mezzogiorno for her role in “Vincere.”
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