Last Saturday we learned that Princes William and Harry of Wales had embarked on a 1,000 mile motorbike trek across the South African wilderness in order to raise money for various charities, including Prince Harry’s own Sentebale organization. The lads have already reached the half-way point in their journey and decided to pause in order to enjoy a friendly game of soccer with a team of locals … which resulted in a bit of a thrashing on the soccer field. Here are a few pics of Wills and Harry doing their thing on in soccer play yesterday:

PRINCE William was at the receiving end of a sound thrashing – from an African village XI. The 26-year-old royal may be president of the Football Association, but his credentials seemed wasted on the players from the Igxarho Location. Even the efforts of soccer-mad brother Prince Harry failed to stop the blushes as the famous visitors lost 6-2. At times Wills looked decidedly uncomfortable as he and his posh chums were given a lesson in the beautiful game. Wills, who played left back, took tumble after tumble as he tried in vain to block a flood of attacks. Jeered on by the spectators William looked more than a little flat-footed. And when Harry joined the team things went from bad to worse. The afternoon came during a rest day for the boys as they reached the halfway stage of their 1,000 mile African motorbike trek. William and Harry are taking part in the Enduro Challenge along with 80 other riders. Their efforts have already raised more than £300,000 for people living in communities just like the Igxarho Location. One onlooker said: “William looked very clumsy out there. Every time the ball came near him he either fell over or appeared frightened. Harry came on towards the end but things didn’t really improve much. I don’t think any of the village side realised they were playing a game against the president of the FA. If they had known perhaps the score-line would have been even more embarrassing.” The match took place in the small community in the heart of South Africa’s Wild Coast. Earlier in the day William and Harry had joined the other riders and rolled up their sleeves to paint a community building as they took a welcome break from their motorbike challenge. But if William looked determined to avoid any danger on the pitch, he seemed fearless on his way back to the hotel. Both the boys jumped on their 250 horsepower Honda machines and sped away down a dirt track without any helmets or protective clothing. They are staying in nearby Morgan Bay as they prepare for the next leg of their trip. They are due to cross the finish line in Port Elizabeth on Saturday before heading back to the UK.

Aww … poor Princes. Honestly, I suspect the British newspaper may be exaggerating how poorly Wills and Harry did in this match. Even the best players can’t win all the time. If you consider that the Princes have been traveling by motorbike since last Saturday I think it’s impressive that they were even interested in playing a match with the locals at all. In the end, it doesn’t really matter if they win or lose friendly soccer games … they are involved in a very worthwhile and important endeavor and I just love talking about their charitable contributions. Princes who are not content with merely donating money but with getting involved in this way to help raise funds is very admirable. Go, Princes, go … you guys rock.

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The Sun is reporting that, according to Italian newspaper Il Corriere Della Sera, David Beckham may be planning a temporary move from US to Milan, Italy once the US soccer season ends here in order to play professional soccer there. According to the paper, the soccer team Associazione Calcio Milan (or AC Milan) is interested in snagging him and that Becks is considering being snagged. It should be pointed out that this deal would be a temporary one. He’d, essentially, be on loan from the LA Galaxy. Here are a few pics of Becks, recently returned to SoCal from his recent UK trip, training with his current soccer team the LA Galaxy:

AC MILAN claim David Beckham will join them on loan from LA Galaxy in January. According to Italian newspaper Il Corriere Della Sera, Beckham could complete a permanent switch to the San Siro if he impressess before the end of the Serie A season. Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said: “Beckham wants to train and play with Milan. Will he arrive? I believe so, yes. “We want him. He will arrive in January and we will sign him for the rest of the season. We are talking with his agent but I believe he will be here for some months on a loan. The team remains intact but Beckham is something else. It’s not just a shop window deal, it’s a great deal. He will be available for (manager) Carlo Ancellotti for Serie A and the UEFA Cup. Football today is not just about tactics and technical abilities. It’s about full stadiums and sponsors. No one can beat the 65,000 fans we had on Sunday. The stadiums will only fill up with superstars like Beckham. With him, Kaka and Ronaldinho, it will be a dream team.” Milan boss Ancelotti added: “For me it will be a pleasure, Beckham is a serious athlete, a great professional. If he is available for four months with us, we will be very happy.” Galaxy have always insisted Beckham would not be allowed to join another team on loan during the MLS close season. But with his England career on the line, the 33-year-old could be ready to call time on his American adventure.

While I don’t necessarily have a huge problem with the Galaxy loaning out our dear Becks to play professional soccer in other countries (something they claimed they would not allow), I am just hoping that Becks doesn’t get any crazy ideas by doing so. I am SO NOT READY for Les Beckhams to move away from the US … no way. They just got here and we haven’t had sufficient time to enjoy them properly. I don’t mind that he and the fam jet off to Europe every once-in-a-while but they really belong here. Period. The end. Sorry, Italy.

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Australian audiences are, apparently, not really lovin’ the new US version of their beloved comedic series Kath & Kim. Channel 7, the Aussie network that picked up the US version of the series down under, has decided to pull the series off the air after only two episodes … and replace it with reruns of the original OZ version of the series in its place. Ouch! Nonetheless, filming continues on new eps here in SoCal on the LA set of the show … here are a couple pics of Molly Shannon and Selma Blair shooting new scenes for Kath & Kim yesterday afternoon:

The American version of hit Aussie TV comedy Kath + Kim has failed to impress Antipodean viewers – it has been dropped from schedules after just two episodes. Actress Selma Blairand U.S. funnywoman Molly Shannon play the role of the dysfunctional mother and daughter duo in the American adaptation of the award-winning series. But Australia’s Channel 7 has pulled the show from its primetime slot after the second episode viewing figures plummeted to 729,000 after a promising 1.23 million debut. The network has put the show into “resting” – meaning it will be held until the Australian summer (Nov-Jan08), when Aussie TV returns to its non-ratings period. And as a further blow, the original Kath + Kim will replace its American counterpart. A spokesperson for Channel 7 says, “The figures didn’t stand up for its second outing. For people who want to see more of the U.S. episodes they will return later this year.”

Oh snap! That is not good. In all honesty, tho, it makes sense that Aussie audiences might be turned off by a remake of a series that is still so highly regarded. I believe the third season of the original Kath & Kim just aired last year. For them, a new remake might not make sense so soon. Unfortch for NBC, US audiences aren’t really taking to the show either. After scoring pretty good ratings in its debut week, Kath & Kim suffered a 20% loss of viewership by week two:

The American sitcom based on Australia’s foxy duo from Fountain Lakes last night suffered a 20 per cent slide in its ratings in the US from last week’s better-than expected debut on TV network NBC. Millions of Americans opted to switch channels rather than stomach Kath and Kim’s second episode, with reality show Survivor on CBS and Ugly Betty on ABC easily winning the time slot. Only six million Americans tuned in to Kath & Kim’s second episode, compared to 7.5 million in its premiere week. US magazine, Entertainment Weekly, described it as a “rough evening” for NBC. “Kim was down from its solid premiere the previous week,” entertainment industry bible, Variety, reported. NBC is airing Kath and Kim, starring US actresses Molly Shannon and Selma Blair, as part of its Thursday night comedy block of sitcoms and the network suffered declines across the board … American critics largely savaged the NBC show, with the New York Post describing it as the “worst idea for an import from the land Down Under since Vegemite”.

NBC isn’t doing very well overall so mebbe the straits aren’t quite so dire for Kath & Kim here in the US just yet. I’ve been watching the show and while I think it’s cute, I wouldn’t necessarily call it funny. Well, mebbe that’s not entirely true … I do find myself laughing out loud at times but I am still comparing it the riotously funnier original. The show is still very new and mebbe once it hit it’s stride it’ll do better. NBC just picked up their remake of Knight Rider for a full season of eps. I stopped watching that mess after the second episode (IMHO, it’s really bad, y’all) … so if they can take a chance on that show then they should deffo take a chance on Kath & Kim. Have any of y’all been watching the show? What do you think … keep it or cancel it?

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Jude Law was snapped enjoying a lovely afternoon with his two youngest children Iris and Rudy Indiana in London, England yesterday and, as you can tell by the photos, he was rockin’ the Jude’stache like nobody’s biz … behold:

Jude, ever the fashionista in his colorful sweater vest, and his ’stache took the kids for a shopping trip to a toy store before taking them out for lunch. So cute. Even tho I have loved the new ’stache since the first time I saw it, I think it’s growing on me every new time I see it in action. It’s looking less 70’s porn’stache and more 00’s hipster’stache the more I see it. While some may argue that there is no difference between the two, I’d like to remind folks that ’70’s porn’staches generally come with bad comb-overs … which Jude is incapable of growing atop his head. In any event, the look, on Jude, really works for me. He deffo makes a hawt dad.

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Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson suddenly popped up in Tokyo, Japan last night to attend a fashion show for designer Charlotte Ronson’s new collection of clothing. With Sam on the decks and Linds in the front row, Charlotte’s show at Kokuritsu-Kyogijo was the place to be last night in Tokyo. Here are a few pics:

L. Ron are quite the jet-setters. It’s like one day they’re in SoCal, then they’re in Mexico, then they’re in NYC, then Washington DC, then they pop up in Japan. I think it’s so cool how they manage to stay together about 98% of the time. While there may be a few functions here and there where the ladies are separated, they mostly spend every waking moment together … and they are very lucky to be able to do that. I’m also impressed with their commitment to support one another’s family. Sam attends Lohan events and Lindsay attends Ronson events — it’s really very cute altogether. Who knows where in the world L. Ron will pop up next but at least we know they’ll pop up together.

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ABC has announced that Britney Spears will be performing LIVE on Good Morning America on December 2 — which is not only her birthday but also the release date for her new album Circus. Britney even filmed a short promo video for the announcement:

Britney’s GMA performance will take place in Bryant Park in NYC … it has yet to be determined if she will also be doing an interview. My guess is that she will sit down for a little chat to promote the release of her new disc but a performance or two would be just as amazing. And the Britney Spears Comeback Tour begins to start adding live dates … Love it!

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OMG! People magazine is announcing the BEST NEWS EVER this morning with their exclusive report that Alyson Hannigan (who currently stars on the hit CBS series How I Met Your Mother but is prolly most beloved for her role as Willow Rosenberg on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and her husband Alexis Denisof (who you may recall expertly played the role of Wesley Wyndam-Pryce on both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel) have announced that they are going to have their first child next Spring!

Actress Alyson Hannigan is pregnant, her rep Megan Moss tells PEOPLE exclusively. The How I Met Your Mother star, 34, and her husband, actor Alexis Denisof, 42, will welcome their first child this spring. The couple met on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer during the 1999-2000 season and were married at the Two Bunch Palms resort near Palm Springs, Calif., on Oct. 11, 2003.

Woot! This is such amazing news!!! To my knowledge, Aly and Alexis will be the first Buffyverse couple to bring forth a child together. Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia Chase on both Buffy and Angel, gave birth to a son back in 2003 but she was not married to another Buffy actor ;) Here are a couple pics of Alyson steppin’ out in Santa Monica, CA yesterday with some take-out:

She ain’t sportin’ a baby bump yet but I will happily be on the look-out for new photos of the beautiful mom to be. Alyson Hannigan is not only beloved for her work on Buffy but many folks loved her comedic turn in the American Pie movies and, of course, for her current stint on How I Met Your Mother. This is just the best news and I couldn’t be happier for the parents-to-be. Much, much love and congrats!

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