David Beckham, 48, former England footballer, experienced a depressive phase after the 1998 World Cup. “I didn’t eat, I didn’t sleep, I lived from one day to the next, thinking about what’s next,” Beckham told British telegraph. Beckham received a red card in the round of 16 match against Argentina and had to watch from the sidelines as England were eliminated from the tournament on penalties. The failure was largely blamed on him, and he was sometimes met with severe hostility. “People demanded that I leave the country, it was intense,” said the ex-professional footballer.
Harald Glööckler, 58, fashion designer, thinks the German Television Award for the RTL reality show “I’m a Star – Get Me Out of Here” is very deserving. “It is wonderful entertainment and – in my opinion – the best reality show on German television,” said Glööckler, who was in the jungle camp in 2022, to the German Press Agency. The attractive thing about the show is that you see “spoiled celebrities” “how they embarrass themselves, allow themselves to be demoted, and do disgusting things,” he said. “I needed that time in nature back then. And at the end of the day I have to say: it did me a lot of good.” The controversial TV format won the “Best Entertainment Reality” category at the television award.
Eva Brockmann, 24, oenologist, is the 75th German Wine Queen. In Neustadt (Palatinate), the Franconian woman prevailed against four competitors from Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. “I would like to further increase the visibility and status of German wine in the world,” said she, who now represents around 15,000 winemakers for a year. Among other things, the candidates had to recognize types of wine during a blind tasting and demonstrate their quick-wittedness.
Bono63, lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, sees the “Cathedral of Elvis” in the new event hall in Las Vegas. The spherical hall called “MSG Sphere” was opened by his band with a spectacular live show. A huge screen with more than 250 billion pixels – spanning the hall inside and out – showed, among other things, a sunrise in the desert, the glittering skyline, endangered species of Nevada, an ocean and fireworks. Former tennis stars Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi and actors and actresses such as Elizabeth Banks, Dakota Fanning, Aaron Paul, Bryan Cranston, Jon Hamm and Josh Duhamel were also at the premiere.
Al Di Meola, 69, US jazz guitarist, is doing better again. After a medical emergency during a concert in Romania, he thanked the doctors and nurses at Bagdasar Arseni Hospital in Bucharest for getting him back “on track,” the musician wrote on Instagram. Di Meola collapsed on stage. It was said that he only plans to continue his tour next year.