Una estrella histórica: la del primer futbolista del mundo en ser reconocido en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood. Ese es el emocionante mérito que ha sumado este viernes sir David Beckham a su larga lista de méritos. El exjugador británico, de 51 años, es de los escasos deportistas, apenas media docena, en ser honrado por la Cámara de Comercio de Hollywood, y el primero de este deporte, tan minoritario en Estados Unidos. El londinense ha recibido el reconocimiento feliz y emocionado, con lágrimas en los ojos, rodeado de su familia, de cientos de seguidores y de amigos, como los actores Eva Longoria y Tom Cruise.

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A life without imagination is not a life. Without fantasy, without creation, without daydreams or fairy tales. But how are we going to develop our imagination if we do not do so from childhood, playing with our toys, if we are instead dazzled by the bright screens of our phones? Thirty years ago in November 1995, when Toy Story premiered, that question was unthinkable. Today, after three sequels, half a dozen shorts, a handful of mini-shorts, a series and television specials, and with Toy Story 5 about to open in movie theaters, the question is unavoidable.

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It’s only an imaginary birthday, one that was never meant to happen, but the celebrations say a lot about Hollywood’s eternal myth‑making. This Monday, June 1, Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100. And although she died more than 60 years ago, the world remains utterly fascinated by that perfectly imperfect blonde screen icon.

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James Handy, an 81-year-old New York actor who had small roles in films such as Jumanji and the more recent Top Gun: Maverick, was killed outside his Los Angeles home. The confessed killer is his girlfriend’s son, a 44-year-old man named Michael Gledhill, who remains jailed on $2 million bail.

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