Archive for the ‘Soccer and Hollywood Collide’ Category

Malaga Fan Antonio Banderas Is Happy About Champions League Win, Angry About European Ban

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Malaga’s most famous fan, famous Hollywood actor type Antonio Banderas, was in attendance at the Rosaleda on Wednesday night as his beloved club advanced past Porto into the Champions League quarterfinals. In addition to reveling in the victory, Banderas took some time to lash out at UEFA’s decision to ban …

Alessandro Del Piero and Patrick Dempsey Have A Racing Team Together

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Patrick Dempsey, best known for his role on the hit television series Grey’s Anatomy and star of several terrible 80s flicks, has teamed up with Italian football great and current Australia resident Alessandro Del Piero to form a racing team. Called Dempsey/Del Piero Racing, the team has filed to enter …

Chicago Fire (The Team) Are Promoting Chicago Fire (The Show) At Chicago Fire Game

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When Major League Soccer signed up NBC as a national broadcast partner, they probably didn’t expect so much crossover between soccer and the Peacock’s lineup of new TV dramas. In addition to Revolution—which is somehow not the story of Gillette Stadium losing all power and Shalrie Joseph returning to lead …

Robbie Keane Met Mickey Rourke, And Mickey Flipped The Bird

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What’s up with that move, Mickey? Just tired of taking photos with people? That’s Robbie Keane, Ireland’s all-time leading goalscorer and member of the LA Galaxy. Have some respect. Sheesh.

Europe Got All The Big Blockbusters First Because Hollywood Is Scared of Euro 2012

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Football truly makes the world go ’round. Even Hollywood knows there’s no way to compete with the World’s Game on the biggest stage: Europe got most of the summer’s “tentpole” flicks first because no studio wanted to release them during the Continent’s biggest tournament. No one would go, you see. …

Viggo Mortensen Celebrated A Goal, Was Detained By Airport Security

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You probably know who actor Viggo Mortensen is, but if you don’t, he’s most famous for playing Aragorn, king of Gondor in The Lord of The Rings trilogy. He’s also a huge fan of Argentine club San Lorenzo, and that almost got him into some hot water.

Jamie Carragher Was On American Idol

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Now, I don’t watch American Idol because (a) I like good music and (b) I like good television, but if they have more Premiership players on  to cheer contestants I might just have to. My only question was this: what genius decided Jamie Carragher is the one who gets to …

MLS-er Andrew Weber Is A Contestant On The Amazing Race

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You might not know the name unless he played for one of your teams, but 28 year old professional goalkeeper Andrew Weber, who was on the San Jose Earthquakes roster last season and had stints with DC and Montreal, is now a contestant on a reality TV show. With his …

Alexi Lalas Was On TMZ, We Have Definitive Proof Soccer Has Made It In America

At last. You can keep you billion dollars plus of investment in soccer-specific stadiums, your record attendance numbers, and your network TV deals. The former home of Alexi Lalas’s beard was on TMZ, and that’s the real indicator that soccer has arrived in America. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Spotted …

Heath Pearce’s Sister Is Going To Be On Glee

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It turns put Heath Pearce isn’t the only talented person in his family. Pearce, occasional US National Team member and full-time bad mustache enthusiast, has a sister, Lindsay. And she’s going to be on Television.

New Brad Pitt Movie World War Z Features Dutch Winger, Heckling Celtic Fans

Extras didn’t make the premise of standing around on film sets seem appealing, but former Celtic winger Bobby Petta appears to have started a second career as a background thespian. In this video, the Dutchman (wearing a brown jacket) walks out of a building on the set of World War …

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