Tom Cruise and Will Smith are hosting a private celebrity-packed party to welcome soccer superstar David Beckham and his Spice Girl wife Victoria Beckham to Los Angeles on Sunday. The Beckhams and their three sons arrived in California on July 12, ahead of David's upcoming debut for local soccer team L.A. Galaxy, set to take place on Saturday - if he recovers from an ankle injury in time. Family friends Cruise and Smith will host Sunday's invite-only bash for 600 guests at the Museum Of Contemporary Art's Geffen Contemporary in downtown Los Angeles. Among those expected to attend are George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, Jim Carrey, Steven Spielberg, Anjelica Huston, David Geffen and Jerry Bruckheimer.

LATEST: After appearing in a television interview Thursday night on CNN, Tammy Faye Messner passed away Friday at her home near Kansas City, MO; she was 65. Messner had been suffering since 1996from colon cancer, which at one point had appeared to be in remission, but recently returned and spread to her lungs. Once married to the extremely popular televangelist Jim Bakker, whose downfall was a hugely public scandal in the late 80s, Tammy Faye was married again in 1993 to Roe Messner. The chief builder of the Bakkers' Heritage USA Christian theme park in South Carolina, Mr. Messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud in 1995 and later served two years in prison. She is survived by her second hustand and two children.

Previously reported: Ailing U.S. televangelist Tammy Faye Messner stunned America on Thursday night when she made what she feared would be her final TV interview on Larry King Live. The frail 65-year-old taped an interview via satellite from her home in Kansas City, Missouri and told anchorman Larry King her lung cancer battle has left her weighing her age - 65 pounds. Messner also told the host she has told her doctors not to tell her how long she has to live. She said, "I asked them not to tell me. I don't want my faith levels to go away." And when King asked, "Are you in pain?" tragic Messner responded, "All the time." But she refuses to let cancer kill her spirit: "I believe when I leave this earth, I'm going straight to heaven."

The United States publisher of J.K. Rowling's latest book Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows is suing two companies who broke a sales embargo on the novel. Scholastic has filed suit in Illinois against DeepDiscount.com and book distributor Levy Entertainment for allowing customers to purchase the book before its official publication date of July 21. Scholastic are seeking unspecified damages from the two firms for "complete and flagrant violation of the agreements that they knew were part of the carefully constructed release of this eagerly awaited book." A statement from DeepDiscount.com's parent company Infinity Resources reads, "We take the situation very seriously and are conducting an internal investigation."

Comedienne Sarah Silverman regrets poking fun at Paris Hilton on the eve of her June jail stint after watching footage of the MTV Movie Awards. Silverman, who hosted the awards show, joked about Hilton's prison term, while the hotel heiress sat awkwardly in the audience. Cameras captured a hurt Hilton as she squirmed in her seat - just hours before she began her prison sentence for a probation violation at Century Regional Detention Center - and Silverman admits she has felt terrible ever since. She says, "I thought, 'She's got to know there's going to be a joke about her, ' so I went for it. But then I looked down and saw a man in her face with a camera. I was there to be funny and I was, but that doesn't mean I can't feel bad about it." A forgiving Hilton admits she knows Silverman was just trying to land a few laughs: "She's a funny comedienne and hopefully she won't be as mean the next time she sees me."

Rarely seen home movies from the personal collections of Hollywood legends like Alfred Hitchcock and Steve McQueen are to air as part of a one-night film festival in Hollywood. The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences will present Hollywood Home Movies: Treasures From The Academy Film Archive next month. A spokeswoman for the event says, "Hollywood Home Movies will feature excerpts of at-home, on-vacation and behind-the-scenes set activities captured by stars and directors from Hollywood's Golden Age." The short film festival will also feature vintage news footage about the construction of Los Angeles City Hall in 1926 and a documentary about Hollywood Boulevard, shot in 1947.

A judge has awarded Anne Heche a cache of furniture, including a footstool and a yellow armchair, in her ongoing divorce battle with estranged husband Coley Laffoon. Laffoon filed for divorce from Heche in February after five years of marriage - a month after the actress' romance with her Men In Trees co-star James Tupper went public. In documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on July 10, Laffoon claimed he returned to the Los Angeles home they alternately shared to find a footstool, rugs and a king-size bed missing. He accused the actress of taking the items and attempted to prevent her from removing any other possessions from the house. But Heche insisted the items belonged to her before the marriage and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Frederick C. Shaller has agreed, ruling she may keep the furniture and linens. Judge Shaller also ruled Laffoon shall have "temporary exclusive use and occupancy of the residence."

Reformed Hollywood wildchild Lindsay Lohan refuses to study her scripts ahead of filming, declaring "everything is on set." The Mean Girls star has been criticized by former co-stars, including Jane Fonda and William H. Macy for turning up late on set and last year film producer James G. Robinson criticized the 21-year-old for being "discourteous, irresponsible and unprofessional" on the set of Georgia Rule. And Lohan admits she doesn't spend too long preparing for film roles, preferring to avoid rehearsals and stay away from acting classes. She says, "I have never taken an acting class. I don't rehearse. I don't read my lines the night before. Everything is on set."

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi is threatening legal action against the makers of energy drink Mijovi - because he thinks the beverage bears too much similarity to his own name. Marcos Carrington launched the coffee-based product in 2004 and claims he was inspired to name the drink Mijovi after his girlfriend Jovita. But the singer is demanding Carrington change the product label - which is also marketed using the slogans "itsmijovi" and "itsmilife" - or face a court battle. In a recent letter to Carrington, Bon Jovi's lawyer Peter Laird says, "As you should be aware, one of Bon Jovi's most popular songs is entitled 'It's My Life.' We hereby demand that you immediately cease and desist all further use of the name Mijovi and 'It's My Life.'" Carrington has since agreed to stop the use of "itsmilife" in his marketing campaigns, but protests: "It is just unfair. (itsmilife) means it's my jovial life. It is unfair because Mijovi has nothing to do with Bon Jovi."

Film legend Tony Curtis is walking again after months in a wheelchair following his near-death experience in December. The Some Like It Hot star, 82, spent several days in a coma after contracting pneumonia. At his birthday bash in Las Vegas last month, a wheelchair-bound Curtis vowed to walk again. Curtis wowed diners at the Tuscany Grill in Henderson, Nevada on Wednesday showing he was able to walk again during a dinner with his wife Jill and some family members.

Funnyman Larry David's wife of 14 years has filed for divorce. Laurie David filed court papers in Los Angeles Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences on July 13. The 49-year-old An Inconvenient Truth producer is seeking joint custody of their two children, Cazzie, 13, and Romy, 10. Curb Your Enthusiasm star David, who co-created the hugely successful TV show Seinfeld, announced the separation in early June.