Hollywood meets Beckham at WC draw

CAPE TOWN, Dec 2 (AFP): A touch of Hollywood comes to Cape Town this week with Academy Award winner Charlize Theron joining David Beckham, running great Haile Gebrselassie and a host of others at the World Cup draw.

The South African-born Theron, who won an Oscar for her role in the 2003 movie "Monster," will be a guest presenter assisting FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke during the eagerly-anticipated draw Friday.

They will be joined onstage by Beckham, who has scored in three consecutive World Cups, nine-time world champion Gebrselassie and Makhaya Ntini, the first black player in the South African cricket team.

Also taking part is South African rugby captain John Smit, while the country's president Jacob Zuma will kick-off proceedings alongside FIFA president Sepp Blatter, organisers said Tuesday.

Nobel Peace Prize winners FW de Klerk and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as well as former football icons Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini, Eusebio and Roger Milla will also be on hand.