Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in nearby Carson, California David Beckham made his American soccer debut for Los Angeles Galaxy. Despite fears that an ankle injury would sideline him for his first game, Beckham did indeed play, about 13 minutes in the second half of the exhibition match against Chelsea. (Chelsea won, 1-0.)

The stadium was full of fans and many celebrities turned out including Victoria Beckham cheering for her husband in a box with their three children, as well as Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise and Tom Cruise’s mother Mary Lee Mapother, EvaLongoria, Olsen, Brooke Shields and Chris Henchy, Alicia Silverstone and rocker husband Chris Jarecki, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Drew Carey.

The sold-out stadium crowd erupted in cheers even when Beckham simply stood up from the bench and began stretching. And chants of "Beckham, Beckham" took over the stadium as he entered the game after the 77th minute.

At the press conference following the game Beckham said of his injury, "The ankle has swollen up slightly, but that was going to happen. We’ll see how it is tomorrow."

"It was a good performance from the team," he added. "We just lost one nil. My 15 minutes, it was nice to get out there. I haven’t trained all week. I hadn’t kicked a ball yet today. It was just nice to be out there with the lads and get this game over and done with. I enjoyed it."

Today the Beckhams will attend the "Welcome to L.A." party, hosted by the Cruises, and cohosts Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles.

The hottest item at the game, besides David, were the Galaxy T-shirts. The one who stole the show was cute little Suri with her million and one facial expressions.

TMZ called Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office to see if they will be considering a pardon for Paris Hilton. The office representative said the office is prepared to treat Hilton’s request" no differently than any other request filed to the Governor’s office," only grant pardons in "extraordinary circumstances." Paris will no doubt not get a pardon, and with good behavior she may have to only server 39 rather that 45 days.

The California legislature was so excited to hear Ah-nold was taking a tough stand, without having even saying what he’ll do yet, a bill was submitted to change the name of the state from California to Kalieforneeya.

Judge Michael T. Sauer was not happy Paris tried to go over his head to get out of serving her sentence, so he altered his original order. He has granted Paris conjugal visits while she is in jail, which means she can have sex with a visitor, but the only visitor the order allows is Rosie O’Donnell. The order also specifies that Paris has to do all the work, or at least the judge’s order would say that if it was real, but unfortunately it is just a dream.

Arnold Schwarzenegger made an oops at the luncheon following his swearing-in in Sacramento last week, the Governator, on crutches and painkillers from the leg he shattered in a fall on an icy ski slope, fondly looked at Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 85, and said, "I’m so glad my mother-in-law is here. Doesn’t she look fabulous? She doesn’t look a day over 90." To which, he quickly added, "Oh, I mean 60!" Some witnesses said it appeared Schwarzenegger’s addendum came after he got a swift kick under the table from wife Maria Shriver.

Poor Arnold, he’s not used to being on pain killers. He even messed up a little the last line of his oath. Arnold is a stand-up guy, even if he has to use crutches.

Proving you can’t keep a good Governator down, even after a skiing mishap, California’s top dog Arnold Schwarzenegger takes the podium in Sacramento on Friday to be sworn in for his second term of office. Arnold is a great role model.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to the state Christmas Day for surgery after breaking his leg in an Idaho skiing accident, his spokeswoman said.

Schwarzenegger, 59, will undergo non-emergency surgery Tuesday morning to repair his fractured right femur, which he broke Saturday while skiing with his family in Sun Valley, Idaho, spokeswoman Julie Soderlund said.

The procedure will use cables and screws to secure the governor’s upper right thigh bone, said Dr. Kevin Ehrhart, the orthopedic surgeon performing the surgery at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles.

"I have spoken to the governor several times since the skiing accident occurred and he is very comfortable," Ehrhart said.

The governor, who was admitted to the hospital, will be placed under general anesthesia for no longer than two hours, though the surgery is not expected to last that long, Ehrhart said.

Schwarzenegger plans to use crutches after the operation, and his recovery is likely to take about eight weeks, the surgeon said. The governor not intend to delay his second inauguration, scheduled for Jan. 5, Soderlund said.

California Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante will serve as acting governor while Schwarzenegger is under anesthesia, said Andrea Lynn Hoch, the governor’s legal affairs secretary.