New Delhi, June 14 -- star #2,849 under the Sports Entertainment category - in a ceremony presented by his wife Victoria Beckham and longtime friend and fellow Walk of Famer Tom Cruise, with three of his four children in the front row.

"I actually can't believe it," Beckham told Variety's Marlow Stern in an exclusive interview published the same day. "I remember walking in Hollywood and looking for the stars, and all these years later, knowing that I'll have my own star, it's a huge honor. America has always meant so much to me."

That American love story runs from his five seasons with the LA Galaxy - which transformed a football icon into a bona fide Hollywood fixture - to his current role as co-owner of Inter Miami CF, the MLS club wh...