This article appears in the July 6, 2009, issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.
Beyoncé, Britney and Posh face off to see who makes the most believable officer
The fashionista will play Queen Amphitrite, goddess of the sea, on a show in 2010
Are we about to witness the fourth coming of David Beckham? Last week, the iconic midfielder said he wanted to extend his stay at AC Milan, possibly making it a permanent move. If he is able to stay, it could again, at age 33, mark another renaissance of a career often previously written off.
The holiday season is also the engagement season!
Beckham-mania is about to strike in Italy. By the end of the year, the world's most hyped footballer will have teamed up with AC Milan on a three-month loan from his MLS club, the Los Angeles Galaxy.
"It sort of feels like a character," she admits, but "it's still me"
"People always remark on how well-behaved the boys are," says the attentive mom
Plus: Soccer star Beckham blogs about how he wants to "finish the year with a bang"
• Victoria Beckham and David Beckham, enjoying a sushi dinner with two pals at Nobu West Hollywood. One of their dinner guests was fashion designer (and Posh's good pal) Marc Jacobs. "They looked like a very sweet couple," an onlooker tells us. "[David] seemed doting, and they looked very at ease." And it was an A-list night at the eatery: Madonna supped with a music producer pal across the restaurant.
This article appears in the July 6, 2009, issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.
Beyoncé, Britney and Posh face off to see who makes the most believable officer
The fashionista will play Queen Amphitrite, goddess of the sea, on a show in 2010
Are we about to witness the fourth coming of David Beckham? Last week, the iconic midfielder said he wanted to extend his stay at AC Milan, possibly making it a permanent move. If he is able to stay, it could again, at age 33, mark another renaissance of a career often previously written off.
The holiday season is also the engagement season!
Beckham-mania is about to strike in Italy. By the end of the year, the world's most hyped footballer will have teamed up with AC Milan on a three-month loan from his MLS club, the Los Angeles Galaxy.
"It sort of feels like a character," she admits, but "it's still me"
"People always remark on how well-behaved the boys are," says the attentive mom
Plus: Soccer star Beckham blogs about how he wants to "finish the year with a bang"
• Victoria Beckham and David Beckham, enjoying a sushi dinner with two pals at Nobu West Hollywood. One of their dinner guests was fashion designer (and Posh's good pal) Marc Jacobs. "They looked like a very sweet couple," an onlooker tells us. "[David] seemed doting, and they looked very at ease." And it was an A-list night at the eatery: Madonna supped with a music producer pal across the restaurant.
The singer-fashion designer channels Bollywood for Vogue India
Police have quizzed staff working for David and Victoria Beckham amid reports that stolen items belonging to the celebrity couple have appeared on an online auction, UK media report.
The Spice Girl says she's too busy for another baby, until "maybe in a year or two"
Since moving to L.A., Posh says she eats, exercises and grins more often
"Who better?" Posh blogs as she tracks the "amazing" year of her fashion line
The Jonas Brothers could face some stiff boyband competition from Posh's three sons
The former Scary Spice says another reunion is out of the question
The two Spice Girls live just a few miles apart, but they are "very different," says Scary
Melanie Chisholm and her boyfriend of six years confirm the "happy news"
The soccer legend opens up on stardom, childhood and being a bad loser
The struggling supermodel says chatty Posh helped her through recent arrest ordeal
• Victoria Beckham, attracting hordes of young fans to her table while lunching with son Romeo, 5, at the American Girl Place café at The Grove in Los Angeles. "So many kids were coming up to the table to meet her," an onlooker tells us. But Posh didn't mind the attention, the onlooker says. After lunch, the fashionista and her son walked – or rather, Romeo rolled on his shoes with wheels – with an entourage (including two bodyguards) to the Quicksilver Youth shop where they browsed the swimwear before hopping into a waiting car.
She also calls herself "ordinary" and says she'd love to have a girl to hand down her clothes to
A determined reporter -- and a new study -- suggest writing down the things you eat might keep you from overeating
Nicole Richie, Victoria Beckham and Christina Aguilera celebrate Kingston Rossdale's second birthday
The former Spice Girl says she's smarter in stilettos
Oh snap! Victoria Beckham takes aim at PEOPLE's previous "Sexiest Man"
Ginger Spice hopes that "whatever shape she is, she loves herself"
Costars and friends offer tender (and funny) tributes to Cruise on The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Victoria and David Beckham, being escorted to their table right under the deejay booth at West Hollywood's Hyde. From the minute they sat down, Posh put her hand on the inside of her husband's thigh and pretty much held on all night. She kissed him on the cheek, put her arm around him even while she was talking to the blond gal sitting next to her. Meanwhile, David Beckham perked up to the music, dancing in his seat as his wife happily looked on. Also there: Chris Evans and a new, brunette female friend.
DeGeneres tries to get the athlete to go topless during an appearance on her show
Play dates and shopping trips with the Spice kids brought her closer to Victoria Beckham
He and his wife dine out before he heads back to America
Kate Beckinsale and her hubby join the other hot couple for an L.A. Easter
The soccer star talks about his body art for a 60 Minutes profile
Son Cruz must get his breakdancing skills from his mom, she tells U.K. edition of Vogue
He turns 9 as Eva Longoria Parker and Heidi Klum cheer him on
David and Victoria Beckham – who moved from London to L.A. last summer in an effort to conquer America – continued their campaign for world domination Wednesday. While the soccer star (left) shilled for Motorola in Seoul, South Korea, his Spice Girl wife (right) set her sights on Canada, where she showed off her signature power-pout while promoting her dVb Collection in Toronto.
How many closets does it take to make a "Desperate Housewife" happy? Just one, if it's anything like Parker's. We got a guided tour--and learned a lot more about the fashion-savvy star than her taste in shoes.
While Victoria Beckham was checking out all the latest in fashion at New York Fashion Week, across the country plenty of women were checking out her husband, David Beckham, during Jermaine Dupri's pre-Grammy party at Hollywood's Club Central.
Victoria Beckham took a break from her turn as "Posh Spice" on the Spice Girls tour and as a New York fashionista to treat son Cruz – who turns 3 on Feb. 20 – to the perfect day.
Following a notice on their Web site that they would curtail their current tour early, the Spice Girls recorded a video message to explain their actions to their fans.
David Beckham made a secret trip to West Africa's Sierra Leone last weekend on behalf of the international children's charity UNICEF.
Sporty Spice, she ain't.
In a holiday treat for Spice Girls fans in Britain, the group took to the stage Saturday night – although Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) showed signs of a recent ankle injury.
The Spice Girls may be dancing on air during their reunion, but they hit much weightier topics – in particular, Geri Halliwell's abrupt exit from the group in 1998 – in their upcoming documentary, clips from which hit the Internet this week.
David and Victoria Beckham enjoyed a different kind of Las Vegas Strip Monday night when they spent three hours in a private room at the Spearmint Rhino, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Last week, Barbara Walters dubbed her "fascinating." This week, Victoria Beckham is back to being just her plain, old, fabulous self.
Add another celebrity supporter to the Girl Power agenda: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attended Friday night's Spice Girls concert in L.A. The Governator held court in a VIP box at the Staples Center, while David Beckham and the kids cheered on mom Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham for the second night – though the soccer star clearly didn't want to stand up and show off his dance moves.
It was a family affair Wednesday night at the Spice Girls concert at L.A.'s Staples Center: David Beckham and sons joined pals Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and daughter Suri to take in the 90-minute Girl Power party.
After months of preparation, the Spice Girls delivered a pulsating concert in Vancouver on Sunday night, kicking off their grand reunion tour for thousands of screaming fans – including one surprise VIP in particular.
Geri Halliwell is being forced to leave her 18-month-old daughter Bluebell at home while she and the other Spice Girls prepare to kick off their world tour in Vancouver on Sunday.
The Spice Girls' upcoming reunion tour may provoke a good deal of nostalgia, but the group has already won over at least one brand-new fan: Suri Cruise.
Victoria Beckham's transition from wife and mother to Posh Spice has created a stir at home.
The night was quite chilly (by Southern California standards, at least). But that didn't stop more than 5,500 fans from coming out to support David Beckham's L.A. Galaxy and a slew of soccer-loving celebs like Superman Returns's Brandon Routh and Without a Trace's Anthony LaPaglia for their charity match Sunday.
They're not in their 20s anymore, but the Spice Girls are intent on staying as sexy as ever, judging by their new music video, which premiered Friday on the Web site of NBC's Today show.
The first new video from the reunited Spice Girls, for "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)," will make its online debut Friday – and here's a photo preview of what's to come.
Victoria Beckham is just your average mother, balancing work, family – and her hot soccer star husband.
Trying to lose weight, get over a break-up or find the perfect partner?
Now that she has launched her dVb fashion line, Spice Girl Victoria Beckham reveals the secrets of a posh life. (Hello, Rizzo!)
Victoria Beckham is going to give American TV another shot.
David Beckham scored his first goal Wednesday as an L.A. Galaxy player.
In her first blog update since becoming a resident of Los Angeles less than a month ago, Victoria Beckham has already started to talk like a Valley Girl.
Despite playing for only about 13 minutes in his first game for the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team on Saturday, David Beckham helped draw a record 1.5 million viewers to the TV broadcast.
Capping a whirlwind week of festivities marking the arrival of David and Victoria Beckham to Los Angeles, superstar duos Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith hosted a gala private party Sunday night for their British pals at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Geffen Contemporary in downtown L.A.
The panting started roughly 1.5 seconds into the telecast when ESPN's Rob Stone described David Beckham's American debut with an intro fit for a Jackie Collins novel: "In a town where celebrity rules," Stone said, "today David Beckham is the Pied Piper of Hollywood's star scene."
David and Victoria Beckham have already caused quite a stir in the states. But this weekend the British imports are going to be treated like Hollywood royalty.
Hot on the stiletto heels of wife Victoria Beckham's NBC special, David Beckham is about to get his own TV show.
If you're looking for something to ponder, look no further than the current sports landscape and tie it back to hockey.
Despite the frenzy that greeted their arrival from Britain on Thursday, the weekend was anything but quiet for David and Victoria Beckham as they and their brood settled into their new Beverly Hills home.
The morning after their ballyhooed arrival in Los Angeles, the Beckhams kicked off their U.S. press assault with a photo op for him and a self-deprecating radio interview for her.
The Beckham family said goodbye to Britain and arrived in Los Angeles late Thursday - but there was no day of rest for David or Victoria before they launched their stateside charm offensive.
He's only one man, a thirtysomething bloke from England with visions of taking his sons to Disneyland and the beach, of making his first treks to Vegas and the Napa Valley wine country, of organizing late-night runs to the hoariest of SoCal institutions. "In-N-Out Burger. Ohhhhh. . . ," says David Beckham, imagining his new life on a rainy spring afternoon in Madrid. "That's another great experience. I ate inside the last time I was there."
International soccer star David Beckham said Friday that he was taking on the biggest challenge of his career, after being introduced as the newest member of the Los Angeles Galaxy.
David and Victoria Beckham are cementing their status as Britain's hottest emigrants with a set of steamy photos in the August issue of W - just in time for their move to America.
What I'm looking forward to: Having played his last game for Real Madrid, David Beckham and his brood are finally jumping the pond. Beckham penned a deal with the L.A. Galaxy, pretty much solidifying him as the official poster child for Major League Soccer. His "Spicewife" Victoria is already fulfilling her role as a fashionista here in America, hitting up countless award shows, premieres and fashion galas, all while shooting her one-time show about her family's transition to Los Angeles. David is on the cover of this week's SI, while he and Victoria are featured in the August issue of W magazine. And they will no doubt be in every gossip mag in the coming weeks. America hasn't seen this big of a British invasion since the Beatles, but will the Beckham's and the newly reunited Spice Girls have the staying power of the Fab Four? We'll soon find out.
The Los Angeles Galaxy hopes the blond superstar will help rebrand soccer as a glamour game. But will his team measure up on the field?
Victoria Beckham says Scientology never gets in the way of her friendship with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and calls the couple "wonderful" people who have been a source of support as she and her family prepare to move to America.
Britain's most famous couple have set the stage for their U.S. debut next month.
Victoria Beckham's reality show, originally planned as a six-part series, will air as a one-hour special in mid-July, NBC has announced.
Jennifer Aniston's new man, Paul Sculfor, was spotted having dinner with Victoria Beckham this weekend in L.A., with her reality-show cameras rolling. So what gives?
The Spice Girls are preparing for a Christmas reunion tour, sources close to the band tell PEOPLE.
Victoria Beckham's shooting schedule for her NBC reality has been thrown into disarray now that husband David has been recalled to play for the English national soccer team.
1. The sports world is still reacting to David Beckham's blockbuster signing with the MLS's Los Angeles Galaxy. Landing such a superstar will surely make soccer a major American pro sport. Personally, I can't wait 'til Beckham and the Galaxy come to New York to play the Cosmos.
England soccer captain David Beckham and his wife Victoria are to settle in Spain, the couple have announced -- ending months of speculation.
The past two weeks have not been easy for British soccer star David Beckham.
David Beckham has returned to Spain amid a media frenzy over the England captain's alleged extramarital affairs.
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