Tom Cruise and David Beckham are buddies now, but they're on the road to becoming business partners. According to a friend of the guys, they're plotting to team up and buy a soccer team. David is still an awesome player but his career is winding down and he wants to go from soccer player to team owner. Theoretically, the combined star power of David and Tom would attract the biggest and best players. The guys are keeping their plans quiet for now but they're crunching numbers to put a deal together.
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We haven't seen David and Victoria Beckham out on the town lately because they've been back in the UK. David got an award for some soccer achievement and the couple celebrated at Baccarat restaurant there. It's interesting how Victoria keeps her face perfectly composed for photos - she's never laughing like a hyena or talking out of the side of her mouth. We're growing ever fonder of that purple handbag.
Victoria Beckham is enduring a lot of criticism in the UK because instead of using her husband David Beckham as a model for her new dVb brand denim line, she used a lookalike model. Actually it is a very SMART move on her part. For one thing, pictures of David would draw attention AWAY from the jeans and to him. And guys might feel a bit foolish or intimidated buying Beckham's pants. We think Victoria made the right decision.
David Beckham and the LA Galaxy team arrived at the New Zealand airport and 500 natives showed up to greet them. (The LA Galaxy players aren't used to this kind of attention - they must be FLOORED by all the attention David brings them.) David received the official Maori greeting - pressing noses.
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Victoria Beckham appeared on a Japanese TV show called Smap Smap to promote the new Spice Girls, and according to observers she seemed very confused by the language barrier. At one point she got so mixed up that she actually forgot to pout, and SMILED for a photograph. While she was mugging in Japan, her husband David Beckham didn't seem happy to be left alone. He and two bodyguards - not buddies- went out for some masculine fun at the Saddle Ranch Chop House on Sunset Strip. They killed a few hours but nobody rode the mechanical bull.
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And while Victoria Beckham was rehearsing and dancing on tables on the Ugly Betty set, David Beckham was left to his own devices. He went out to dinner solo at the very masculine Mastro's Steakhouse and had everybody abuzz wondering where his wife was.
David Beckham, the man who has everything, may be suffering more than just sports related injuries. The UK papers are gleefully reporting that his once luxuriant hair is thinning. We can't decide whether it's just the short haircut or a genuine potential imperfection. If worse comes to worse, we're confident he'll be just as devastating with a shaved head.
There's one person who's not thrilled or impressed that David Beckham has come to LA to play soccer for the LA Galaxy team. Maybe you could describe Vinnie Jones as a rival of Beckham. Vinnie is a notorious UK soccer player who was famous for playing ROUGH and ended up a tough guy in the movies. Guy Ritchie cast him in "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" and an acting career was born. Vinnie, one of our personal favorites, has since moved to Hollywood and is fulfilling Beckham's dream of becoming an actor. Jones hasn't lost his edge - when the subject of Beckham's arrival came up, he snarled "Well, he's only coming to look after Posh's handbag, isn't he?"
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It's the casually dressed Beckhams, all right, but WHERE are they? It is the Museum Of Contemporary Art? They're not paying much attention to the sculpture towering over them. Are they soaking up some LA culture? Nope, they're doing one of the things they do best - SHOPPING - at the very pricey Maxfield store on Melrose Avenue.
We still wonder "What do these people (including Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony) have IN COMMON? Most groups of pals have something alike in background or interests, but this group led by Tom Cruise is still a mystery. Of course, they must all be scientologists or at the very least, scientology sympathizers, but we're still trying to figure what pulls them together intellectually. Anyway, Tom threw this huge party at LA's Museum of Contemporary Art, for Victoria and David Beckham and they even had red carpet arrivals. (Isn't that unusual for a private party?) We didn't think Tom had that many friends - many of the 600 guests were said to be clients and people related to CAA- David's reps. Another hundred were high ranking scientologists. We love that museum and hope they got a big donation.
The Rock & Republic jean company didn't realize what they started when they invited Victoria Beckham to design her VB line of denims for them. Posh finally found something she LOVED to do, and her design aspirations have multiplied. Her years with R&R were very successful, but now she's breaking away and starting her own fashion empire with David. The newly named DVB will start with jeans and clothing and quickly move into accessories like sunglasses, and even items for the home. There's no end to the possibilities. (Interesting how Jennifer Lopez has volunteered to try out styles to make sure Posh's jeans fit girls curvier than the designer.) Victoria and David are having a big party at Kitson to introduce their new collection this summer.
Victoria and David Beckham never disappoint us. Despite their personal problems, they remain style icons - the best dressed, coolest looking couple in the universe! They're stylishly rumpled and low key so they don't look like they're trying too hard. We never get tired of looking at these two.
