Okay, this one video has made me fall in love with David Beckham. He was recently on Craig Ferguson’s show, and he was so, so lovely. His voice didn’t even bug me! I think his voice seems to be getting deeper, honestly. He seemed very relaxed and sweet… sigh, he’s my lover now. First, here are some quotes where David is talking about how much he loves Queen Elizabeth! For. Real.

He is one of the most famous men in Britain and David Beckham has revealed that even the Queen takes an interest in his personal life. The footballer has told how Her Majesty asked after his wife Victoria when he met her at a state dinner in London last week.

Beckham, 36, was speaking to the Queen at the dinner attended by Barack Obama when she inquired about his pregnant wife. The footballer said: ‘Funnily enough she knew I was having a baby in six weeks. It shocked me that she knew. I love the Queen.’

The LA Galaxy player made the revelation during an appearance on a U.S. talk show hosted by Scottish-born comedian Craig Ferguson.

Beckham also spoke about Prince William and Harry and said: ‘We have seen them grow up into real men and go through so much in such a short space of time.’

The footballer also spoke about his love of tattoos, revealing that he would let his sons go under the needle when they had reached a certain age.

But he said he wouldn’t allow the daughter his wife Victoria, 37, is expecting later this summer to get a tattoo.

He said: ‘I’m not sure I would let her get tattoos but the boys I couldn’t really argue with.’

He added: ‘While I love them personally, I’m not sure they’re going to look great when I’m 75.’

[From The Mail]

He does say that he did not cry during the royal wedding, but it seems like he was getting a little bit choked up while talking about how much he likes “the boys” so maybe he did cry. Can I just say? I finally get it. I get why women drop like flies around him. I get why it’s so easy for him to screw around. The man melts panties. Here’s the video of the interview. Around 8:30 mark is when David starts talking about the dinner:

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Think about this – in a few month’s time, we could be seeing a scantily-clad Megan Fox draped over a bronzed, oily, half-naked David Beckham, all to promote Armani underwear. I have to admit, that sounds hot. And it’s close to happening too! It seems Victoria Beckham isn’t renewing her contract as the face (or “T&A”) of Armani. She’s starred in ads for Armani internationally for the past two years, mostly solo, but sometimes with her husband David. Posh gave her reason for quitting: that she wanted to “focus” on her clothing lines. At first I chuckled at that, because why turn down a fat modeling contract just to “focus” on your own clothing line? But then I read that Posh’s line is doing really well:

Just days after the release of Mrs Beckham’s Armani AW09 campaign, Victoria decided not to renew her yearly contract with Armani. She instead announced she will invest in her career as a fashion designer.

The launch of her latest collection at Net-a-porter.com was acclaimed by fashion editors all over the world. However, her true success came with some of her designs selling out within hours of going online.

With prices from £1200 to £1750 it surprised me how quickly it sold out. Last season the dresses sold out in the luxury department store, Selfridges within a day. There is no better barometer for a fashion designer than this.

[From The Fashion Time]

While I’m still unsure if dropping the contract was a wise move, I understand it if Posh really does want to devote more time to developing her brand. But something tells me Posh will be regretting her decision soon enough, if these most recent rumors are true. It seems that Armani might be interested in hiring Megan Fox to replace Posh. Imagine Megan Fox, oiled up and posing on top of David. Now imagine Posh’s head exploding:

Megan Fox is reportedly replacing Victoria Beckham as the new face of Armani. The “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” star is said to be the next spokesperson of the Emporio Armani underline line.

Beckham, who stars in the ads with husband David, allegedly will not renew her one-year contract with the brand and will instead concentrate on her own numerous fashion and beauty projects.

News of the World has quoted a source saying that Fox is “perfect” for the Italian brand.
Neither Beckham nor Fox confirmed the report.

[From AHN]

Last month there was a funny rumor that Angelina Jolie was about to sign on to represent Armani fragrances, jointly with David Beckham. Nothing ever came of that rumor, and David hilariously denied it by going off on a tangent, something about how amazing she is, saying: “She’s an amazing person and so is Brad. They’re an incredible couple — got an amazing family. You know she wouldn’t do it and I wouldn’t do it. At the end of the day, I wouldn’t do it because I’m married.” I think the gist is that Posh won’t let David model with anyone she thinks he would sleep with. So… that’s probably a “no” on the Megan Fox rumor.

Would you take relationship advice from Tom Cruise? Just ignore Xenu and the Crazy for a second, and just look at Tom as a man. Two divorces, married to his third wife who is 17 years younger than him, and who doesn’t even want him around while she’s working. Do you take relationship advice from that guy? You do if you’re David and Victoria Beckham. It seems Tom is hellbent on being the third wheel in the Beckham’s marriage while he and Katie are on different continents. Tom has taken it upon himself to tell Posh that she better get her house in order, and follow Becks wherever he goes, or their marriage will be in trouble. Because Tom is following the same advice…?

TOM CRUISE has become a self-appointed “relationship guru” to his good friends David and Victoria Beckham. The Hollywood actor, who is himself in a happy marriage with actress Katie Holmes, has been counselling Posh and Becks on how best to stay happy while juggling diverging careers, we hear.

A friend revealed that Tom’s pep talk has since had a “profound effect” on Victoria, 35, who is looking to make things easier for David during this tough time in his career.

“After an evening with David, Tom decided to have a friendly chat with Victoria about the family’s future, saying it was because he cared so much about all of them,” revealed a source.

“They love each other dearly but Tom is a big believer in talking about issues . He could see they were both worried about the future and what it might hold.”

The Mission Impossible actor is understood to be concerned that the former Spice Girl – who runs a successful fashion empire from her home in the US – will want to stay in Los Angeles while her husband, 35, heads back to Europe.

“He talked to her about David ageing, his football career, the pressures of disgruntled fans, his loneliness when away from the family and how time apart is how marriages can fall apart,” adds the source.

“Victoria knows that Tom has a point because she saw how their recent trip to the Seychelles really improved their relationship. It seems his heart to heart made a huge impact on her.”

[From The Daily Express]

If I were Posh, I would be screaming “Get off my husband, Tiny Tom!” You know, because Tom is all over the Golden Balls. But Posh isn’t me, and I could see how she would listen to Tom’s advice. And honestly, the advice isn’t that horrible. Yes, it’s not really feminist to think that a woman has to drop her career plans so that she can fully support her husband, but sh-t happens. Posh and Becks have been together ten years, and I’m sure there’s lots of compromises on both sides. But no matter what, Becks still isn’t going to let Tom have what he really wants – to be up close and personal with the Golden Balls.

Here’s Tom Cruise, Victoria Beckham, and Connor and Isabella Cruise watching David Beckham play for LA Galaxy on 7/19/09. Credit: WENN.com

David and Victoria Beckham recently celebrated their tenth anniversary – a wonderful achievement facilitated by several compromises within their marriage. Posh and Becks have a mutually beneficial relationship, all about celebrity and money and fame. But at the heart of it, I do think they love each other and they obviously adore their sons. Still, after ten years together, I tend to think Posh has to put up with a lot from Becks. She has to put up with Tom Cruise constantly ogling her husband, for one thing. She also has to put up with Becks ogling everything in a skirt. Unfortunately for Posh, those two compromises came to a head on Sunday night, when she, Becks and Tom Cruise went out to a bar after David played a home game in L.A.:

What did David Beckham do after being booed at his first home game with the Los Angeles Galaxy Sunday? He partied with wife Victoria and celeb pal Tom Cruise at L.A.’s swanky hotspot Hyde –and when Posh got snooty, Becks grabbed some booty.

Seriously!

Our spies tell RadarOnline.com exclusively that Tom and the Beckham’s settled into a cozy table right near the entrance to Hyde after the game. Katie (aka Mrs. Tom Cruise) was nowhere to be seen. Guess she was at home doing mommy duty with Suri.

The ever-so-chic Victoria sat cross-legged on the couch the entire time while Tom and David rekindled their bromance and partied like frat boys. Our spies it was all fun-fun-fun until three girls wearing very skimpy dresses (and apparently feeling no pain) approached the soccer stud and asked to take pictures with him.

Posh looked peeved, but before she could shoo the trampy trio away, David blurted out “sure!” and grabbed two of the ladies and put his buff arms around them. Sources tell us the girls tumbled over Victoria in excitement and she came very, very angry!

Our spies say David was overly flirtatious with the girls, even grabbing the camera and taking photos of them as they pawed at each other for David’s benefit, no doubt. That set Victoria over the edge! She moved to the other side of the couch and gave her hottie husband the cold shoulder.

Our spies say she wouldn’t even look at him! David didn’t seem to notice, or even care. He and Cruise then grabbed a body guard and pushed their way through the packed crowd to get to the bar to get some more cocktails. Our sources say that’s when Becks grabbed a girl’s behind! The girl looked at him in shock, but he kept walking.

Tom and David drank away, while Tom boogied down to Jackson 5 songs. It was definitely a boys’ night out. Victoria must have felt like a third wheel!

[From Radar]

So Posh could handle it when Tom Cruise was all over her husband, but she couldn’t handle it when her husband was all over some random drunk chicks. I can understand that. But do you think Tom was upset that David was ignoring him in favor of flirtations with random drunk girls? And where is Katie Holmes when all of this went down? Oh, right. She’s in Australia filming a movie and taking care of Suri, all on her own. Meanwhile her husband is having a “boys night” with David and Victoria “Not Involved With Boy‘s Night” Beckham. Here’s a question for all the married ladies out there – what would you do if Tom Cruise was all over your husband? Would you just take it as a compliment and ignore it? Or would it bother you?

Tom Cruise, Victoria Beckham, Connor and Isabella Cruise are shown watching David Beckham play for LA Galaxy on 7/19/09. Credit: WENN.com

Last week we reported on the rumor that Angelina Jolie and David Beckham might be teaming up for ads to promote the new Armani fragrance. It seemed too good to be true (and too funny to be true), but the rumor had a lot of life in it. Finally, some enterprising Extra reporter (story via OK!) accosted David Beckham and asked him flat-out if he and Angelina were going to be oiled up in Armani underpants for some hot, greasy fragrance-sellin’. And that’s where I kind of lost the thread of this story. David Beckham seems to want to flat-out deny the rumor, but then hedges a little with “I don’t think that’s true.” Hm… okay. Then Becks totally goes off about his marriage and Angelina and Brad. Read this and tell me if Becks is talking about Armani advertisements or a sexy affair

David Beckham is no stranger to stripping down to his skivvies for Emporio Armani underwear ads — he even posed in some hot spots with wife Victoria Beckham — but the sexy soccer stud denies the rumors that he’s set to star in new ads with Angelina Jolie.

“I don’t think that’s true,” David tells Extra. “I definitely don’t think that’s true. Think it’s something put out in the press.”

Even if the opportunity arose to appear with Angie, Becks says it would be a no-go.

“She’s an amazing person and so is Brad. They’re an incredible couple — got an amazing family. You know she wouldn’t do it and I wouldn’t do it. At the end of the day, I wouldn’t do it because I’m married.”

[From OK! Magazine]

“You know she wouldn’t do it and I wouldn’t do it. At the end of the day, I wouldn’t do it because I’m married.” Uh… so are we still talking about Armani fragrances then? Or is Becks just riffing on how Posh wouldn’t let him get within ten feet of Angelina’s vagina? It’s not like Angie’s vadge is a Venus flytrap, Becks. She could conceivably shoot an ad with him and they could end up not having sex. Shocking, I know. Am I reading too much into this, or was Beckham’s answer really funny?

Angelina is shown on 1/8/09. David Beckham is shown on 4/26/09. Credit: PRPhotos

David Beckham and Tom Cruise have a bromance for the ages. It’s almost as if they’re trying to compete with The Bromance of the Century, Brad Pitt and George Clooney (or “Pooney” as I like to call them). So Beckham and Cruise (“Buise”? Or “Crukham”?) have known each other since 2003. Since they first met, they’ve totally been BFF, according to a new book about Beckham.

With Cruise’s encouragement, Beckham joined CAA (Creative Artists Agency), got the same PR firm as Cruise, were introduced to all of Tom’s Hollywood friends, and even named his son “Cruz” as a play on his bromance-buddy’s name. The only love Tom and David haven’t shared – except for, you know, that love - is the love of Xenu. Becks claims that Tom has never tried to force Xenu on him, and that Tom gets that Posh and Becks have got “their own” faith.

David Beckham and Tom Cruise are going to be besties for life.

In “The Beckham Experiment,” Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl devotes nearly an entire chapter to the bromance between the soccer stud and A-list actor. To hear Becks tell it, Cruise has influenced every major decision he has made since the two met in 2003.

Both David and his wife, Victoria, who celebrated their 10th anniversary on Saturday, shared the “Mission: Impossible” actor’s rep, CAA, and at Cruise’s urging, also hired his L.A.-based PR firm, Rogers & Cowan.

When the couple relocated to L.A., they moved – where else? – just five minutes from Cruise’s home with Katie Holmes on San Ysidro Drive in Beverly Hills. TomKat even hosted the Beckhams’ “Welcome to L.A.” party, with Cruise making the haul from Germany, where he had been filming “Valkyrie.”

In addition, Beckham says he talks to his best mate most days of the week and takes his advice on nearly everything. Tom was influential in Becks’ decision to take a job with the L.A. Galaxy. He also recommended Beckham’s physical therapist and introduced him to another superstar pal, Will Smith.

The Cruise/Beckham families have hung out at Tom’s home in Telluride, Colo., spent Thanksgiving together in NYC and drank loads of wine in Napa while celebrating Victoria’s 34th birthday last year.

Cruise even influenced Beckham’s decision in naming his third son, Cruz.

“I must admit, when [Victoria and I] met Tom, I remember turning around to Victoria and saying, ‘Cruise is a great name, but we could spell it different,’” Beckham told Wahl for the book, due from Crown Publishing on Tuesday. “And also, living in Spain, Cruz is spelled the way it is in Spanish. So that’s why we got it.”

One thing the brothers from another mother don’t share, however, is a love of Scientology. Beckham is adamant that he has no interest in his pal’s faith. “It’s something I respect, because Tom’s explained to me and Victoria what it’s all about. But he’s never turned around and said, ‘That is what you should be doing,’ because he would never do that. He and Katie have their beliefs … but me and Victoria have also got our own.”

[From Gatecrasher]

Posh and Becks are Catholic, right? Ah, that’s the same problem Tom had with Nicole Kidman, her Catholic faith. Katie Holmes was raised a Catholic too, but it looks like the barley water took, and Katie has been properly zombified by Xenu. The Pope is like the official Xenu-crusher, but there’s hope yet! So, which do you think Tom Cruise would rather: convert Becks to Scientology, or convert Becks to the love that dare not speaks its name? I joke, I joke. I actually like the Becks-Cruise bromance, it’s cute. They seem more invested in one another than Pooney.

Tom Cruise and David Beckham are shown out on 11/25/08. Credit: WENN.com

To promote the newest ad campaign for Armani underwear, David Beckham sat down with the UK’s Sunday People, and talked about his family. David and Victoria have famously weathered many storms in their marriage, and they honestly seem pretty strong right now. They seem look good parents to their three sons – Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruise, ages 10, 6 and 4 respectively. Now David Beckham seems to be putting some public pressure on Posh to give him a daughter, telling People “I want a little girl.” He also says that he thinks Posh always looks amazing. Interesting.

David Beckham is desperate to have baby No4 with wife Victoria and admits: “I want a little girl.”

Becks, 34, spoke to The People about his baby plans last week as he launched his new trendy underwear range.

The dad of three sons – Brooklyn, 10, Romeo, six and Cruise, four – said: “I really want more kids and I hope it happens soon. I want a little girl. That would be amazing.”

The England and LA Galaxy star turned up at London’s Selfridges store last Thursday with Posh, 35, who looked sensational in a see-through sheer black top.

Fascinating David – who played in England’s 6-0 thrashing of Andora last week at Wembley – said: “My wife looks just amazing. She always does. Whenever she tries something new she manages to pull it off.”

Chaos hit Oxford Street, the capital’s busiest shopping strip as Becks turned up for the unveiling of an enormous poster showing him promoting his new Armani pants range.

Becks also gave his verdict on Cristiano Ronaldo’s astonishing £80 million move to Real Madrid. The superstar who made the same switch from Manchester United six years ago said: “I think Ronaldo will love it in Madrid, especially the shopping.

“Madrid is a fascinating city, with so many things to do there. And the nightlife is pretty good too.”

[From UK’s Sunday People]

I’d imagine that it’s the fantasy of many women to have David Beckham talking about how much he wants to get you pregnant. I’d also bet that it probably gets Posh hot – but I still doubt she’s going to get pregnant again. I think Posh decided she was done with having babies, after giving David three beautiful, healthy sons. Still, how cute with a little Beckham girl be? Posh has to pass on all of those exquisite purses to someone, you know. If not a daughter, it will probably be a daughter-in-law. I would totally date a Beckham boy for access to those purses.

David Beckham is shown at Selfridges promoting his new underwear with Armani on 6/11/09. Credit: WENN.com

The Beckhams moved into a $22 million Los Angeles home in 2007 when David played for the L.A. Galaxy. Now that they are moving to Italy (with David paying off the rest of his Galaxy salary out-of-pocket), they’re looking to sell their home. Even with the housing market the way it is, they have found a potential buyer in the Cruises, who live right down the street. Tom and Katie would use the home as a guest house for visitors.

Now that Becks will be “Bending It” in Italy more often than ever, the dashing soccer ace and his fashionista wife, Victoria, are looking forward to unloading their expansive Beverly Hills estate–and despite the housing crunch, they’ve already attracted a pair of interested owners, their old pals TomKat.

The British couple purchased the home for $22 million in 2007 after moving Stateside for a multimillion dollar deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

According to Star, Tom and Katie, who live around the corner from the Beckhams, hope to use the property as a guesthouse if they are able reach a deal with the Beckhams.

“They would use the place for visitors, but they don’t want to spend much more than $15 million.”

[From PopCrunch]

A $22 million guest house seems excessive, but this is Tom Cruise we’re talking about – he constantly needs to prove to the world that he is better than everyone else. This is probably the same reason there is so much press about the Cruises’ relationship with the Beckhams. The combined star power is, in Tom’s mind, worth the trouble. Between the four of them, they probably have about half a brain somewhere. David has even confessed that he has trouble helping his 6-year-old son with his math homework. As for the guest house, Katie will probably use it as an escape when the stress of Scientology gets too great.

Here’s the Beckham and Cruise families (sans Tom) taking a stroll in Central Park this past Thanksgiving. Images thanks to Fame.com.

The Beckhams might be leaving America. It’s so sad. Just when I was getting used to seeing Posh in her sky-high heels and mini-skirts as she went grocery shopping, she leaves me. Just when I was developing a fondness for Brooklyn and the other two cute little boys, they’re ripped away from me by Italy. It’s like The Great War, I tell you.

So, David Beckham really wants to go back to Europe for some reason. He got to play for AC Milan for several months, and Milan wants Becks to stay. It was up in the air at first as to whether Posh would even join David in Milan, but she came along with the boys, and she seems to be enjoying Italy. Maybe it’s all the leather? OK! magazine says that David’s fate will be decided tomorrow, when LA Galaxy determines whether they will let him out of his contract.

We’ll know by tomorrow whether the Beckham family are sticking around in the US or retreating to Europe early.

Beckham wants to stay in Italy, where he has been on loan from LA Galaxy over the winter — and the Italian team wants to keep him permanently.

But his US team — who, in 2007, agreed to pay him $150m to stay for five years — haven’t yet said whether they’ll let him go.

Bosses of Major League Soccer don’t want negotiations to drag on — so they’ve said that Galaxy and Milan have to reach an agreement about his future no later than Friday, or the league won’t approve the deal.

According to ESPN, the league’s commissioner, Don Garber, said: “[AC Milan] needs to understand that this is getting very close to the start of our season.”

“We have plans that we need to make if David Beckham is part of those plans.”

From OK! Magazine

What hurts more is that the Beckhams lied to America. They claimed they’d never leave! At least, they would never leave until Victoria conquered the American media by appearing on the cover of American Vogue. Alas, Anna Wintour does not care for Posh. Boo, Anna Wintour! Who else wears those get-ups to the park? Give her a cover!

I’m half-joking, of course. I do enjoy seeing pictures of the Beckhams and reading some gossip about them, but I’m not loonie for them. Still, it’s got to hurt both David and Victoria that they’re most likely leaving America without having conquered it. David wanted to bring American soccer to a whole new level – which was met a “meh”. Posh wants to be as famous as all the other Hollywood celebrities, but the media just didn’t embrace her. So sad. They shall be missed.

David Beckham is shown on 2/8/09 in a match for AC Milan v Reggina in Milan and training on 2/10/09 in Seville, Spain. Victoria Beckham is shown on 2/7/09 outside a hotel in London. Credit: WENN

They’re not vials of blood, but on a much more Beckham level, David and Victoria wear their love around their necks in as much of a spiritual way as the infamous Jolie-Thorntons did. Planning to spend a few months apart when David goes to Italy for work, the still-in-love Beckhams traded necklaces with “magical” meaning to signify their commitment while separated.

Victoria said: “The energy they emit is incredibly powerful. These pieces act as talismans of love, healing and protection.”

The Japanese necklaces – which are made of gold and silver – were gifts to each other to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary in July next year.

They feature a pendant representing Archangel Raphael, who is widely considered to be the most powerful and loving angel in Heaven. The name Raphael means ‘God has healed’.

Victoria added to Vogue magazine: “They were hand carved by a master carver in Japan, who spends most days in meditation before working.”

[From Female First]

The Beckhams are somewhat of an enigma. At first glance they seem superficial and phony, and in some ways they probably are. But when you look a little closer at their relationship, marriage and parenting, you see something that is deeper than the couple’s image make them appear capable of. Rumored to have weathered infidelity and come out the other side united, Posh and Becks have been married for nearly ten years and are clearly still hot for each other.

Beautiful, in love and with three well-adjusted kids and dual Armani underwear contracts. Who could ask for anything more in life?

Victoria Beckham is shown at the airport in London on 11/4/08 in what’s being described as her “Rhythm Nation” outfit. She is also shown in the header with David at LAX airport on 10/18/08. Credit: Bauergriffinonline