David Beckham’s underwear sure is getting a lot of attention. Or rather, what’s inside his underwear. Macy’s put up a giant billboard of Beckham posing in nothing but Emporio Armani underwear outside their San Francisco store. I haven’t been able to find any reports directly linking the ad to what I’m assuming must be an increase in car accidents in the area… but I’m sure in a few weeks someone will notice a trend.

David blogged on his website about the experience, and all the attention the ad has garnered.

Well I’m sure you’ve seen the pictures but last week I went to San Francisco to see the unveiling of the new Emporio Armani campaign I shot a while back. To be honest I was amazed by the huge billboard poster outside Macy’s department store, but even more amazed by the amount of people who turned up to see it! I’m always surprised by the amount of attention certain things create, but the attention this campaign has created is pretty incredible. It was great to meet some of the people who’d come out especially though, I’ve always wanted to visit San Francisco, so it was a great to finally get there…

[From David Beckhams’s Blog via Us Weekly]

It is indeed a huge billboard. Though I don’t think that’s the hugeness most people are talking about. While the size of the billboard is impressive, I think the “amount of attention certain things have created” is more due to the certain thing he’s sporting beneath his underpants. Okay I really will stop now. Giggle. There were rumors that Becks was digitally enhanced, but I’m going to assume no Photoshop experts got within a hundred feet of that photo. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m packing my bags for San Francisco.

Here’s a video of a woman freaking out at the stripper-like unveiling of David Beckham’s billboard. There really is a complete loss of dignity here, which makes me really happy. Video thanks to YouTube.

More hot ads of David Beckham in Armani underwear have been released. The first set of ads, significantly increased sales of Armani underwear, with Selfridges, a British department store, reporting a 50% rise in sales of white Armani briefs.

Many people were impressed yet skeptical of the size of Beckham’s package in the first ad and questioned whether it was Photoshopped. David’s pin thin wife Victoria hit back at claims that her husband’s undercarriage was digitally enhanced for the ad. She said “I’m proud I still have a really good sex life with David. He is very much in proportion. He does have a huge one, though. He does. You can see it in the advert. It is all his. It is like a tractor exhaust pipe!”

These latest ads also include a shot of Beckham’s manhood at its best angle. Exhaust pipes need to be horizontal to best be appreciated.

England didn’t qualify for the European Football Championship, which has its semifinals in Europe now and is huge news over here. (Germany just beat Portugal in an upset. People are honking their horns after the victory and many are driving around with flags on their cars.) Armani surely timed these ads to coincide with soccer/football mania in Europe. Even if England can’t join in on the fun, the former captain of the English National Team can still strut his half-naked stuff. If you think Beckham is hot, you should see the rest of these soccer players whip off their shirts. This is what men look like when they chase a ball for a living.

US Weekly notes that the ad with Beckham standing up first debuted on Wednesday “on a giant mural facing Macy’s in San Francisco.”

Thanks to Splash News for these photos.

Actor Mark Wahlberg, 37, is expecting his third child with his fiancé, model Rhea Durham. He calls Durham his “future wife,” and says their two children, Ella, 4, and Michael, 2, are “darlings… for the most part.” Wahlberg has a foundation for inner city at-risk youth, and he says his “biggest fear” is failing the people that depend on him. “My fear is failing as a father, as a friend, as a son. I have a lot of responsibility and a lot of people counting on me. And I know God has put me in this position to put back and try to create some opportunities for some others, show kids there is another way.” Now, he claims, he feels “like I have a real purpose.”

Wahlberg is also quoted by a questionable source as saying that his neighbors, the Beckhams, make his life difficult with all the paparazzi that are constantly trailing them and spilling over onto his property. He supposedly said they should go back to Britain, but that they don’t want them there, either:

He told the Daily Star: “That f***er lives down the road from me, man! He has to go back to the UK, because he has the paparazzi all over my house. The two of them have paparazzi everywhere.”

He added: “I was in the UK for the last week and they don’t want him back there. They said, ‘Keep him over there!’”

[From Digital Spy via Gossip Rocks]

It’s possible this quote is completely fabricated, or he may have said it jokingly to a paparazzo in the neighborhood and it got repeated out of context. You can see Mark getting pissed off like this at his family’s privacy being invaded because of the more high-profile Beckhams down the street. It doesn’t seem likely that he’d say this on the record, though.

Mark Wahlberg is starring in M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller The Happening with Zoe Deschanel. It is out in the US on Friday, and he is shown at the premiere last night, thanks to WENN.

There are many people I suspect have a hard life. People who have lost their homes to fire, parents with children suffering from cancer, but none of them seem to suffer quite as much as Victoria Beckham. As she tells the latest issue of Vogue, it’s tough living in high heels and owning purses worth enough to feed a family for a year:

Victoria also denies crash-dieting to maintain her weight in the Vogue interview.

“I would never put my health at risk,” she told Vogue.

“Obviously working out is important. Well, I don’t.

“I have joined a gym but I can’t bring myself to start.

“What do you wear on the running machine? I can’t bring myself to wear flat shoes.”

She also discusses her pain at the damage her children did to “a lilac crocodile Hermes handbag” her husband bought her for Christmas.

“I put the bag on the table - he got it specially made - and one of the kids knocked a candle and the wax went sploosh, all over it,” the Press Association reported.

“And honestly, I nearly cried.”

Sydney Morning Herald

Yes, life is hard for the former Posh Spice. It must suck to have your ultra-rare insanely expensive handbag get wax on it. Not like the rest of us, when our kids spill wax on our $39.99 bag from Target we still have to wipe it off and carry it around.

Victoria must have been having a sad day, we all have them, and couldn’t think of anything obvious to whinge about. There are things in Victoria’s life I think would be hard. Her husband travels a great deal of the year and missed her son’s birthday party. Or that she’s living in a country away from her family. Or any other number of things that we might be able to relate to, but spilling some wax on an ultra expensive hangbag is not something I can relate to. She should just be happy her kid didn’t set the house on fire – children and candles do not mix.

I can relate to the fact that she doesn’t want to go to the gym, the thing in this interview she was kidding about, because she’s worried about looking stupid on the running machine. I feel like an idiot at the gym so I stay home. I suspect that Posh and Becks could probably afford a home gym, where she wouldn’t have to worry about being photographed or watched, and could wear her high heels without concern if she liked. Pick some wedges for the treadmill, not stilletto heels.

Note by Celebitchy: The custom made crocodile Birkin that Posh’s son ruined was probably worth at least $10,000. Similar crocodile Birkin bags went at auction in 2005 for upwards of $10k. Birkin crocodile bags with diamonds can go for 60k and up. You can understand how that would suck for someone, even though my entire wardrobe is worth a small fraction of that. Relative to Posh’s wardrobe, 10k is not a whole lot.

Picture of Victoria Beckham from Vogue found on The Daily Mail.

David and Victoria Beckham’s son Brooklyn turned nine yesterday, and celebrated in grand style. His dad was away with his soccer team the L.A. Galaxy, but Posh Spice managed to do a pretty good job wrangling 25 kids and their parents. The whole event sounded fun but not ridiculously over the top, a la Dannielynn Birkhead’s rediculously lavish first birthday that even featured a giant hot air balloon shaped like a birthday cake. Brooklyn’s birthday took place at the Century City mall and started with dinner at Pink Taco. Though there were certainly some celebrities in attendance, the whole thing sounds pretty normal – at least for something put together by Posh.

David and Victoria Beckham’s oldest son celebrated his big day Tuesday at Century City Mall’s Pink Taco restaurant with his mom, brothers and 25 friends – not to mention Heidi Klum and Eva Longoria Parker. And apparently little brother Cruz, 3 (who attended the party in a Batman costume), isn’t the only Beckham with an interest in break dancing. After catching a movie at the mall, Brooklyn and his pals were entertained by a team of dancers busting hip-hop moves.

As his crew – including brothers Cruz and Romeo, 5 – gathered around, Brooklyn blew out the candles on a Cold Stone Creamery ice-cream cake (decorated to match the break-dancing theme), while his mom snapped photos on her digital camera.

[From People]

What, no 25 foot tall inflatable break dancer? Are celebs even ALLOWED to do that? With the exception of the team of dancers, everything else sounds like a pretty normal birthday party. I would think in Posh-land, it was downright sedate. People notes that Heidi Klum’s 3-year-old daughter Leni pooped out first around 8 p.m. and the entire event wrapped up by 8:30. Though dad David Beckham couldn’t be there for the big event, Us Weekly noted that some fans rolled out a “Happy Birthday Brooklyn” banner at the Galaxy’s game in Shanghi. Not a bad way to turn nine.

Note by Celebitchy: Little Cruz Beckham, three, wore a Batman costume to the festivities.

David Beckham is apparently the new Michael Jackson. Don’t worry, his nose is fine, and he hasn’t done anything illegal with minors. But he has caused a screaming, fainting, police-restraining frenzy a la Michael Jackson in 1984. Beckham went to visit leukemia patients at Shanghai’s Xinhua Hospital, where all sorts of mass chaos ensued. After bystanders charged the hospital, police actually had to seal off several of the hospital’s entrances and refuse people admission. David Beckham seems like a great guy, but damn. That’s pretty hardcore.

Hundreds of fans, staff, the media and curious bystanders converged upon the hospital, prompting police to close off access to a wing of Xinhua Hospital, an AFP reporter witnessed. No-one was allowed to enter or leave the wing for several hours.

One woman screamed hysterically as angry police refused to allow her inside, and organizers were forced to cancel a donation ceremony scheduled to take place outside the hospital.

“I want to see a doctor,” she said as she tried to fight her way in.

Beckham is in Shanghai with his US club, LA Galaxy, for an exhibition match against a Shanghai-Hong Kong team on Wednesday.

Police struggled to clear people away from the ward’s main entrance, holding up Beckham’s car for at least 15 minutes.

[From Yahoo! News]

That is some serious Beckham love right there. No word on if anyone ripped off clothing or threw panties in David’s general direction. Yahoo points out that David Beckham is VERY popular in Asia, where he drew huge crowds during the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. His name is even used (without his permission) to promote a brand of Chinese condoms – which has become a bestseller. Nothing says “National Obsession” quite like getting your name on a condom. Why Brad Pitt doesn’t have a line out for Trojan here makes no sense to me. The L.A. Galaxy soccer team is in Shanghai on a three-city tour of Asia. They lost to FC Seoul on Saturday, and will play in Hong Kong against a South China side on March 9.

Here’s David visiting sick children at Xinhua Hospital yesterday – along with the huge crowd of fans. Images thanks to WENN.

It seems that once people came to grips with David Beckham’s billboard bulge - or gave gripping it some thought - they noticed something else besides the bulge: his personal grooming habits. Becks had what is called a Boyzillian, the male equivalent of the brazillian bikini wax. Otherwise known as the classic back, crack and sack. Google this if you’re still unsure, I’m not sure I can explain it without being gross.

Becks had some smooth thighs and a distinctive lack of hair in those ads, and it seems that he’s started another must-have hair craze.

Kim Lawless, who calls herself the Wax Queen, runs the Brazilia Waxing Studio in Upminster, east London, and specialises in intimate waxing for both sexes. “But most of my clients are men,” she said, adding that most of them were straight. “They come from every walk of life and profession - accountants, stockbrokers, teachers, boxers, models - but I’ve noticed that a lot of my clients are in the building trade.”

Business is booming. “A year ago I was doing three men a week. Now I am doing three men a day,” she said. “I don’t know why it has suddenly become more popular, but when people come in they do mention David Beckham. Now that celebrities like him are open about waxing, it makes other men feel more comfortable about it.”

Guardian

Before you decide that a little manscaping is a good idea, let me warn you. It really, really does hurt. Friends of mine claim it hurts more than getting a tattoo (although it is over with quicker) and a few claim it hurts worse than childbirth. In the interests of research I’ll be sending my husband to confirm this for me.

What makes my mind boggle is not the fact that people follow celebrity fashion trends, but who would even notice David’s public hair, or lack of it? That didn’t seem to be the dominant feature in the poster.

In the article, beautician Amanda says that while the women scream a lot more than men, she thinks that might just be a case of ‘male bravado’. I can’t get over the fact that anyone would pursue a beauty treatment that involves screaming. And pay between £40 and £60 for the privilege.

Gwen Stefani is just as sweet as pie, her baby Kingston is so cute, and so is her husband Gavin Rossdale, and her album is one of the biggest sellers on iTunes. She seems to have it all. So it’s great that she’s sharing it all by starting a scholarship fund for students who have lost their homes or jobs in wildfires.

Pop singer Gwen Stefani has donated $US166,000 from her local concert to provide scholarships for students who lost their homes in San Diego’s recent wildfires.

Proceeds from her October 30 concert in San Diego went to The San Diego Foundation’s fire relief fund.

“When I heard about the devastation of the fires, at first I felt I should cancel my show out of respect. But then it occurred to me there might be a more useful solution,” the 38-year-old singer said in a recent statement.

Sydney Morning Herald

$166,000 from one concert performance? Wow.

This is a really good way to spend your money Gwen. I know that students that have lost their houses might like more basic essentials, like a bed or food, but missing out on going to college would be absolutely devastating. You’d feel like you couldn’t move forward from the tragedy of losing your home or job and would probably spiral into depression.

Other celebrities to help out after the October fires include Linkin Park who organised a celebrity momento auction on eBay, and L.A. Galaxy soccer club (featuring David Beckham) organised an exhibition game against Hollywood United F.C.

In other Gwen news, hubby Gavin Rossdale has come out and said that little Kingston is his “greatest triumph”, and that he and Gwen aren’t too bothered by paprazzi.

Rossdale and Stefani, 38, have been able to maintain a relatively normal family life without shying away from the spotlight. “If we were going to be followed by paparazzi, it doesn’t mean we would leave him home … we don’t take life too seriously,” he says. Adding, in response to a question about giving Kingston a sibling, “We’ll see what happens.”

People

This isn’t the first time that Gwen and Gavin have said they plan on having more children, in August Gwen told InStyle magazine that she “can’t wait to get pregnant again.”

Picture note by Celebitchy: Gwen and Gavin are shown at the Juicy Couture store opening in Beverly Hills on 11/7/07, thanks to Splash News.

David Beckham recently came down and played a game of soccer in New Zealand, met some Maori and ate out. Now it seems that the tablescraps from his fast food jaunts are worth more than a fresh burger. A lot more.

Soccer superstar David Beckham’s backwash is a hot commodity, with memorabilia hunters in New Zealand bidding up to $5000 for a partly drunk Coke bottle.

One seller is offering for sale a Coke bottle from which the soccer star allegedly drank during his recent visit to the country.

In an effort to attract bids, the seller notes on the Trademe online auction site that the bottle is still one quarter full.

“Mostly backwash I would imagine,” the seller says in answer to a query.

The bottle - which has attracted one bid of $5000 - is said to have been left on a table by Beckham after he ate at a fast-food restaurant in Wellington.

The seller said buyers are welcome to do a DNA test to prove the authenticity of the product, but also provides a picture of themselves with Beckham.

Melbourne Herald Sun

Ew, gross. The report of a $5,000 offer is greatly exaggerated, since if you view the listing it’s at $50 with no offers at all. Are you a true Beckham fan, because buying a bottle of backwashed, warm Coke would have to be the ultimate proof.

Becks also ate fried chicken, coleslaw and corn at a fast food joint in Wellington, and the cutlery and scraps were also put up for auction. I’m guessing that fried chicken is rarely on teh menu when posh is doing teh cooking. Or instructing someone else to do the cooking. She doesn’t strike me as the baking type.

Beckham played while in New Zealand with a broken rib. What, you can play a demonstration match with a broken rib but you can’t play out your multimillion dollar Galaxy contract with just a sore knee?

Beck’s left New Zealand and caught the first Spice Girls concert, and gave the girls a gift that should make them very, very happy.

We’re used to David Beckham splashing out on presents for his other half.

But Becks surprised his wife and the rest of the Spice Girls when he bought £50,000 of stunning diamond-encrusted bracelets for them all.

Posh told us: “He knows I’m really nervous about him seeing me back on stage, so he bought us all these bracelets for good luck. It’s like the old days. David spent a lot of time around the girls when we first got together - it’s as though he married all of us. He’s the original Spice Boy.”

Mirror

A diamond bracelet? For each of them? That is pretty generous, when most people go on holiday all you get is a t-shirt, or a keyring.

Picture note by Celebitchy David Beckham is shown at his youth soccer clinic on 8/17/07, thanks to PRPhotos.

People magazine has released their annual best dressed list, ahead of the best dressed issue of their magazine. Then again, with a stylist in tow it’s easy to gain best dressed kudos, so the worst dressed is probably more interesting! I wish that list was longer.

Best Dressed 2007

Beyoncé Knowles – The Showstopper
Cameron Diaz – The Legs
Katie Holmes – The Classic
Penélope Cruz - The Continental
Jessica Biel – The All-American
Drew Barrymore – The Chameleon
Jennifer Lopez – The Glamour Girl
Reese Witherspoon – The Celeb Next Door
Gwen Stefani – The Trendsetter
Ali Larter – The Newcomer

Best Dressed Men

David Beckham
George Clooney
Johnny Depp
Terrence Howard
Brad Pitt

Best Dressed Couples

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Gabriel Aubry & Halle Berry
Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale
Tony Parker & Eva Longoria

World’s Worst Dresser

Eva Green

Most Shocking Fashion Moments

Britney Spears shaves her head
Sanjaya Malakar’s faux-hawk
Kidnapped British sailors in oversized Iranian suits
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s cleavage
Naomi Campbell’s dress-up for community service
Paris Hilton’s get-out-of-jail get-up

Just Plain Wrong

Sienna Miller in black tights
Avril Lavigne’s combat boots & pink frilly dress

New York Daily News

Why have best dressed men lists? Even the most stylish man just tends to walk around in either a tuxedo or a t-shirt. There’s not much complicated about men’s dressing, why not have best punk rocker style for say, Pete Wentz? Or Best male use of make up, which would probably also be won by Pete Wentz.

I’m also confused about the criteria: Avril Lavinge’s lace dress and combat boots is a style no-no, but Lily Allen’s signature look is a dress and hi-top sneakers (Lily is mentioned in a British best dressed section of the magazine). Aren’t these just different versions of the same look? And none of the women on the best dressed list are cleavage shy, but it’s not okay for Hilary Clinton to show off her assets?

World’s Worst Dresser Eva Green is shown at the Casino Royale world premiere on 11/14/06 and the BAFTA awards on 2/11/07. (PRPhotos)

World’s Best Dressed Woman Beyonce Knowles is shown at the VMAs, at the opening of Jay-Z’s 40-40 club in Vegas on 9/6/07 and at the launch of Emporio Armani Diamonds Fragrance on 8/16/07. (PRPhotos)

Just Plain Wrong Sienna Miller in black tights at the Factory Girl UK premiere on 3/13/07 and at the 2006 Costume Institute Gala on 5/1/06. (PRPhotos)

Just Plain Wrong Avril Lavigne in a pink dress with combat boots at her CD release party in April. (via Faded Youth)