PETA slams Victoria Beckham for using crocodile leather

September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria Parker has said close friend Victoria Beckham is her role model and she aspires to be like her. The actress became close friends with the former Spice Girl when Victoria and her football star husband David moved to Los Angeles in 2007 with their three children.

September 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has awarded biscuit maker Parle Products and ad agency Everest Brand Solutions for making a mint ad that highlights the plight of animals who are incarcerated at zoos. The animal rights organisation has commended the two companies for the "Xhale Mint" commercial, with a Glitterbox Award - given every year by PETA for exceptional animal friendly advertisements.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - English football star David Beckham wants his wife Victoria to leave Los Angeles and return with him to Britain. Dailystar.co.uk reports that David is trying to convince her by building a very expensive fashion wing at their home so that she can work privately on her fashion designs.

August 29th, 2009 LONDON - It seems Victoria Beckham is turning a cheerleader, for she was recently spotted shopping in Los Angeles for a cheerleader outfit, complete with pompoms. Apparently, the former Spice Girl became interested in the outfit after her hubby David Beckham was famously snapped on two separate occasions in April last year, having a cheeky squint at the lycra-clad lasses who parade at LA Lakers basketball games.

August 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is so dedicated to her strict diet that she refuses to eat on airplanes. The svelte star insists on taking strict measures to maintain her slender frame and shuns the food offered to her when flying first class on her frequent trips abroad, reports contactmusic.com.

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has flown more than 100,000 miles around the world this year, it is reported. Victoria a.k.a Posh has clocked up 100, 500 air miles as she travelled between the US, London and Milan, with trips to Seychelles and the South of France in between.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girls member Victoria Beckham is reportedly planning to buy a 10 million pounds home in London. Posh, 35, is said to have her heart set on the luxury pad, and has even got her aides to call estate agents to request a viewing, after coming to know the occupants are moving out.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham wants to stay in the US as her fashion career is reaching new heights of success. The singer-turned-designer is desperate to remain in Los Angeles with her husband David and their three sons - Brooklyn, 10, six-year-old Romeo, and four-year-old Cruz while she concentrates on her thriving fashion business, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

July 14th, 2009 LONDON - Football star David Beckham has slammed rumours that he is set to strip for a raunchy poster ad with Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, saying he is married and can't take up such assignments. After Beckham unveiled his new steamy advertisement for Emporio Armani, it was rumoured that officials at the fashion firm wanted him to team up with Jolie for a traffic-stopping billboard campaign.

July 12th, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has reportedly been taking acting lessons in a bid to win a role in the new "Sex and the City" movie. The singer is said to be desperate to win a cameo role in the sequel to the hit comedy, reports newsoftheworld.co.uk.

July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Celebrity couple David and Victoria Beckham have stripped for an Emporio Armani's autumn-winter 2009-2010 underwear campaign. Well-known fashion photographers, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, shot the black-and-white ads that see the two striking some steamy poses, reported aceshowbiz.com.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - British football star David Beckham is planning to take his wife Victoria to the very exclusive Necker island for their wedding anniversary. The two have been married for 10 years now.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Soccer star David Beckham, who has three sons with wife Victoria, is desperate for a daughter. I really want more kids and I hope it happens soon.

June 7th, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice girl Victoria Beckham has expressed her desire to become a serious actress. After trying multiple careers from singing, designing and writing, the diva now wants to be an actress, reports newsoftheworld.co.uk.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice girl Victoria Beckham has been so shaken by the recent tremors in Los Angeles that she is taking lessons with her family in a simulator to learn how to deal with earthquake. Victoria and her husband-cum-soccer star David Beckham's mansion is on the Newport-Inglewood Fault, a 47-mile rock fracture caused by shifts in the earths crust.