Marc Malkin
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Welcome to America: Advice for the Beckhams
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Not since the Beatles set foot on our soil has there ever been this much anticipation of a British invasion.
Of course, I'm talking about David and Victoria Beckham.
The soccer star, the singer and their three sons land any minute now in Los Angeles to begin their new life in Hollywood. If you haven't heard by now, David signed a gazillion-dollar deal to join Major League Soccer and play for the L.A. Galaxy.
While I'm sure they won't have any trouble adjusting—I mean, their best buddies are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes—I decided to hit up a couple of my favorite Brits, Vogue writer and novelist Plum Sykes, and writer and all-around creative guru Simon Doonan, to get their advice on how the Becks could make it work in the USA.
"They should immediately do a joint interview with Larry King," says Sykes, author of Bergdorf Blondes and The Debutante Divorcée. "No better way to introduce yourself to the USA."
Perhaps something a bit more dramatic may suit the power couple's style, says Doonan, creative director of Barneys New York and a columnist at the New York Observer. "I love them both and wish them the best," he says. "However, if they really want to generate a press tornado, then they really need to do something interesting and trangressive—a public screaming match followed by some smoochy makeout at Mr. Chow?"
Of course, the Beckhams may get a little homesick. Surfing the Web could provide a quick cure. "Do what I do," Doonan says. "Read the Daily Mail online and catch up on all the U.K. sleaze and trash."
Or just surf the waves. "Head straight to the beach," Sykes suggests. "You soon forget rainy English summers when you're in the sun."
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And how about the Beckham boys? Brooklyn is just eight years old, but is it ever too soon to start hitting Hyde and dancing on tabletops with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears?
"Surely not," Sykes says. "You're never too young for anything in Hollywood. See Drew Barrymore's childhood."
Doonan, on the other hand, says the Beckhams had better get a hold of their boys—in addition to Brooklyn, there's four-year-old Romeo and two-year-old Cruz—and save them from, well, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. "They should probably send those boys off to a Trappist seminary or a really uptight English school," Doonan says. "Hopefully, at least one lad will turn out to be a fine upstanding gay with a chain of hair salons. He can do Paris' roots when she's pushing 40."
For more on the Beckhams' relocation to the West, check out our news story Beckhams Finally Come to America.
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