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'Victoria’s friends tease Katie Holmes about her superstar super-fan'
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AUG 10 DANNII MINOGUE, JULIE BURCHILL ON MADONNA, HELEN FLANAGAN, ISABELLA HERVEY, REESE WITHERSPOON, SAIRA KHAN, CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD, JENNIFER ANISTON
AUG 3 MEL C, BRITNEY SPEARS, SARAH CHAMPION, ABI TITMUSS, JULIE GRAHAM
JULY 27 PEACHES GELDOF, TOBY YOUNG, ALESHA DIXON, NIKKI GRAHAME, KAY BURLEY
JULY 20 BIKINI HEROES, DENISE LEWIS, KIM MEDCALF, ANDREA CATHERWOOD, ANGELA GRIFFIN, KATY BRAND, STYLE-SLIM CELEBS
JULY 13 SURANNE JONES, GLAMMED UP V DRESSED DOWN, TRACEY COX, LIZ MCCLARNON, SINITTA, RICHARD FLEESHMAN, OPRAH DIET
JULY 6 PATSY KENSIT, MARIELLA FROSTRUP, LINDA ROBSON, JAIME MURRAY, CLAIRE RICHARDS
JUNE 29 DENISE VAN OUTEN, CELEB WEIGHTS, MEET THE 'WINOS', JUNE SARPONG, KYM RYDER, LULU, SUZI WALKER, VANESSA FELTZ
JUNE 22 TESS DALY, JACKIE CLUNE, NELL MCANDREW, ZOE SALMON, NATALIE PINKHAM, ROXANNE PALLETT
JUNE 15 SHOPAHOLICS, SHAZIA MIRZA, JENNY FROST, POOJA SHAH, CAPRICE
JUNE 8 FEARNE COTTON, JUSTIN LEE COLLINS, PARIS HILTON, CAROLE SMILLIE, TAMARA BECKWITH
JUNE 1 DAVINA MCCALL, VICTORIA BECKHAM, JESSE MCCARTNEY, ABBEY CLANCY, EVA LONGORIA PARKER, KIRSTY ALLSOPP, ANTHEA TURNER
MAY 25 TRINNY & SUSANNAH, SALLY LINDSAY, SAMANDA DO KYLIE, ESTELLE, FAYE TOZER, DR LINDA PAPADOPOULOS
MAY 18 MEL B, GILLIAN MCKEITH, COLEEN'S WEDDING, JENNI FALCONER, JENNIE BOND, ZIGGY, DAVID KIRSCH
MAY 11 FEARNE COTTON, JANE DANSON
MAY 4 LISA SNOWDON, JANET ELLIS, SUSIE AMY, MICA PARIS, THE CHEEKY GIRLS, JK AND JOEL, NATALIE CASSIDY, GISELE, DENISE VAN OUTEN, KELLY ROWLAND, COLIN AND JUSTIN
APRIL 27 MARTINE MCCUTCHEON, ULRIKA JONSSON, SARAH HARDING, NANCY SORRELL, KATIE HOLMES, ZARA ABRAHAMS, ERIN BOAG
APRIL 20 KIRSTY GALLACHER, ANNA FRIEL, AGGIE MCKENZIE, KATIE HOPKINS, MICHELLE KEEGAN
APRIL 13 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD, SIAN LLOYD, KONNIE HUQ, HANNAH SANDLING, JESSICA ALBA
APRIL 6 AMANDA HOLDEN, ANGELA GRIFFIN, KACEY AINSWORTH, SARAH CAWOOD
MARCH 30 HEIDI KLUM, SUZANNE SHAW, BEN COHEN, KIMBERLEY WALSH, SINITTA
MARCH 23 JOSS STONE, LEIGH FRANCIS, JENNIFER LOPEZ, ROISIN MURPHY, DAVINA MCCALL
MARCH 16 EMMA BUNTON, SHARON HORGAN, TRINNY WOODALL, JACQUELINE GOLD
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FEB 24 KARA TOINTON, NATALIE CASSIDY, TRISHA GODDARD
FEB 17 NICOLA ROBERTS, SUSIE AMY, KATY BRAND
FEB 10 JAMELIA, KONNIE HUQ, EMMA GRIFFITHS, TARA PALMER TOMKINSON, TRACEY COX
FEB 3 KELLY OSBOURNE, ANNA RYDER RICHARDSON, SUZANNE SHAW
In the court of QUEEN POSH
IT’S BARELY A YEAR SINCE SHE PACKED UP CASA BECKHAM IN MADRID AND HEADED FOR A NEW LIFE IN LA, BUT ALREADY POSH IS PRESIDENT OF LA-LA LAND’S MOST EXCLUSIVE CLUB – THE FOPS, OR FRIENDS OF POSH. MEMBERS INCLUDE KATIE HOLMES, HEIDI KLUM AND JULIA ROBERTS. A-LISTERS, IF YOU’RE READING, FORM AN ORDERLY QUEUE
By Amber Brennan
WHO ARE THE FOPS?
JULIA ROBERTS
Julia, 40, left Vic star-struck at the Costume Gala in New York last month. Posh, 34, says: “We got on really well – we’re both mums so we had lots to talk about. We’ve swapped numbers. I can’t wait to catch up with her.”
KATE BECKINSALE
Since her FOP induction, Brit-born Kate, 34, has been pictured wearing Vic’s DVB-branded jeans. “They have a very similar sense of humour, and they both like a drink,” an insider reveals.
“Kate tells Vic that she feels as though she’s found a kindred spirit. She hates the fact that people in LA don’t get irony and stop drinking after just one glass of wine.”
HEIDI KLUM
Posh and 35-year-old Heidi met at a Victoria’s Secret fashion show at the Kodak Theatre last year. Vic was performing with the Spice Girls for the first time in nine years and Heidi helped calm her.
“Heidi saw Posh looking panicked and gave her a hug,” a source tells Fabulous. “They’ve stayed close, with Heidi inviting Posh on her show, Project Catwalk.”
EVA LONGORIA PARKER
The Desperate Housewives star and Posh often visit Eva’s restaurant, Beso, to drink margaritas and swap gossip.
Eva, 33, says: “We eat and hang out at each other’s houses. We just do normal girlie things – we have a meal and a catch-up.”
KATIE HOLMES
Katie, 29, says: “Victoria is sexy, smart, and a great mum – she’s just a lovely, lovely woman.” The friends often double date with their husbands at LA’s famous Chateau Marmont hotel.
A waiter confides: “Victoria always starts off with some champagne and she gets very giggly. She tells very dirty jokes and all four of them usually end up falling about laughing.”
BRANGELINA’S NEXT…
Victoria has her eye on the prize when it comes to recruiting new FOPs.
“She thinks she and David would have great fun with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt,” a source confides.
Other targets include Jennifer Aniston and Hollywood royalty like Al Pacino.
“Victoria’s confidence is at an all-time high,” the source adds.
“She knows she can go into any A-list party and hold her own. There’s no one off-limits any more.”
Hollywood, you have been warned…
WHERE THEY SHOP…
Posh is regularly seen on LA’s Robertson Boulevard shopping with Eva Longoria Parker in the celebs’ favourite store, Kitson.
Eva loves Posh’s style so much, people have started to wonder if, like Katie Holmes, she’s turning into Posh.
Talking at the LA premiere of What Happens In Vegas, Eva said of new friend Victoria: “I have an appreciation of her style.”
WHERE THEY EAT…
Posh regularly holds FOP meetings at her favourite LA restaurant, STK Steakhouse.
Just last month she enjoyed a girlie dinner there with Eva and Kate Beckinsale.
An insider said: “It was like Victoria had known them for years.
"The main topic of conversation was clothes and Victoria was telling the girls all the best places to shop in London.”
But it was on April 20 that the world got to see the FOPs at their finest, when they gathered at the Via Veneto restaurant in Santa Monica to celebrate Victoria’s 34th birthday.
As well as Eva, Katie and Kate, stars such as Will and Jada Smith, Gwen Stefani, P Diddy and Elton John all turned out to help the birthday girl celebrate.
THE KIDS…
The FOP children play together too.
Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes regularly take daughter Suri, two, to play with Brooklyn, nine, Romeo, five, and Cruz, three.
An insider said: “Suri has become like a little sister to the boys and even tries to play football with them.”
And Pearl Harbour actress Kate Beckinsale loves bringing daughter Lily, nine, over, too.
The insider added: “One of their favourite things is to go to the beach with the children or just hang out in the Beckhams’ garden.”
THE POSH PRESSIES…
Both Kate and Eva have been snapped in DVB denims in recent weeks, while Katie Holmes likes the £180 sunglasses from Posh’s best-selling range.
And when it comes to buying gifts, FOPs have to be inventive.
TomKat arranged a surprise trip to the Napa Valley wine region in California for Posh’s birthday.
And Heidi and husband Seal plus Kate and her hubbie Len Wiseman went along for the ride – taking cake and champagne on Tom’s private jet.
Shhh!
The FOPs are amused by Katie Holmes emulating Posh’s style. “Victoria’s friends tease her about her superstar super-fan,” says our source.
Shhh!
According to insiders, Eva is “desperate” for a baby and has been honing her skills with the Beckham boys before she and husband Tony have one. “Posh tells her she’s a natural,” says our source.
Words: Eimear O’Hagan. Photography: Rex, Goffinf, Starstock, Retna, Empics
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