LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The Range Rover Evoque has won SUV of the year. Motor Trend magazine bestowed the Range Rover Evoque as SUV of the Year; the vehicle first made news after an alliance with Victoria Beckham in 2010. Land Rover won the honors today beating out the Jeep Wrangler, the Dodge Durango and the Journey.

Motor Trend Editor-in-Chief Angus McKenzie said in a news statement today that “With its dramatic styling, refined on-road manners, and impressive off-road ability, the Evoque sets the benchmark for the fast-growing compact luxury SUV class.” He added “Land Rover has a worldwide hit on its hands with the Range Rover Evoque.”

The car’s real design triumph is by Jerry McGovern who says it was inspired by the 2008 Range Rover LRX concept vehicle. McGovern says his approach is a “natural progression” to his idea to “stretch the Range Rover brand”, attract consumers who usually wouldn’t have bought a Ranger Rover, and appeal to them through use of “falling roofline” and a “rising beltline.”

In July 2010, Ranger Rover unveiled the truck and told news that Victoria Beckham will team up with designers. Later they confirmed the announcement of a Evoque Victoria Beckham Special Edition.

Land Rover managing director Phil Popham previously said of the vehicle “It was important to give the car a name that was instantly recognisable through language and cultural boundaries throughout the world. We wanted to create a new name which was innovative and different.” He added “A name which implies exclusivity and arouses emotions. It is cosmopolitan and cross-continental, sophisticated and matches the car’s urban elegance.”

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Victoria Beckham guests on SpongeBob SquarePants The Clash of Triton tonight. SpongeBob SquarePants The Clash of Triton proves tonight that Victoria Beckham one day can design the inside of your next Range Rover and the next day become an underwater animated princess for your kids.

And with Posh now having longer dark hair, she resembles her character Amphitrite even moreso. On tonight’s show, Amphitrite celebrates her husband’s 5000th birthday. No, that’s not David Beckham. Rather, it’s hubby Neptune.

“Oh Neptune, surely this isn’t the behaviour befitting a King, hiding in bed for days on end doing nothing but watching daytime television?” says her character while floating above his under-waterbed. “Let’s forget about Triton for just one day. It’s your 5,000th birthday for shell’s sake.”

Posh says sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz love SpongeBob.

“When I told the boys that I was going to be on the show, they were so excited. I had such a great time recording the voice of Queen Amphitrite. How fun to be a Queen for a day! We are all looking forward to watching it together.”

Queen for just a day, Victoria?

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Victoria Beckham has a new job, designer of car interiors on the Range Rover Evoque. Victoria Beckham is teaming with Range Rover on their new Evoque to provide her design expertise to the vehicle’s interior; but Range Rover is not releasing any details about the Posh’ styling concepts.

Land Rover managing director Phil Popham says of the vehicle “It was important to give the car a name that was instantly recognisable through language and cultural boundaries throughout the world. We wanted to create a new name which was innovative and different. A name which implies exclusivity and arouses emotions. It is cosmopolitan and cross-continental, sophisticated and matches the car’s urban elegance.”

The car’s real design triumph is by Jerry McGovern who says it was inspired by the 2008 Range Rover LRX concept vehicle. McGovern says his approach is a “natural progression” to his idea to “stretch the Range Rover brand”, attract consumers who usually wouldn’t have bought a Ranger Rover, and appeal to them through use of “falling roofline” and a “rising beltline.”

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David Beckham has new problems. A Chinese commercial is reportedly using David Beckham’s likeness to promote a viagra type pill, unauthorized.

A Chinese television commercial is allegedly using “some old interview footage of the star in the unlicensed ad, made possible because of relaxed image rights in the Asian country” to promote what? A range of Viagra-style impotence capsules.

On top of that are dubbed voices that even reference a “Victoria”.

In fact, Beckham is not the only celebrity in the campaign that reportedly includes Keanu Reeves and Sean Connery.

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David Beckham to stay in L.A. with the Galaxy! Beckham wanted to be traded out of L.A. But now Beckham is not getting his way, nor AC Milan.

The L.A. Galaxy had turned down a first $6.4 million buy out by AC Milan. By Friday, Milan didn’t make a new offer.

That leaves Beckham with the Galaxy, at least for now, under a 5 year contract valued at $250 million that started in 2007.

How will Los Angeles respond to Beckham returning after his public desire to be traded by the Galaxy?

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