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MUM'S THE WORD

After hitting fashion week in Paris, Victoria Beckham was in mom –, er, "mum" – mode at Sapporo Teppanyaki in Manchester, England on Thursday, bringing her look-alike sons Cruz, 2, and Romeo, 5, to join some of the Spice Girls and their families at the Japanese restaurant.