Archive for January, 2012

Here’s When The Cats Away doing their #1 hit, Melting Pot from the late 80s. Love it. Such an LA song for warm Hollywood balmy weather via the paradise of New Zealand. Happy Monday night ya’ll! :)

HORIWOOD’S  TOP 10 POSTS TODAY ARE: 1. COLUMBINE TRAGEDY – TWO PASTORS REMEMBER, 10 YEARS ON 2. TWILIGHT NEWS: TWILIGHT & NEW MOON’S TOP 10 POSTS ON HORIWOOD.COM - 4.20.09 3. SUSAN BOYLE TV – LARRY KING LIVE 4. ART PIC – SALVADOR DALI 5. US EMPLOYMENT – COMPANIES TO WORK FOR AND COMPANIES NOT TO WORK FOR 6. CLOSE UP OF [...]

Well Twilight and New Moon tribe, you’ve done it again. Perpetually the viewers who most ‘fly’ in on Horiwood.Com. Welcome. :) Here’s how you rated and ranked your Twilight News and New Moon News today: 1. QUOTE OF THE DAY – KRISTEN STEWART ON ROBERT PATTINSON 2. LIKE MISS TESSA, ALEX MERAZ OF NEW MOON IS AN [...]

  I have to admit, that as I’m watching Twilight on DVD, that it’s the austere and majestic backdrop of the Vancouver landscapes, that are the silent and often unsung hero and star of Twilight.  Who can forget the breathtaking ‘spider monkey’ ride that Robert Pattinson’s Edward takes Kristen Stewart’s Bella on, up through the [...]

[image source: splash news] Lady Gaga was hilarious today when she returned from performing in Germany, to go to a London studio dressed in her latest vision of ladiness. Speaking in her best Madonna-affected British accent still, the performance  artist Lady Gaga had made some critical changes. Instead of her trademark Blonde Minnie Mouse hair [...]

I find it totally fascinating that Talk Show Queen Oprah Winfrey pulled the plug or her Columbine 10 Years Remembrance Show. Wow!  Here’s what she said on her Twitter account. Oprah I pulled the Columbine show today-After reviewing, thought it focused too much on killers-hold a thought for the families, hard day for them about [...]

She’s a local Scottish village hero. Here’s  a sweet tribute in stills to the bright and beautiful spirit that is Scotland’s newest singing sensation Susan Boyle. Even that hairbrush is not worthy to be Scottish Queen Susan’s microphone and scepter to her 60 million audience and fan kingdom, worldwide! She’s so Commonwealth cause she’s beautiful [...]

  “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” –President Barack Obama

I don’t know why Abraham Lincoln inspires me so much. But this founding American father, and President of the United States just does, in that Susan Boyle humble and unassuming way. The official White House Website, gives these 11 facts about Abe Lincoln. I hope they inspire you as much as they inspire me. Peace [...]

Meet Flava Dance Troupe. They’re disciplined, talented, generous and making a difference in their world with their talent. They tried out for the talent show Britain’s Got Talent. And guess what? as talented as Flava are and inspiring, it sucks to be up against media and YouTube darling Susan Boyle! What can ya say to [...]

[source] Here’s one good reason why Apple continues to be a viable brand. It’s putting its user-friendly i-phones  into the hands of  celebrity tots, like Brooklyn Beckham. Prime product placement to show how appealing and easy iphones are to use by all. I don’t know if a ten year old show have an iphone. What [...]

According to Michelle Obama’s favorite celebrity news magazine, Us Weekly, Kourtney Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian are making a break from their world famous older sibling Kim Kardashian. The pair have been greenlit for a new reality TV series for E Entertainment’s channel called Kourtney and Khloe in Miami. The younger Kardashian sisters will move to Miami [...]

[source] Recently Halle Berry was voted 3rd Most Beautiful Woman, in Vanity Fair’s poll coming in behind Angelina Jolie and supermodel Giselle Bundchen. Over the weekend in Beverly Hills, Halle demonstrated one of  the secrets to her inner beauty. She’s generous and loves to give. It makes her radiate when she’s giving to others in [...]

  [image source] Susan Boyle is on a magical journey. Her Idol, Elain Paige now wants to meet Boyle and even sing with her. According to reports, Paige  has offered to duet with the YouTube sensation, Boyle from Britain’s Got Talent. Apparently, via her website, Paige said this: “”It seems her performance has captured the [...]

Here we go, let’s give and touch the world. Happy giving. :) If you’d like to be a part of change that supports the rebuilding of New Orleans in the needy 9th District, with affordable housing, then click on Brad’s pic, and donate. I have! It felt goooooooooooooooooooood! And in ‘The 2nd Great Depression’ that the [...]

[image source] Ryan Reynold’s remind us all, why it is  so good to give. According to reports, actor Ryan Reynolds is auctioning off his red carpet +1 tickets to the premieres of his films, X Men-Origins: Wolverine and also to his film, The Proposal. Reynolds is proposing that the money raised in the charity auction for [...]

North Carolina has every right to celebrate and feel proud about 22-year-old’s Kristen Dalton’s crowning as Miss USA 2009.  Congratualtions Kristen. For the full story from the AP go here. If Kristen Dalton does as well for America as Kristen Stewart is currently doing for The Twilight and New Moon Film Franchise, than America is [...]

  These two reason are great as to why the world loves Susan Boyle, from commentator and blogger Mark Blankenship.  1. Susan Boyle rebukes the bitchy cynicism that often defines reality talent shows. 2. She’s not young and represents everyone’s inner potential being realized. Nice one Mark. Rock on brotha! (image source)

[image source] … is that Susan Boyle finally gave us a new name this year to say other than Octo-Mom

10 Years ago, police used to wait for a SWAT team to turn up to depose, gun massacre-ists at the scene of a tragedy. Well the Columbine High School tragedy changed all that for the police. Now police just shoot first. More importantly, irrespective of necessary police gun procedural reform in keeping innocents safe in high [...]

Alright, Madonna’s clumsy handling over Chifundo James (aka “mercy james”) of Malawi which, as it turns out over the weekend, was more public and worse than how Madonna can handle a horse! Well anyway, that clumsy attempt at a ‘celebrity adoption snatch’ got me riled, to the point  where I’ve done my fair bit of [...]

image source: To celebrate one of the key themes of Horiwood.Com which is “Young America Emerges Through a Recession (with or without anyone’s permission) I was excited to read the LA Times feature on Zac Efron coming in at #1 at The Box Office with 17 Again. Last week, Disney’s reigning princess, Miley Cyrus also [...]

  To put this rather robust headline in context, I totally applaud the clever of Obama’s Spin Team and their role in Barack & Michelle Obama’s media representation and keeping up with the rigors and pace of its demand in the world. This article starring an LA Times feature on the topic, puts the following [...]

Apparently, Gray’s Anantomy Star Ellen Pompeio and her man Chris Ivory, are doing a Heidi Klum and Seal, and are preggers with their own Obama-esque style child. Love it. The couple have been together since 2003 and congratulations to the pair on their first child being on its way in the womb. Preggers in scrubs! [...]

And whose adding the touch of frou frou in the shoe department of New York City during a recession? (image Wenn, Splash)

I love those little brainy geeky smart people at the website 24/7 Wall Street. They’re pretty clever and thoughtful too. As I write this from Hollywood, California’s unemployment rate has risen from 10% to 11.3% in just the last month. So, this information is pretty vital. First up are the companies, perhaps not to work [...]

Okay, I’ve got to admit it. I have always had a love hate relationship with Meaghan McCain. I have disliked Meaghan in the past, as she sometimes is a twack with her political and often very personal views on the Obamas. It just comes across as sour grapes that her daddy lost the election, so [...]

Mia Farrow, the once A-List actress, sheds light on what Madonna should be thinking now that Madonna has turned 50. Farrow has  spun herself into a global humanitarian, whose heart is more for the oppressed of the world than celebrity trappings these days. In fact, Mia Farrow is so intent on making a difference in [...]

Rocking his new side boards, Matthew Broderick  looked a tad this side of portly, while he attended Mary Stuart, in New York City, with Sex & The City actress wife, Sarah Jessica Parker. It’s nice to see Matthew enjoying his tucker. He looks happy, so who cares what he’s shoving into his mouth. Sarah JP [...]