In memory of America’s greatest journalist, Walter Cronkite, who instituted the news anchor position, here’s Conkrite’s Life Magazine cover, and footage of when he announced to America and the world that President John F Kennedy had been assassinated. RIP Mr Conkrite.
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VINTAGE WALTER CRONKITE
Posted: July 19, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: John F. Kennedy, RIP, Walter Conkrite
SUSAN BOYLE’S SONG CHOICES: SIMON COWELL OR iTUNES?
Posted: July 18, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Britains Got Talent, iTunes, Music, Music Industry News, Scotland, Simon Cowell, Song Choices, Susan Boyle, Talent Management, UK
We said 6 weeks ago that “song choices” was the card Simon Cowell was always going to tout as being what he could add to the Susan Boyle package. Simon thinks he’s an expert Talent Manager you know. He’s even getting paid $100 million to appear on American Idol each season, becuase somehow the world [...]
LADY GAGA IS A KERMIT LOVER
Posted: July 18, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Addicted to Fame, Fashion, Germany, Kermit The Frog, Lady Gaga, Miss Piggy
Frogs beware! A new Miss Piggy has arisen in pop. Lady Gaga does The Muppets proud. Stefani Germanotta wore Miss Piggy’s ultimate dream fantasy costume for an interview on German television. It was a moment of 100 kermits! I think she needs more drugs! Nutso! Oh but wait… fame is her drug. She’ll wear puppet [...]
RIHANNA WITH NO SIDES
Posted: July 18, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Fashion, Hair, Rihanna
Rihanna always knows how to make a fashion statement whenever she steps out. This time is was for yet, another fierce hair do. She doesn’t just live on fashion’s trendy edge, Riri has no sides! Bauer Griffin
JAKE GYLLENHAAL WORKS THE WEAVE FOR PERSIA
Posted: July 18, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: BEYONCE, Hair, Jake Gyllenhaal, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Weaves
He’s got a big ego, he weaves like that… and he can back it up! Seriously, did Jake Gyllenhaal go into Beyonce’s I Am Tour, hair closet, and steal one of her weaves? This is the latest from the set of Jake’s new film, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. Which raises the question… in [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP 10 – FRI 7.17.09
Posted: July 18, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Alex Meraz, Amber Rose, Angelina Jolie, Art, BEYONCE, Blanket, Brian Austin Green, Britain, Casting, Celebrities, Daniel Radcliffe, David Letterman, Eclipse, Ego, Ellen, Emma Watson, England, Entertainment, France, Gala Magazine, Germany, Harry Potter, Hollywood Entertainment News, I Am Tour, Janet Jackson, Jessica Simpson, Joe Simpson, Katherine Jackson, Kristen Stewart, Ladylike, Madonna, Magazine Covers, Marseille, Media, Media Stereotyping, Megan Fox, Michael Jackson, MJ, New Moon, Nick Lachey, OK! Magazine, Paris Hilton, Paris Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson II., Q'orianka Kilcher, Rihanna, Robert Pattinson, Salvador Dali, Set List, Shia LaBouef, Single, Splits, Sticky and Sweet Tour, Summit Entertainment, The Horiwood Top 10, The Late Show With David Letterman, Tom Hanks, Tony Romo, tragedy, Twilight, U, US Weekly
Twilight, Q’orianka Kilcher, Amber Rose, Emma Watson, Harry Potter, Beyonce, Robert Pattinson and Madonna are just some of the celebrities of interest you voted for today on Horiwood.Com here in Hollywood. Bring it! 1. DIVA SIDEKICK AMBER ROSE 2. SALVADOR DALI: THE PERSPECTIVE OF PROPORTION 3. US WEEKLY THINK JESSICA SIMPSON & NICK LACHEY SHOULD [...]
EMMA WATSON SUNDAY MAGAZINE
Posted: July 18, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Emma Watson, Harry Potter, Magazine Covers, Sunday
She’s little Miss Sunday. Harry Potter’s Hermione played by Emma Watson covers Sunday Magazine. Woah… girl is rocking it out! Worldwide.
JOURNALISM’S GREATEST: WALTER CRONKITE DIES AT 91
Posted: July 18, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: CBS, Journalism, New Zealand, RIP, Walter Cronkite
I spent five years in a film school at The University of Auckland in New Zealand. Every year new graduates were taught about one American man who shaped journalism. That man was Walter Cronkite. He passed away today, Friday at 91. CBS says: Walter Cronkite, who personified television journalism for more than a generation as [...]
MILEY CYRUS ROCKS HER PRAYERFUL PRINCESS LOOK
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Emmys, Miley Cyrus, Prayer, Prayerful Princess, Princess, Tweet, Twitter
On Twitter, Miley Cyrus rocked her Disney Princess look, by uploading this pic, Thursday night to her Twitter account, the day her hit show, Hannah Montana, got nominated for an Emmy. A prayerful princess? Inneresting to say the least! Wise for one so young. To follow Horiwood on Twitter,go here: Horiwood’s latest tweet was: horiwood“to [...]
MARY J. BLIGE IS SCREAMIN MY NAME WITH LANEAH
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Hip Hop, Hip Hop Community, Laneah, Mary J. Blige, Music, Music Community, Music Video, Screamin My Name
Laneah featuring Mary J.Blige’s song, Screamin My Name, has good summer, hip hop vibe to it! Why do i love it. It’s light… like champagne hip hop for the ladies in bikinis around the pool, this summer. Can you feel it! A nice effort Laneah of Matriarch Records and the one and only MJB!
MADONNA WEEPS IN CONCERT IN UDINE
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Deaths, Madonna, Road Crew, tragedy
Aww, poor Madonna and her crew and team. Our heart goes out to the families of the two stage crew members who lost their lives in a freak accident while building Madonna’s concert stage. Sad! Watch Madonna break down in tears and express that sentiment.
DAVID BECKHAM’S SHIRTLESS SOCCER SHOWMANSHIP REVEALS A GOBAL AMBASSADOR OF SPORT
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Asia, Body Art, David Beckham, Soccer
A shirtless David Beckham, not only makes the ladies take notice of soccer more worldwide, but as this pic shows, Asian tattoos are a part of Beckham’s charm to millions of his fans worldwide. Dude knows how to work it!
JESUS! THE REASON WHY A PRESIDENT SHUNNED BOB DYLAN’S MUSIC
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: American History, Bob Dylan, Christianity, Do Something Good, Faith, Jesus, Jimmy Carter, Judaism, Kevin Mattson, Matt Damon, Mr President, Music, New York Post, Politics, Religion, Rock, What The Heck Are You Up To, Wilie Nelsen, Willie Nelsen
This guest post today on Horiwood.Com is from the New York Post’s page 7, section, friday. It’s kind of interesting that one’s spiritual beliefs can ostracize a musician from the Kings of the land…but this report clearly shows that they can. Bob Dylan found that out with President Jimmy Carter, when he switched faiths. July [...]
LADY GAGA GIVES GOOD PHONE
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Girl With A Mic, Lady Gaga
…microPHONE sex, that is!!!
AMBER ROSE BEFORE THE STORM…
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Amber Rose, Hair, Kanye West, Leona Lewis, Tweet, Twitter, Wigs
… came and blew her wig off to reveal that fierce blonde hair did she now has! Just kidding. But Amber Rose tweeted today, Friday, what her hair used to look like before her current buzz cut, made her famous with Mr West amongst fashionistas. She looks a bit like singer, Leona Lewis, with longer [...]
ROBERT PATTINSON’S MUG GETS ASSOCIATED TO RICHES IN AMERICA
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Magazine Covers, Riches Magazine, Robert Pattinson, Smmit Entertainment, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
Well… I guess Summit Entertainment’s lucrative American film franchise with Stephenie Meyer, does qualify British lad, Robert Pattinson, to make Americans peer into the lives of the rich… at a stretch! Riches Magazine are like us all, they just had to have a piece of the Twilight action when talking money, fortunes and wealth. A [...]
MICHELLE OBAMA IS IT! SAY EBONY
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Ebony, Ebony Magazine, It Girls, Magazine Covers, Michelle Obama
Ebony Magazine is touting First Lady Michelle Obama as being the “It” girl of ladies. And… on horiwood.com, we have to agree. Love that woman!
SOME HERMIONE, THE TIMES OF LONDON MAGAZINE COVER
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Emma Watson, Harry Potter, Hermione, Magazine Covers, The Times of London
… just because Emma Watson is the good girl done gooder… and she’s still adorably smart too!
HOBBITSVILLE’S FIRST FAMILY IS PISSED AT NEW LINE CINEMA’S RING OF GREED
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Film Industry News, Harry Potter, Hollywood Entertainment News, JRR Tolkien, Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Movie News, New Line Cinema, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, Twilight
Oh dear! Lord of The Rings was such a pretty trilogy shot in beautiful New Zealand. The tranquil landscapes still burn bright in Hollywood’s cinematic memory. It also was a very lucrative trilogy too, earning New Line Cinema a reported $6 billion worldwide in earnings. Apparently, Hobbitsville’s first family, JRR Tokien’s heirs are pissed at [...]
VANESSA BRYANT’S GOT BIG BASKETBALLS
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: basketball, ESpy's, Hooters, Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, Love, Stylists, VANESSA BRYANT
Vanessa Bryant’s boobs were popping out of her bra at the Espy Awards, Wednesday. Vanessa’s champion basketballing husband,Kobe Bryant of the LA Lakers, didn’t seem to mind, although fashion critic bearches suggested that Vanessa needs a new bra stylist. The couples smiles say they’re in love. What a reward for Kobe to get home to at [...]
JIMMY FALLON SPOOFS ROBERT PATTINSON INTERVIEWING DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Daniel Radcliffe, Eclipse, Funny, FunnyTV, Harry Potter, Humor, Jimmy Fallon, Late Night TV, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, Twilight
Jimmy Fallon is one funny fellah! The late night talk host, spoofed Twilight’s Robert Pattinson interviewing Harry Potter peer, Daniel Radcliffe. Some harmless, silly American fun utilizing the British accent. Too funny!
LINDSAY LOHAN AS MARILYN MONROE?
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Blondes Have All The Fun, Lindsay Lohan, Marilyn Monroe, Redheads, Spain, Spanish Vogue, Vogue
Lindsay Lohan recreated one of her favorite blonde icon’s when she glammed it up for Spanish Vogue with a Marilyn Monroe tribute. Dear I say it, the natural redhead, looks quite pretty here. Nice one Lindsay!
ANDERSON COOPER & SOOKIE STACKHOUSE ON THE LATE SHOW
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Alan Ball, Anderson Cooper, Anna Paquin, CNN, David Letterman, Emmys, The Late Show, The Late Show With David Letterman, True Blood, vampires
America’s favorite Silver Fox, news commentator, Anderson Cooper of CNN and America’s favorite waitress whose dating a vampire, Anna Paquin, were both filming The Late Show with David Letterman, Thursday in New York. Like the beautiful Katherine Heigl, Paquin was controversially overlooked for an Emmy nod, yesterday. Scandalous! Both girls bring it each week in [...]
RED CARPET FUN WITH KATHERINE HEIGL & GERARD BUTLER – THE UGLY TRUTH PREMIERE
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Film Premieres, Gerard Butler, KATHERINE HEIGL, Red Carpet Film Premieres, Romantic Comedies, Serena Williams, The Ugly Truth
Katherine Heigl may have got snubbed for any Emmy nomination for her TV work, but that was not stopping the superstar from hamming it up on Hollywood’s red carpet. Heigl stars with Gerard Butler in The Ugly Truth and the actors set tongues wagging in Hollywood with their sense of play. Serena Williams was one [...]
HAS JANET JACKSON SPLIT FROM JERMAINE DUPRI
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Janet Jackson, Jermaine Dupris, Michael Jackson, Splits
According to UsWeekly Ms Janet Jackson has separated from her beau of 7 years, Jermaine Dupris, sighting “it’s not good to mix business with pleasure.” Dupris, was NOT as Michael Jackson’s memorial and cited that he “does not attend funerals.” The Jackson’s are very private people, so who knows whether Janet is with Dupris or not. [...]
WHY SIR PAUL McCARTNEY FELL OUT WITH MICHAEL JACKSON
Posted: July 17, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: David Letterman, Michael Jackson, MJ, Music, Music Industry News, Sir Paul McCartney, The Beatles, The Late Show
On The Late Show with David Letterman, Sir Paul McCartney fesses up to why he fell out with Michael Jackson, his Ebony & Ivory duet partner. Yes… it was over The Beatles catalogue purchase that MJ purchased from right under Sir Paul’s nose at auction. Sir Paul did not like the fact that Michael was [...]