Archive for January, 2012

Life coach Tony Robbins tweeted two things today via his Twitter account that are worthy of sharing for free. They are two quotes from Winston Churchill of the UK  and Aristotle of Ancient Greece. Enjoy! Let’s grow people. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle13 minutes [...]

Maori food that America loves and needs to fight cancer, can be found in Anne Thorp’s Kai Ora cookbook. Order it organically online now. Healthy recipes made with Aroha (love) from a cancer surviving chef extraordinaire. Own a copy today, gift it to anyone you know who has and is battling the road to cancer [...]

The big story in entertainment this  week, is the news that Disney (California’s Mouse House) has bought Marvel comics for $4 billion. My favorite coverage on the issue  is newsweek. The tweet on twitter provides the link below: NewsweekWhy Disney bought Marvel comics:http://su.pr/1u3MnJ7 minutes ago from Su.pr Here’s 1o Reasons from Horiwood.Com as to why Disney did [...]

The girls of the view, Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Sheri Shephard and Joy Behar were the first daytime talk show hosts ever to  win an ensemble cast award at the daytime Emmys for best talk show. As The View (led by Barbara Walters) had been nominated 11 years before and lucked out on [...]

One of the beauties of pop stars is that they have a platform to  question politics and governance. One of my favorite moments where a pop star calls out compassionless leadership was when Pink wrote a song to George W. Bush.  Her song Mr President, with lyrics is a poignant reminder, just how a pop [...]

While touring in Australia, rock star Pink (aka  Alecia Moore) discovered how Australians take real pride in serving their coffee. I  miss Australian coffees made with love in Melbourne Australia. Shouting out to Brother Paul, D, and tamariki today, my family in Melbourne Australia. Love and miss you all. Pink’s tweet on twitter about her [...]

  Behind every great man, is often a great woman … Jackie O and Michelle  Obama forever.  

She was who she was. Jackie Kennedy is remembered for her style, elegance, grace and leadership in October’s Vanity Fair issue. Nice one America! Jackie Kennedy was much loved. Let’s love  Michelle Obama as much too. Leaders need every bit of support they can get. Especially in these times. Michelle Obama cut her vacation short [...]

Say’s Twilight Eclipse’s Taylor Latuner to Teen Vogue about knowing when a girl likes you as more than a friend: “If she likes having a really close friendship with a guy being able to tell him anything, and then having that friendship slowly transform into something more [that's when you know] … I find myself [...]

Jay Cee Dugard, the young girl who was kidnapped and held as a sex slave for 18 years of her life, by a married couple has America transfixed on her story of survival. Dugard is now a mother of two, and is no longer in captivity. Mercury News reports that, Phillip Garrido, Dugard’s captor and [...]

Aww! Childhood memories. How cute.Big Bird is still Sesame Streets big star. He was sent along to  the Daytime Emmy Awards (because Barbara Walters and the girls from The View couldn’t be bothered attending). That bow tie offsetting that big bird yellow…. ferosh red carpet action. Lady Gaga eat your heart out, Big Bird trumped [...]

Mr Jay-Z (hip hop’s Barack Obama media mogul figure) and his lovely wife Beyonce Knowles, stepped out for  charity in the City of New York for the Answer The Call Concert. The  couple that gives together, stays grounded together. Giving is what is needed in this economy.  People who hold on tightly to their money without [...]

Talking to US Weekly Magazine, Ashton Kutcher says that he does not miss being a single lad galavanting from  club to club in search  of whatever is out there. Kutcher tells US this: “I still like going to the club and dinners, but it made me happy Im not in the game. The game can [...]

A big shout out to Light Blue Trading today. If you need to keep your finger on the pulse with where the economy is at, and how to manage your money, go here. They have some great tips on money management and also your investment portfolio and how to keep an eye on it wisely.  [...]

Chris Brown is disturbia personified. Turning up on Larry King, resembling Steve Urkel, the troubled r n’ b singer, who has been sentenced to 5 years of probation for his domestic violence assault of the pop star Rihanna, tells King that he can’t remember hitting Rihanna. Perhaps it’s a case of post traumatic stress disorder, [...]

I am shocked, honored, buzzing that Planet Hollywood management staff and  team read two blogs everyday to find out their celebrity news. Their bogs of choice that they read for celebrity news each day are this one,  and the ever fabulous, mega talented and super funny, Michael K of New York’s dlisted.com. So… in the [...]

Selena Gomez is going global this week into deepest Africa. After being hacked on her twitter account, the Disney star tweeted: “Leaving for Africa for a week. I’ll be gone.”8 minutes ago from web We need more young Latinos coming through the ranks of entertainment in mainstream media formats and genres. Selena Gomez, is one of [...]

  Celebright is someone on Twitter who I don’t know but who just reached out and said Hi.  So,  hi back!  Celebright’s latest tweet is: celebrightMacaulay’s Rep — Blanket is NOT His Babyhttp://bit.ly/YT6Xt7 minutes ago from twitterfeed and:  “Hey horiwood, I just sent you a gift!http://www.wegame.com/twitt…about 19 hours ago

With America poised for the return of it’s once imminent diva of song, from the jaws of drug  addiction and unhealthy spousal co-dependance; Ms Whitney Houston is lucky to be alive. She knows it. Her beautiful cover for Ebony magazine radiates hope. She is the Queen of second chances this year, the comeback kid whose [...]

Beyonce Knowles is the Queen Bee of American Music this year. Horiwood’s Top 10 rating celebrity news and entertainment hot trending topics of interest for Sunday, are: 1. Caroline Kennedy Remembers Ted Kennedy –Examiner  reports that the  Kennedy family set up a twitter account to inform public mourners and friends. 2. Kylie Minogue is about to [...]

Gisele Bundchen may be pregnant, but that hasn’t stopped the supermodel from covering Vogue India, with a bit of help from photoshop. The Brazilian glamazon, gives a touch of her fashion heat and smarts to inspire the girls of  Bollywood. Here’s my 10 favorite supermodel quotes from Gisele Bundchen. 1. On why she got into [...]

It’s a sad thing when you go to your local bank branch, and you see a closed sign. Not only does it cause alarm, because you think, “where’s my money? is it safe” but it’s also a sign of our times. Maryland and Minnesota are the latest casualties of bank failure that has rocked America [...]

The men in suits from the Wall Street journal, are predicting a huge downturn in commercial real estate. Federal Reserve and officials from Treasury are doing their darndest to stop the collapse of commercial real estate sector as it struggles to  get off the blocks again. If it collapses, the economy is going to take [...]

She’s having quite a year. It is definitely the year  of Megan Fox! Nice Cosmo cover.

While at the Soup Plantation, the healthiest restaurant ever in Los Angeles, near Beverly and La Cienega I bumped into Jodi  and Eric Hannah. Jodi is in film distribution with Servant Entertainment and Eric is a hot shot up and coming director as well as being involved in Lift Up America’s amazing charity strategies in [...]

Lily Allen, the new face of The House of Chanel, closes ranks on Lady Gaga in the UK and European markets by doing a Lady Gaga for Elle, UK Magazine. Lily has finally cottoned on, that a wig, can get you some Gagalicious media coverage. The odd thing is, Lily Allen actually looks pretty good [...]

Welcome to the hardworking Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas team, who have taken some time out to chill in West Hollywood. Always a smart move when needing a break from Vegas. I caught up with them at the Abbey today. Looking good in LA! Planet Hollywood features Holly Madison (Kendra Wilkinson’s girlfriend) in Peep Show as [...]

She’s one smart Lady. From a ghetto-ized fashion model, going nowhere much except down a runway, to becoming her own celebrity machine. Model Amber Rose, deserve props today for parlaying herself into something greater than a runway model. Nice one! Amber Rose is at Tao all weekend in Los Vegas, as the star hostess with [...]

Amber Rose, slammed in her ice blue colored contacts to host Tao’s big party. Meanwhile Jon Gosselin was the star host at the MGM.  From obscurity last year, into party  people. America loves their celebrities to party with them, but Amber Rose and Jon Gosselin have had quite a year. They now have star billing [...]