Introducing Scott Bryan‘s blog, called Ananias Acts. It covers topics that are extremely relevant for the economy, the politics of US governance and how economic governance–whether it be by number crunching alone, or empathetic accounting that considers poorer people (or a balance between the two)–affects all Americans quality of life in this pressure cooker called the current [...]
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THE ECONOMICS OF LOVE THY NEIGHBOR IN THIS ECONOMY BY SCOTT BRYAN
Posted: September 4, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Ananias Acts, Economy, GDP, Scott Bryan, US Government
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JENNIFER CONNELLY IS IN STYLE IN THE UK, KINDA!
Posted: September 4, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Fashion, Jennifer Connelly
What can we say about actress Jennifer Connelly appearing in UK’s InStyle Magazine issue? 100% effort. Zero % fashion practicality in a recession. Let’s get real, only Beyonce and Sarah Jessica Parker could make these shoes work at all, but thanks anyway Jennifer for nothing. Oops… grandpa horiwood needs his big nap, obviously. <— that [...]
MAIA CAMPBELL’S CRACK HOUSE CAR DEBACLE
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Maia Campbell
Take a past sitcom star like Maia Campbell, add crack cocaine and driving a car to the mix (subtext DUI is bad, bad, bad) and you have the No. 1 American on googles search engine right now. Maia Campbell once starred in the sitcom In The House. The fact that Maia Campbell is the #1 [...]
JAYCEE DUGARD REUNITES WITH HER FAMILY
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Jaycee Dugard
As there are no words to describe Jaycee Dugard’s emotional reunion with her family after being a child abductee for 18 years, who returned home with two children to Orange county, I will leave it up to USA Today to do that for you. Go here to read. The first thing her mother did, after [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP 10 – THU 8.3.09
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Hayden Panettiere, Hollywood Entertainment News, Levi Johnston, News, Selena Gomez, The Horiwood Top 10, Zoe Kravitz
1. Hayden Panettiere: is the #1 most searched for person on horiwood.com today. Why, because she’s so bad, in that Michael Jackson kind of way, of being an entertainer. America loves Hayden Panettiere. The heroes star grabbed a coffee today while in character as Claire Bennet and that was enough to trigger her fans into [...]
AFGHANISTAN TODAY
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Afghanistan, Iran, Muslims
…. has really appreciated the war effort so far. Afghan women dress in their Burqa attire rest in Kabul on September 3, 2009. Muslims worldwide are observing the holy month of Ramadan. They abstain from consuming food and drink from dawn to dusk. It must be killer to be so close to all that coca-cola [...]
TWO TABLOIDS LIE ABOUT TWO HIGH PROFILE CELEBRITY RELATIONSHIPS
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Dean McDermott, Love, Marriage, Tori Spelling
If we had to give the wooden spoon award today and paddle two tabloids lying behinds, we’d have to give InTouch Weekly Magazine and Star Magazine a wee spanking for two of the most untrue covers in the tabloid game this week. First up, InTouch run with a story that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie [...]
BLAKE LIVELY & PENN BADGELY TOGETHER ON GOSSIP GIRL’S SET
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Gossip Girl
They’re the American kids who are hard at work filming in New York at the moment. Penn Badgely and Blake Lively are often filmed on the set of Gossip Girl in an effort to make fans feel privvy to the inner workings of the show. Because of its recession irrelevant content set in a world [...]
ROCCO RICHIE DOES SPIN FOR MOMMA
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Madonna, Rocco Richie
Rocco Richie, son of Madonna and filmmaker Guy Richie made his debut peformance into the world of entertainment when he spun records for his famous mom. See the clips above. It’s nice to see Madonna passing over the mantle to her children in show biz. That’s the spirit Madge. Earning $110 million the last year, [...]
IT’S A BIG NIGHT IN HOLLYWOOD TONIGHT
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: DJ AM, Michael Jackson, RIP
Both DJ AM and Michael Jackson are being laid to rest. Adam Goldstein [DJ AM] is having a memorial service and Michael Jackson gets laid to rest, finally, at Forest Lawn in the Hills. RIP music-winged ones. [images: GQ and BauerGriffin]
MILEY CYRUS IS HONEST ABOUT BODY IMAGE
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Body Image, Diet, Fashion, Miley Cyrus
America’s reigning teen superstar of Entertainment, Miley Cyrus, recently released this pic of her new fashion line with Max Azria for Walmart. Cyrus, whose always battling her body imaging like any teen, tweeted that these were not her real legs but that her computer geek friends had designed her some new ones. How refreshing. Now [...]
KANYE WEST BELIEVES IN LIBERATION NEXT
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Art, Kanye West, Magazine Covers, Russia
Brotha Kanye West, not to be outdone by the press coverage of his girl, Amber Rose, goes shirtless on the cover of Liberation Next Magazine. If you’re in Moscow, here’s the scoop: Наш любимый кеневест очутилсо без штонов но обложке фронцузсткого журнала для изврощенцев Liberation Next. Фоторобота явно фотожепная – токих дельт у него в [...]
AMERICA’S TOP 5 ICE CREAM FLAVORS
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Ice Cream
While Michelle Obama urges parents to encourage healthy eating habits in their families and children’s lives from the cover of Children’s Health Magazine, Best & Worst.Com have a current poll as to what the 10 Top Flavors of Ice Cream are in America at this second. Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Miley Cyrus all love [...]
IRON MAN MAY GET THE 3D TREATMENT
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: 3D, Hollywood Entertainment News, Iron Man, Mickey Rourke, Miley Cyrus, Robert Downey Jnr
Movie theaters are doing all they can to get people out of home entertainment comforts into the theaters. It’s a very competitive industry. The latest news from here in Tinseltown is that Iron Man is set to get the 3D movie treatment. Interactivity is good ya’ll. High Definition 3D is the way of the future for [...]
BECAUSE AGE IS NOTHING BUT A NUMBER
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Love
…. love will always be ageless –Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore
MOODY B*TCH COVERS ELLE MAGAZINE
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Elle, Fashion, Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckhams says she’s a mom first and foremost. Covering Elle Magazine, Beckham explains her “sour puss” pout on the red carpet. “People think I’m a moody bitch. I do have my insecurities. Maybe that is why I look a little bit serious. The kind of person who’s going to stand on the red carpet [...]
THE BEATLES BRAND UPS ITS GAME
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Apple, Music, Music Sales, The Beatles
Entertainment Weekly features John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles this week. The Beatles brand is having quite a surge with the release of: The Beatles: Rock Band, rare photographs of the group and a reissue of all Beatles albums. Sir Paul McCartney is working hard to secure a nice retirement fund. You can [...]
10 THINGS ABOUT KATHERINE HEIGL
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: KATHERINE HEIGL
1. The producers of Grey’s Anantomy know Katherine Heigl is their biggest star. In an effort to keep the actress within the hit show’s star cast, Grey’s will write around Heigl’s filming schedule as America wants more films from the actress. Entertainment is a supply and demand relationship. Heigl now bridges TV and film, in a [...]
ADDRESSING CHAZ BONO’S WEIGHT
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Chaz Bone, Obesity, SweetSueOhio
Sweet Sue of Ohio, left a comment today on the blog about Chaz Bono. I thought it was worth sharing. Here’s what Sue said: “Regardless of being male or female. Chas needs to do something about the weight issue. Male or female I would like Chas to live to be 100.” Obesity is something 2 [...]
MADONNA PUTS LOUDRES TO WORK
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Lourdes Leon, Madonna, Music
Lourdes Leon, Madonna’s daughter, shows that she has her momma’s performance gene. In Tel Aviv Madonna allowed Lourdes to get to work in rehearsals and show the world her talent in Madonna’s next round of concerts. Lourdes is featured dancing in Madonna’s hit, Give It To Me, and playing piano too. I love Madonna’s take [...]
LADY GAGA WILL ROVE AUSTRALIA
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Australia Spotlight, Lady Gaga
Stefani Germanotta is heading to Australia. Lady Gaga has just announced new tour dates in Australia for the month of March 2010. Tickets go on sale, September 11, 2009. Guff on the tour says Lady Gaga “will feature a spectacular new arena production and full band.” Um…… we hope so if she’s doing Arenas. A [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP 10 – WED 9.2.09
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Hollywood Entertainment News, News, The Horiwood Top 10
The Top 10 most searched for celebrities on Horiwood.Com today here in Hollywood are: 1. Lady Gaga: Her performances in Malaysia and her proclamation that she loves Singapore’s chili crab, made Lady Gaga a big hit in Asia this week. 2. Amber Rose: A pair of ice blue colored contact lenses and a banging bikini [...]
SHILOH JOLIE PITT, HALLE BERRY’S NEXT PREGNANCY & HOLLY MADISON’S EXTREME MAKE OVER
Posted: September 3, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Holly Madison
… are all topics of interest in America this week on the cover of Life & Style weekly. Shiloh Jolie Pitt is really too young to even talk about, so let’s leave that child alone. Halle Berry’s pregnancy reminds us all that breeding is one of the best things to do in a recession. Like [...]
MORE MEGAN FOX FASHION PICS FROM WONDERLAND
Posted: September 2, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Fashion, Megan Fox
Megan Fox is quite the supermodel, when she’s not saying she’s mentally retarded in her hilarious latest round of press.Go here to read that funny shizzle. Megan Fox’s pics from her Wonderland Magazine fashion shoot reminds us that yes, LA indeed is one of the hottest places to live. It has the prettiest peoplescape in [...]
WHITNEY HOUSTON’S COMEBACK SHOWS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
Posted: September 2, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston, the woman who was once the greatest known vocalist on earth (in the Western World), struck a few probs with her comeback performance on Good Morning America. Her rendition of I’m Every Woman, below, says it all. But, if you’re like me, I just think the fact Whitney Houston is still alive and [...]
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES….
Posted: September 2, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Art, Glass Magazine
… should buy Glass Magazine from the UK. Whether it be fashion, architecture, war in Afghanistan, couture design, Cambodia’s plight, the Dandy Warhols take on outer space, Guy Bordin’s art sensibility, traditional Church Cathedral design, or the romantic city of Paris; this magazine has got it all. Here’s 10 Views from the pages of Glass [...]
WHAT TO DO WHEN TRUE BLOOD ENDS ITS HIT SEASON
Posted: September 2, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, Bridgette McCain, Jace Everett, True Blood, vampires
As you know, being a hori from New Zealand living in Hollywood, I am a bit partial to the True Blood: Season 2 TV series on HBO. Thanks to Anna Paquin, our Oscar winning Hollywood girl from New Zealand, True Blood makes us all come back each week for more. I mean, where else do [...]
