Archive for January, 2012

For Awhina Barrett of Te Ohu… a heart so full of love shan’t be forgotten.  [Image: Kristen Stewart of The Twilight Saga, Words: Elizabeth Barrett Browning] Poem: How do I Love Thee? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, [...]

Twilight Saga: New Moon‘s Robert Pattinson, does his take on the Young Hollywood actor’s diet as Vanity Fair gives Rob the Beatnick poets, photographic treatment on the weathered steps of a paint-bare cottage.  Image by Robert Pattinson. Words by Allen Ginsberg follow:  Poem: A Supermarket in California What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for [...]

There is one major question most Glee fans are strongly divided over. That question is simply: Who is Rachel Berry’s (Lea Michele) one true partner in the hit TV Series? Should Rachel be singing her uplifting golden duets with earnest jock Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) or should she be living on the edge a little and harmonizing [...]

When rock meets the fiddle on a Country Casanova Rd of heartache, is how Carrie Underwood rolled out at the American Music Awards this year. Very Edward of Twilight in the lyrical theming of her Cowboy Casanova song delivered with a very strong live performance too. Dig it. A nice song, seeing that Twilight’s current New [...]

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze is perhaps one of the best known images depicting American history. The original painting, 1850, was destroyed by a bombing raid in Germany in 1942. Luckily, Leutze had painted another version, the one seen above, in 1850, which is 12 by 21 feet, currently displayed at the Metroplotian Museum [...]

1. STEFANI GERMANOTTA‘s AMA’s performance as LADY GAGA is #1. 2. ALEX MERAZ: Like men who wore mohawks before him, Alex is an artist. 3. KATHERINE HEIGL and JOSH KELLY have a date at The Desert Rose. 4. Australia’s SCHAPELLE CORBY is home for Christmas. 5. The SALAHI‘s gatecrash a dinner at The White house. Real or staged? 6. [...]

The Trowenna Story by Witi Ihimaera, one of the greatest living storytellers and authors on this diverse earth, is a must read for all who are humanitarian minded. Ihimaera authored the Whalerider that became a film starring actor Cliff Curtis and the Oscar nominated Keisha Castle-Hughes. With The Trowenna Sea, think Last of The Mohicans epic storytelling that [...]

LOVE & WORLD PEACE

Posted: November 27, 2009 in Love, World Peace
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Horiwood.Com 11.26.09

… in the way that they should go and when they are old, they won’t forget.  دَرِّبِ الْوَلَدَ بِمُقْتَضَى مَوَاهِبِهِ وَطَبِيعَتِهِ، فَمَتَى شَاخَ لاَ يَمِيلُ عَنْهَا. חֲנֹ֣ךְ לַ֭נַּעַר עַל־פִּ֣י דַרְכֹּ֑ו גַּ֥ם כִּֽי־יַ֝זְקִ֗ין לֹֽא־יָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ Whakatupuria ake te tamaiti i te ara e haere ai ia, a, ka kaumatua, e kore e mahue i a ia. [...]

~Aha. It is what it is. A great Team. Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.26.09~

Pop star Shakira‘s performance at The American Music Awards, Sunday at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles deserves a mention. Military Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation choreography meets the Broadway feel of Stomp is what she rocked out with at the AMAs. Not only was she uber hot, but her statement to the world with a [...]

Victoria Beckham never disappoints as the world’s most famous soccer mom. Here she is bringing Hollywood to the UK, with the iconic staircase of film noir cinema in a fashion shoot for Harper’s Bazaar UK. Love it. Vicky B brings it for your entertainment. Cool soccer moms forever! To all of you soccer moms in Middle [...]

Alex Meraz, Rihanna, David Beckham and Adam Lambert all have mohawks right now. Perhaps the return of the Mohawk is in part due to the casting of Alex Meraz and the Native American Indian lads of Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight Saga’s New Moon. Rihanna felt the New Moon vibe and incorporated a modern haute take on [...]

Darn. Hide this brotha away from Hollywood studio execs, they just might want another Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) if they sighted him. Neemia Tialata is a big football star of rugby football royalty in the world. Neemia plays for The New Zealand All Blacks rugby football team. Here’s what the official team website says about [...]

Kelly Clarkson is one of my most favorite American singers. She’s just so real and she’s got the voice to deliver. Her performance of Already Gone at the AMAs was a knock out. So I thought I’d press play on it again here in Hollywood. I’d seen Kelly singing the song live at the Orange County Fair [...]

Oprah Winfrey may be leaving Chicago City and also the Oprah Show as we know it in 2011 (as People Magazine’s cover depicts) but did she have to cancel her Favorite Things Show as well? That’s right. According to The Huffington Post, Oprah’s cancelled her give-away free for all show this year for her in [...]

Disney kids in Hollywood must stick up for other Disney kids. Especially when Summit Entertainment threatens to rock Disney’s teen camp with The Twilight Saga. Here’s Miley Cyrus doing just that as the 17 year-old gushes about her Disney-friendly buddy Zac Efron. In an interview with Sirius XM’s The Morning Mash, Cyrus says this about [...]

The Black Eyed Peas American Music Awards double performance depicts what a fantastic year this group has had. Haters may hate them, but they are amazing. Love them! [Image of Fergie by American Superstar Mag].

These little fellahs and girls remind me a lot of the Hollywood ego.They’re little hogs and they’re very cute too. Like many celebrities, how can we not help but find them adorable? These photos just in from Cohen Farm in North Carolina. From Horiwood and [Cohen Farm] Happy Thanksgiving 2009. :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood [...]

UK Brits can do black too. Love it from Twilight Star, Robert Pattinson today, this week Pattinson has referred himself to a Beatle and now Jay-Z the king of hip hop. And Lady Gaga thinks that she’s a fame monster. He’s too much. Here’s what Pattinson says: “When I was 14, I fronted a rap trio.” [...]

For all you Brits, Kiwis and Aussies who missed Rihanna‘s Good Morning America performance and interview here in the US after the AMAs. Here she is singing, Wait is Ova, Russian Rhoulette. EnjoY! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.26.09~

Hollywood actor Cliff Curtis is rumored to be tying the knot in beautiful Rotorua New Zealand, very soon. Cliff is the ‘happiest hori’ who works in Hollywood that I know of. Cliff Curtis is a funny man when he’s not doing intense method-acting character roles that Hollywood requires of him. This is the talented actors forte [...]

Twilight New Moon star, Robert  Pattinson talks about his musical dreams to Paris  Match Magazine. The hope of the UK says: “I write songs, that’s true. I’ll record a few tracks as soon as I finish the promotion for the movies, but before I won’t do anything. I don’t want to release an album which has a sticker [...]

Brad Pitt attended an industry screening evening for Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglourious Basterds at the DGA building in West Hollywood. As per the custom at such Hollywood screening events, (I’ve been to several) the most anticipated time of the evening is when a Q & A takes place. John G. Avidsen director of Karate, asked a question, Brad took a [...]

Jennifer Lopez who appeared on Live with Regis & Kelly this morning tweeted her Thanksgiving wishes to America after the morning show. Happy Thanksgiving ya’ll. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.26.09~

Sydney Australia loves Britney Spears much better than Perth Australia does. Apparently, Spears has broken a record for concert ticket sales at the Acer Arena that was previously held by UK superband Coldplay. Britney sold 66,247 tickets across 4 nights of her Circus Tour, narrowly beating Coldplay by 7,000 tickets. Congrats Brit Brit. Go Australia! Britney’s teen flame, [...]

Live  Nation, who have delivered 22,000 live events each year, haved teamed up with Apple to bring you exclusive live performance only on ITunes. The new paged dubbed “Live Nation Presents” showcases hot artists such as Ziggy Marley, OK Go, Plain White T’s, Hillary Duff and others. Downloadables (especially video) is what is behind this [...]

Khloe Kardashian tells The View that she removed her middle name and that her official new name is Khloe Kardashian Odom. Riveting! She also played a good role as sister Kourtney Kardashian‘s publicist about Kourtney’s pregnancy. The Kardashians are unstoppbale. America just can’t get enough of them! It was noted that Khloe’s 9 carat diamond ring was ‘bigger’ [...]

In an effort to boost Barack Obama‘s popularity stakes, the White House is totally pretending today, that white American social climbers, will do anything to bust out to White House dinners. Just joking, but this report is a little suspicious with all of the security at The White House. The Washington Post reports that Michaele and Tarq Salahi swanned on [...]