With all of the talk in the media (even via India), that a broken hearted bad romance with an ex Australia partner–was a factor behind the death of legendary British fashion designer Alexander McQueen; it was heartening to see this tribute from the City of Angels on Melrose honoring what a great and gifted visionary [...]
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FASHION ETTIQUETTE: ALEXANDER McQUEEN IS REMEMBERED ON MELROSE IN HOLLYWOOD – VALENTINES DAY 2010
Posted: February 15, 2010 in Fashion, Fashion Designers, Hollywood History, India, Maori, New Zealand, RIP, Te Reo Rangatira, UK, West HollywoodTags: Alexander McQueen, Awful Aussies, Fashion, Fashion Bites, Fashion Designers, Hollywood After Dark, Hollywood History, Hollywood Today, Hori = Maori, India, Maori, Melrose Meanders, New Zealand, Pop Culture Commentary, RIP, Te Reo Rangatira, UK, West Hollywood
MARILYN MONROE & GAGA INSPIRED ART for VALENTINES by the GUY HEPNER ART GALLERY 2010
Posted: February 14, 2010 in America, Art, artist, Lady Gaga, Marilyn Monroe, West HollywoodTags: America, Art, Art Galleries, artist, Guy Hepner, Hollywood After Dark, Hollywood Today, Hot Pic of the Day, Lady Gaga, Marilyn Monroe, Pop Culture Commentary, West Hollywood
Guy Hepner gives one of the best social commentaries of the times from West Hollywood with Lady Gaga and Marilyn Monroe inspired art themes this Valentines Weekend. Sublime. Bold. Punchy. Hot! This is the American art scene today as told from sunny and beautiful California. Guy Hepner has great tastes in reading pop cultural trends [...]
LADY GAGA NEWS ON HORIWOOD.COM – VALENTINES DAY 2010
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Canada, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Stefani Germanotta, UKTags: Canada, Cyndi Lauper, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Stefani Germanotta, UK
Five hot things about Lady Gaga, America’s hottest pop star this Valentines Weekend for your entertainment: 1. Lady Gaga makes music history. The artist has sold more than $605,000 copies digitally of her debut The Fame, giving her the title of the best-selling digital album champion of all time. She’s the artist for these digital [...]
ART: AMERICAN VALENTINES by DAVID WILLARDSON at REBECCA MOLAYEM GALLERY
Posted: February 14, 2010 in America, Art, artist, Audrey Hepburn, West HollywoodTags: America, Art, Art Galleries, artist, Audrey Hepburn, David Willardson, Muhammad Ali, Rebecca Molayem Gallery, West Hollywood
Audrey Hepburn and Muhammad Ali are two subjects of the American gaze, as painted in David Willardson‘s IconixArt collection on display at the Rebecca Molayem gallery on Robertson Blvd in West Hollywood. Strong images restore American identity, this Valentines. I like! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.14.2010~
BOX OFFICE: VALENTINES DAY IS #1
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Box Office Stars, Emma Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Movie NewsTags: Box Office Stars, Emma Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Movie News
The Julia Roberts headlining and ensemble cast film, Valentines Day has wowed audiences in North America with its allure of romance taking the #1 spot at the box office this Valentines weekend. The film is expected to clock in at $53 million in ticket sales. Although she appeared in the film for only six minutes. [...]
ART: VALENTINES EVE by MARTIN & LOZANO GALLERY
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Art, artist, West HollywoodTags: Art, Art Galleries, artist, Christopher H Martin, Hollywood After Dark, Hollywood Today, Kandy Lozano, West Hollywood
The Art of Love is a timeless theme of all artists including Christopher H Martin and Kandy Lozano. Happy Valentine’s Day from Martin & Lozano Art Gallery of 302 Robertson Blvd, West Hollywood CA 90048 USA. :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.14.2010~
ALLISON IRAHETA sings GNARLS BARKLEY
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Alison IrahetaTags: Alison Iraheta
… with the help of Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. Honestly, Allison is sooooo underrated. Amazing talent. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.14.2010~
DAKOTA FANNING FOR VOGUE
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Dakota Fanning, Entertainment Celebrity NewsTags: Dakota Fanning
Let’s face it, Dakota Fanning is a Lady Gaga too as she vouges it up for Vogue Magazine. What a cutie pie. So young and iconic already. All Dakota needs is a UN Ambassadorialship and she’ll be rocking it for reals in the real players club of Hollywood. Come on UN, step up! ~Posted by [...]
GO FORTH – SUNSET STRIP by LEVIS 2010
Posted: February 14, 2010 in DenimTags: Denim, Signs of the Times, Sunset Strip
Levis reminds us… that we are meant to Go Forth into All The World. I live it… as shot on the Sunset Strip yesterday here in Hollywood. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.14.2010~
… and a little bit rock n’ roll. What an outfit! Smilers arrived at Burbank recording studios to lay down some new material. That means, she basically drove a few blocks from home in the valley to Burbank to sing. She keeps it local, and in LA… we like that! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood [...]
MICHAEL JACKSONS WE ARE THE WORLD DEMO
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Africa, Michael Jackson, We Are The WorldTags: Africa, Michael Jackson, We Are The World
Michael Jackson was such a talented man. To write this song, record it as a demo and then stand back and let other artists and the world, own it, add to it in order to feed Africa and Haiti is a legacy worth learning. Angelina Jolie is perhaps the artist most walking in his [...]
BILLBOARD by TOM FORD, HOLLYWOOD
Posted: February 14, 2010 in FashionTags: Fashion, Hollywood Today, Signs of the Times
Hot stuff. As shot today, Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.13.2010~
HANNAH KEARNEY WINS FIRST WINTER GOLD FOR USA
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Sports, Winter OlympicsTags: Hannah Kearney, Sports, Winter Olympics
Hannah Kearney picked up the first gold for the USA in the women’s mogal event in Vancouver at the Winter Olympics, day 1 of competition. Congrats honey! Olympic gold is the top of the game. Nice one! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.13.2010~
SWISS MAN SIMON AMMANN WINS FIRST GOLD MEDAL of WINTER OLYMPICS 2010
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Sports, Winter OlympicsTags: Simon Ammann, Sports, Winter Olympics
Eight years after winning his first gold medal at the Winter Olypmics, Swiss skiier Simon Ammann took to the slopes again today with a 108m jump which gave Ammann the gold medal. Exciting day for the Swiss in Canada. [Image of Simon Ammann courtesy of Getty Images via The New York Times] ~Posted by [...]
LOL! SANDRA BULLOCK’S BURNT BEAVER STORY
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Humor, Sandra BullockTags: Humor, Sandra Bullock
Funnywoman Sandra Bullock yaps with a Valentine’s Day story about how romanticizing her feminity for her beau, went horribly wrong. Says Bullock to CelebNewsWire: “I decided for Valentine’s Day I would do a special hair thing. I wanted to try to create a pink heart shape with my lower hair. It was painful. You [...]
MANHUNTERS on A&E… IS ANYONE WATCHING?
Posted: February 14, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Marketing & Branding, Signs of the Times, Sunset Strip
A&E are pulling out all of the stops to get Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force noticed on The Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Is anyone watching? I can’t wait until Trauma begins starring Cliff Curtis. Should be good. [Billboard pic was snapped fresh today by Horiwood in The City of Angels] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. [...]
ALANIS MORISSETTE RETURNS BEYONCE’S FAVOR
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Alanis MorissetteTags: Alanis Morissette
Beyonce sung Alanis Morissette‘s song, You Oughtta Know live at the Grammy Awards 2010. It was a song that many believed, explained Beyonce’s family situation with her parents divorcing and her dad having a love child (Nixon) to Beyonce’s ex-branding Consultant Alexsandra Wright. It seems that Alanis is a good sport and is returning a [...]
CHELSEA HANDLER GETS TO THE BOTTOM OF CHANNING TATUM’S AGONY
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Channing Tatum, Chelsea HandlerTags: Channing Tatum, Chelsea Handler
Perhaps worse than burning one’s peen with scalding hot water, is the need to talk about it two months after the fact, on nationwide TV. Thankfully, Los Angeles’ witty woman of TV Talk, Chelsea Handler let Channing Tatum vent his spleen about it on The Chelsea Lately Show. Are you over it yet Channing? Move on [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP 10 – SAT 2.13.2010
Posted: February 14, 2010 in Amber Rose, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Kanye West, PinkTags: Amber Rose, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Kanye West, Pink
The Winter Olympics open in Canada; the Taleban are under siege by US Troops–and in the shallows of Hollywood, here’s your top ten today. Enjoy! 1. Mad Fan Love: Polka Face: Germany hearts Lady Gaga 2. Hot Pic: Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony 2010 -starting image 3. Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia, dies at 21 4. Art: [...]
LINDSEY VONN STILL MAY HAVE A CHANCE AT WINTER OLYMPICS GLORY
Posted: February 13, 2010 in Sports, Winter OlympicsTags: Lindsay Vonn, Lindsey Vonn, Sports, Winter Olympics
Lindsey Vonn, 25, the US gold medalist favorite for skiing the slopes of Winter Olympics glory, almost saw her dreams to compete slip away with a skiing injury this week. Although in intense pain and not being able to train at all in Vancouver, due to bad weather causing the rescheduling skiing events, Vonn still [...]
ART: LOVE IS A MYSTERIOUS PUZZLE
Posted: February 13, 2010 in Art, Love, Salvador DaliTags: Art, Hollywood Today, Love, Salvador Dali
Love is a mysterious puzzle… yet in a single rose, we see nature form Love for us fully everyday–Horiwood Always stop to smell the roses, consider the lilies of the fields… and by the way… buy this little book for the one you love. :) [Images snapped by Horiwood of The Empty Vase, Santa Monica [...]
ALICE IN WONDERLAND BILLBOARD ON SUNSET STRIP
Posted: February 13, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Hollywood Today, Signs of the Times, Sunset Strip
Los Angeles is looking colorful today people. Come and visit LA if you haven’t been already. Here’s Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland movie promo billboard on the Sunset Strip. Snapped today for your entertainment, in case you don’t get out much. Enjoy! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.13.2010~
DOES ROBERT PATTINSON HAVE A WEE CRUSH ON LADY GAGA?
Posted: February 13, 2010 in Fashion, Lady Gaga, Robert Pattinson, TrendsTags: Fashion, Fashion Bites, Lady Gaga, Pop Culture Commentary, Robert Pattinson, Trends
By the looks of his styling in the 10th Anniversary issue of Details Magazine, it is safe to say, that Robert Pattinson does have a little pop cultural crush on Lady Gaga. But who doesn’t… and besides… there’s a cue for that in Hollywood! :) But let me be the first Hollywood blog to [...]
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS HAS A HEAVY OSCARS CAMPAIGN RUNNING ON THE SUNSET STRIP
Posted: February 13, 2010 in Brad Pitt, OscarsTags: Brad Pitt, Hollywood Today, Marketing & Branding, Oscars, Signs of the Times, Sunset Strip
So much so… that Brad Pitt‘s un-bearded mug is everywhere! [Sunset Strip billboards snapped today] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.13.2010~
ROBERT PATTINSON DETAILS COVER
Posted: February 13, 2010 in Magazine Covers, Robert PattinsonTags: Magazine Covers, Robert Pattinson, Twilight. New Moon. Breaking Dawn. Eclipse
Well… Smokin’ British Bonds. What a cover! ~Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.13.2010~
JOHN MAYER’S NEW BUSINESS CARD
Posted: February 13, 2010 in Humor, John Mayer, Theater, West HollywoodTags: Humor, John Mayer, Theater, West Hollywood
Not really… but it should be! Puppetry of the Penis is on at the local theater in West Hollywood on Santa Monica and Flores. If visting LA, make sure you go and see it. Ridiculous! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.13.2010~
ROBERT PATTINSON FOR DETAILS
Posted: February 13, 2010 in Robert Pattinson, UKTags: Robert Pattinson, Twilight. New Moon. Breaking Dawn. Eclipse, UK
…. is looking every bit detailed as a future James Bond. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.13.2010~
VALENTINES DAY 2010 – THE EMPTY VASE – PART II
Posted: February 13, 2010 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsLove’s story is the story of us all. :) ~The Empty Vase, Santa Monica & Doheny, Hollywood CaliforniaUSA. Posted by Horiwood.Com, 2.13.2010~
JAMIE JUNGERS PROFITS FROM TIGER WOODS SCANDAL IN VEGAS FOR VALENTINES
Posted: February 15, 2010 in Humor, Las Vegas, Tee Shirts, TIger WoodsTags: Hollywood Today, Humor, Las Vegas, Melrose Meanders, Pop Culture Commentary, Tee Shirts, TIger Woods
Tiger Woods Post: Someteimes in show biz, it takes a vampire to bite an unknown, to make them a star. Ex nude model, Jamie Jungers hosted a Valentine’s Weekend event at Pure Nightclub in Las Vegas, profiting from Tiger Woods scandals quite well this weekend. FYI-MC hosts are always paid between $50,000 and $150,000 to [...]