Aunt Elvis‘ poem has had 30 hits already. That’s tres impressive for a brand new blog, in 4 hours of being online. Wow. Go girl! [Music, Elvis Presley King of Rock N' Roll singing music from his deep, American gospel music roots. In particular, Elvis sings, Amazing Grace, a song originally written by John Newton, a [...]
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AUNT ELVIS’ POEM IS A WINNER
Posted: July 17, 2010 in America, Elvis, Grace, LoveTags: Alex Haley, America, Aunt Elvira, Elvis, Grace, Love, Writers
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Purple will get you everywhere. Right?! [Cover image courtesy of Cover Awards] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.16.2010~
WATERMELON KITTIES
Posted: July 17, 2010 in Think GreenTags: Animals Are Beautiful Too, Think Green
Cute :) [image courtesy of Buzzfeed] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.16.2010~
JACK OSBOURNE for MEL GIBSON and ED WESTWICKE for MARLON BRANDO’S MEMORY
Posted: July 17, 2010 in Ed Westwicke, Jack Osbourne, Mel Gibson, Tee ShirtsTags: Ed Westwicke, Jack Osbourne, Marlon Brando, Mel Gibson, Tee Shirts
True fact, in Hollywood young bucks wave a flag, for legends. For right or wrong (and without judgement) here’s Jack Osbourne making like the wind of fickle gone-in-a-minute pop culture and Ed Westwicke doing a shout out for Hollywood trailblazers Mel Gibson and Marlon Brando. What brats. Yet funny. [Image of Jack, courtesy of Wenn.com and [...]
GRAHAM HENSEN IS DOING WAY TOO MUCH WITH A RUGBY FOOTBALL
Posted: July 17, 2010 in Humor, Rugby, Sports, UKTags: Gavin Hensen, Humor, Rugby, Rugby World Cup, Sports, Sports Horiwood, UK
Estranged husband of singer Charlotte Church is doing way too much with a rugby football this week. Fame hogs. Unbelievable! Does someone want Charlotte back or what?! :) [Image courtesy of Just Jared] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.16.2010~
TEN THINGS AMUSING AMERICA – 16th JUNE @ 7.45PM
Posted: July 17, 2010 in Katie Holmes, Suri CruiseTags: Jackie O, Katie Holmes, Suri Cruise, Ten Things Amusing America
Ten things that make you smile. I know this, because I count your votes. You’re a real spiritual lot aren’t you? Lol! Love ya. Katie Holmes dons pearls to conjur up some Jackie O today for the history channel’s new Kennedy biopic. And, here’s ten things ranking at 7.45pm this eve in L.A. Enjoy: 1. Beyonce‘s hooters. [...]
CLIFF CURTIS OF THE LAST AIRBENDER 3D IS IN LOS ANGELES – HORI IN THE HOLLYWOOD HAUS – WOOT!
Posted: July 17, 2010 in 3D, Cliff Curtis, MaoriTags: 3D, Cliff Curtis, Hori = Maori, M Night Shyamalan, Maori, Maori Filmmaking, Nicola Peltz, Noah Ringer, Seychelle Gabriel
Cliff Curtis and his beautiful bride are in Hollywood this weekend. Woot! We’re all catching up for a korero Sunday. Can’t wait. Maoris need other Hollywood Maoris, sometimes. :) Here’s Cliff with actors Actors Seychelle Gabriel, Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz and Director M. Night Shyamalan while promoting their 3D flick, The Last Airbender. [Image courtesy of [...]
HUMOR IS LISA MONETZ TWITTER ACCOUNT
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Humor, TwitterTags: Humor, Lisa Monetz, Twitter
Lisa Monetz has tweeted 2,600 times. She has zero followers on twitter, and she’s following zero people. Lol! But Lisa tweeted Horiwood blog today, namely Seth Meyers sense of humor at the ESPY’S 2010. ICU. Thanks. :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.16.2010~
PEACE MUSICALITY IS PINK AND SEAL FOR HERBIE HANCOCK WITH THE IMAGINE PROJECT – COURAGE TO LOVE :)
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Grammys, Human Rights, Liberty, Life, Like A Prayer, Music Industry News, Music Videos, Pink, Robert Ellis, Seal, World PeaceTags: Grammys, Herbie Hancock, Hot Chocloate: African American News on Horiwood.Com, Human Rights, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Liberty, Life, Light, Like A Prayer, Music Industry News, Music Videos, Pink, Robert Ellis, Seal, World Peace
Beautiful are the words “We are all the same people” in an “orchestra of life.”–Herbie Hancock. If we believe in peace; our breath, rhythm, heart, soul languages, bodies, dreams will unite like a river to give voice to it. Hot musicality is Mr Herbie Hancock recording his new album, The Imagine Project around the world. [...]
MAORI ROSE OF SHARON for AUNT ELVIRA’S LIFE AND MOM IS CURRENTLY IN ISRAEL
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Art, artist, DESTINY'S CHILD, Family Vs Fame, iPray, Israel, Korea, Leadership, Life, Love, Maori, Middle East, New Zealand, Travel Destinations, WomenTags: Art, artist, DESTINY'S CHILD, Family Vs Fame, Hori = Maori, iPray, Israel, Kool Kiwis, Korea, Leadership, Life, Love, Maori, Maori Rose of Sharon, Middle East, Middle Eastern Representation, Mother Teresa, New Zealand, Nga Puhi Tonu Nui, Ngati Whatua, Stars Hollywood Walk of Fame, Travel Destinations, Women
This just in via two emails from my sister in New Zealand, Sharon (The ‘Mother Teresa’ Rose of Maoridom): “Kia ora scrumtious muffins, It’s very sad when someone beautiful leaves this world….you realise how precious and necessary they were to your life, the life of others, the fabulousness of the world…..every life has a testimony…we [...]
GUEST COMMENTARY: TRAPPED BY GAZA BLOCKADE, LOCKED IN DESPAIR
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Gaza, Gaza Strip, Guest Commentary, Human Rights, Leadership, Love, Madonna, Middle East, War, World News, World PeaceTags: Ethan Bronner, Fares Akram, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Guest Commentary, Human Rights, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Leadership, Love, Madonna, Michael Slackman, Middle East, Middle Eastern Representation, Mona El-Naggar, War, World News, World Peace, Writers
“Why’s it so hard to love one another?”–Madonna Guest Commentary today is from New York Times journalists, Ethan Bronner and Michael Slackman –with help from Mona El-Naggar and Fares Akram . Here’s their combined effort, on an inside look in the Gaza Strip and at Palestinians heartbreaking plight. Nice writing. Empathy with facts. “GAZA CITY — [...]
FOR CARY BERGLUND OF NBC, CHANNEL 4: COURAGE TO LOVE IN AMERICA’S GARDEN OF PEACE
Posted: July 16, 2010 in America, Art, artist, Life, Love, Miss Elliette, Think Green, World News, World PeaceTags: America, Art, artist, Cary Berglund, Life, Love, Miss Elliette, Think Green, World News, World Peace
Hola Cary! C U sn. :) [Peace Garden location image by nature, Miss Elliette for Peace in The Middle East. Pic courtesy of Bobbey Mac's iPhone]. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.15.2010~
FASHION: KATE MOSS for REMEMBERING VERSACE TRIBUTE
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Fashion, Fashion Designers, Gianni Versace, Kate MossTags: Fashion, Fashion Designers, Gianni Versace, Kate Moss
This image of Kate Moss plucked from a tribute to fashion designer Gianni Versace. Special thanks to Mr Jeremy Waite today, for all of the referrals to Horiwood.Com from the Sex, Brands and Rock N Roll blog. Nice to know you think this blog is worthy of a referal. Thanks man. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood [...]
POETRY: A FEW LINES by AUTHOR ROBERT ELLIS for EMILE KANIM’S BOOK
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Poetry, Think GreenTags: Emile Kanim, Poetry, Think Green, Writers
“I saw no border… There’s a sign in the brush, Obscured in the dust–it reads, The garden of Eden.” [from the Poem, The Garden of Eden, from Endless Skies of Blue by Robert Ellis, as these poetic words make a star appearance in Emile Kanim's book, Plentitude: Beatitudes of Earth, Sky and Sea]. Ellis is the author [...]
HUMOR: SETH MEYERS AT ESPY’S 2010 for SPORTS STARS
Posted: July 16, 2010 in America, Humor, Soccer, Sports, TIger WoodsTags: America, Elin Nordegren, Humor, Seth Meyers, Soccer, Sports, Sports Horiwood, TIger Woods
Seth Meyers is a talented writer. “Elin Nordegren was America’s highest paid athlete.” Here’s L.A lad Seth, turning out a comedy show for sports entertainers of America at the ESPY’S Awards, 2010. Nice one fellah. Oh to be bright, young-ish, funny and witty… all while not saying the word soccer. Unbelievable. ;) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood [...]
ROBERT SHAPIRO IS LINDSAY LOHAN’S NEW LAWYER
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Lindsay LohanTags: Lindsay Lohan, Robert Shapiro, Todd West
The latest move on the celebrity lawyer’s chess board of entertainment, is that Robert Shapiro has put his hand up to be Lindsay Lohan‘s lawyer. What can I say about this, except that the man of the Shapiro-West clan, was and is responsible for managing Jerry Seinfeld‘s fortune knows how to look after celebrities with [...]
CHE GUEVARA RECITES A POEM
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Grace, Love, PoetryTags: Che Guevara, Grace, Love, Poetry
Love and grace, are always such darn attractive qualities. Set to poetry, even better. Here’s footage of Che Guevara to make you smile. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.15.2010~
LINDSAY LOHAN COVERS GQ GERMANY
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Lindsay Lohan, Magazine CoversTags: Lindsay Lohan, Magazine Covers
It has to be said, that, no matter what life throws her way, Lindsay Lohan always gives good face. Here’s Lindsay working it, to pay her bills, keep her family afloat, while juggling life’s stresses, growing pains, scandals and mistakes. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.15.2010~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – THU 7.15.2010
Posted: July 16, 2010 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Human Rights, Love, Mother TheresaTags: Aunt Elvira, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Human Rights, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Katharine Hepburn, Love, Mother Teresa, Mother Theresa
Vintage Mother Teresa footage has me fascinated today, and I’m not Catholic, I just love the light she left us as a gift. When you lose someone sweet in this world, you’re at a loss, because your whole being is still wired to be around their sweetness, because true sweetness in a person, is addictive and [...]
MAD MEN: WHAT WAS DON DRAPER DOING ALL THOSE YEARS BEFORE 30?
Posted: July 15, 2010 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsThis from twitter.com/MeredithBlake of the LA Times: Don Draper and Jesus have at least one thing in common: no one’s quite sure what they were doing before the age of 30. Over the last three seasons, the truth about Don’s past life has slowly emerged, but there are still long chapters missing from his biography. How, [...]
POETRY: WHEN I DIE by JANE GRAY of CHRISTCHURCH
Posted: July 15, 2010 in New Zealand, PoetryTags: Jane Gray, New Zealand, Poetry
When I die, I don’t want a funeral, No ornate coffin buried, In some cemetary, Rather, Let me lie beneath, The daffodils, And bluebirds., a magnolia, I loved so much, In the gardens where I walked and found myself, Let me rest beside the slow river, Alive with bobbing balls of fluffy ducklings, Sleek, black, [...]
TANGERINE ROSES
Posted: July 15, 2010 in Life, Miss Elliette, Think GreenTags: Life, Miss Elliette, Think Green
Tangerine roses by nature, Miss Elliette. Gorgeous like the scent of fresh tangelos. [Image, courtesy of Bobbey Mac's iPhone] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.14.2010~
AUNT ELVIRA’S 2nd GRADUATION AND THE HORIWOOD TOP 10, JULY 13th, 2010
Posted: July 14, 2010 in America, Arabic, Brooke Fraser, China, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Espanol, Family Vs Fame, France, Hebrew, Hiking, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Leadership, Love, Madonna, Maori, Miss Elliette, New Zealand, Te Reo Rangatira, WomenTags: America, Arabic, Arizona, Aunt Elvira, Brooke Fraser, Camela, China, Dr. Bruce Bryan, Emile Kanim, Entertainment News, Espanol, Family Vs Fame, France, Hebrew, Hiking, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Jazz, Leadership, Lebanon, Lena Horne, Love, Madonna, Maori, Miss Elliette, New Zealand, S. Kanim, Sito Kanim, Sitte Kanim, Te Reo Rangatira, Women
(المُحِبُّ): يَاحَمَامَتِي اللاَّئِذَةَ بِشُقُوقِ الصَّخْرِ وَمَخَابِيءِ الْمَعَاقِلِ، أَرِينِي وَجْهَكِ وَأَسْمِعِينِي صَوْتَكِ، لأَنَّ صَوْتَكِ عَذْبٌ وَمُحَيَّاكِ رَائِعٌ. وَعِنْدَمَا يَعْبُرُ مَجْدِي، أَضَعُكَ فِي نُقْرَةٍ مِنَ الصَّخْرِ، وَأَحْجُبُكَ بِيَدِي حَتَّى أَعْبُرَ، «أَزَحْتُ كَتِفَهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الأَحْمَالِ الثَّقِيلَةِ، وَسَلِمَتْ يَدَاهُ مِنْ حَمْلِ السِّلاَلِ. [Hot tip: Sometimes, you must see the world, side on... to get an education This [...]
WHISKEY BRAVO TATTOO by ANGELINA JOLIE for BRAD PITT
Posted: July 14, 2010 in Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga, Stefani GermanottaTags: Angelina Jolie, Body Art, Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga, Stefani Germanotta
In Lady Gaga‘s new song, she moves passed “red wine” as a buzz word, to claim “whiskey” as part of her fame hogging branding evolution. Here’s Angelina Jolie‘s answer to that move on the Hollywood chess board: According to Jezebel’s readers, Jez thinks she might have cracked the code on Angelina Jolie’s new tattoo. Here’s her theory: [...]
WHO IS THIS COMING UP FROM THE WILDERNESS?
Posted: July 14, 2010 in Leadership, Maori, Rugby, Taranaki, WomenTags: Cindy Ruakere, Hori = Maori, Leadership, Maori, Rugby, Rugby World Cup, Taranaki, Women
… I do believe it is Maori songstress, Cindy Ruakere and her Rugby World Cup song, Here I Come. Go here to see. Courage Wahine Toa. xox. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.14.2010~
FAIRUZ ON BEE-ING A VOICE OF HOPE FOR WORLD PEACE
Posted: July 14, 2010 in America, Beyonce Knowles, Democracy, Entertainment Celebrity News, Fayrouz, Human Rights, Leadership, Liberty, Middle East, Music Industry News, Music Videos, Shakira, World PeaceTags: America, Assi Rahbani, Beyonce Knowles, Democracy, Fairouz, Fayrouz, Hot Chocloate: African American News on Horiwood.Com, Human Rights, Leadership, Lebanon, Liberty, Live Music Artists, Mansour Rahbani, Middle East, Middle Eastern Representation, Midnight Oil, Music Industry News, Music Videos, Shakira, Turquoise, Turtles, Virginia Danielson, World Peace
True fact: Fairouz is Shakira‘s favorite singer. She rocks. This post, totally ‘borrowed’ from NPR.Org in full, Fairouz/ Fayrouz on being interview-shy but singing her message of redemptive Peace in the World. Let’s all grow up in Love. Courage. :) “July 12, 2010. You don’t have to be Lebanese to know the voice of Nihad Haddad, [...]
PIC: PRINCE HARRY’S MADONNA GAP AND A PUPPY
Posted: July 14, 2010 in Madonna, Prince Harry Windsor, UKTags: Animals Are Beautiful Too, Gone To The Dogs, Madonna, Prince Harry Windsor, UK
Um… I hear ya! [Image courtesy of Bauer Griffin] ~Posted in Hollywood, California USA. 7.14.2010~
IF EVER
Posted: July 14, 2010 in America, Eminem, Grace, Life, Literary, MaoriTags: America, Eminem, Grace, Life, Literary, Maori
… I poked your face, apologies: I spoke of the cathartic me, in order to be the honest manuka honey from the ha-bi-bee tree in your… Recovery. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 7.14.2010~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – MON 7.12.2010
Posted: July 13, 2010 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Music VideosTags: Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Music Videos, Rachel Maddow, Toni Braxton
When an unexpected angel breaks your heart with their mortality, you always learn a lot. Although the work is deep, the gift is to love deeper. What a gift pure-hearted love can be. Here’s Toni Braxton with a retro classic hit. And, celebrities, entertainment news and topics of interest, look like this today in our [...]
