Archive for January, 2012

Latina black street couture in America. With feathers on heels. Hot. [Photographer: Shamayim via Kanye's blog].

Music act  She & Him wowed L.A recently with a cute little performance of their song, Don’t Look Back on everyone’s favorite Scotsman, Craig Ferguson‘s late night show. [Watch clip]. They are also the top act of the Los Angeles Times Celebration of Food & Wine day coming up, at Paramount Pictures studio location on September 5th. But [...]

ONE FOR BEVERLY HILLS

Posted: August 15, 2010 in California
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90210 Pretty. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 8.14.10~

Says Kanye West: “I actually don’t know a rapper before me that liked white people more than me. I don’t know a rapper that wore tighter jeans. I don’t know a rapper that collaborated with more white people than me.” Kanye is so wannabe Eminem‘s mainstream audience appeal right now, you can’t help but smile [...]

Kinda… “Beyonce?” … Way to name drop on one’s imaginary telephone. Watch here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 8.14.10~

In Hollywood, celebrity couples know how to work the popular vote to get movie numbers in theaters and TV ratings. Well, according to People actor Thomas Jane and Patricia Arquette are headed for Splitsville again. People report their spokespeople as saying:  “The split is completely amicable and their prime focus is their daughter. They ask that their [...]

ART: VINTAGE CHANEL No. 5

Posted: August 15, 2010 in Art, artist, Coco
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Art is as amber as this image of vintage Chanel No. 5, which is on display at the Weideman Gallery, West Hollywood, CA 90046. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 8.14.10~

Celebrating her b’day, one day prior, Madonna shimmered in London town for her 52nd birthday bash in a London Club. One thing I like about Madonna, is that when you do a blog post on her, Madonna’s people, (fans or marketing team, always link back to you and promote your blog too). She gives as [...]

  Went for dinner with Uncle Emile last night to Panini Cafe in Beverly Hills. The food was mediterranean good and Emile’s in fine form. The last time Emile and I had shared a meal, I had cooked for him, whipping up a culinary delight, throwing pots and pans around the kitchen stove, like John McEnroe would [...]

Sean Lennon, son of John and Yoko will be performing at Woodstock next weekend.  Excellent. Let’s see what he can do. Source ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 8.14.10~

Jonathan Franzen‘s new novel Freedom borrows twitter’s star bird logo. Maori on their wedding day, just do things differently. But let’s make this about twitter.  Twitter is the social networking site, that’s addictive because everyone wants to feel like their life, tastes, views and preferences count and are worthy of being shared with others. Here’s a snapshot [...]

On the night she died, I sat beside Aunt Elvira‘s bedside, and as she breathed her last breaths, I read these words about ‘Attitude’ on her bedside wall. As I read these words sitting beside her watching her life hang in the balances, I realized I was showing the most signs of room for improvement, [...]

Joe Manganiello sidles up to Oscar queen, Anna Paquin to get his start as a viable Hollywood actor on the hottest cable TV show in the U.S.A, True Blood. L.A is the denim capitol of the world, so Joe will be fine, if he’s doing press like this today. source Oh, and America’s #1 most [...]

The LA Times is reporting that while the Obama family are vacationing in Florida, that families of the 9/11 victims are very upsetting that the President has endorsed a mosque at site Ground Zero. Reports the L.A Times:  “The political lines are now drawn, as President Obama obviously intended Friday when, unsolicited, he used the occasion of [...]

Simon Cowell has come under fire lately, for hiring an S.E.O company (or companies), to realter google’s news ordering of articles and comments about him and his star branding. This story only adds to the fact, that fame costs. No matter which way it is achieved. Google’s front page listing is prime real estate of [...]

Two tweets today. Barbara J Walters tweets: “Today on my Sirius/XM radio show the “Furious Love” of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. 6p east/3p west on Sirius 102, XM 155″ Dame Elizabeth Taylor‘s latest tweet says: “[Give. Remember always to give. That is the thing that will make you grow.] Every breath you take should [...]

Sarah Jessica Parker rented a womb, to have twins. The news helped her appear on Magazine covers for months. Women thought Sarah was a bit different. Slightly more intriguing.  Well, this just in from Neil Patrick Harris whose doing exactly the same thing. Surrogate mothers. The whole concept is so Chris Nolan in reverse. Very show [...]

Tweets the beautiful and talented Solange Knowles today, “… after ages of wanting to reject reading “Eat, Pray, Love”… I have been won over by people I trust have good taste.This better be good.” I always feel like I know this girl. Unofficially, her family’s other publicist via Twitter, so naturally talented, Solange is a [...]

Anne St Vincent sits down with Stefani Germanotta to help calm her down and unruffle her rockstar Elmo feathers for a morning.  A cute picture tweeted from Annie. The special K serial in the background, steals the show. It’s always surreal that in the short space of a year, Lady Gaga has become one of the touchstones of [...]

In response to PETA‘s outrage at Dodge using a monkey in their last TVC, Dodge shows a sense of humor with commercial #2, with Michael C. Hall of Dexter doing the narration. Only in America. Funny. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 8.14.10~

This weekend, the box office is being fiercely contended. Good luck Julia Roberts with Eat. Pray. Love. And good luck Sly Stallone and the Scott Pilgrim flick too.  ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 8.14.10~

Since Tiger Woods is preoccupied running his sports branding interests these days, Serena Williams is it, for sporting drinks giant, Gatorade. Here’s her latest tweet for Friday 13th: “At grocery store…… I’m always buying gatorade!!”  Serena is such a good girl. It’s Friday the 13th and Serena is buying gatorade. Lol! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California [...]

Rihanna’s hit is #1 in America at time of writing Alright, I noticed at my local donut store, that kids with Leukemia need a bit of a helping hand. No one really cares. Look at this picture. Go here to change that at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, if you have a heart and would [...]

I will don my Horiwood hat all day long, to any woman who can take humble burlap, and turn it into fashionable pop cultural trending art, that sells–any day. Look at the cuteness of this picture via twitter. Too cute.  Tweets popstar, Brooke Fraser, “Special night last night at the inaugural Next Magazine Woman of the [...]

Key story: P.R Angels. Many thanks Twitter. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 8.13.10~

Re: “ruelf elleber” Ho-Ri-Wood PR Rad. ICU! In World-Light Hollywood fashion here’s my thoughts: 1. Very Anne Rice ink/ True Blood hot, in stylish tomato patch fashion. I mean, totz.  2. Grammys black royalty references:  Lauryn Hill + the Hill produced Aretha Franklin track, A Rose is Still A Rose. Nice. 3.  Mark. . . I’m really am em-pressed. Your best press [...]

Go here to see what I’m talking about. Go Bob! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 8.13.10~

Last night at The Den, Emily Bossak looked after me all night at Doh (The Den of Hollywood). I had been invited to attend by Kim Sherrell and I went as a member of The Foreign Press. Publicist Andrew Winters had kindly called to put my name on the door.  Today, this post is especially for [...]

Artist ‘polaroids’ by Lady Gaga for i-D Magazine’s 30th Birthday Anniversary issue. [Images courtesy of this blog. With 19th Century bunny rabbit, porcelain sculpture by Hirado Mikawachi on show at LACMA. I must be non-focused today, because in spite of both creations being 200 years apart, I'm finding it very difficult to see the difference between Stefani [...]