For anyone who moves from any country to be a part of Hollywood, it’s always a tough switch. Thankfully Russell Brand has Katy Perry to help smooth over any culture shock differences. Here’s a new pic from Brand’s book, titled, Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s Personal. For Hollywood, that’s an apt title, to generate [...]
Archive for February, 2012
RUSSELL BRAND HAS A NEW BOOK
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Katy PerryTags: Katy Perry, Russell Brand
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When living your life, you just never know who you’ve inspired or continue to inspire. When it comes to the many fans of Betty White… Here’s just one of them. Cute. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.30.10~
TONY CURTIS, PASSES AWAY, 85
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Hollywood History, RIPTags: Hollywood History, Janet Leigh, RIP, Star System - The Art of American Celebrity, Tony Curtis
Writes the L.A Times today of Hollywood legend Tony Curtis who passed away in his sleep in Nevada at 85. “In his personal life, Curtis was almost as colorful as he was on screen, from his humble beginnings as the son of immigrants in the Bronx to numerous marriages, a stint in rehab, a second career [...]
ART LINKLETTER’S STAR – HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME – 9.29.10
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Canada, Hollywood HistoryTags: Art Linkletter, Canada, Hollywood History, Stars Hollywood Walk of Fame
Art Linkletter’s Hollywood star is a reminder that people on blogs, twitter, MySpace, the News and Facebook “say the darndest things.” Let’s always be arty as people, and always link to other artists – to inspire, strengthen, correct, encourage – in this interwoven tapestry called the United States of Life. And may love be our letter, written [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – WED 8.29.10
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Washington D.C, WaterTags: Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Washington D.C, Water
A diva at a block party in heels and a President’s iPod clock in at no.1 in Hollywood today, as you voted with your hearts and perhaps most of all, your grace and humor. Here’s our top ten posts today as Tai Shan – the panda bear makes the cover of the Washington Post. 1. [...]
NESIAN MYSTIK, ISLAND MUSIC WITH MAORI FUSION
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Nesian MystikTags: Nesian Mystik
With a blend of sophisticated Island influences, Nesian Mystik‘s music would sit equally well on Obama‘s iPod in the White House or Oval Office, as well as throughout any South Pacific Island or on any marae in New Zealand too. These Kiwi lads have subtle hori-nesian flow. Enjoy. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.29.10~
GRATITUDE WITH NAOMI CAMPBELL
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Fashion, Friendship, Magazine Covers, Models, Naomi CampbellTags: Fashion, Friendship, Gratitude, Magazine Covers, Models, Naomi Campbell
We are the people we are today, because of those who helped us. Naomi Campbell reflects on the fashion mountains she climbed as a trailblazing supermodel of color, in Interview Magazine. Cover Awards, brings us her words of gratitude when reflecting. “Back when she, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangalista, Kate Moss and Stephanie Seymour ruled every magazine [...]
MODEL YASMIN BIDOIS, LIKE PINK MAORI-FRENCH CHAMPAGNE
Posted: September 30, 2010 in France, Hollywood Entertainment News, Maori, ParisTags: France, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Today, Maori, Nga Puhi Tonu Nui, Ngati Awa, Paris, Yasmin Bidois
Yasmin Bidois, the 15 year-old Maori model of French fusion, who landed her first magazine cover, through Tu Mai Magazine continues to wow with her natural beauty. Here she is doing pink model strut as cited on Clyne Model Management‘s website, via Tangata Whenua.Com. Let’s go Maori, Pacific Island & Kiwi girls in Hollywood, New York, [...]
HILARY AND HAYLIE DUFF – BIRTHDAY SISTERS
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Family Vs Fame, Haylie Duff, Hilary DuffTags: Family Vs Fame, Haylie Duff, Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff turns 23. [Source] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.29.10~
SECRET – SEAL’S MUSIC VIDEO
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Art, Heidi Klum, Love, SealTags: Art, Cross-cultural Narratives, Heidi Klum, Love, Seal
“I am your heart’s keeper” – Seal Love looks so pretty with Seal and Heidi in Seal‘s new music video for Secret. Being progeny of a cross-cultural marriage - I’m totally loving the spirit of this couple’s art. Hot! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.29.10~
A BRA THAT DOUBLES AS A PROTECTIVE BREATHING MASK FOR TWO
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Fashion, Fashion DesignersTags: Fashion, Fashion Designers
Photo Pick: Elena Bodnar holds up an “emergency bra, which Gus Rancatore, left, and John Durant show being worn as masks. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum in Cambridge was doing way too much today – stealing the show with this (patented) design that earned the team, the 2009 LG Nobel Public Health Prize. Each bra can be divided [...]
Janet Jackson hit the gym in Paris today. Image courtesy of Bossip team. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.29.10~
U.S WEEKLY TAKE US INSIDE BRITNEY SPEARS RECOVERY
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Britney SpearsTags: Britney Spears
After Britney Spears made $60+ million last year, I’d totally forgot, she was in recovery from anything. But yes, she still is. Recovery is a process. In a very Eminem like story, US Weekly take us inside the resilient pop star’s world of being a mom with a merch empire to manage. She’s looking good. [...]
BEIJING VISITORS – BILL GATES AND FRIEND SAY HI
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Bill Gates, China, Think Green, Warren BuffetTags: Bill Gates, China, Think Green, Warren Buffet
Bill Gates (right) hands out with a friend in Beijing for the much anticipated llaunching ceremony of Chinese electric vehicle BYD M6. Gates’ friend Warren Buffett whose all about making money from waste and thinking green where achievable, said Chinese automaker BYD was the “right choice for me,” two years after his Berkshire Hathaway bought a [...]
CLOSE UP – THE FLOWERS OF LIFE – WASHINGTON D.C 9.29.10
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Life, Photography, Washington D.CTags: Life, Photography, Washington D.C
What a reflection of life in this one image. The Associated Press’ Meegan M. Reed gets creative with her camera, photographing in closeup, a reflection of nature in Blueberry Park in Bremerton, Washington. Must have been a slow news day, but what a shot. Uplifting. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.29.10~
NEW BOOK: WHAT I EAT – 30 COUNTRIES GET CALORIE SWABBED
Posted: September 30, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Beaut Books, Cuisine of The World
A husband and wife team, analyze diets from 3o different nations. What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets, by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio Images. (Peter Menzel / September 27, 2010) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.29.10~
SUNSET OVER FAIRFAX AND SANTA MONICA
Posted: September 30, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Hollywood Today
The skies are alight with light, Santa Monica Blvd & Fairfax, this eve. The view from my place. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.29.10~
Hollywood entertainment and celebrity news as voted by US today. Here’s our top ten. 1. Quick riser: Block Party by Beyonce 2. Japan goes loco for Tom Cruise 3. Salvador Dali ‘s Last Supper 4. A diss and a reply 5. Yale Women’s Rugby Team 6. Naomi Campbell for Interview Magazine 7. To the end of [...]
INTRODUCING ANNABEL LANGBEIN, A COOK BOOK AUTHOR OF REKNOWN
Posted: September 29, 2010 in New ZealandTags: Annabel Langbein, Cuisine of The World, New Zealand
Writes cook book author and free range cook, Annabel Langein on her website: “With the days lengthening and the first fragrant spring blossom on the trees, I begin to crave lighter tastes – food that is fresh, bright and revitalising. I’m well over winter’s stodge and have a hankering for the zesty taste of lemons [...]
SPIRIT IS ALWAYS REFLECTED IN BEAUTIFUL SMILES
Posted: September 29, 2010 in Maori, Spirit, TheaterTags: A Diverse View, Hori = Maori, Kapa Haka, Live Music Artists, Maori, Smile Club, Spirit, Te Piringa, Theater
Here’s Te Piringa – a Maori cultural Glee Club from NZ, with smiles for Africa today. So cool to see Maori perform on an American-Kiwi produced platform, like this humble blog. Live music. A bit different. These beautiful people too, are US. Enjoy. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.28.10~
JOHN KEY ON ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
Posted: September 29, 2010 in John Key, Politics, Think GreenTags: John Key, Politics, Think Green
“Any political party with an eye to [the world's] future success must pursue policies that protect and promote our environmental assets.”–John Key [Image - Tu Mai Magazine & Ruakauri Bush by David Wall] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.28.10~
LARRY KING’S STAR – HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
Posted: September 29, 2010 in Larry KingTags: Larry King, Stars Hollywood Walk of Fame
One for Fairfax Canter’s Deli’s Mr King. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.28.10~
THE HAKA – MAORI HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
Posted: September 29, 2010 in haka, MaoriTags: haka, Haka Bro, Hori = Maori, Maori
The haka is an expression of warrior-hood. As Maori, haka is in our blood – and culturally all New Zealanders celebrate this Maori war dance. It is our art of fierce -least people mistake our meekness for weakness. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.28.10~
BEYONCE SIGHTING AT WEST ORANGE BLOCK PARTY
Posted: September 29, 2010 in Beyonce Knowles, DanceTags: Beyonce Knowles, Dance
Block parties are always the best. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.28.10~
RONALD REAGAN’S STAR – HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME – 9.28.10
Posted: September 29, 2010 in America, LeadershipTags: America, Leadership, Stars Hollywood Walk of Fame
President Ronald Reagan‘s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a reminder that at best, world leaders are people, who act. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.28.10~
REMEMBERING MERATA MITA’S LEGACY TO HAWAIIAN FILMMAKERS
Posted: September 29, 2010 in HawaiiTags: Hawaii, Maori Television, Maori Television Service Hollywood, Merata Mita
L.A has Oa’ahu weather today, so perhaps that’s why I’m thinking of Maori filmmaking great, the late Merata Mita and her legacy of filmmaking to many Hawaiians American stories of identity. Merata rocked. Here’s a click via The National Geographic on that fact. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.28.10~
JOLIE-PITT FAMILY NEWS VIA ONE TIMES INDIA
Posted: September 29, 2010 in Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Shiloh Jolie-PittTags: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
One Times India is reporting that veteran Hollywood actor Jon Voight is enjoying being a comical grandfather and publicist to Shiloh Jolie-Pitt his granddaughter. Says the media outlet: “Angelina Jolie’s father Jon Voight believes that Shiloh has a wonderful style and dressing sense even though she’s just four. He was present at a gala honouring film [...]
IS MARRIAGE MORE IMPORTANT THAN A COUPLES SALARIES?
Posted: September 28, 2010 in America, MarriageTags: America, Marriage
[An engaged couple pose in the Hinnant Family vineyard. Americans are marrying later, if at all due to the mean grip of recession requiring a romantic cultural redefinement of true love and its value. Marriage is a commitment of love - people deserve to try, in order to be better, or worse, people. Marriage is a choice [...]
