Is “Lofty” Emanuel (son of x-ray technician Martha Smulevitz) going to lead Illinois into a better decade? You all seem to think so. Today on the blog, Pakistan’s flood victims need our sustained love, Haiti has it’s leadership feuds, but did we care much about humanitarian issues? Hell no. I take that back, white people (mainly) experiencing [...]
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THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – TUE 9.7.10
Posted: September 8, 2010 in America, Chicago, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10Tags: America, Chicago, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Rahm Emanuel
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ANGELINA JOLIE SHEDS LIGHT ON PAKISTAN
Posted: September 8, 2010 in Angelina JolieTags: Ajay Chhibber, Angelina Jolie, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Pakistan
“I am very moved by them and I hope that I am able to, today and tomorrow, be able to do something to help bring attention to the situation for all of the people in need in Pakistan,” Jolie told reporters after visiting a refugee camp in the Jalozai area,” says Angelina Jolie visiting Pakistan [...]
NOELLE PEREIRA ON FONT SNOBBERY 101, IS A LAUGH
Posted: September 8, 2010 in HumorTags: Humor, Noelle Pereira
Tweets Noelle Pereira about the importance of fickle font-ing as a mark of graphic design: noellepereira: “I’d like to say that I’m not font-discrimanatory and that I love all my fonts equally, but that would be a lie. My taste for fonts changes like the seasons and all my work at that period of time would [...]
WILLOW SMITH WEARS HER WEAVE BACK AND FORTH
Posted: September 8, 2010 in Music Industry NewsTags: Music Industry News, Willow Smith
It’s the heart that counts, not the head. Or more to the point, what’s in both is what really matters. She’s 9 years old, and she’s following in the footsteps of Beyonce who started out as a singer at around the same age. There’s no stopping Willow Smith, who is experimenting with music and dad’s music [...]
HOT AIR BALLOONING, CANTERBURY PLAINS LOOKS FUN
Posted: September 8, 2010 in Travel DestinationsTags: Travel Destinations
Live a little, in a place that knows the value of life with magnificent views What: Adventure Tourism Who: Red Balloon NZ Where: Canterbury Plains, Christchurch New Zealand How Much: Varies. Go here to see World Famous: The Guinness Book of Records have acknowledged that “The oldest known person in the world to fly in a Hot Air Balloon” [...]
HUMOROUS PUBLICITY AWARD – BEYONCE’S DIAMOND RECORD HOPES PR – LADY GAGA GIVES A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GIFT
Posted: September 8, 2010 in Beyonce Knowles, Mark YoungTags: Beyonce Knowles, Mark Young, PR PR PR
Sometimes, news articles are written so well from singer’s publicists, that they deserve to shine like an example of ‘how it’s done’ all on their own. This is one such instance, that came to my attention with the search question on this blog: “What did Beyonce get for her birthday this year?” Too funny. This ‘report’ [...]
OPRAH WINFREY TO BE HONORED IN KENNEDY CENTER’S HONOREES
Posted: September 7, 2010 in Oprah WinfreyTags: Bill T. Jones, Merle Haggard, Oprah Winfrey
“Like a grab-bag dinner party of the cultural elite — the star power on hand is undeniably powerful,” writes David Ng, of the Kennedy Center’s annual honors list for leading figures of Arts & Entertainment. Unsurprisingly and well deservedly enough, Oprah Winfrey leads the line up of Kennedy honorees this year. Go Oprah! The Obamas will [...]
PAKISTAN FLOOD VICTIMS ARE BEING VERY PATIENT
Posted: September 7, 2010 in World NewsTags: Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Pakistan, World News
Patience is a virtue, especially in times of duress. This is Pakistan’s story today. Reports Merril D Oliver, “[Pakistan] news is unrelenting — and almost unrelentingly bad. After scathing criticism that they were unprepared for the disaster and inept in their initial response, Carlotta Gall reported, government officials, ministers and even President Asif Ali Zardari are crisscrossing [...]
RAHM EMANUEL FOR CHICAGO’S MAYOR? AS RICHARD DALEY EYES FAMILY LIFE
Posted: September 7, 2010 in ChicagoTags: Chicago, Maggie Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Daley
[Image, Maggie and Richard Daley, Chicago Breaking News] First Quote: “I’ve done my all. I’ve done my best,” said Chicago‘s mayor Richard Daily at a press conference at City Hall. “Now, I’m ready with my family to begin the new phase of our lives. Second Quote: “No mayor in America has loved a city more or served [...]
UNBELIEVABLY FREAKIN OBVIOUS – THE CYRUS BOYS DO PARANORMAL ACTIVITY TV
Posted: September 7, 2010 in Billy Ray Cyrus, Family Vs Fame, Trace CyrusTags: Billy Ray Cyrus, Family Vs Fame, Ian Punnett, Mark Stern, Paranormal, Trace Cyrus, TV development
Here’s some exciting news. Ian Punnett of Coast 2 Coast AM radio fame, might just get a cameo on this TV Series from the Cyrus family. Variety is reporting today that Billy Ray Cyrus and Trace Cyrus are developing a new TV show for SyFy called, UFO: Unbelievably Freakin’ Obvious. The show is described as “a [...]
HAITI FEUDS – SEAN PENN’S REP RESPONDS TO COCAINE SNIFFER ACCUSATIONS
Posted: September 7, 2010 in drugs, Sean PennTags: drugs, Haiti, Sean Penn, Wyclef Jean
Double Oscar winner Sean Penn came under fire this weekend when Wyclef Jean took a swing at the actor, who has not been supportive of Jean’s bid to be a future President of Haiti. Wyclef had sent a message in song, that Penn is a big “coke sniffer” and not the conservative humanitarian angel for Haiti, the [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – MON 9.6.10
Posted: September 7, 2010 in Ashley Greene, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Miley CyrusTags: Ashley Greene, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Miley Cyrus
Historic movie-set homes are shattered in Canterbury quake as rebuilding lives in community begins. Heart-wrenching pictures that are difficult to look at. Miley Cyrus and Ashely Greene chow down in Paris and here’s our celebrity entertainment top ten news items as voted and ranked today. Thanks team. 1. Shaken, Stirred–Christchurch City Earthquake Relief Appeal 2. Justin Gaston [...]
HORIWOOD.COM REACHES THE 2.4 MILLION MILESTONE
Posted: September 7, 2010 in America, Cheryl Cole, Horiwood Shout Outs, Love, Maori, New Zealand, UKTags: A MillionThank Yous, America, Cheryl Cole, Hori = Maori, Horiwood Shout Outs, Love, Maori, New Zealand, UK
Blogging in Los Angeles, the Entertainment Capitol of the World is all about adding an expression of culture as one’s ‘own’ infusion in celebrating the Hollywood, American cultural mix. Celebrity blogging is about passion, obsession, reality-avoidance at times to lift recession’s gloom, about providing opinion, humor, sharing others pictures and opinions too; photographs and words, [...]
10 HOT POSTS RIGHT NOW – 5.15pm, 9.6.10
Posted: September 7, 2010 in Art, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Robert Pattinson, West HollywoodTags: Art, Art Galleries, Entertainment News, L.A.P.D, Robert Pattinson, West Hollywood
Robert Pattinson will star in Mark Wahlberg produced hit show, Entourage as Ari‘s client from hell. And here’s ten hot posts right now for your amusement. Image of Whale painting on red brick, LAPD, West Hollywood police station foyer… Oops! :) 1. Only a star nose: 16 Hollywood stars 2. Thomas Jane for Men’s Fitness Mag 3. [...]
RIHANNA ENJOYS HAWAII
Posted: September 7, 2010 in Hawaii, Rihanna, Travel DestinationsTags: Hawaii, Rihanna, Travel Destinations
There’s nothing like Hawaii’s tropical heat with cool of sea to unwind. Rihanna enjoys the ocean of Hawaii, Sunday 5th September. [Image courtesy of Rihanna Daily.Com] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.6.10~
FOREIGN PRESS PICK – TWO PHOTOS by CAROLYN COLE, HAITI
Posted: September 6, 2010 in PhotographyTags: Carolyn Cole, Foreign Press, Haiti, Photography
Two photos from photojournalist Carolyn Cole today, whose recently transferred from Iraq to Haiti, for the L.A Times. Haitians at work after the quake. Shave ice shoes as Island Enterprise. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.6.10~
Beneath the build up of L.A smog and traffic fumes are these words on a road sign: Yield to cross traffic. Wise words. Always. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.6.10~
DONATE TO CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE REBUILDING EFFORT
Posted: September 6, 2010 in EarthTags: Christchurch, Earth, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com
If you haven’t supported the good people of Christchurch City yet, in their 7.1 Earthquake rebuilding effort post citywide civic disaster devastation, then go here if you’d like to support, donate and make a difference. The devastation is heartbreaking. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.6.10~
NEW MUSIC – I DON’T BITE by WE ARE SCIENTISTS!
Posted: September 6, 2010 in Music Industry News, Music VideosTags: Music Industry News, Music Videos, We Are Scientists!
Blood & Sweat go for a drive. Here’s We Are Scientists new song, I Don’t Bite. Low budget video with a good indie sound. Nice one lads. [News source via WordPress] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.6.10~
STAR DJ’S UNITE TO RECORD REMEMBRANCE SONG FOR LOVE PARADE
Posted: September 6, 2010 in Germany, Music Industry NewsTags: Armin van Buuren, Germany, Music Industry News, Paul Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk
After 21 people died after panic broke out at Love Parade Germany’s festivities this year, Sean Michaels has this report: “Some of the world’s top DJs have announced a new collaboration dedicated to the victims of this year’s Love Parade tragedy. Paul Oakenfold, Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk have recorded a new song, Remember [...]
NEW LEAKED MADONNA – BROKEN [I'M SORRY]
Posted: September 6, 2010 in Madonna, Music Industry NewsTags: Madonna, Music Industry News
Madonna‘s camp leaks a track off Paul Oakenfold‘s new album. Broken [I'm Sorry] is the song title. Listen here. I like Oakenfold as an artist. His crescendos in his song structures always keep the kids happy Live at The Hollywood Bowl. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.6.10~
DOES SHE HAVE A STEAK IN FASHION? LADY GAGA FOR VOGUE HOMMES JAPAN
Posted: September 6, 2010 in Art, Japan, Lady Gaga, Magazine CoversTags: Art, Japan, Lady Gaga, Magazine Covers
Bloody awful! This looks like an advertisement for New Zealand Lamb & Beef. Lady Gaga butchers ‘the cow’ in her Telephone music video some more, by wearing the creative concept of the video shoot in the form of rump steak and nothing else for Vogue Hommes Japan. Clever or tasteless? Very Butcher’s Wife, or Butcher’s Daughter. [...]
This just in on Twitter: “hpotterquotes This pain is part of being human … the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength. (Dumbledore, Book 5)–J.K Rowling. You know, sometimes I think that J.K needs a little therapy. But I guess writing is it. :) Almost everyone is in pain of some [...]
ERIC JOHNSON OPTS [NOT] TO GO TO BIZ SCHOOL
Posted: September 6, 2010 in Jessica Simpson, RomanceTags: Eric Johnson, Jessica Simpson, Romance
The Huffington Post reports today some very important news: “At one point Eric Johnson had planned to leave LA for Wharton Business School this fall, but he decided not to go and Jessica supports his choice.” Crazy kids in love! Too funny. Education can be a bit of romance buzz killer, so I see the humor [...]
THEOLOGY CLASS READING LIST WITH JESSICA SIMPSON IS CUTE
Posted: September 6, 2010 in Jessica Simpson, West HollywoodTags: Jessica Simpson, Religions, West Hollywood
Tweets sometimes singer and more socialite these days, Jessica Simpson, her book of the minute: The Complete Idiots Guide to World Religions, along with this caption: “Prayer comes in many forms” I believe it is important to know/understand what people preach. Fascinating!!!!” As humorous and light-hearted as Simpson always is, she’s right on the money [...]
TWITTER ROMANIA IS RETWEETING BROOKE ABBOTT OF CHRISTCHURCH NEWS
Posted: September 6, 2010 in Actors, Brooke Abbott, TwitterTags: Actors, Brooke Abbott, Twitter
Go here to see whose tweeting about earthquake survivor and Hollywood actor, Brooke Abbott today. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 9.6.10~
MORNING COFFEE FROM THE LOCAL 7-11, PAUL KRUGMAN OP-ED COLUMNS ON INTELLECTUAL CLARITY AND POLITICAL WILL
Posted: September 6, 2010 in Economy, PoliticsTags: Economy, Paul Krugman, Politics
“All it will take is a little bit of intellectual clarity, and a lot of political will.”–P.K I was reading The “New York Times” today during my commute on foot to the 7-11 for coffee this morning and back again. It was quite a non-eventful ‘mission,’ more like a mind-numbing ritual, in the hope of [...]
QUOTE OF THE DAY – AMERICAN BELONGING, DR. FERHAN ASGHAR
Posted: September 6, 2010 in AmericaTags: America, Emaan Asghar, Ferhan Asghar, Laurie Goodstein, Mark Lyons, Middle Eastern Representation, Pakeeza Asghar, Zara Asghar
“We worry: Will we ever be really completely accepted in American society?” said Dr. Ferhan Asghar, an orthopedic spine surgeon in Cincinnati and the father of two young girls. “In no other country could we have such freedoms — that’s why so many Muslims choose to make this country their own. But we do wonder [...]
