Archive for January, 2012

This picture made me laugh out loud today. Via The New York Times, here’s: Kirsha Kaechele with Steve Soltis, an artist who helps with Life Is Art, which sells marijuana to support art projects. Too funny. And the story via NYC. Read the story – In Hollywood Pot is Now an Art Patron in full [...]

Yesterday, I didn’t have a phone. For Special FX editing team, sponsoring my phone. Thanks very much. Thanks also for appreciating this low-tech blog and getting it. You’re awesome. I might see you lot at the Hollywood Bowl this Friday, then. Thanks too for the ticket and invite. Many thanks. God bless you. :) ~Posted by [...]

As mentioned already today on this blog, Nicki Minaj has clocked up the most entries on Billboard’s Hot 100, and that’s before she’s even dropped an album. Reports Clutch Mag Online: The “Young Money” female lead has seven entries listed as Nielsen Soundscan’s 200 best-selling songs in 2010. Minaj’s songs have generated a total of $4,298,000 [...]

Here’s ten hot topics rating right now on Talking Points Memo political blog. If you want to know what the political intelligentsia of the USA are voting in their news choices today, this is what they are: C-4 Explosive Found At NYC Cemetery Peter Diamond, 2 Others Win Nobel Prize In Economics Robert Gates Visiting [...]

It is, what it is. A picture of Kim Kardashian‘s booty painted silver, as art, for W Magazine. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.11.10~

This just in: “JK Rowling, the literary voice who imagined and penned The Harry Potter series, has been voted Britain’s most influential woman by a panel of magazine editors. The 45-year-old writer pipped the Queen at the post, who came in at third place, ahead of celebrity fashion designer Victoria Beckham. The National Magazine Company, celebrated 100 years of [...]

  W Magazine must value the “art of celebrity” as the highest form of all arts, because they selected Kim Kardashian to be their cover girl, for W’s “Art’s Issue.” A reality TV fame artist? Kim got in the spirit of art, and went nude covered in silver body paint. Here’s one pic of that [...]

“It is said that the children of today, are the chiefs of tomorrow”–Maori proverb. Once upon a time when I was 15 in the 80′s, I was one of these little big people. Maori rangatahi (young people) of New Zealand are some of the most talented young people in the world. Not only can they [...]

  Currently in America, a celebrity is not a star in Hollywood, unless they can wear a gay badge, as a glittery medal, with every other badge they pile on top of their entertainment mix (black + white, hip hop + country +rock etc etc etc) , in order to entertain, make a buck, inspire [...]

[Pic: What a snake does. Bites with venom + steal bird's eggs. Via Michael K] True fact: I am from New Zealand. Manuka honey, the honey scientists posit is one of the best in the world, is specific to New Zealand. Manuka honey is a symbol I associate all New Zealanders to. In my own [...]

In America, celebrities favorite game, is “pick your favorite gay cliche” and do your camp take on it. My favorite gay celebrity in America, isn’t even a celebrity on the TV. His name is Michael K and he’s an Asian-American blogger of NYC. He’s darn funny. Now – of course, Glee has stepped into the [...]

  Nicki Minaj is the woman, who stepped into the shoes of Lil Kim‘s massive fan base, as evident on this blog last year, by this year collaborating with everyone, who’d have her on a record. Nicki is the artist, with 7 hits in the top 20 on Billboard’s charts this year. Woah! Here’s what [...]

Young Hollywood Gossip: Edgar Wright (director, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World) has been spotted hanging out with Anna Kendrick lately. What a good combo. It’s not been confirmed, if they’re friends or more. But they were sighted together on 10.10.10. Cute. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.11.10~

Three things about President Obama‘s Phili rally. One: Book throwing (watch clip) is a new way of showing applause in America? Two: Billionaire corporates have worked out a way to get their brand noticed. Reports the Hearld Sun, “A 24-year-old man is set to become $US1 million richer for streaking in front of President Barack [...]

  What’s going on in Washington? According to The Post, the good people of Washington D.C love to sue each other. And lawyers do really well there. And as mentioned already on the blog, Obama gets up in the GOP’s mix, re: campaign funding. Sounds vicious in D.C, just a tad this week. ~Posted by [...]

Hollywood, entertainment and celebrity news topics today, on the most symmetrical date ever. Here’s our top ten. Celebrity chef Stephen Yan‘s cooking news, still has a mad following today, clocking in at no.9. Awesomery. And a girl artist transforms herself in a time lapse video, to go beyond looking like Kristen Stewart of the Twilight [...]

LOL! Cute. Willow Smith already has a fan club as this video shows. What a great way to get kids exercising. Willow Aerobics. Only in America.   ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.10.10~

Gisele celebrated 15 years as a model, on the cover of the Brazillian magazine. The mother with the longest legs of a breast feeder advocate (practicing), is reportedly the highest paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world. Brills.  ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.10.10~

College football has got a reshuffle. According to the AP, “There’s a new No. 1 team in Ohio State and uncertainty at the top of the rankings for the first time all season, after Alabama’s 19-game winning streak ended at South Carolina. The Southeastern Conference, which has won the last four national championships, has some [...]

[Image of tiramisu by Recipes Most Wanted Blog] This is actually a blog posting for “The Slow Food Movement:” To be percieved as “cooler” when they’re already cool, Facebook’s founders are dropping their bucks on supporting Proposition 19, here in California. “Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Two of the men behind social networking [...]

Wedding Bells rung all over America today, as couples opted to exchange vows, on a date with perfect symmetry. Reports the AP: LAS VEGAS — Churches, banquet halls and other wedding venues across the country were extra busy Sunday as couples seeking a perfect 10 rushed to tie the knot on a once-in-a-century milestone: Oct. [...]

Here’s a vintage Hollywood film poster, well worth sharing as art today – 10.10.10 ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.10.10~

Weekend celebrity blogging is incomplete without an Ugg boots shot. Here’s that post. This just in from Contact Music: Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council, insists the footage of Miley Cyrus Who Owns My  Heart, music video sends the wrong message to Cyrus’ young fans. He tells TMZ.com, “It is unfortunate that she would participate [...]

  MTV is set to hold hands with Stan Lee of POW Entertainment . The winning creative partnership seeks to create a new look, digital comic TV series, aptly titled The Seekers. It will be viewable on the new MTV Geek website. If you’re a young artist and a budding cartoonist also, The Stan Lee Foundatin [...]

10.10.10 – American growing pains for the kids of America, looks like this. Love the Beyonce bath tub nod (as in: “hey, why don’t they love me, either”). Cotton picking, cross-cultural American humor, from Miley en route to a Young Hollywood, dance club, d-fl00r setting. The bath tub scene, was funny.   ~Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California [...]

While casting my eye over political news today in the U.S, the question is being asked is – campaigning spend of politicians,is there anything democratic about it? : “The Democratic National Committee will go up on television with a new ad targeting Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie for their political activity during the midterm elections through groups [...]

“There’s ripped and then there’s Rip Taylor“–Horiwood on Aaron Carter’s body. Today is 10.10.10 day. And as each day we do a top ten, we’re all good, any day of the year. Names like Bo Derek come to mind on a day such as today, within America The “Body Beautiful’s” shores and borders. But let’s [...]

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.10.10~

After touring together all year and carrying on like a regular let’s-get-it-on Marvin Gaye styled couple, Laura Dern awoke, to find divorce papers served on her by hubby and talented muzo Ben Harper. This news is either a) for reals. Or b) a Mel, Oksana, or, Demi and Ashton relationship-saga scandal to get some press. [...]