Check out what happened to this poor guy in Russia when a pack of wolves, were on their way to dinner. Shikes. That’s too freaky! [Via Urlesque] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.17.10~
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THE ECHO OF EMPTY HOUSES AND WHAT WASHINGTON THINKS IS NEWSWORTHY – 10.17.10
Posted: October 18, 2010 in Politics, Washington D.CTags: Politics, Washington D.C
The echo of empty houses is a lead story on the front page of The Washington Post. Foreclosures have emptied the heart and soul of people (literally in a physical exodus too) from homes across America. The only ones winning, are landlords as home owners walk from mortgage payments back into rented housing. It’s payday for [...]
CROSS-CULTURAL NARRATIVES ARE ALL THE RAGE
Posted: October 18, 2010 in AmericaTags: America, Cross-cultural Narratives
Cross-cultural narratives are all the rage. It’s where you can learn a lot. So, which communities are you voyeuring, in your own curios personal growth developmental curve? My pick today for cross-cultural narrative building from West Hollywood was – Kids of Rwanda need US. Feel free to leave a comment and share yours. [Image via [...]
JACKASS 3D TRAILER
Posted: October 18, 2010 in 3D, Movie News, Movie TrailersTags: 3D, Movie News, Movie Trailers
Jackass 3D trailer. For the kid in you, that continues to see the world as a series of pranks and adventures. Light relief with glasses. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.17.10~
IT DOES GET BETTER WHEN ALL CHILDREN IN RWANDA HAVE FREE ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER
Posted: October 18, 2010 in Human Rights, Rwanda, Water, West HollywoodTags: Human Rights, Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.Com, Rwanda, Water, West Hollywood
Rwanda has had such a tough time as a nation. Genoicide abounded. In 1994, 800,000 people were mass murdered over a 100 day period. The people that remained, had life tough and still do. Today many children don’t yet have access to clean drinking water. Disturbing news as the human body is made up [...]
Lady Gaga is too funny. At the minute she’s tweeting pics of herself (who else) as she records in Oslo, Norway – the place where they present Nobel Peace Prize Awards. Cheeky monkey. It’s cold in Oslo with Stefani Germanotta tweeting: “ “I’m on a heater, but this record ain’t about poker,” she added. I wonder [...]
SLEIGH BELLS ARE DISTORTING NOISE INTO ART
Posted: October 18, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Sleigh Bells
LA Weekly is running a great article on new music group, Sleigh Bells this week. The story intro is: “Do not adjust your iPod: Sleigh Bells, the band everyone’s talking about, is meant to sound messed up. Roll with it.” Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss are the duo. When they perform together, “this tension between mirth and menace makes [...]
MORE PAULA MACKS – RESTAURANTEUR WTH STYLE
Posted: October 18, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Paula Macks
[L-R: Paula Macks, Jax & Pie] She keeps the celebrity game hot in the South Pacific, with her taste palate as a co-author of gourmet dining, restuarant ambiance and introducing hot up and comers into the world of city life. This is her art. I know this girl meeting her when I was 22 at [...]
ANGELINA JOLIE AS MISS SARAJEVO, GETS BUFFETED BY BOSNIAN POLITICS
Posted: October 18, 2010 in Angelina Jolie, Art, Opera, U2Tags: Angelina Jolie, Art, Bosnia, Live Music Artists, Opera, Pavarotti, U2
Via the AFP: “SARAJEVO (AFP) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is expected to get a new licence to film in Bosnia after the authorities revoked the initial one over concerns about the script, a local producer said Saturday. “I was promised by the Ministry of Culture that the licence will be issued on Monday,” Edin [...]
Don Draper demonstrates the art of never shake hands with yourself- Mad Men’s show rhetoric. Mad Men is “the” show to watch for “grown up” Californians and Washingtonians. The season finale is upon us, and, The Toronto Sun devotes a column to hype up the anticipation. Go here to read that. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, [...]
DONALD TRUMP IS GRACED BY A JACKSON, IN HIS CELEBRITY APPRENTICE, REALITY TV FORMAT BRANDING
Posted: October 18, 2010 in Donald Trump, Gladys Knight, LaToya Jackson, Reality TV Stars, Stevie WonderTags: Dion Warwick, Dionne Warwick, Donald Trump, Gladys Knight, Haka Bro, LaToya Jackson, Niki Taylor, Reality TV Stars, Sir Elton John, Stars Hollywood Walk of Fame, Stevie Wonder
Reality TV Land in America, is increasingly putting pressure on A-List film stars popularity and appeal. Reality TV is the fastest moving media television terrain, stars are made after one season (The Jersey Shore Italian-American kids phenomenon here in the US, for example, not to mention all of those “real housewives unite” shows too. For [...]
MEET PAULA MACKS – RESTAURANTEUR QUEEN OF PONSONBY IN A SUPERCITY KNOWN AS AUCKLAND
Posted: October 17, 2010 in Horiwood Shout Outs, Leadership, West Hollywood, WomenTags: Auckland - The Super City, Cuisine of The World, Horiwood Shout Outs, Leadership, Paula Macks, Ponsonby, Ruta Lee, Stars Hollywood Walk of Fame, West Hollywood, Women
[Paula Macks is the hot blonde, in the blue hat, like Hollywood's Ruta Lee, pictured below at Hamburger Hamlet, West Hollywood. Girl line up: In this photo: Susana Tuya Sarmiento, Maria Linnell, Francieli McWilliams, Paula Macks] Meet Paula Macks, a restauranteur who has co-authored her taste palate on Auckland – the supercity’s rise to [...]
DAME HELEN MIRREN FOR GREY POWER IN RED PUBLICITY
Posted: October 17, 2010 in Karl Urban, Maori, Movie News, New Zealand, UK, Witi IhimaeraTags: Dame Catherine Tizard, Dame Helen Mirren, Hori = Maori, Karl Urban, Maori, Maori Filmmaking, Movie News, New Zealand, UK, Witi Ihimaera
LA Weekly, has Dame Helen Mirren doing a version of Hollywood at the big guns rifle range this week. All for show, to demonstrate the united ‘tough as bullets, yet still at war – fighting M.O.” She’s convincing enough with her stoic yet mischief, British poker face on, in this picture. Dame Helen, is the onscreen [...]
GREY MOODY BANANA PALM SKIED EXCHANGES
Posted: October 17, 2010 in California, West HollywoodTags: California, Syria, West Hollywood
The old lady who lives beside the banana palms next door said: “You come from New Zealand. A beautiful country. You’re crazy to be in America at this time.” He said: “It’s okay. Someone’s still got to remain and love you people. You’re bananas. You know that don’t you? She laughs. “Never a truer word spoken.” [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – SAT 10.16.10
Posted: October 17, 2010 in Avril Lavigne, Canada, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10Tags: Avril Lavigne, Canada, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Justin Bieber, Taviannah
Canada’s newest mogul, was caught punching a 12 year-old kid. CBC News reports that 16-year-old Justin Bieber and friends were playing laser tag, when Bieber hit a 12 year-old kid. After the kid complained, Bieber was asked to leave the Laser Tag venue. Bieber’s rep has denied the report. When not endorsing his own sparkly nail polish [...]
EMINEM ALWAYS HAD A BABY SANDRA BULLOCK CHIN
Posted: October 17, 2010 in Birthdays, Eminem, Katy PerryTags: Birthdays, Eminem, Katy Perry
Vintage Eminem: America’s most loved rapper in the history of music sales, turns 38 today. Happy Birthday slim shady. Here’s also some vintage Katy Perry. [Image courtesy of Michael K] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.17.10~
CLOSET MARXISTS, WAR REINACTING, GERMANY’S FRUSTRATION WITH MUSLIMS COCOONING CULTURALLY, AND CHRISTINE O’DONNELL’S ROLE AS THE COURT JESTER IN A SHAKESPEAREAN STRUCTURED POLITICAL PLAY
Posted: October 17, 2010 in Germany, PoliticsTags: Christine O'Donnell, Germany, Politics
War reinacting is a topic that has trended this year. Josh Marshall wants to know what causes a group of people to reinact past wars, when he states: “We’ve seen some controversies this year with war reenacting. There’s Nazi reenacting; the much more ubiquitous cult of Civil War reenacting.” He also asks: “I’m curious which [...]
WHAT’S WASHINGTON UP TO? SOLDIERS SAVING LIVES – 10.16.10
Posted: October 17, 2010 in Afghanistan, Miley Cyrus, Politics, Washington D.CTags: Afghanistan, Miley Cyrus, Military, Politics, Washington D.C
On the front page of The Washington Post, for Sunday, the GOP have raced ahead on fundraising, and, soldiers save lives, in Afghanistan is the story. Here’s what the newspaper of the nation’s capitol, is drawing as hot topics from The Post website: Palin myths Brett Favre TJ Lavin Clooney on Darfur Miley Cyrus Barbara [...]
HUMOR – K2 MAORI COMPANY FOR THE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
Posted: October 16, 2010 in Afghanistan, America, Angelina Jolie, Germany, Humor, Maori, Super heroes, Te Reo Rangatira, War, West Hollywood, World News, World PeaceTags: Afghanistan, America, Angelina Jolie, Commonwealth, Germany, Hori = Maori, Humor, K2 Maori Company, Kool Kiwis, Krazy Kiwis, Live Music Artists, Maori, Military, Russell Crowe, Stars Hollywood Walk of Fame, Super heroes, Te Reo Rangatira, War, West Hollywood, World News, World Peace
Maori soldiers have been super guys and heroes for centuries: A soldiers life, is a life, only another soldier and their friends and military families really knows. Here’s K2 Maori company singing Hoki Mai and Pa Mai, two Maori classics, that were written for World War II Maori soldiers returning after defeating Hilter and Nazi [...]
CAMILLE GRAMMER IS DOING WAY TOO MUCH IN THAT REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS REALITY TV SHOW
Posted: October 16, 2010 in India, Reality TV StarsTags: Camille Grammer, Chelsea Grammer, India, Kayte Walsh, Reality TV Stars, TV Show Concepts
Every now and again, I’m ‘meant’ to do a ‘gossipy’ blog post to ensconce this blog as a Hollywood entertainment blog. The best way to do that, is “pick on” a reality TV star. It’s the ‘rhetoric’ of ‘powerful bloggers’ here in Hollywood. It’s kinda hard for me to do, because I believe people should [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – FRI 10.15.10
Posted: October 16, 2010 in Boxing, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Gerard Butler, Hilary Swank, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, RomaniaTags: Boxing, Entertainment News, Gerard Butler, Hilary Swank, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Lucian Bute, Oscar Winner, Romania
Romanian boxer Lucian Bute has twitter busy at this minute. Right now in America, these topics are rating hot on google trends, verizon ipad, foreclosure crisis, whoopi goldberg, and tj lavin crash video. It’s Friday in the City of Angels and here’s what you’re all looking at on Horiwood.Com today. Peace Ya’ll. 1. Michael Jones [...]
EGYPT DAOUD DEAN – 10.15.20
Posted: October 16, 2010 in Alecia Keys, Swizz Beatz, World PeaceTags: Alecia Keys, Egypt, Egypt Daoud Dean, Swizz Beatz, World Peace
Update: Egypt Daoud Dean is the name of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz baby boy, reports E! Online via Keys’ rep. Cute name. Daoud is arabic for David – as this couple send a message of peace to the world, about acceptance of difference between Jewish and Arab communities – with this baby’s unique name. Of course, Egypt is the [...]
SILVER FERNS NETBALL GIRLS ARE GOLDEN IN NEW ZEALAND
Posted: October 16, 2010 in New Zealand, SportsTags: Netball, New Zealand, Silver Ferns, Sports, Sports Horiwood
New Zealand’s gold medal tally at the Commonwealth games rose to six and the team’s overall medal collection to 36 when the Silver Ferns beat Australia in double overtime on Thursday. They have already left India and are back in the South Pacific. The returning Ferns were given gold balloons by Netball New Zealand with [...]
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS HAS A SCOTT AND GRACE OF HIS OWN
Posted: October 16, 2010 in Christina Hendricks, Gay, Humor, Neil Patrick HarrisTags: Christina Hendricks, David Burkta, Gay, Humor, Neil Patrick Harris
Children are a blessing from the Lord–Book of proverbs Neil Patrick Harris jand David Burtka have some news. NPH tweeted: “Babies!! On 10/12, Gideon Scott and Harper Grace entered the Burtka-Harris fold. All of us are happy, healthy, tired, and a little pukey.” Image of NPH and DB with Christina Hendricks at dinner, and in [...]
ALICIA KEYS IS A NEW MOM
Posted: October 16, 2010 in Alecia Keys, Queen LatifahTags: Alecia Keys, Queen Latifah
Alicia Keys has given birth. Now she has the perfect person in the world, to sing this song to each night. Exciting news for the talented Keys and her hubby. “NEW YORK — It’s a boy for Alicia Keys and her husband, music producer/rapper Swizz Beatz. A representative for Keys said she gave birth Thursday [...]
VINTAGE COPPER CHIFFON DRESS by MISS ELLIETTE 1960′s
Posted: October 15, 2010 in California, Fashion, Fashion Designers, Miss Elliette, Young HollywoodTags: briolettes, California, Fashion, Fashion Designers, Jewelry, Miss Elliette, Young Hollywood
You’ve got to be quite a lady to pay tribute to metal in chiffon frabric. Here’s one lady who did and fourty years later, this dress still holds its form and is still saleable today as a summer, Young Hollywood red carpet dress. What a lady. Miss Elliette – Copper Chiffon Vintage Dress: Vintage 1960′s [...]
LABOR RESOLUTION, $500 MILLION HOBBITS IN 3D FILMS – SIR PETER JACKSON DOES PRESS
Posted: October 15, 2010 in 3D, hobbits, Hollywood Entertainment News, Karl Urban, Movie News, New ZealandTags: 3D, hobbits, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Today, Karl Urban, Movie Development, Movie News, New Zealand, Oscar Winner, Sir Peter Jackson, Wellywood
Reports the LA Times today: “Following a multitude of delays, Warner Bros. and co-financing partner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. have agreed to start production in February on the two Hobbit films (budget $500 million) that serve as a prequel to the blockbuster “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, people familiar with the situation said. Only one hitch remains, however, and [...]
POETIC COUTURE by MISS TESSA
Posted: October 15, 2010 in Art, artist, Fashion, Miss Tessa, Poetry, Think GreenTags: Art, artist, Fashion, Miss Tessa, Poetry, Think Green
The paddocks looked like beautiful green garments and the sheep looked like beaded pearls. –Miss Tessa poetics ~Sublimely stunning poetry today. Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.15.10~
