Archive for January, 2012

It is the second time Brad Pitt has seen Megamind. This time Mr Pitt is pictured with Angelina seeing the film again in Paris, France. Wikileaks US leaked docs news dominates our top ten celebrity, entertainment news posts here in Hollywood. A shock, because this is not a political blog but an entertainment celebrity blog. [...]

Madonna is pictured launching her first Hard Candy Gym in Mexico City. The Material Girl says: “If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don’t skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym. Our plan is to [...]

Lol! Priceless. This redneck wedding cake is too funny. Very Aussie or West Auckland too, actually. [For a diverse view and more smiles, go here] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.30.10~

[Image: Book cover, La llave de la luz (Key of Light) by author Nora Roberts on sale at Target] Reports the New Zealand Herald: “United States diplomats described Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as “feckless, vain and ineffective” and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il as a “flabby old chap” but New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key [...]

Kim Kardashian is loved by Microsoft as she really thinks like a Buffet or a Gates when it comes to making money and being an entrepreneur with IT. She is Bing.Com’s no. 1 trending topic because she chose to make FAMILY, the eclectic American star her own star served. For that decision, I personally admire [...]

Here in California I have an adopted family member called Matty B. Matty B is both a muzo and an atheist. He studied music at UCLA and is a darn fine musical score composer. So in the humorous spirit of Cali family, here’s some Matty B Jr. (7) doing some Justin Bieber–with an original version [...]

Laughter as a unifying bond: “laughing at ourselves in shared openness, disarms tensions and the bombs of strife and war” A defining moment in global politics. The good, the bad, the ugly & the principle of all laughing together for things to get better: The Wikileaks leaked US docs scandal has got many nations worried [...]

RIHANNA STUDIES, THE ART OF CELEBRITY AS SOCIOLOGY AND A GQ BRITANNIA MAGAZINE COVER, DECEMBER 2010

Posted: November 30, 2010 in America, Arabic, Barbados, California, Culture, Diversity, Domestic Violence, Economy, Education, Fashion, Fashion Accessories, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood History, Hot Chocolate, Innovation, Katy Perry, Leadership, Michael Jackson, Music Industry News, Music Videos, New Zealand, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Rihanna, Sir Edmund Hillary, Spirit, Trends, UK, World Peace
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I saw that The University of Carolina is offering a Major in Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame. Pop music as a vehicle of leadership in nationhood’s direction is what kids want to study. Really a University should be offering science and advanced mathematics or physics papers in the US in an effort to close [...]

“I don’t recognise the zombie, you’ve turned in to”–Song lyrics, Kylie Minogue sung for fun at Macey’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Many outside of America would not have heard of the new TV show Walking Dead. It’s top rating entertainment. Hollywood Reporter notes: A total of 5.5 million viewers tuned in to AMC, for episode 5 of [...]

Think grey power’s version of Kanye West meets Eurythmics of Britain’s vocal arrangement–in auto-tune. Film director and auteur of quirky films, David Lynch has diversified into music. Signed with Sunday Best Recordings of the UK, Lynch has a new album in the works. Here’s Good Day. It features war and machine gun sounds. The lyrics [...]

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard last week condemned the planned leaks of Wikileaks, describing the decision to leak the US ‘classified secret’ information concerning international relations as “reckless and potentially harmful to national security interests.” Gillard had been briefed by America last week that the leaks were coming. Today Gillard concentrated her efforts towards steering [...]

While many in Washington are upset that the Wikileaks team could be responsible for ‘blood on their hands’ by leaking secret US information regarding America’s foreign affairs portfolios to the world, I guess the French President is a little bit upset too. According to KeyC.Com, a division of Fox and CBS, the leaked documents describe [...]

TheFarmersWife3 tweets: “America & Wiki-leaks! How to make friends and influence people.” That’s funny. Because bad stuff can happen to good people, that made me laugh! Thanks honey. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.29.10~

The Jolie-Pitt family (Brad, Angelina, Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh) were all on board to celebrate Pax Jolie-Pitt‘s 7th birthday party on the Seine, Paris. Happy birthday young Pax. [Images courtesy of Bauer Griffin & top image via Splash] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.29.10~

If you’re wealthy, you might want to skip this post. I’m kidding. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet announced The Giving Pledge a while back. It’s a charitable trust, that gives people of wealth the opportunity to be relieved of it–and act like ‘real’ people or like the majority of the world. The trust urges wealthy [...]

The Kardashian sisters Kim, Kourtney, Khloe take the cover of Famous Magazine, Australia. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.29.10~

Here’s a clever marketing campaign. Alicia Keys wants everyone to be social media networks free on December 1st and not go near a keyboard, in the hope to bring awareness to AIDS. Kim Kardashian (pictured) has signed up to join Keys by posing for the ‘digital death’ moment in American history. It is believed to [...]

James Franco and Anne Hathaway have apparently been offered the role to co-host the Oscars next year. Both have reportedly accepted. Eva Longoria – though facing divorce, is planning to adopt a child from Haiti anyway, something she’s long had in the works. Good for her! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.29.10~

The front cover of The Washington Post focuses on a Haiti election after the quake. South Korea and North Korea policy relations status is a sound bite. A story about one woman’s perseverance lands a photo and the conservatives new buzz words are America: The Exceptional. The Post takes a mature view with the wikileaks-Washington [...]

I HAVE A LEAKY FAWCET TODAY

Posted: November 29, 2010 in Humor
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I really should photograph it and stick it up on the blog. *jokes* ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.29.10~

Whose bad? Julian Assange apparently is so bad.–image via AP The question on the table today via the Global Media is: has the world lost trust over the USA’s Washington-Wikileaks scandal that reads like a tabloid of US gossip concerning major world leaders – or was the trust lost already by the George W. Bush‘s [...]

A cappella done well. Rock With You by Duwende for Michael Jackson fans. Pretty vocals. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.29.10~

As a fourth blast hits the Greymouth coal mine, may we take solace in the fact –that no matter where we stem from, we all united as global family who share human suffering as friends connected by common humanity. To the families of the lost Greymouth miners, these media outlets show their love in caring [...]

A FRIEND LOVES AT ALL TIMES, THANK YOU WORLDWIDE FOR BEING SO DIVERSE AND LOVING

Posted: November 29, 2010 in Entertainment Celebrity News, New Zealand, Art, Japan, Hollywood Entertainment News, Italy, Maori, World Peace, France, artist, Singapore, Spain, Russia, Iran, Indonesia, UK, Peru, South Africa, Germany, Ireland, India, Poland, Canada, Norway, Jordan, Brazil, America, Photography, Mexico, Entertainment News, Greece, Uganda, Diversity, Turkey, South Korea, Romania, Sweden, Puerto Rico, Israel, Spirit, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Barbados, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Croatia, Switzerland, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Nigeria, Malta, Jamaica, Slovenia, Bahamas
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Namaste. Special thanks to all of you who read Horiwood.Com in Hollywood. May your holiday season be a good one and 2011 be prosperous and abundantly blessed for you all. Most of all, may your smiles increase and your spirits rise. According to Quantcast, here’s what we all look like. Pretty diverse. I love you [...]

World politics clocks in as the hottest arena of them all today with our globally voted top ten entertainment, news and celebrity posts here in Hollywood. Here’s our top ten from today. Happy birthday to my sis, down in New Zealand today as well. Love you! 1. Arab leaders call Iran’s leader “Hitler” via Washington Wikileaks [...]

LESLIE NIELSON HAS DIED, AGED 84

Posted: November 29, 2010 in RIP
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Many news outlets are reporting that actor Leslie Nielsen has passed away. I remember laughing at Leslie’s films in New Zealand. His comedic expressions with Priscilla Presley were priceless on screen. Who can forget Nielsen saying “Don’t call me Shirley” as depicted in this clip. Mr Nielsen’s family’s statement via Blogging With The Stars is: [...]

[U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz after being presented King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, June 3, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)] There are no perfect people, or perfect leaders. Just people learning to lead as they go along. The Huffington Post is running [...]

He’s the man. Justin Bieber‘s recent performance of Somebody to Love and Baby on the X-Factor talent show in the UK, was well recieved this weekend. The young Canadian is on fire. He is good for retail this Holiday season. Watch here. ~Posted by Hollywood California USA. 11.28.10~

“Angelina was great. She’s patient, and a very hands-on mother, making certain everything fits,” tells an onlooker to People Magazine, at a report that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie took their children shopping. Brad was described as being “an agreeable” doting dad. The report also says: Hollywood’s star couple “took daughters Zahara and Shiloh holiday [...]