Archive for January, 2012

Katie Holmes took Cruise Jr. (Suri Cruise) on board the Allure of the Seas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for some fun and family play time, Sunday. [Image courtesy of Mavrix Online] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.22.10~

Santa Monica and Orange Grove Ave. This picture taken five minutes ago, just for you. An early Merry Christmas from America, ya’ll. May Happy and productive times be ahead. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.22.10~

[Families of trapped miners console each other while they wait on rescue efforts advancement] The Wall Street Journal reported that a robot was being used to track mine activity and locate 29 trapped miners in a Greymouth coal mine, New Zealand. Read that here. Sadly it appears that the robot being used has malfunctioned inside [...]

ABC gave viewers a treat with a dual performance of Backstreet Boys & New Kids on The Block at the American Music Awards last night. Boy bands unite! Rock your body right… with the right stuff. The idea of unity to offer a sense of community to the American people, is rocking at this time. [...]

Alex Pappademas a staff writer of GQ Magazine says Mike The Situation Sorrentino is “totally dedicated to the job of being a famous person” — via GQ.com. On dreams: “I always had dreams, my whole life, of being somebody special. Someone out in the world that everybody knew of and everybody liked. Somebody unique. Even [...]

She sings. She acts. She dances. She designs clothes. She’s got good taste in shopping for alternative street couture. What can Kat Graham not find time to do with her talents? Not much, she’s doing it all. Here’s what Kat says about filming the Vampire Diaries in Georgia: “[If we shot in LA] I think [...]

Gabriel Aubrey and Kim Kardashian sat court side together at the LA Lakers Vs Warriors game over the weekend. People who love sports are our kind of people! [Image courtesy of Splash] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.22.10~

Audience reactions of Oprah’s favorite things show are making the viral rounds on YouTube as it’s her final season in Chicago. Watch the insanity and fun above. Oprah‘s most favorite thing of all this year is an iPad. Techcrunch reports the talk show host announced the “iPad is her number one favorite thing ever. Words cannot [...]

[Picture: Robotic rescue technology, New Zealand/ Scoop] Robotic wheelbarrow and MANTIS technology was originally designed to be a reasonably achievable means to reduce or avoid the presence of personnel in the LHC ring tunnel and beam stop areas of underground tunnels. They can also detect gases that could be harmful to humans–CERN research paper 1991. WALL [...]

“When they laid down their arms, we murdered them. We lied to them. We cheated them out of their lands. We starved them into signing fraudulent agreements that we called treaties which we never kept. We turned them into beggars on a continent that gave life for as long as life can remember. And by [...]

News quote of the day: “The advice I have is that there is oxygen in the mine and there is every chance that those miners have managed to get to a pocket of that oxygen flow and therefore that they are alive.” New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told Sky News as quoted in The UK [...]

In the 2010′s people who think green for the environment–are the big stars of the world–Horiwood, Hollywood. When Native American Indians (perhaps the most unselfish people and most tolerant in America) indicate the world is changing due to global warming, I perk up my ears and listen. They’ve got nothing to lose in indicating we [...]

Lawrencia Bembenek, whose life story resemble that of a Hollywood-esque movie character has died aged 52. Laurie was a former Playboy Club waitress who then went to Police Academy, turned police officer who would later be seen on the nightly news as a famed escaped-convict-on-the-loose. What a surreal girl. Her many supporters nicknamed Laurie “Bambi.” [...]

There was generation X and then generation Y that consumed social researchers attention. These days the term that defines us all is Generation Distracted. The New York Times is running a good article based on a California community’s interactions with new technology. The article says, “Researchers say the lure of these technologies, while it affects [...]

According to the New York Daily News: The Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson split drama has hit an all time high. Mel Gibson will appear in the Los Angeles Court tomorrow to ask for full custody of baby Lucia. He will be citing a “smear campaign against him” as the main reason for wanting custody [...]

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows has opened at $125.1 million. This is the best opener of a Harry Potter film to date. Congrats. Deathly Hallows Part 1 of the two-part finale to J.K Rowlings book series, busted through revenue records for IMAX, bringing in $12.4 million domestically and $16.6 million worldwide. Tim Burton‘s Alice [...]

The Daily Mail is reporting today that actor Teri Hatcher has been developing a new sitcom and wants to be ready for pilot season in January to shop the show idea. Hatcher has allegedly turned in her resignation letter to Marc Cherry and the Desperate Housewives producers. It’s also being reported that her colleague and Oscar nominated actor [...]

This via InTouch Weekly: “Less than a week after In Touch exclusively confirmed her engagement, Jessica Simpson celebrated her upcoming nuptials with friends, family and, of course, her fiance, Eric Johnson, at her parents’ Encino, Calif., estate on November 18. The bride-to-be’s mother, Tina, threw a casual party with pizza and finger foods from La [...]

TMZ is loving running pics of Eva Longoria and Erin Barry who sat next to each other 3 years ago at a San Antonio Spurs basketball game. The ladies shared jokes, laughter, sporting enthusiasm like close friends. Three years later, and Longoria claims her hubby Tony Parker has been texting Erin in ‘sexting’ way, hence Longoria filing for [...]

I am all for the rich getting richer as long as the middle classes and the poor can get rich too. This is not necessarily the case in America as the rich are still seen to be getting richer-without giving a flying toss about developing the other good folks of America along with them. Children [...]

“I know my savior’s love is real”–Florence Welch. Here’s Anne Hathaway introducing Florence + The Machine on Saturday Night Live. Singing Dog Days Are Over and You Got The Love… Flo is too cool! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.20.10~

New Zealand mine news is the 3rd top ranking topic on Google USA right now in a nation of 360 million.  Suandi‎ of Jakarta‘s news ranks in the USA on the matter, when he writes: Rescuers to drill hole at New Zealand coal mine: Anguished relatives of 29 workers… #sfeed Rescuers to drill hole at New Zealand coal mine [...]

If teen mom, Amber Portwood had been photographed having a caramel latte at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (a good alternative to Starbucks coffee here in the USA), she would not be involved in a “drinking scandal” via tabloid news at the moment. Amber was photographed having a drink with friends, causing a furore here [...]

Native Canadian Indian actor Bronson Pelletier, 23, copped his fair share of drama when representing the Twilight Saga in the UK recently. Pelletier who plays werewolf Jared found himself in a very scary situation. Pop Eater Reports: ‘Four men, who were allegedly drunk guests at a nearby wedding in the same venue, attacked Pelletier in the [...]

Doing what most people love to do when in transit here in the US, Jennifer Aniston exits a subway talking on her cell phone while filming her new comedy Wanderlust in N.Y.C. The thin is, subways don’t have very good cell phone reception in NYC, but it’s the movies so whatevz. [Photo credit: Jackson Lee of Splash News [...]

Prince William Windsor takes time out of his busy romantic life and world watching role to catch a soccer game Saturday with pals in Blackpool, England. [Photo credit: Paul Burrows for Action Images and Zuma] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.20.10~

Drilling holes, taking natural gas samples, waiting for a window of opportunity –and rescue news efforts for the 29 trapped miners in the South Island of New Zealand have the world’s focus today. Here’s some video links as Pike River CEO Tony Whittall and Tasman District police area commander Superintendent Gary Knowles shine. Greymouth’s Mayor says [...]

Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear are rocking it in their promotional poster of The Kennedys: The 8 part TV mini-series. [Image courtesy of Cover Awards] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.20.10~

Lol! Watch Barbara Bush talking to Larry King as she sheds light on her views of Sarah Palin as a politician. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.20.10~