Email from a Friend – “What you don’t know is that tonight, as I drove home from work (before Starbucks), I cried. I cried because I know I’m supposed to be doing something different here on Earth – just haven’t been sure what. I also cried because I know it’s close – and maybe it [...]
Archive for January, 2012
EMAIL FROM A FRIEND – WHEN CHANGE STIRS DEEP WITHIN – 1.19.10
Posted: January 19, 2011 in California, Gratitude, Life, Spirit, WingsTHE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – TUE 1.18.10
Posted: January 19, 2011 in Christina Hendricks, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Fashion Accessories, Fashion Designers, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10Christina Hendricks did the unthinkable at The Golden Globes. In a fashion mishap of Titanic proportions Christina accidentally lost her $850,000 bracelet she wore to The Globes this year. How wreckless of the lovely Christina. She’s looking a little like a party girl with this post Awards Show publicity. How can we possibly find it in [...]
RECEIVING “COOKING RECIPES” REQUESTS TODAY ON THE BLOG – 1.18.11
Posted: January 19, 2011 in California, Cuisine, Hollywood Today, New Zealand, Reality TV Stars, TrendsI notice that today I have some odd requests via readers on the Horiwood.Com search engine that tracks trending requests. The terms that are a little strange are these: recipes. cooking recipes. new zealand recipes. new zealand cooking recipes. healthy kai recipes. So, tomorrow I’ll prepare a special recipe for you – titled ‘How to [...]
CELEBRITY NEWS WRAP UP – 1.18.11
Posted: January 19, 2011 in Britney Spears, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Today, Kelley West, Movie News, Music Industry NewsAs I blog today, Kelley a blonde-blue eyed girl, 29 studies beside me. She is engaged in her financial management textbooks. She is so beautiful, you wonder how a knowledge of numbers can even help her get ahead in the world. When I say hi, Kelley tells me she has an idea for a reality [...]
We are getting very close to reaching the 2.9 million benchmark on this hori-Kiwi Hollywood entertainment driven news blog. For that – thanks for sticking with it. You’re the best audience a lad could want. Thank you. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.18.11~
I ALWAYS WANTED BETTY DAVIS TO PEER DOWN AT ME WHILE FASHION SHOPPING ON MELROSE!
Posted: January 19, 2011 in A Different View, Art, artist, Betty Davis, California, Elvis, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Hollywood History, Hollywood Today, Melrose, Pop Art, Pop Cultural CommentaryDidn’t you? This is my Elvis Presley ‘Made in America’ blog post for the day. Enjoy. [Photograph - Exterior/ American Vintage Store, Melrose Avenue - West Hollywood] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.18.11~
FUNNY IN HOLLYWOOD – THE BENJAMIN MILLEPIED RUMORS TODAY
Posted: January 19, 2011 in ballet, Benjamin Millepied, Dance, Hollywood Entertainment News, Humor, Natalie Portman, Young HollywoodNatalie Portman is an actress who has met almost every single eligible young man worth their salt in America. Days after her Golden Globes Awards win for best actress, the rumor mill turns on her fiance and baby daddy, Benjamin Millepied via InTouch Magazine. Holly Baby has this report. No wait –let’s go with Blogging [...]
BORN TO BE SOMEBODY – DIANNE WARREN WILL SONG WRITE FOR JUSTIN BIEBER?
Posted: January 19, 2011 in Dianne Warren, Song WritersWhat’s hot that came out of Dianne Warren attending The Golden Globes (Sunday) here in Hollywood? One thing, is that America’s big ballads songwriter met Justin Bieber‘s handlers, and has agreed to pen a song for JB’s film Never Say Never. Reports say the song will be titled – Born to be Somebody. If they’re smart, [...]
FASHION – WHAT DOES YOUNG HOLLYWOOD THINKS OF LLOYDS OF LONDON AND BANKING BUDDIES?
Posted: January 19, 2011 in America, Culture, Economy, Pop Cultural Commentary, Tee Shirts, Trends, UK, West Hollywood, Young HollywoodMelrose Fashion District always leads pop cultural trends in the US in fashion stores, regarding US sentiments. Many music video stars and their stylists come to shop here before they film their music vids. You know, there’s all those back up dancers to frou-frou up to, in the art of ‘pop star cool.’ How does [...]
Yesterday, Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger escaped a house fire. Today, Brad Cooper‘s dad has died. People Magazine has the story: “Charles Cooper passed away on Jan. 15 after a long illness. He is survived by his wife (and Bradley’s mother) Gloria and a daughter, Holly, as well as his sister, Nancy Peacock. Bradley’s girlfriend, Renée [...]
HEATHER FEATHER RIDES A WANNABE UNICORN – YOUNG HOLLYWOOD ON MANHATTAN 2011
Posted: January 19, 2011 in Fashion Accessories, Heather Feather, Humor, Manhattan, Pop Cultural Commentary, Unicorns, West Hollywood, Young HollywoodThis is Heather – on the O-Bar’s Godfather-esque silver horse. ‘Hope you’re good today Heather. I am still loving the feather, today’. :) California Gurls – they’re doing way too much with things pretending to be unicorns. As a Cali girl, Heather is too much fun. She also loves her feathers more than she loves things [...]
HUMOR – ARE FOREIGN PRESS BEING THREATENED IN THE USA? ROBERT DE NIRO AND HIS CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, GOLDEN GLOBES 2011
Posted: January 19, 2011 in America, Awards Shows, Censorship, Democracy, Foreign Press, Golden Globes, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Robert Deniro, Transparency in a Digital AgeI must say that when legendary actor, Robert DeNiro, accepted his Cecile B. DeMille award from Matt Damon at The Golden Globes Awards 2011 in Hollywood this weekend, that you couldn’t help be a little bit disturbed by his auto-cue read speech. He seemed to allude to the fact that Foreign Press reporters are a being [...]
A HARD CORE PROBLEM – AMERICA’S POOR AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Posted: January 19, 2011 in A Different View, America, Community, Compassion, Culture, Education, Employment, Equality, Technology, West HollywoodIn this photograph, Luke – a high fashion photographer and Ben an Advertising consultant – work collaboratively on their script idea, Jacob. Meanwhile, Jamal (upper, far right of image) does not have access to a computer. He reads an article torn from a magazine instead titled, Feeding your inner man. It pains me that Jamal [...]
OBVIOUSLY, MICHAEL DOUGLAS IS THANKFULLY IN RECOVERY FROM CANCER
Posted: January 19, 2011 in A Different View, Angelina Jolie, Cancer Awareness, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Humor, Michael Douglas, Recovery, WalesLol! There are no words needed for this photo. Golden Globes Awards Hollywood fun at its best. Cheeky. So let’s run it twice. [Photo - Catherine Zeta Jones, Angelina Jolie & one of their husbands in this pic] ~Image via MK. Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.18.11~
LONG DANGLY FEATHERY THINGS ARE HOT IN HOLLYWOOD RIGHT NOW
Posted: January 19, 2011 in A Different View, America, California, Cowboy Culture, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Culture, Fashion Accessories, Hollywood Today, Melrose, Native American Indians, Pop Cultural Commentary, Tee Shirts, Think Green, Trends, WesternsPerhaps in the absence of Native American Indian culture on a real visible cultural level in media here in the USA – we are now obsessed with jewelry and fashion accessories like this as depicted today on Melrose Ave in the street chic fashion District of West Hollywood. One thing is certain – at this [...]
KATE MOSS AND LEA T MAKE OUT ON VOGUE MAGAZINE’S COVER – THIS IS NOT! HARD CORE!
Posted: January 18, 2011 in A Different View, Kate Moss, Lea T, Magazine CoversIt’s always good to do a “This is NOT hard core” blog post from Hollywood to keep things a little more real. Writes Melissa Noble of Cover Awards website today: “Kate Moss has covered Vogue UK 40 times, been shot naked and even doing cocaine? But has she ever swapped spit with a transgender model on [...]
HUMOR – THE ASIAN SOCCER MOMS IN PEBBLES AND BAM BAM DRESSES ON MELROSE TODAY
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Animation, Fashion, Humor, Melrose, Parenting, West Hollywood… are very cute. Lol! Only in West Hollywood would you get soccer mom Harayuku girls action, going down all vintage Flinstone‘s Hanna-Barbera-fierce-like while the kids are alright at school. These ladies are having way too much fun mixing up their parenting-fashion styles in California. Why be serious? is their point. Lighten up. That’s why [...]
ANGELINA JOLIE MEETS JUSTIN BIEBER
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Angelina Jolie, Hollywood Entertainment News, Justin Bieber, Parenting, Talent Management, TeenagersThe photograph Maddox, Pax and Zahara really wanted. Angelina Jolie meets Justin Bieber at The Golden Globes via Mickey K. As Angelina acts as ‘celebrity salt’ for all stars to heat up their star profiles early in 2011, JB wears 3D glasses to hawk his documentary. Really though, what is a sixteen year-old doing at [...]
THE HOLLYWOOD RETAIL POST FOR SHEEP OBSESSED PEOPLE!
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Art Galleries, Facebook, Fashion, Fashion Accessories, Humor, West HollywoodOkay. This blog post is long overdue. If you’re a sheep person – like on Facebook for 2 hours or more each day. This one is especially for you. Let’s just call it a “sustainability” news litmus test. Adam & Eve visit New Zealand via a Melrose Avenue Store, West Hollywood. Notice how the sheep [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – MON 1.17.11
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hebrew, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood History, Horiwood Top 10, Michael Jackson, Pop Cultural Commentary, Sammy Davis Jr., Te Reo Rangatira, Tee Shirts, Toni Morrisonוְקֹויֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֔עוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יִיעָֽפוּ׃ :Hebrew for a Natalie Portman Golden Globes win Te Reo Rangatira (The Language of Chiefs) for Martin Luther King Day: Tena ko te hunga e tatari ana ki a Ihowa, puta hou ana he kaha mo ratou; kake ana ratou ki runga; ko [...]
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER WILL FOREVER BE A CALIFORNIA, MUSCLE ICON
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Arnold Schwarzenegger, Box Office Stars, California, Fitness, Magazine Covers, Movie News, South Africa, Think GreenAlthough Arnie is no longer the Governor of Cali and he’s now a motivational speaker for the Green Technologies movement, (I kid you not!), he still is a figure that fuels the Health & Fitness industry in L.A. As this Magazine cover shows. Arnie’s latest press is allegedly, that Arnie has his eye on at [...]
BROOKLYN DECKER SCORCHES UP ESQUIRE USA, FEBRUARY’S COVER
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsBrooklyn Decker is very silky for Esquire Magazine’s Feb issue, here in the US. [With thanks to Cover Awards website] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.17.11~
TONI AND JEVAN – ABBEY SUNDAYS – 1.16.11
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Real People Real LA Faces, West Hollywood, Young HollywoodMeet Toni and Jevan, two brothas who rock out to The Abbey on Urban Sunday nights. This will probably cause a fight, but Toni is the smart one. Sorry Jevan! Lol! The lads are the real faces of Young Hollywood today. Both have good comedic timing. They are both so funny! As I blog today [...]
ANGELINA JOLIE’S EMERALD GREEN VERSACE, GOLDEN GLOBES GOWN 2011
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Angelina Jolie, Box Office Stars, Boxing, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Fashion, Fashion Designers, Lea Michele, Marchesa, Olivia Wilde, Oscar de la RentaI like the way Angelina Jolie gave The Green Hornet – a box office nod with her choice of Golden Globes Awards attire. How sweet. Successful entertainment is all about good teamwork. Photo caption - Lea Michele of “Glee” in Oscar de la Renta, Olivia Wilde in Marchesa, and Angelina Jolie in emerald Versace hit the [...]
ART – CLASSIC VINTAGE WESTSIDE STORY MOVIE POSTER ARTWORK
Posted: January 17, 2011 in Art, Art Galleries, Arthur Laurents, artist, Ernest Lehman, Hollywood Entertainment News, Jerome Robbins, Love, Movie News, Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Robert Wise, Romance, West HollywoodThis beautiful poster artwork for Westside Story the original movie is on display at the Weideman Gallery in West Hollywood. The original 1961 classic vintage movie artwork features Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer in this life sized poster in the epic tale of cross-cultural young love. Something this blog features a lot of in past months. Being [...]
FAITH – NICOLE KIDMAN AND KEITH URBAN HAVE ADDED TO THEIR GROWING FAMILY
Posted: January 17, 2011 in Awesome Aussies, Babies, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Faith Margaret, Family Vs Fame, Hollywood Entertainment News, Keith Urban, Kool Kiwis, Krazy Kiwis, New Zealand, Nicole Kidman, ParentingFaith is such a beautiful Kiwi-Aussie name. A universal name most of us in the world believe in. Michael K of the Dlisted blog reports: “TMZ reports thatNicole Kidman and Keith Urban have a newborn baby girl named Faith in their lives…. Baby Faith was born on December 28th via a surrogate. Keith and Nicole are her biological parents. They [...]
HOLLYWOOD WRITER JOHN STANCARI IS A TALENTED SCREEN WRITER
Posted: January 17, 2011 in A Different View, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Today, Industry Town News, John Stancari, Movie News, Movie shorts, Movie Trailers, West Hollywood, WritersScreenwriter John Stancari writes in an email today: “Hi Sam, Here’s the links to some of my comedy shorts on Funny Or Die. I’m the writer and co-producer, John Stancari http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f7fdce5e16/youre-fired-from-jstancari http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/7e1c87611f/leady-the-latest-toy-from-china-from-jstancari http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cfa5cd4147/nuclear-ned-in-button-from-jstancari?playlist=221073 and here’s my IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821980/ thanks!” John Stancari ___ You’re welcome John. Check John’s work out. John works harder at his [...]
ROCK N’ ROLL DAD ADS ON GOOGLE TODAY 1.19.11
Posted: January 19, 2011 in California, Entertainment Celebrity News, Jimi Hendrix, Parenting, Pop Art, Pop Cultural Commentary, Rock, Rock N Roll, Rock Stars, Tee ShirtsWhat is the online world coming to? Today when you type in Horiwood on Google.Com the usual advertisements for “Hollywood movies” are no longer there. Instead this ad appears: Hollywood Dads. Shopping Made Easy at Yahoo! Low Prices On Hollywood Dads. shopping.yahoo.com __ Lol! __ Alright – here’s a real advertisement for all dads of the world. Clothing from [...]