According to The Hollywood Reporter, teen music sensation, Justin Bieber has a new hair cut. The teen says he needed a “change.” “But insiders are buzzing that there was likely another reason behind his decision to sport a shorter wispier ‘do. On the set of his new music video with Rascal Flatts, Bieber got the cut and [...]
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THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – 2.22.11
Posted: February 22, 2011 in A Different View, Banksy, Bansky, Benghazi, Canterbury, Chicago, Christchurch, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Libya, Wisconsin, World News, World Peace[Photo caption - Chicago mayoral front-runner Rahm Emanuel has raised more than $10 million for his campaign. Residents vote Tuesday to replace Mayor Richard Daley.--USA Today] Oh Christchurch, Christchurch, Christchurch! According to the most trending topics in the USA right now online, here’s what 320 million of US are looking at: The UN talks seeing “shocking [...]
NESIAN MYSTIK – POLYNESIA’S GREATEST BOY BAND ROCKS OUT
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity NewsNESIAN MYSTIK – POLYNESIA’S GREATEST BOY BAND ROCKS OUT.
MR NICE GUY OF TV LATE NIGHT, JIMMY FALLON COVERS ROLLING STONE
Posted: February 22, 2011 in America, Jimmy Fallon, Smile ClubCould a smile be any nicer on a TV host of late night? Jimmy Fallon covers Rolling Stone Magazine – after the big selling Justin Bieber issue. A hard act to follow. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.21.11~
MILEY CYRUS IS AWARDED AN ‘INSPIRATION’ AWARD
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Miley Cyrus, TeenagersOur girl Miley Cyrus was the first person to receive the Global Action Youth Leadership Award this weekend in Hollywood. Digital Spy, reports fellow actress and Disney alum Hilary Duff was on hand to present Miley with her special award that honors inspirational figures in the youth community at a gala event. “I want [kids] to [...]
TUESDAY’S POEM VIA CHRISTCHURCH -2.21.11
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, Nick Williamson, PoetryPoem 1 – Splitting Pine by Nick Williamson splitting pine I smell the whole forest ~This haiku was posted early this am. Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.21.11~
VIDEO FOOTAGE – CHRISTCHURCH CITY POST QUAKE – 2.21.11
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Christchurch, World NewsAlready video footage has gone up on YouTube from Christchurch City, in the wake of a devastating quake. It makes me sad watching the footage. These are my people. I’ve decided though, I’m on the cheering up team, from Hollywood. This is devastating!!! More news here – at 1 & 3. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood [...]
Giselle Bundchen spreads her fashion wings for Muse Magazine. Hottest posts from Hollywood as at 2.21.11 – 8.58 pm 1. Christchurch earthquake rebuilding project 2. All-Star Christian Louboutin heels by Beyonce with Jay-Z – basketball action 3. The Christchurch Situation – 2.21.11 4. ‘Ohana – Jennifer Aniston 5. No Ordinary Sun – Poetry 6. Leukemia Survivor – Ken Watanabe inspires 7. Young [...]
MUSIC by BROOKE FRASER
Posted: February 22, 2011 in A Different View, Brooke Fraser, Music Industry News, Spirit, World Peace, WrestlingHere’s some Brooke Fraser music. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.21.11~
DONATE TO CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE REBUILDING EFFORT
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Humanitarian Angels on Horiwood.ComDONATE TO CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE REBUILDING EFFORT.
OTAUTAHI – CHRISTCHURCH CITY – PIC – 2.21.11
Posted: February 22, 2011 in A Different View, ChristchurchPhotograph – Otautahi, Christchurch today. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.21.11~
CHRISTCHURCH GETS HIT BY FATAL QUAKES KILLING SOME – KIA KAHA – 2.21.11
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Alaska, Canterbury, Chile, Christchurch, Hollywood Maori Kings, Karakia, Life, Ngai Tahu, South Pacific, Spirit, Te Reo Rangatira, World Peace, WrestlingMo konei kia mau ki nga mea whawhai katoa a te Atua, kia taea ai e koutou te tu atu ki te riri i te ra kino, a ka poto i a koutou nga mea katoa te mahi, kia tu. Be strong in the Lord and the Power of His Might. Put on the whole [...]
Cultivating Gratitude – FRI 2.18.11.
POETRY FOR TUNISIA, LIBYA, BAHRAIN – FREEDOM IXX by KHLALIL GIBRAN – PART II – 2.21.11
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Art, artist, Bahrain, California, Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, Libya, Life, Light, Like A Prayer, Middle East, New York, Poetry, Tunisia, World News, World PeaceFreedom IXX And a youth said, “Speak to us of Friendship.” Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. When your friend [...]
DANCE LIKE NO ONE’S NOT RE-EDITING – THOM YORKE SAYS PUT YO’ HANDS UP
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Beyonce Knowles, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Dance, Humor, Music Industry News, Music Videos, Radiohead, Thom YorkeThom Yorke of Radiohead re-edits his dance moves of the Lotus Flower music video as a tribute to Beyonce and her Single Ladies song. Simple re-editing for a brills result! ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.22.11~
LADY GAGA BRINGS UP HER DEAD AUNTY AGAIN AND TERI MAREE KOPA IS SPOTLIGHT WORTHY AT 10 – 2.21.11
Posted: February 22, 2011 in America, Aotearoa New Zealand, Children, Commonwealth, Community, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, humility, Humor, Lady Gaga, Live Music Artists, Maori, Music Industry News, Sharing, Talent Management, Teri Maree Kopa, Wilson Pickett“I really believe I have two hearts… I think I actually carry two souls in my body, and that I’m living out the rest of her life [Stefani's Aunt who died of Lupus at 19] and her goodness — she died a virgin, she died never having experienced all these things that we all get [...]
NGAPUHI POETRY – TAUPIRI BY ROBERT SULLIVAN AS HOLLYWOOD ART – 2.21.11
Posted: February 22, 2011 in A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Art, Art Galleries, artist, Fishing, Indigenous Thinking, Ireland, Kool Kiwis, Krazy Kiwis, Literary, New Zealand, Ngapuhi, Poetry, Robert Sullivan, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Think Green, Tourism, Travel Destinations, UK, What's Cooking in Your Kitchen for The World?, World PeaceTaupiri I am at Taupiri Bay, on the spot, here – where surfers bob, grass bristles and my friends the lovers kiss. We get charged $2.00 for beach access. I want to flash my manaia and shout ‘tangata whenua — what’s going on here? make way!’ but we still pay a buck in fifty cent [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – MON 2.21.11
Posted: February 22, 2011 in basketball, California, Canada, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Justin Bieber, Music Industry News, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Star System - The Art of American Celebrity, TeenagersThree days after hitting a basketball court at The Staples Center, teen music’s Justin Bieber has enough star appeal to swish through to no.2 in our Horiwood top ten entertainment news posts of the day. That’s pretty fierce star power in the USA. Sports and entertainment brands fused together creates some of the biggest stars [...]
GEORGE W. BUSH CANCELS TRIP TO SWITZERLAND TO TALK ABOUT FREEDOM
Posted: February 21, 2011 in America, George W. Bush, Human Rights, SwitzerlandFormer president, George W. Bush, authorized the water boarding of detainees in his Presidency. This means that in Europe the former president could be arrested under human rights concerns. Who would have thought? George W. had to call off his trip to Switzerland. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.21.11~
PEACE PIECE by FRANCIS OF ASSISI, VIEW by ABU DHABI
Posted: February 21, 2011 in A Different View, Art, artist, Photography, Spirit, Women, World Peace, WritersHere’s a 900 year old prayer that has stood the distance through time and space. Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, [...]
WILD AT HEART MUSIC – SOME GLORIANA FROM HOLLYWOOD -2.21.11 @ 2.53
Posted: February 21, 2011 in 10 Hot Posts Right Now, Country Music, Cowboy Culture, Culture, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Gloriana, Hollywood Entertainment News, Music Industry News, Music VideosI’m a big Gloriana fan. Whose not a little Wild at Heart? In looking at the news, many people are at the minute. Here’s Gloriana’s country music sound with ten popular pop culture posts of Hollywood celebrity news – we’re sharing via social media in this moment. 1. Hugh Jackman on being a bit Aussie 2. Jolene [...]
NEW ZEALAND FARMERS GET LOOKED AFTER BY FONTERRA THIS YEAR – WOOT!
Posted: February 21, 2011 in A Different View, Actors, Commonwealth, Community, Cowboy Culture, Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban, Kool Kiwis, Krazy Kiwis, Movie News, Movie Trailers, New ZealandGrowing up in New Zealand, I worked on a dairy farm with my dad each day. It was a sunup til sundown existence in my teens with basketball and friday nights in town and rugby football at school. The weird thing about being a country-raised Kiwi kid was that your life was shaped by two [...]
WASHINGTON IS THE NAME BLACK PEOPLE IN THE US, MOST HAVE AS THEIR OWN
Posted: February 21, 2011 in A Different View, Actors, America, Booker T. Washington, Heritage Arts & Culture, Hot Chocolate, PoliticsThis is quite a fascinating read. The Associated Press’ Jesse Washington has been researching what the “blackest name in America is.” Apparently it’s the name of a US President. Here’s Jesse’s words on that. “George Washington’s name is inseparable from America, and not only from the nation’s history. It identifies countless streets, buildings, mountains, bridges, [...]
EXTENDED FAMILY LIVING AND THE FRENCH CHATEAU-DWELLING JOLIE-PITTS
Posted: February 21, 2011 in Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Family Vs Fame, France, Grey Power, Hollywood Entertainment NewsAfter the recession washed over us, like a flood of hot lava most of us ducked and survived (phewsh!), three generations living together under one roof is quite common here in many US communities. In fact many cultures around the world prefer this model of family interaction for children growing up. It’s very Native American [...]
MAORI RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAMS VIE FOR THE GEORGE NEPIA CUP AND HOLLYWOOD NEWS – 2.21.11
Posted: February 21, 2011 in 10 Hot Posts Right Now, A Different View, Aotearoa New Zealand, Brian Killeen, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, George Nepia, Hollywood Entertainment News, Maori, Samoa, Sports, Sports Horiwood, World HistoryGeorge Nepia was a fantastic rugby football player. He was an ambassador of Maori people. His grandson Sam Nepia was mellow and good at speaking the Maori language in high school, where we’d all play rugby in the Quad almost every lunch break. It was rough and tumble stuff on the asphalt baketball court. We [...]
HONESTY – THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT ARIANNA HUFFINGTON AND AOL PAYS JOURNALISTS
Posted: February 21, 2011 in Arianna Huffington, California, Not FunnyJournalists strike back at Arianna Huffington‘s newfound wealth. The LA Times runs this story as commentary today. Write it down Re “HuffPo’s mojo,” Feb. 16 I don’t know where FOA (“friend of Arianna”) Mickey Kaus got the idea that journalists are “coddled and well paid,” but it sure won’t be with the Huffington Post in [...]