Archive for January, 2012

Tokugawa Nariaki‘s artwork, Moon, for Merata Mita‘s Hawaii nation of USA, Japan and Southern California. Calligraphy piece, originally photographed at LACMA. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.18.11 @ 1.18 am~

“Grief is the price we pay for love”–Prince William quoting his paternal grandmother in Christchurch City today. His speech is about fortitude and strength through kindness. Courage and understated determination are the hallmarks of New Zealanders and Cantabrians. From the reflected strength of Christchurch’s resilience of spirit as a community, the Prince sends his well [...]

“God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of the re’em”–Moses [Pic via HedWeb] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood

CNN Reports – ‘China was one of the first to send a rescue team, a 15-member crew many of whom are now scouring disaster areas in Sendai searching for survivors. China has also flown millions of dollars in relief to Japan. “China is also a country prone to earthquake disasters, and we fully empathize with how [...]

Photo caption - Japan’s nuclear crisis: Japan battles to prevent a nuclear catastrophe and to care for millions of people without power or water in its worst crisis since World War II. To be tolerant and considerate under much duress and uncertainty are very noble traits in a society. Go Japan! At the time of writing Japan [...]

WASHINGTON POST – In Washington, President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit Thursday to the Japanese Embassy and signed a condolence book. Later, speaking from the Rose Garden, he said the U.S. was “working aggressively to support our Japanese ally.” As the crisis worsened, the United States took measures to protect Americans in Japan, sending [...]

SELITA EBANKS GALAS UP FOR FOSTER CHILDREN.

  Princess Beatrice and her boyfriend Dave Clark exit The Box nightclub in Soho London. As Beatrice clings to her man, clearly she looks mortified and happy to be heading home at 4am. Paparazzi’s flashing bulbs can be annoying. [Photograph taken last week by Splash News Online via The UK Daily Telegraph] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, [...]

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Leonard Cohen is that sage, poet, performer, musician who writes songs so effortlessly like he’s penning the art of cool in a tune. He’s a seer, a prophet and in the main, quite insightful as a discerning voice across any era. Here’s a cool documentary from Snag Films who love it when I promote their [...]

Why are the Japanese so calm?-CNN brings an insightful story. A quote shows collective thinking over individualistic thinking gives Japan an ability to think of a collective in crises: “The Japanese from a young age are socialized to put group interest ahead of individual interest.”–Jeffrey Kingston, Temple University ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.17.11~

At the time of the writing in the USA, Rebecca Black, has a viral teen music hit wowing the USA. Sarah Palin has a Rebecca up her sleeve too. The Lost Angeles Times devotes a front page segment to Rebecca Mansour, 36, the slight wee lassie (who sports spectacles too) whose Sarah Palin’s speechwriter and [...]

Screamo’s version of Rebecca Black‘s inane Friday Song is clocking up covers all across the USA. Here’s All My Friend’s version with their friends combining. Enjoy. 5 links you’re reading and sharing in Hollywood are: 1. Prince Harry will leave no stone unturned to secure the best stag do venue 2. Hobbit cricket fun – Wellywood turns [...]

That’s such a good question. Flying etiquette, arm rest etiquette has suddenly taken on a new meaning in the US. The WSJ asks all of those questions regarding ‘ethics and etiquette to survive cramped seats, crying kids and stinky food at 30,000 feet.’ The big question is who gets the arm rest? The story made [...]

Of his many philosophical writings, a concern to C.S.Lewis was “modern society’s loss of an objective Center of value — some Standard, some Authority that doesn’t vary with personal tastes, cultural shifts or the blood-dimmed tide of history. Lewis believes that, minus such a Center, members of society have no Authority in common to which [...]

Front page, Wall Street Journal today. Radiation and U.S in Japan. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.17.11~

Lisa P. Jackson‘s story Removing Mercury and Other Toxics From the Air We Breathe is a beauty towards making us think about breathing in general. Quality Breathing is a good lens to see through. Lisa P. Jackson pops as an environmentally friendly and people cocerned columnist. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA.

Guy Sebastian is one of those singers that can actually sing live out of studio. Here he is singing Art of Love with American honey Jordin Sparks as a St Patricks Day 2011 nod. Have you got your buzz going on for life? Stir it up. :) Five things we’re sharing via social media in [...]

Writes The Wrap – ‘The Newspaper’s guild “is calling on unpaid writers of the Huffington Post to withhold their work in support of a strike launched by Visual Arts Source in response to the company’s practice of using unpaid labor.” So far their request to meet with Ms Huffington has been ignored. Oh dear! It’s on. [...]

SANDRA BULLOCK’S NEW ORLEANS VICTORIAN HOME.

The Three Sisters provide surreal views of nature’s playground that you must see in person to even begin to understand the wonderful world of Australia and its people. At some point, when wanting to go on an adventurous tourism expedition, The Three Sisters of Katoomba, Australia are well worth checking out. Blue Mountains Mystery Tours [...]

WHY DOES OLIVIA WILDE DO ALL THE STUFF MEGAN FOX WON’T DO?.

[A word on bullying.-Photo caption - Hoover Law, Maryland] Alright… we all survived the global economic crises, or, are surviving it again, now that Japan’s earthquake/ nuclear/ tsunami impacts are something we all feel and share too in our economic realities of the world. The economic crises resulted in a few people (watch the Oscar [...]

Today the Sydney Morning Herald has the moat drawn up on Sydney Australia today. Jessica Irvine runs with a story titled Sydney is a sadder, meaner, angrier city. Alright then, the writer sites high mortgage prices, overcrowding in the city and compares Sydney to being “the Elizabeth Taylor of Australian cities.” On the other hand [...]

Photo caption -”Wild night out: Princess Eugenie was spotted leaving Soho nightclub The Box with boyfriend Jack Brooksbank last night (March 6th 2011).” The young couple were partying at The Box, Soho London until 4am. Princesses and their rare nights out! Eugenie looks very Helena Bonham Carter with her fashion sense. :) As UK tabloid [...]

Prince William Windsor was choppered into the grounds of Hagley Park in Christchurch City where he praised a “student army” of volunteers for doing “a fantastic job.” Christchurch’s young have worked tirelessly at cleaning up the earthquake devastation since the City’s 6.3 quake. Obviously these esteemed youth citizens life experiences in moving on quickly amidst [...]

ANGELO PIZZO IS WRITING VINNY PAZ’S BOXING BIOPIC.

Ruapehu is a mountain in New Zealand. Worth sharing today in Hollywood. You can ski on its fine slopes in winter. In Summer you can rock climb Mt Ruapehu’s craggy rock faces and stay fit. Go here to learn more. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.17.11~

[Photograph of Arianna "The Aggregating AOL Alligator" Huffington - courtesy of Postcards Blog] “Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master. ”–Leonardo da Vinci –Forbes Magazine featured website quote, today. To steal without crediting other artists/ journalists/ photographer’s/ people enough… is never mastery. It’s a modern slavery narrative hidden beneath a salon daily, blow-dried [...]