A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.–Mohandas Ghandi. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.26.11~
Archive for January, 2012
GHANDI ON MILITARY CULTISM AS THE RELIGION OF EMPIRE BUILDING
Posted: March 28, 2011 in Ghandi, India, Life, Light, Spirit, Wisdom, Wisdoms Buffet, World Peace, Wrestling0
Amy Adams has been cast as Lois Lane in the Superman reboot film franchise. Adams now joins Henry Cavill, Diane Lane and Kevin Costner in the production of the man of steel, being directed by Zack Snyder. Although, directors these days can change. Congratulations Amy Adams. Amy is photographed here by Getty Images. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. [...]
DEMI LOVATO TALKS PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
Posted: March 27, 2011 in A Different View, California, Demi Lovato, Disney, Grey Power, Paranormal Activity, Smile Club, Teenagers, Travel DestinationsTeen Demi Lovato, confesses today that she believes in Paranormal activity. When you think about it, if you believe there in God, you are saying that you believe in paranormal activity. God is spirit. Demi though is talking ghosts today – in her zany paranormal activity way. I just like Lovato’s cheeky grin. She’s a [...]
WHILE JAPAN’S SURVIVORS REMAIN CALM SHARING AT SHELTERS, THE NEW YORK TIMES EXAMINES DISMANTLING A PRESIDENT’S IMAGE IN EGYPT
Posted: March 27, 2011 in Calmness of Spirit, Community, Egypt, Facebook, Japan, Marketing and Branding, New YorkTrue fact, The New York Times is super thin today. Also the remarkable people of Japan, display calmness as the displaced and homeless of devastated communities, appear to be sharing resources in shelters, like civilized, respectful human beings, one towards another. They’re so inspiring. Also, The Times focuses on Egypt. Apparently Hosni Mubarak‘s image and [...]
LOOKING AT TALENT BEYOND “PERFECTION” – SIMON COWELL TALKS “IMAGE” IN MUSIC MARKETING
Posted: March 27, 2011 in Simon Cowell… “Actually you shouldn’t have rules for talent…It should be, if you’re talented or if you’re different, you should have a chance to succeed along with anyone else.”–Simon Cowell, producer of Susan Boyle talks talent being allowed to shine for being talented. CNN. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.26.11~
THE WOODEN PALLET VS THE PLASTIC-PALLET INDUSTRY WAR
Posted: March 27, 2011 in Think Green, Wall Street CultureIs making a wooden pallet greener than the making a plastic pallet? The Wall Street Journal, gives this story of a manufacturing war, front page billing in a $10 billion industry of pallet manufacturing. Of course, I’d have to go for the ‘wood’ peoples argument. One thing’s for sure, shipping stuff is big business. ~Posted [...]
SHAH RUK KHAN’S NEW BUDDY HUGH JACKMAN, IS PURSUING BOLLYWOOD MOVIE ROLES NEXT
Posted: March 27, 2011 in Australia, Awesome Aussies, Bollywood, Dance, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hugh Jackman, Humor, IndiaWhen I was studying at film school in Auckland City, one of my favorite film papers was Third World Cinema – Bollywood and Films of The Middle East. I like this paper, because seeing films that weren’t on offer in local cinemas gave a diverse cultural view, I felt I needed as a global citizen [...]
MUSIC HOUR – SET FIRE TO THE RAIN by ADELE, LIVE FROM THE TABERNACLE, NOTTING HILL
Posted: March 27, 2011 in AdeleSet Fire To The Rain is playing at the cafe today. A friend brought Adele‘s 21 CD as a gift today. How sweet. Here she is performing this song at The Tabernacle, Notting Hill, UK. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.26.11~
FLAMING AEROPLANES OVER OCEANS BILLBOARDS, IN SANTA MONICA – WAR OF THE WORLDS BLOGGING – 3.26.11
Posted: March 27, 2011 in A Different View, billboards, California, Calmness of Spirit, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Ghandi, Hollywood Entertainment News, India, Industry Town News, Military Recruiting, Movie News, Movie Trailers, Orson Welles, Santa Monica, Sci-Fi, Voice Talent, West HollywoodPhotographed today in West Hollywood. This is not what I call good surfing views on this billboard for the film, for Battle: LA. The film hit theaters 3.11.11. At the time of writing it’s sitting in the no.3 box office position, behind Limitless at no.1 and Rango at no.2. Ahead of The Lincoln Lawyer at [...]
IN A BLACK CAP, HALLE BERRY TAKES NAHLA GROCERY SHOPPING AT BRISTOL FARMS
Posted: March 27, 2011 in beverly hills, California, Halle Berry, NahlaThat’s all. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.26.11~
HOW TO QUIT A JOB AS A NATION’S CONSCIENCE – WOW!
Posted: March 27, 2011 in America, Economy, Employment, Honesty, Justice, Wrestling, Writers“Overwhelming imbalances in wealth and income inevitably result in enormous imbalances of political power. So the corporations and the very wealthy continue to do well. The employment crisis never gets addressed. The wars never end. And nation-building never gets a foothold here at home (in America).” This is my last column for The New York [...]
OSCAR WINNER REESE WITHERSPOON GOT HITCHED TODAY AT OJAI
Posted: March 27, 2011 in Agents, Marriage, Ojai, Oscars, Tim RothReese Witherspoon Oscar winner, Reese Witherspoon got hitched today, to her agent Jim Roth. Just Jared is the bearer of this happy news. The duo exchanged vows at Reese’s ranch on Saturday (March 26) in Ojai, Calif. According to Us Weekly, Reese wore a custom-designed Monique Lhuillier gown today. Borat’s wife Isla Fisher was a guest. The couple started dating [...]
MISPLACED PRIORITIES, FEROCIOUS ADDICTION TO FOREIGN OIL, GREEDY RICH SNATCHING MORE – BOB HERBERT IS GRUMPY TODAY
Posted: March 27, 2011 in America, Bob Herbert, EconomyBob Herbert‘s words are like medicine to America in this minute. Here’s dude’s latest column from out of New York. “So here we are pouring shiploads of cash into yet another war, this time in Libya, while simultaneously demolishing school budgets, closing libraries, laying off teachers and police officers, and generally letting the bottom fall [...]
PRINCE HARRY, MASTER OF STAG DO CEREMONIES, HAS BEEN WORKING HARD
Posted: March 27, 2011 in Prince Harry Windsor, Prince William, Young RoyalsAccording to the UK Sun, Prince Harry Windsor, 26, has kept his elder brother guessing what is in store for the stag do before the big royal wedding where 2.4 billion people are expected to watch. A source is said to have told The Sun: “They would have held it closer to the wedding day [...]
These days in America, we love getting on the bus. It saves fuel, wasted energy. On weekends though, there’s nothing like a convertible or a Porsche to drive around in. Here’s one. Five things we’re peeping at in Hollywood in this minute are: 1. Thomas Edison, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Graeme Smith – cricket’s black [...]
JOURNALIST, BOB HERBERT, THE CONSCIENCE OF NEW YORK TIMES, RESIGNS
Posted: March 27, 2011 in Bob Herbert, Journalists, Justice, New York, NewsOne of my favorite journalists in America, Bob Herbert is resigning. He’s moving on. His commentary is legendary, because he always based it in reality, of what real people were experiencing in the rubble of political realities, economic decisions not considering at all the little people and the aftermaths of these. As a journalist who [...]
JESSE RYDER IS A BLACK CAPS CRICKET STAR OF THE WORLD
Posted: March 27, 2011 in Cricket, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, TeamworkIf ever you’ve felt like a loser in the last two years or so, here’s an inspiring story of how you can turn this around, by learning from mistakes, focused effort under pressure… and of course, the art of teamwork with an ability to switch the pace up, when needed. Jesse Ryder (83) applied himself [...]
THE OSCARS BALLET FILM COVER UP, A DANCER SAYS SHE DID MORE WORK THAN NATALIE PORTMAN
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Natalie Portman, ScandalsHumor this weekend comes via Sarah Lane, one of two dancer body doubles working on the set of Natalie Portman‘s Oscars winning performance of Black Swan. Sarah says that only 5% of the dancing in the film was Natalie. The rest was her. This has lead the film’s choreographer Ben Millepied to be involved in [...]
WHAT DOES THOMAS EDISON HAVE TO DO WITH THE BLACK CAPS CRICKET TEAM?
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Cricket, Daniel Vettori, Jacob Oram, New Zealand, South Africa, Sports, Sports HoriwoodWrites sports journalist Andrew Alderson today, “Inventor Thomas Edison once said genius is 1 per cent inspiration, 99 per cent perspiration. Appropriately he also invented the light bulb and that is what went on for the New Zealand cricketers yesterday morning against South Africa. Substitute fielder Jamie How dived after a flash outside off from Graeme [...]
“A” IS FOR AMERICA, AYE? … WORKING MOM, BRITNEY SPEARS PERFORMS IN VEGAS
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Britney SpearsBritney Spears performs in Vegas. That’s all. [Photograph taken by photographers for Splash News] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.26.11~
NEW WORDS ADDED TO THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, MARCH 2011
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Commonwealth, Community, English, UK, WordsThe Oxford English Dictionary has added more words this year to their growing collection of 600,000 already catalogued. When you think about it, words grow big IT companies like facebook, google, twitter, baidu, etc. Words are the modern currency of IT growth. Some words added to the OED this year include, banh mi (a Vietnamese baguette-style [...]
UNIVERSAL FLOW – COSTA RICA FLOW – POI IN PARADISE
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Art, Costa Rica, Dance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Maori, TeamworkMauri ‘Ola. Let’s break it down via Costa Rica. Maori culture going global. The art of Kiwi reflexes-energy flow. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.25.11~
JACOB ORAM ANSWERS THE CRITICS AS A GLOBAL CRICKET STAR TODAY
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Batman, Jacob Oram, Leadership“I don’t need the negativity around me. If I have a bad innings or a bad stretch of games I know what’s going wrong and I don’t need to be reminded from people who don’t actually know me.” Cricketer Jacob Oram, 39, answers his ‘Jake the Fake’ critics, when his team the New Zealand black caps [...]
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – FRI 3.25.11
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Avalanche City, Celtics, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Guitar, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Kiwi Pop, Live Music Artists, Music Industry News, Poetry, Pop Cultural Commentary, Song Lyrics, Song WritersHollywood entertainment, celebrity and news topics voted today. Here’s our top ten with some Avalanche City singing Love, Love, Love shot on fan cam. Love it. This is Royal Wedding fever expressed this way on guitar, live in concert, Down Under in paradise. Woot! 1. Iran 2. China favors nuclear energy still 3. The Holocaust 4. Jeremy Irons new [...]
PACIFIC OCEAN DRILLING INTO THE EARTH’S MANTLE, PHARMACEUTICAL AND FUEL INDUSTRIES EXPLORATION
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Kaitiakitanga, News, South Pacific, Wonders of The WorldWhat’s in an ocean? Abundance. Resources of a nation’s treasure. On the 50th anniversary of the first attempt to drill into Earth’s mantle, Damon Teagle and Benoît Ildefonse say that what was once science fiction is now possible. Japan has technology to drill deeper into the earth’s crust then ever before. Scientists are planning to [...]
ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO SIZZLES ON GQ BRAZIL’S FIRST EVER COVER
Posted: March 26, 2011 in Alessandra Ambrosio, Bikini Bodies, Brazil, Magazine Covers, Supermodels, UKBoom! GQ Brazil is off to a stellar start as supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio sizzles on the mag’s first cover. Via UK Daily Mail. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.25.11~
