Archive for January, 2012

Diablo Cody is running with a Royal Wedding themed twitter fest of her own on Twitter. It’s a fact, very few people can be a royal or marry one, so Diablo Cody is playing the odds on this one fact on twitter. The art of twitter culture is to tweet about trends people are obsessing [...]

Jobs are the no.1 trending topic in the USA at the time of writing. Whether that’s a Steve Jobs (Apple Inc) reference, or, an employment focused trend within the USA J.O.B.S is on most peoples minds online right now. Good to see. We can create new jobs ourselves, or, look to others to supply them. [...]

The UK Daily Mail link James Dean and Dame Eilzabeth Taylor together in a Hollywood news article. Go here to read that story. Whether true or not (both artists aren’t alive to confirm the story), the UK Daily Mail raises awareness to an important issue concerning children’s well being today. Are children safe is the purpose [...]

You have to appreciate the brutal honesty of a nation who talks about their bad stuff as well as their noble stuff. Australia does that today with a torrid tale of rape. Trudie rape witness screams abuse MALCOLM BROWN Police intervened after a witness at the Trudie Adams inquest became uncontrollable. Rape is something that [...]

Gosh, all the greats are leaving with Dame Elizabeth Taylor today. The New York Times reports on Lebanese-American, pullitzer winning playwright, Lanford Wilson passing away at a young 73. Margolit Fox writes – “Stylistically, the distinguishing hallmark of Mr. Wilson’s work was his dialogue — authentic, gritty, often overlapping — be it the speech of [...]

HUMBLE DILIGENCE

Posted: March 25, 2011 in humility, Leadership, Maori

“Be diligent and humble dear”–A Maori mother’s wisdom advises on the phone today in Hollywood. Seriously, I don’t think I can limbo any lower mom. The diligence part I can make a 200% improvement on. :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.24.11~

Alright today in Hollywood I notice that Gypsy no.5 pins its fashion retail sales hopes on a ‘white horse’ billboard. The photograph was snapped against grey sky backdrops on La Cienega and Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood CA 90069. Good luck to Gypsy no.5 with this marketing lead, a tribute (perhaps) to violet-days of National Velvet [...]

From the UK Daily Mail comes these reports of how Dame Elizabeth Taylor was laid to rest today. The 79-year-old actress only died of heart failure on Wednesday but a combination of her Jewish faith – which she adopted in 1959 and which demands speedy burial – and her family’s evident desire to avoid a [...]

On a global stage, at this minute writing from Hollywood I have to say, China is…well smoking on some matters. I must also ask the question Is nuclear power plants good for people? nations? Or a bit risque to even go there developing any more? [Photo caption - Xu Yuanhui of Chinergy with one of the [...]

300 million people smoke in China (almost the entire population of USA). China is the biggest producer and consimer of tobacco products in the world. Not a cowboy Marlborough hat involved here. Yet on March 1st China is set to ban smoking indoors in public places. That story can be read here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, [...]

A quick search of Miami today reveals that police shootings of black people in Miami cause an outrage in the US. That story here. In softball news the Redhawks hope for a double sweeper against Morehead State. Muredhawks has more on this here. Amidst racist black shootings in Miami, Lil Jon successfully performed at Super [...]

The New York Times today is covering the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles and what this could mean to us. Before New Zealand ever had a leader who is the descendant of double Holocaust survivors, my own folks taught me about the holocaust and why we must always look out for Jewish people. In New [...]

Screenwriter James Vanderbilt is already writing the next Spiderman film already. That means that scaling walls to fight villains is back in. Bigtime. Sticky stuff. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.24.11~

Robin William‘s – America’s most famous TV moon man from back in the day is currently starring in a play about a bengal tiger at the baghdad zoo. Go here to read in full. An excerpt of this story written by Patrick Healey is – How to turn the bloody truths of the Iraq war [...]

SAY AFTER ME by BIC RUNGA, MUSIC TO WATCH OSCARS RED CARPET TO.

In the New York Times Arts section today, here’s what you see. Cheeky – all at the expense of the model’s breath intake ability being a bit impaired in this bone lined corset. Oh, this is my Lady Gaga’s fan post today, as Thierry Mugler sends a message to Stefani Germanotta of America’s fanbase, to [...]

According to Turkish TV…. U.N. Chief Threatens ‘Additional Measures’ By Security Council.. Airstrikes Reportedly Hit Tripoli And Tajoura.. Rebels Claim To Kill 30 Snipers.. Pro-Gaddafi Forces Kill 109, Injure 1,300 In Besieged Town.. LIVE UPDATES ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.24.11~

Displaced cargo containers Sendai Japan look like children’s building blocks after the Tsunami. Photograph via reuters. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.24.11~

KEEPING IT LITE – OLIVIA WILDE DOES ALL THE STUFF MEGAN FOX WON’T DO.

Here in California the war of TV networks audience shares are focused on keeping America amused for advertisers. US TV Networks are betting big on historic UK European ‘war of thrones culture’ to make bank for advertisers this year on the TV. All entertainment texts are written to serve up an audience to someone. Usually [...]

Michigan Central Station – and ‘the ruins’ of Detroit Michigan are examined in a photographic series by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre Photography perhaps making the commentary that America needs to focus on a war at home in these times. People don’t fix things for a reason. What is that reason? The photographic essay covers Hotels [...]

“I tried posing with the white tiger at our family photo shoot for Keeping Up with the Kardashians season six last week, but I was so scared!!!! The tiger had to get into position on his own! It was freakkkky! He got a little frisky so the trainer had to come help out. This is probably [...]

That’s all – Photograph courtesy of Celebuzz. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.24.11~

LISA MARIE PRESLEY’S STATEMENT FOR MICHAEL JACKSON’S DEATH.

Voting hot in Hollywood today on this blog is Jarryd Hayne star story in a rescue mission where Hayes, an NRK footballer looked a little bit Dean Cain or Henry Cavill. See Jarryd’s eye brow WTF-ing heroic efforts interview here. Basically, with his uber hot Polynesian origins in the South Pacific, Jarryd is a hit [...]

Starbucks Card Mobile Is a Hit: 3 Million People Pay Via Phone App mashable.com. Smart phone spend is another step towards eliminating cash in society. 3 million people prove it’s a hit to date. Starbucks has it’s own digital community. People check telephones, internet while waiting for coffee at Starbucks. To sell an app for something [...]

I guess when you’re google, you can do what you want with your branding. Here’s the latest logo going up in the USA today. Inneresting. :) Harry Houdini was an illusionist. He created himself as a hero by increasingly creating complex situations, that pitted him against impossible odds, using the guise of restraint, when he [...]

Cute footage of Japan in more innocent and carefree times. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.23.11~

People walked down a road amid the destruction in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday.–New York Times. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.23.11~