The world of women’s basketball is deeply saddened today to learn that the Oklahoma coach died in a plane crash with his assistant coach. Reports, The New York Daily News: “Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke was remembered as one of the good guys in sports as news of the death of his and [...]
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KURT BUDKE, OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL COACH DIES IN PLANE CRASH
Posted: November 18, 2011 in basketball, Oklahoma, RIP0
Boh Runga, a New Zealand Kiwi songwriter, jeweller and music artist, may or may not, record new song jingles or lyrics that come to her, on her own cellphone’s answerphone. Alecia Moore aka rocker Pink, confessed on Rove in LA recently, that she does too. If one of the Murdoch‘s hacked Pink’s phone capturing her [...]
ELECTION CAMPAIGN NEWS NEW ZEALAND – EMERSON’S VIEW 19.11.11
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Cartoons, Election Campaigns, Zac GuildfordIt’s all about the pinky finger’s posture (cropped out), in cartoonist Emerson’s View of where the election campaign stands at this cartoon minute in New Zealand. I think lightning stands for equality for the 99%. It’s a loaded cloud, this cartoon cup scenario. I woke up so tired today, I thought this was a fast [...]
10 POPULAR POSTS – 18.11.11
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Golden Globes, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Hollywood Today, Humor, Johnny Depp, Ricky GervaisRicky Gervais, the rude and sometimes funny talk show host will be hosting The Golden Globes again for 2012. Here’s what Johnny Depp has to say about that. Prim and proper with a cool demeanor, butter wouldn’t melt in Ricky’s mouth during this interview with Johnny. For a hoot, here’s 10 Top Rating Posts in [...]
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NATALIE WOOD CASE REOPENS IN LOS ANGELES
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Hollywood Entertainment News, James Dean, Movie Posters, Natalie Hershlag, Natalie Portman, Natalie Wood, Oscars, Robert WagnerA Los Angeles County sheriff’s detective will speak to reporters Friday about the decision to take another look at Oscar-nominated actress Natalie Wood‘s nighttime demise in the chilly waters off Southern California on Nov. 29, 1981.” reports The Associated Press via The LA Times today. Reuters is reporting that Robert Wagner, Woods husband at the [...]
AVA SAMBORA, 49th MOST VOTED STAR 2011
Posted: November 18, 2011 in 50 Starz 2011, America, California, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Family Vs Fame, Hollywood Entertainment News, Models, Teenagers, Trends, Young Hollywood, YouthAva Sambora, the second generation Hollywood girl and daughter of Richie Sambora and the stunning Heather Locklear turned heads in Hollywood, the moment the teen stepped foot on the red carpet with her rocker dad at the first Twilight movie film premiere. Ava’s ability to cross cultures in her styling (often wearing cornbraided hairstyles) immediately [...]
DEMI MOORE AND ASHTON KUTCHER ANNOUNCE DIVORCE – THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – SATURDAY 19.11.11
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Health & Beauty, Health Care, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Johnny Vaughn, Magazine Covers, New York, Occupy, Splitsville, UK, Wall Street CultureAs a celebrity, he’s now part Kutcher, part Willis and by virtue of his day job, part Sheen too. Ashton Kutcher the actor who began his investment portfolio as a young Hollywood restauranteur, before using his Twitter popularity to parlay into big time Internet Start Ups investing, is going through a very public divorce. The [...]
Le Seigneur dont parle le texte; c’est l’Esprit, et là où est l’Esprit du Seigneur, là règne la liberté.
The most popular ink of the day, as voted by you, can be viewed here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.11.11~
PINK’S RHYTHM NATION COVER – FOR HAPPY FEET 2, ANIMATION CARTOON AMERICAN FILMS
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Cartoons, global warming, oil, PinkWho saw Alecia Moore, aka the artist Pink, on Rove in LA last night as a guest. Pink says she’s collects frogs. Rove gave her a stuffed one once as a gift when she visited Australia as the no.1 highest selling live music act in Australian history. Anyway, here’s Moore covering Janet Jackson‘s Rhythm Nation [...]
KERMIT THE FROG AND BRET McKENZIE -DUET IN FLIGHT OF THE MUPPETS MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Bret McKenzie, Humor, Kermit The FrogWell, Flight of The Muppets wasn’t what I was counting on blogging about today. But, when a Kiwi heavyweight comedian-entertainer, like Figwit aka Bret McKenzie of Flight of The Conchords HBO appeal commits his time and energy to create music for a Muppets Show, as a Kiwi, I pay attention. The New York Times snuggy news [...]
RIDLEY SCOTT WANTS TO DIRECT GERARD BUTLER, PLAYING SIMON MANN IN A FILM PLOT ABOUT A COUP IN AFRICA
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Africa, Alan Siegel, Casting, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Gerard Butler, Giannina Facio, Hollywood Entertainment News, Movie News, Ridley Scott, Scotland, Simon Mann, UKThe latest spinning in the movie development wheels that turn Hollywood, is that filmmaker Ridley Scott wants to direct the Scotsman Gerard Butler in a movie where Butler could be cast as Simon Mann, who once tried to stage a coup in Africa. Deadline Hollywood’s Nikki Finke reports, “While the material marketplace has cooled as [...]
FOR HONE – A POEM by JAMES K. BAXTER, PHOTOGRAPHY by ANS WESTRA
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Ans Westra, Art, Hone Tuwhare, James K Baxter, Netherlands, New Zealand, Photography, PoetryTuakana, I am a hard stone Thrown from a heavy sling Breaking through the walls and padlocked doors That time has rusted fast ‘Ko wai koe? Ko wai koe? ‘Te tangi o te manu.’ Tuakana, now I wear your coat I am a stone man walking And in the cold night of the town The [...]
RUGBY FOOTBALL’S MA’A NONU – 50th MOST VOTED STAR 2011
Posted: November 18, 2011 in 50 Starz 2011, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hair Trends, Hollywood Entertainment News, Lauryn Hill, Leadership, Ma'a Nonu, Mills Muliaina, New Zealand, Polynesian, Pop Cultural Commentary, Reggae, Rugby, Rugby World Cup, Smile Club, South Pacific, South Pacific Television Hollywood, Sports, Sports Horiwood, Star System - The Art of Aotearoa New Zealand Celebrity, Trends, WellingtonA triumphant Ma’a Nonu freely holds the Webb Ellis Cup while Mils Muliaina looks on during the New Zealand All Blacks 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup celebration parade on October 26, 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand. The All Blacks won the 2011 RWC Final by defeating France 8-7 at Eden Park - Photo by Hagen [...]
10 MOST POPULAR SEARCH TERMS – HORIWOOD.COM – 18.11.11
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Angelina Jolie, Art, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Bollywood, Christina Hendricks, Cross-Cultural Narratives, Fonterra, haka, India, Information Sharing, Julia Gillard, Kapa Haka, Movie Ideas, Movie News, Movie Scenes, Music Industry News, Music Videos, New Ideas, New Zealand, Pop Art, Pop Cultural Commentary, Ryan Gosling, South Pacific, South Pacific Television Hollywood, Tee Shirts, Trends, Wellywood, Wissam al MannaI have to say that the new tee shirt artwork for Fonterra with the slogan Dairy for Life, reminds me of a Wellywood-Bollywood co-production movie musical idea in the making. I wonder if Taranaki can be the filmmaking location. Y not?! The artwork was designed by a team member on Fonterra’s team of talented [...]
At no.15 on the Billboard Hot 100 music charts is Katy Perry, with her jingle, The One That Got Away. Press play to here 2 hear. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.11.11~
JULIA GILLARD’S WIKICOUP IS THE NO.1 LINK TODAY
Posted: November 18, 2011 in Australia, Benjamin Woodhouse, Humor, Julia Gillard, TrendsSo, A Wikicoup? Australia’s Julia Gillard is the no.1 most voted link today on Horiwood.Com. What does the South Pacific think of that most voted ‘sentiment’ then? Are we for or against? [Photo - Benjamin Woodhouse] ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.11.11~
BENETTON GROUP spA’s NEW CONTROVERSIAL ADS – DONT HELP ITS SHARE PRICE MUCH
Posted: November 18, 2011 in America, billboards, China, Economy, Fashion, Fashion Accessories, Fashion Designers, Italy, Marketing and Branding, ObamaDrama, PoliticsClothing company, Benetton‘s new ads that depict photo-shopped images of ‘sworn enemy world leaders’ locked in embrace, while employing the tagline of “Unhate” have failed to raise the value of the fashion company’s stocks. The ads depict President Barack Obama kissing China’s counterpart Hu Jintao and France’s Nicolas Sarkozy, kissing German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Though [...]
ANGELINA JOLIE EYES UP GERTRUDE BELL’S IRAQ-SET BIOPIC FOR RIDLEY SCOTT
Posted: November 17, 2011 in America, Angelina Jolie, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Iraq, Ridley Scott[Hollywood's Angelina Jolie is photographed by Andreas Rentz for Getty Images] The Hollywood Reporter announces today that, “Angelina Jolie has her A-Lister’s eye set on the Gertrude Bell biopic. Bell was a pioneering figure in the Middle East in the early 20th Century. The project is being developed by Ridley Scott‘s Scott Free Productions. Bell [...]
GOOGLE MUSIC LAUNCHES WITH COLOR
Posted: November 17, 2011 in America, Entertainment Celebrity News, Entertainment Distribution, Entertainment News, Google, IT, Music Industry News[A graffitied version of the Android robot was on hand for the Google Music announcement on Wednesday]. Whoever controls the world’s music, can greatly influence world.–Horiwood 2010′s. This post is all about that. Google has announced Google Music is now available to lock in the hottest of Maori Music Tunes and Kiwi artists. According to [...]
POETRY [THE BOOK IS SHUT] by JAMES K. BAXTER
Posted: November 17, 2011 in James K Baxter, Literary, New Zealand, PoetryThe book is shut and I have gone In rags to serve the Virgin’s Son James K. Baxter he is dead; Plant a boulder at his head And write on it–’Goodbye, good luck, The words are somewhere in the book; This bloke inside a broken heart Carried the spike of time and art, But now [...]
NIKKY FINNEY WINS 2011 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY – CHICAGO NEWS – 18.11.11
Posted: November 17, 2011 in America, Art, artist, Books, Chicago, Elizabeth Alexander, Jesmyn Ward, John Ashbery, John Lithgow, Kentucky, Literary, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Nikky Finney, Stephen Greenblatt, Thanhha Lai, VietnamAccording to The Chicago Tribune, “Nikky Finney has won the 2011 National Book Award for poetry. Her collection, Head Off & Split, was published by Northwestern University’s Triquarterly imprint. Finney’s acceptance speech for her award combined poetry with a gorgeously stated discussion of race, writing and reading. “That was the best acceptance speech for anything [...]
SPEAR OF DESTINY OR HOLY SPEAR, IS ABOUT THE LIVING ACTIVE WORD OF GOD BEING FULFILLED
Posted: November 17, 2011 in A Different View, Spirit, TrendsOkay, there’s a lot of interest about “the holy spear” or the “spear of destiny” today. The spear is the one that may have been used to “pierce the side of Jesus,” when he was crucified 2011 years ago. ‘New Philadelphia’s Coffee Boiling Pot’ also tries to make sense of this historic fact. My view [...]
POETRY – A BUCKET OF BLOOD FOR A DOLLAR by JAMES K. BAXTER
Posted: November 17, 2011 in America, Art, Art Galleries, artist, Asia Pacific, Asia-Pacific, Australia, China, Economy, Founding Fathers - Aotearoa New Zealand, James K Baxter, Keith Holyoake, New Zealand, Poetry, Politics, Russia, South Pacific, Vietnam, War, War Crimes, Wastage, World History, World News, World Peace, WrestlingA Bucket of Blood for a Dollar a conversation between Uncle Sam and the Rt. Hon. Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand ‘You’ll have to learn,’ said Uncle Sam, ‘The Yankee way of work Now that you’ve joined in our crusade Against the modern Turk; The captial of the Commonwealth is Not London, but [...]
At least 6 dead, dozens more injured as tornadoes pound the Southeast – Washington Post (blog). ROCK HILL, SC — Survivors told of cowering in closets or running for a sturdy bathroom a day after a tornado-spawning storm system passed through the Southeast, flattening homes and killing at least six people in three states. Sending [...]
CHILD EQUALITY CHOIR MUSIC by ISRAEL HOUGHTON
Posted: November 17, 2011 in Child Abuse, Child Support, Children, Christianity, Community, Compassion, Freedom, Greed, Inequality, Israel, Politics, World News, World Peace, Youth, Youth WorkersOnce upon a time, an American black brother went to the famed Abbey Road studios in London, UK to record music with a child choir, to raise awareness about the importance of children’s voices being heard in our time. Here’s that song, for the 3rd time on this blog. A just king, considers the well-being [...]
PAIRING CUT OUTS OF CHILDREN WITH POLITICIANS – BUDDY DAY AIMS TO STOP CHILD ABUSE
Posted: November 17, 2011 in Child Abuse, Child Support, Children, Greed, Inequality, PoliticsPut simply, people who turn a blind eye to children’s welfare in poverty divides they create with budgets that preference a few over all childrens’ basic and fair needs are child abusers. According to Stuff.Co.NZ, “Child Matters spokeswoman Rachel McGuire said by pairing up the buddies (cardboard cutouts of children) with politicians, business owners and [...]
KIWI MUSIC – GIRLS LIKE YOU by THE NAKED AND FAMOUS
Posted: November 17, 2011 in billboards, Kiwi Pop, Music Industry News, Music Videos, New Zealand, Pop Art, Pop Cultural Commentary, The Naked and FamousGirls Like You by The Naked & Famous is a song dedicated to our girls on billboards today, the world over. Here we go! :) ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 16.11.11~
