Archive for January, 2012

Alright, here’s a really good example of “how not to do a press conference.” Humor by Britney Spears with I Wanna Go. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 3.12.11~

Meer Agha MuFc Top 50 Actors List of All Time are: 1. Al Pacino Actor, The Godfather One of the greatest actors in all of film history, Al Pacino established himself during one of film’s greatest decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies. Born on [...]

What did one hori say to his other hori friend with a mega-Chinese audience? “Hu u, again bro?!” :) [Image - Russell Crowe's star, Hollywood Walk of Fame. Russell's latest firm is The Man With Iron Fists: "In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where [...]

In the center of our top 50 most voted stars this year is Mr Cliff Curtis. He is as comfortable walking into a packed Hollywood restaurant (being instantly recognized by everyone) as he is walking barefoot with his kids on Ohope Beach. He’s a skilled practitioner on a blockbuster action movie set, or, wielding a [...]

Sir Peter Blake is the yachtsman that won the America’s Cup Boating Race. Success and fame’s trappings turned him more towards nature and the preservation of the environment. The Kiwi adventurer was killed by pirates on the Amazon river. Today his life is a metaphor for New Zealand in this moment facing a future where [...]

Here’s some Dixie Chicks just because country girls do rock. Not Ready To Make Nice is one of their big hits.

The welfare and happiness of children, has always been her gift. She was the nanny who was introduced to the world’s no.1 golfer by her boss. She married him. Hundreds of golf tournaments and two babies later she got divorced. She is the most famous Swede in the world and one of the most well [...]

On Bing.Com’s 2011 List of “most searched for” trending locations, Lima, Peru has made the cut. Funny that! Other countries quite popular were: Asia = Singapore Africa = Alexandria, South Africa Australia =Sydney, Australia New Zealand = Auckland Caribbean = Cancun, Mexico Europe = Paris, France Middle East = Dubai, UAE New Zealand’s tourism numbers outside of rugby world cup [...]

Meekness can be defined as restrained strength. Paul Goldsmith a publicist, is in the running to be a future Prime Minister of New Zealand. I had to look past the smarmy spin beneath Paul’s waspy look – because when it came to Paul’s electorate of Epson it was a complete circus. For example, a past [...]

According to Bing.Com’s “most searched for movies list of 2011,” the movies everyone was searching for, are: 1 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 2 Twilight: Breaking Dawn 3 The Hangover 2 4 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 5 Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 6 The Help 7 The Smurfs 8 X [...]

Photo via BP. Most people my age and younger, honestly don’t care about politics. Simply because, quite often they don’t reflect our interests. That’s been the case the last 9 years or so in NZ. This was evidence in the fact that 30% of Kiwis didn’t even bother to turn out to vote. The Election [...]

Bing.Com’s “most search for news stories” list for 2011 is:   1 Casey Anthony Trial 2 Osama Bin Laden Death 3 Hurricane Irene 4 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami 5 Amy Winehouse Death 6 Joplin Tornado 7 Michael Jackson trial/Conrad Murray 8 9/11 10 Year Anniversary 9 Republican Candidates – Herman Cain, Rick Perry 10 Haiti anniversary ~Posted [...]

The Horiwood Top Ten today are: 1. Carlos Spencer is fighting fit for cancer awareness  2. Natalia Avseenko rolls in the deep with Beluga whales 3. Reality TV stars: Paris Jackson, Prince & Blanket 4.  Maori word for the day – Karikari 5. Boxing News – The Horiwood Top Ten – 1.12.11 6. From the hat – Search Trends 2011 7. Charlotte Moor, [...]

Bing.Com ‘s list of most searched for people of 2011 is… So American centric bar a Canadian teen! :): Left. This Years List–Right. Last Years List 1 Justin Bieber Kim Kardashian 2 Kim Kardashian Sandra Bullock 3 Jennifer Aniston Lady Gaga 4 Lindsay Lohan Tiger Woods 5 Jennifer Lopez Barack Obama 6 Britney Spears Justin [...]

Anthony Boric and Charlotte Moor were at a rugby shing ding last night in New Zealand. Photograph Sarah Ivy. People pics of the day as @ 5.20pm KiwiTime are as follows. Music by Asia-Pacific’s leading Polynesia boy band, Nesian Mystik. 1. Anthony Boric 2. Millie Elder 3. Taylor Lautner 4. Yoon Eun Hye 5. Shane [...]

Recently, a fire cleared landscape of native habitat on a beach that is the ancestral beach of Margaret Mutu‘s Ngati Kahu Maori tribe. Two firefighters were lost in the blaze when their chopper went down into the sea and their bodies were found drowned in the bay. Mutu responded in a culturally appropriate New Zealand [...]

About three years ago, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet worked out real quick that they were about to get much richer during a global economic crises that began in 2008. To protect themselves and their friends, they gave wealthy people the opportunity to partner with them in The Giving Pledge Trust, a Philanthropic trust that [...]

[Photo - Web Shots Travel]. To visit, click here. To get there, jet here. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 2.12.11~

“I honestly thought she was going to arrive twirling down her umbilical chord,” said Alecia Moore, the pop star on the arrival of her daughter Willow Sage Hart (pictured above). The talented Malibu based songwriter of some of America’s best pop anthems, clocked in this year at no.28 as your most voted star of 2011. [...]

Maori rugby lad, Richard Kahui‘s “mystery blonde friend” is a trending search topic today. Kahui attended last night’s rugby awards show. Jerome Kaino took at player of the year. Jock Hobbs former director of Strategic Finance was given a special award to mark his outstanding contribution to New Zealand rugby. Kaino beat All Blacks captain [...]

The eye of the master does more work than both his hands –Benjamin Franklin, 1744, Poor Richard’s Almanack. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 2.12.11~

This one going out for my Australians! :) The Grammys nominated song of 2011, Don’t You Want to Stay? by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson. You almost have to get yourself some chew asap to take in the strong country harmonies in the heat of that Aussie outback, similar to Texas heat. Way cool! ~Posted [...]

Hillary Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi met in Rangoon – Burma Myanmar. Photograph: Saul Loeb for Associated Press. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 2.12.11~

Surreal art is seeing the late  AElizabeth Taylor‘s collection of photographs in Iran. To catch a glimpse, click on above link. ~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 2.12.11~

Carlos Spencer of New Zealand and Alex Meraz of Arizona battle it out at the top today -even split for1st place. Fierce – like the media texts played out on TV and online, they both produce. [Photos courtesy of TV3 News and . The Horiwood Top Ten today are: Tie 1.A: Rugby Boxer - Carlos [...]

Yesterday was World Aids Day. In this photograph by Niranajan Shrestha for the Associated Press, Nepalese people light candles in the shape of the red ribbon, the universal symbol of awareness and support for those living with HIV, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday Nov. 30, 2011. To read more – head here. Aids is one of [...]

According to Reuters News, Barbara Walters list of 11 most fascinating people reads like so: Kim Kardashian will make her list this year. MTV reports music industry stars Katy Perry and talent critic-manager, Simon Cowell also made the cut. ABC will reveal the no.1 most fascinating person of 2011 when Walter’s special airs on Wednesday, [...]

Surreal Post of the Day: Once, when sitting in a Jewish synagogue in LA, while wearing a compulsory-complimentary yarmulke black beanie while attending with a Lebanese-Canadian friend – I heard an Israel-friendly American Christian invited to speak. It was the first time any Christian speaker had been allowed in the synagogue to speak to an [...]

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