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HORIWOOD’S TOP 50 STARS IN HOLLYWOOD LIST. 12.31.09

The votes are in for the year. The top 50 stars you voted to see more of in Hollywood, heading into 2010 are a stellar line up of talented celebrity artists. You voted well throughout the year. Happy New Year Everyone!

Honorary Stars: POTUS Barack Obama and FLOTUS Michelle Obama

1. LADY GAGA: Her honest Poker Face commentary defining US culture today in her art and music is a big hit. #1.

2. ALEX MERAZ: A native actor as authentic as Lady Gaga, Alex is US art.

3. NIKKI REED: She dates a billionaire heir. She’s talented. She’s in Twilight. #3.

4. TAYLOR LAUTNER: He’s an action teen with the mostest in the US right now.

5. HAYDEN PANETTIERE: Naughty and oh so cute. She has Hollywood heat.

6. KATHERINE HEIGL: A medical drama makes her a trustworthy film star.

7. MICHAEL JACKSON: He died. But the King of Pop lives on.

8. ROBERT PATTINSON: Via the UK and the King of film franchise success.

9. MEGAN FOX: A sexy actress with attitude that makes us laugh and smile. 

10. RIHANNA:  A beauty who is a tough survivor with raunchy Caribbean hip hop.

11. MILEY CYRUS: A 2nd gen show biz teen and so cute and talented with it.

12. KRISTEN STEWART: As sallow as she is radiant, she is Young Hollywood.

13. AMBER ROSE: A modern day supermodel who defines the new American Rose.

14. STEPHENIE MEYER: So talentedly happy she could die. But she lives to write.

15. SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT: The center of film franchising of Hollywood. 

16. DAVID CARRADINE: Kinky and dead.

17. ANGELINA JOLIE: She is both the sweetness and salt of the star system.

18. SALVADOR DALI: A dead surrealist artist whose art speaks and lives on.

19. BRAD PITT: A King of Hollywood. 

20. VANESSA HUDGENS: Her fan base is surprising and global.

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LAST OCTO-MOM PIC OF THE YEAR

Nadya Suleman can multitask better than most of us! This is a cute pic of the mother of octuplets mid-facial. 

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LADY GAGA IS A BIG SUSAN BOYLE FAN

Sometimes the smartest thing two new divas can do to take on the established star system, is to develop a fan crush on each other’s talent and music. Lady Gaga has done just that by naming Susan Boyle her woman of the year.

The Sun, UK is reporting Gaga saying: “I love Susan Boyle. She is my woman of the year. She has achieved more in this year than most artists will in a lifetime.

“This time last year nobody even knew who she was and now she is knocking the world’s most established artists off the album and singles charts.

“Our styles are different. I don’t know if we could work together, but never say never. It would be great to work with somebody of that talent.”

“I have watched the clip of her singing on Britain’s Got Talent a thousand times and every time I see Simon Cowell‘s face it makes me laugh out loud. He thinks he knows everything but even he wasn’t expecting that.” 

Lady Gaga’s comments about Susan Boyle are very gracious. They are comments that could describe herself and her own massive trajectory this year as a superstar.

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WHEN KELLY CLARKSON FIRED HER GUITARIST IN 2005


In show biz, there’s often never an appropriate time to hire or fire people, as the show must go on.

In 2005 Kelly fired her guitarist onstage, mid song. Diva’s… gotta love them. 

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SIR PETER JACKSON IS KNIGHTED IN MIDDLE EARTH, NEW ZEALAND PARADISE

Peter Jackson is among five New Zealanders to become knights or dames in the New Year honours list.

Sir Peter, whose career started with the 1987 horror Bad Taste, was made a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. That followed the final in his Lord of the Rings trilogy, which won nine Academy Awards in 2004 – the most won by a single film.

Sir Peter’s written statement defines receiving the honour an “incredible moment”.

Says Jackson: “I didn’t think anything would surpass the 2004 Academy Awards, but I was wrong.” He’s so gracious to his home country New Zealand. Love this guy’s humility. 

Peter who started out working in the New Zealand film archives library, where he would  ’borrow’ the library’s camera gear and staff to be his crew to make films each weekend made it all about New Zealand’s legacy of great filmmakers who haven’t received much recognition worldwide. What a gentleman Jackson is.

Says Sir Peter: “The honour reflected New Zealand’s “film pioneers” who blazed the trail for the industry.” Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Movie News, New Zealand

 

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NBC TO BRING BACK LAST COMIC STANDING

The American Idol talent competition of America’s next big comedian?! Yes. NBC wants to do just that. I love the idea.

Some of the best political commentating this year cam from comedians. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Comedians, Reality TV Stars

 

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BEYONCE’S DIET TIPS COVER US WEEKLY. WHY?

Beyonce is always beautiful and we all love her. However, why are Beyonce’s diet tips even remotely interesting as a cover story from US Weekly this week?

The girl is an athlete with a microphone. She dances for 2 hours a night live in concert when she hits the stage. For Beyonce, this has been almost every day, while on tour in 2009.

Any diet tips from Bee must come with 2 hours worth of exercise a day. She’s a reminder that dancing every day keeps the pounds off. At this time of the year, I guess that makes a worthwhile cover story. US Weekly seem to think so anyway. 

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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Beyonce Knowles, Carrie Underwood, Health & Beauty

 

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NINE DOWNSIZES THEATER SHOWINGS

Nine has an all star line up of Oscar greats, however, with Avatar being so strong at the box office the Weinstein’s have been forced to reduce the musical from being shown in 1,400 screens to about 890 screens.

I haven’t seen it yet, but I want to. Musicals always uplift the spirit so this is a film perhaps worth going to see, despite the slow-to-start box office numbers in the movie’s second week of release.

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VALLEY GIRL KE$HA BEATS LADY GAGA ON THE iTUNES SINGLES CHARTS

Ke$ha, the artist from the Valley in LA, who grew up with a single parent mom raising her and her brother had some good news today.

Her single Tik Tok managed to pip Lady Gaga‘s big new hit, Bad Romance on the iTunes download singles charts.

Ke$ha’s sold 610,000 downloads this week and Bad Romance sold 445,000.

A new pop star in Ke$ha has arrived. I loved her Right Round hit with Flo Rida earlier this year. Very cool!

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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Ke$ha, Music Industry News

 

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LADY GAGA FANS HAVE FLOWER POWER


… perhaps just a bit too much power.

An Atlanta fan of Lady Gaga threw the diva a bouquet of love while she was performing on stage, which hit her in the head.

Stefani Germanotta must have chuckled on the inside as she powered through her routine anyway.

Love this girl. Go Atlanta Lady Gaga fans too. Just go easy on the power bars intake will ya! Shesh. :)

~Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.30.09~

 
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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Lady Gaga, Stefani Germanotta

 

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SUSAN BOYLE HAS ALMOST SOLD 3 MILLION ALBUM COPIES

Who says that cat ladies who sing of Wild Horses don’t rule the world, because they do!

Susan Boyle has almost sold 3 million copies of her album, I Dreamed a Dream, and with half a week in sales left to go, Nielsen Soundscan report that Boyle has a shot at overtaking Taylor Swift‘s Fearless album for #1 selling album of the year. In her fifth week of sales Boyle moved 510,000 copies this past week. Wow!

Of course, the cunning Taylor Swift has repackaged fearless three times (yawn!) and dated and then dumped a teen Twilight werewolf actor (Taylor Lautner) to shimmy her way to #1 in sales. Boyle has yet to begin the ‘repackaging process’ and she’s dated nobody to sell her music.

Queen Susan of Scotland forever. She’s ferosh! She’s the unknown horse, dark outsider, that bolted her way to the top of the music world. Love her!

[Image of White horse courtesy of Thumbs Image Kind]

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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Music Industry News, Scotland, Susan Boyle

 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIGER WOODS

Yes. It is Tiger Wood‘s birthday today. Even bad boys deserve a birthday shout out, although maybe not a birthday cake. Tiger’s has had quite a bit of cake this year!!!

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KENDRA WILKINSON’S POST BABY DIET TIPS

… takes out the cover of OK! Magazine.

Relevant information for all of us fatties who overrate at Christmas. :)

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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Health & Beauty, Kendra Wilkinson

 

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THE JOLIE PITT GIRLS VISIT ANGELINA AT WORK

Brad Pitt brought girls Zahara and Shiloh Pitt to visit their mom, Agelina Jolie while she was filming on the set of Salt, on the Hudson river, New York City.

Looks freezing.

Meanwhile Star Magazine continues to tell lies about Brad and Angie to get their 45th untrue cover of the year. This magazine needs to lose its license to publish, asap.

[Image courtesy of Wenn.com]

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.30.09~

 

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KATY PERRY DOES A LADY DIANNA AT THE TAJ MAHAL

… except that Russell Brand was in the pic. I kid!

Singer Katy Perry does her best Where’s Waldo impression at the Taj Mahal in India with her British beau, Russell Brand. The singer  this caption:

“He built this for me.”

How cute. Princess Dianna would be so proud of Russell Brand in making a Princess out of Katie Hudson Brit styles. Russell Brand rocks! Tres romantic.

Russell is going all out. 

Only China is missing in this pic to be a complete picture of the future in 2030!!! Very global thinking is our Russell! A great pic.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.29.09~

 
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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in India, Katy Perry, Love, Romance, UK

 

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TWILIGHT’S WOLF PACK NATIVE AMERICAN LADS + RENEE HAINES 56th HOTTEST STARS IN HOLLYWOOD 2009

Kiowa Gordon, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier end the year rating #56 in Hollywood of all celebrities for 2009.

A creation of Stephenie Meyer and discovered by the brilliant eye of casting agent, Renee Haines for Summit Entertainment, these lads added to the overall star power of Twilight’s New Moon and the rise of two superstars Taylor Lautner and Alex Meraz this year, to earn their own place in their own right in Hollywood cinematic history.

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HORIWOOD.COM GROWS WITH A RECORD BREAKING DAY

Today on Horiwood.Com here in Hollywood, you all broke a record for the months of November and December.

Just wanted to say to you all from America down to New Zealand…. thank you all worldwide for your interest, loyalty and support. We are almost at the 1.6 million mark … and it’s all because of you.

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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Horiwood Shout Outs

 

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THE HORIWOOD TOP 10 – TUE 12.29.09

Amber Rose takes the #1 spot in Hollywood today with Lady Gaga and Angelina Jolie riding close behind Rose’s Gaga-hooded fashion tails.

Here’s how you stacked your top ten celebrity and entertainment news posts in Hollywood. Go Team Horiwood worldwide on a record breaking day for November and December 2009.

1. Amber Rose vogues for Vibe Magazine. #1.

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3. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie give to Americans affected by the recession.

4. Keith Lewis and Carrie Prejean are the 37th hottest stars in Hollywood 2009.

5. Vintage Angelina Jolie fashion shoot:  Show Me Your Teeth

6. Taylor Lautner is America’s Most Wanted Star of the People in 2010.

7. Singer Brooke Fraser–48th hottest star in Hollywood 2009. 

8. Paris Hilton, 52nd hottest star in Hollywood 2009

9. DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS SPOTLIGHT SUDAN

10. Hot Music: DJ Earworm celebrates the big hits of 2009 with a bangin mashup

[Image of Amber Rose courtesy of Vibe Magazine]

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.9.09~

 

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LADY GAGA’S PUPPY LOVE

Lady Gaga has got a new puppy for Christmas that she proudly showed to her fans in Atlanta as the pop diva arrives with her Monster Ball Tour.

Too cute.

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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Lady Gaga, Stefani Germanotta

 

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WHAT A YEAR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS HAD!

Just saying! 

Obama passed his Health Care Reform Bill Christmas Eve.

Democrats love it. Republicans not so much.

Either way, the new President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner of 2009 is leaving his mark on America and the world.

[Image courtesy of AP]

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OLIVIA WILDE 55th HOTTEST STAR IN HOLLYWOOD 2009

Olivia Wilde got cast in hit TV series show House MD where she has starred as Dr Hadley in 45 TV episodes with character actor, Hugh Laurie.

Hard work and beauty on the telly aside, it was her little playful ‘feud’ with Megan Fox that catapulted the actress to super stardom this year.

You voted Olivia Wilde your 55th biggest star in Hollywood this year. Congrats Miss Wilde. This week her popularity rating is 47% up on last week. That’s heat.

Wilde stars in Tron Legacy, with Garrett HedlandMichael Sheen, Jeff Bridges and William Hurt which will be released in 2010.

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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Olivia Wilde, Trends

 

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RETRO TWILIGHT TRIO: STOCKING OF TRUTH

Before Twilight Saga actors Robert Pattinson, Kristen  Stewart and Taylor Lautner were MEGA, mega-stars…. here’s what they wanted for Christmas a year ago in these video clips when they were put to the test of playing Stocking of Truth.

What a difference a year makes in Hollywood!

This year, I’m sure they want privacy, pseudonyms and a year off to explore the world and backpack in anonymity like anyone else their age.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.29.09~

 

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ECONOMISTS ON TIGER WOODS AFFAIR: $12 BILLION LOSS FOR SPONSORS

Two economists have estimated the loss of Tiger Woods affair scandal to his sponsors at being approximately $12 billion.

To put that figure in perspective. The country where I hail from, New Zealand earns .7 billion US dollars a year, total from its tourism industry. So, 18 years of tourism earnings for New Zealand was lost over one man’s affairs, for his golf and sports sponsors.

That’s crazy. Tiger Woods is like a small country’s economy. Seriously!

It also shows how much pressure the man was under at all times. He never had a title of President or Prime Minister, but he was leading at a top level for a long time before the pressure got to him.

Poor Tiger Woods! And um, his … now poorer sponsors. 

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.29.09~

 
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Posted by on December 30, 2009 in Entertainment Celebrity News

 

KEVIN JONAS SWEET WEDDNG COVER

Kevin Jonas is such a good Disney prince for the Hollywood-spun entertainment empire. In describing his wedding to his childhood sweetheart, Danielle Deleasa, Kevin keeps his #1 sponsor foremost in mind, when he tells People Magazine the theme of his wedding:

“I knew that my princess needed her glass slippers and her castle. I’ve never seen a more beautiful bride.”

Yes, Kevin really did arrange for bride Danielle to wear glass slippers on their wedding day to create a fairy tale wedding of their dreams.

Awww! Cute… as the first Jonas princess is created by the brotherhood Jonas who got their start via Disney. A sweet cover of a cute couple in love.

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Posted by on December 29, 2009 in Danielle Deleasa, Kevin Jonas, Love, Romance, Weddings

 

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PARAMORE’S MALIBU ALBUM: BRAND NEW EYES


After Taylor Swift and pals threw a surprise 21st birthday party for Paramore‘s lead singer, Hayley Williams, Sunday, in a roller rink listening to retro Hanson hits, the band are celebrating their new album, Brand New Eyes.

Living together, beach side in a Malibu home, helped the band sort out the rifts that were rumored to have plagued them even threatening a band split. Now they are a cohesive unit again. Great news.

Says: Hayley: “I was really scared and I didn’t know, as friends, what the guys were going to think, but I was positive. I looked at it like, ‘Well, if anything we’re going to have a bunch of really good songs that tell a story [for the album]‘ I had faith that things would be better. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on December 29, 2009 in Kings of Leon, Music Industry News, Paramore

 

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KRISTEN STEWART HAS ALLURE IN KOREA

Kristen Stewart leads American celebrity in Korea for January 2010, covering Allure Magazine.

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LOVE CHILD: HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU

Van Morrison, 64 is the father of baby boy George Ivan Morrison III. His manager Gigi Lee is the happy mother.

CBC News reports that the Have I Told You Lately singer is ecstatic to be a father again. Morrison’s older three children range in age up to 39. 

Baby joy this Christmas.

[Van Morrison Image courtesy of BBC News]

Update 12.31.09: Morrison says that the story is not true and his website was hacked. He has not fathered another child.

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MADONNA AND CHILD: KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN AND MASON DASH DISICK

One word. Adorable!

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MEET MASON DASH DISICK

Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick debut their baby son, Mason Dash Disick to the world in Life & Style.

Adorable!

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Posted by on December 29, 2009 in Babies, Kourtney Kardashian, Scott Disick

 

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