According to Deadline.com, Armie Hammer who starred in The Social Network has been cast as Prince Andrew Alcott in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White remake film.
The power of a Facebook film connection.
[Photo via Contact Music]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.28.11~
“The traditional intelligence community is absolutely biased toward classified information,” said Lt. Col. Reid Sawyer, an Army intelligence officer and head of West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center. “I think that open source provides a critical lens into understanding the world around us in a much more dynamic way than traditional intelligence sources can provide.”
In a story where the US security industries realize that they missed the Arab uprising because they weren’t reading google trends, they now say Google is a part of modern Intelligence mapping.
What this means is… perhaps Google and Facebook, Twitter, Youtube owners are now required to give this information to US Intelligence, though the story doesn’t say that. Not a bad idea to read Google trends. All bloggers do. Most financially aware people do too.
Read NPR’s story here.
Did I mention that Harry Houdini is a trending Hollywood film topic in the works. Go here to read up. :) Should Daniel Radcliffe play Harry? Why not! As a young superstar Daniel thinks of metals, all people, teenagers welfare as well as doing live theater and delivering big time at the Hollywood box office. Give this lad the role.
[Photo of Daniel Radcliffe's Magazine cover from ICYDK blog archives]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.24.11~
After many weeks of rumors, Variety’s Showblitz (via/Film) reveal that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, whose starred in Inception and 500 Days of Summer has now officially signed on to join Christopher Nolan‘s cast in the third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises.
Joseph will play Alberto Falcone, the son of mob boss Batman Begins villain Carmine Falcone. Tom Wilkinson originally played that role. The casting confirms industry talk Gordon-Levitt would be in the film. The part is also one of Nolan’s favorite Batman story lines.
Gordon-Levitt bares a slight resemblance to the late Heath Ledger who won the Oscar in the last Batman film. These photographs courtesy of Comic Book Movie.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3..21.11~
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption as a son.”–Paul The Apostle General writer.
When Kevin Costner is not fixing oil slick mishaps, he sometimes gets to make a movie. Warner Bros. is eyeing up bringing back The Bodyguard to cinemas in 2012, but now it’s Costner’s turn to play the role of the mentor to a bodyguard kind of film super hero.
Costner has just signed to play Jonathan Kent in Zack Snyder‘s Superman reboot film franchise series. The role sees Costner as the adoptive dad of Henry Cavill‘s Clark Kent, playing opposite Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Cavill’s adopted mom in this film.
[Photo - Sydney Morning Herald]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.18.11~
March 21 is when the TuPac Shakur film biopic is being cast. All the casting call details can be spotted here. Who can forget California Love? What a Summer anthem that was!
“The State where you never find the dance floor empty.” Yep, that’s us!
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.18.11~
Now that Charlie Sheen has been cut loose from Warner Bros. staple show Two and a half Men, Fox news is reporting that the show’s producer Chuck Lorre is considering Robe Lowe as Sheen’s replacement.
Would Rob Lowe be a good replacement after Charlie’s shock exit.
More on Rob’s negotiating talks can be read at TMZ.
[Photographs sourced from Fox News].
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.8.11~
The Hollywood Reporter‘s latest casting updates reveal that Bruce Greenwood has been cast in the ABC drama pilot, The River, from Oren Peli, the writer of Paranormal Activity.
The River is a drama that focuses on a group of friends and family members who embark on a quest for a famed adventurer and TV personality who goes missing in the Amazon, with his crew members. Each member, however, has their own motivations for doing so.
Bruce Greenwood will play Emmet Cole. He joines Lone Star actress Eloise Mumford as Lena and Across the Universe‘s Joe Anderson as Lincoln.
Jason Blum, Steven Schneider and Peli are producing The River. Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. DreamWorks TV and ABC Studios are financing the project. Jaume Collet-Sera an unknown director is lined up to helm this pilot.
Greenwood starred in J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek reboot, Barney’s Version and Meek’s Cutoff and Dinner for Schmucks and Mao’s Last Dancer, The World’s Fastest Indian, I, Robot, Rules of Engagement and The Riverman and Thick as Thieves. On the TV side, the veteran actor has recently appeared in John From Cincinnati. He has the features Cristiada and Donavan’s Echo on tap. Bruce Greenwood is repped by Gersh agency.
Nice work.
A solid working actor, Greenwood has staying power in Hollywood. Photo courtesy of iWatch Stuff II.
[Photograph - Horiwood Hollywood Tribute for B.G's casting direction, via Karl Urban Tribute of Red, Lord of The Rings, Star Trek - Horiwood.Com Archives]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.6.11~
Alec Baldwin is the latest actor to join Adam Shankman‘s Rock of Ages movie cast. Baldwin joins Tom Cruise and Julianne Hough in the casting line up. On a weekend, where the Middle East is on our minds, here’s ten things we’re looking at online via Horiwood.Com.
Peace!
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2. Who are we fooling? Brooke Fraser‘s song
4. Libya – A region in revolt – one picture
5. Only a star nose – Hollywood, a different view
6. Rewind – Lost Trust in the USA & Wikileaks scandals
7. Indigenous Glee Club – the Maori way
8. Brooklyn Decker talks diet tips
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Alec Baldwin will play the role of Dennis Dupree in Shankman’s film– an ex-rocker hanging onto his glory days while he runs the Rock of Ages nightclub. That’s funny!
In Islamabad, thousands honor Shabbaz Bhatti, yesterday, as depicted in this photo via The New York Times. Bhatti was the Pakistani murdered for being a Christian. I think of words of scholars (theologians) in this moment who believe that ‘Democracy always follows Christianity’ in world cultures and societies, in the main. Many people would disagree with that thought. Yet, Bhatti’s matyrdom is an indication of a man who did not have freedom of speech or freedom of expression.
Below – a pic of a shooting jet, flying across California skies in memory of Shabbaz Bhatti, perhaps, and all of the people lost too in earthquakes, Middle East revolutions in the world at this time. The photograph was taken in Hollywood, five minutes ago. There is a face depicted in the clouds. Luis, a friend whose also an artist and painter tells me, he thinks the face is of a man wearing a suit and looking down. My computer is too crap, to get a big enough clearer picture, of whose face it is. It could be a young faced Abe Lincoln, or it could be someone else. Peace!
“You were our precious gift of joy… a spark in the darkness… you warmed our hearts”–verbage via the New Zealand Herald for earthquake victims in Christchurch.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.5.11~
If you’re a Twilight fan don’t pee in your pants with this news, because California’s brightest twenty-something star is set to walk in the shoes of for director Palak Patel.
She not only brings her fan base to the deal but when you think about it, this is the story of America’s sweetheart at the movies as created and envisaged in California by a great.
Smart casting choice.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.4.11~
Julianne Hough confirms she signed on to star with Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages. Nice one!
1. Tonight I’m Loving You – Enrique Iglesias feat Ludacris
Bonus Humor - Jerry O’Connell parodies Charlie Sheen
Bonus Question - Why do Nazi USA defectors find love in Australia?
3. Oprah & the Black Eyed Peas
Bonus Oscars rocker karaoke - Gwyneth Paltrow sings Joan Jett
4. Music artists trend faster than anyone in the World
Bonus Post - Christina Arguilera paints the town red.
5. Nesian Mystik – the band with a Hawaii-friendly sound
Bonus Post – Poor Zsa Zsa Gabor
Actor News – Michael Fassbender reminds me of NYC bloggers horsey egos.
7. Just breathe by Miley Cyrus
Shagged Spies – marriage news: Mike Myers is sneaky
8. Shakira talks of social justice at Harvard
The Exes Sheen Wives Club Unite - Poor Charlie Sheen
9. Rugby football player Malili Muliaina is a dude
Twitter is not a rock concert venue – Courtney Love gets fined
Hollywood Entertainment News Blogs worth checking out too are - E!: Hollywood News; Hollywood Reporter; Access Hollywood;Hollywood.Com; ET Online; Deadline.Com; Celebrity Gossip; Young Hollywood.; HuffPo.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA.
Todays paper via New York City. Christchurch City residents beneath a devastating aftershock earthquake’s rubble and the people of Libya are on our minds.
I was thinking too, that for over fourty years, Muammar/Moammar Abu Minyar Al-Kadafi has been playing the ‘scary’ guy on a global stage like… forever! Typecasting is a little lame in this show. World leaders have forever been relying on Gaddafi/ Kadafi to make them look good every time he appears in the news as the ‘scary control guy’ of the world. Just a thought. Apparently, a new government is being formed, with Kadafi Sr. on hand to be scary still, if needed. World leaders who know him (eg – the billionaires of the world, I wonder if they find him ‘evil’ as the newspapers do, or ‘a friend?’). But he’s had the starring role as politic’s villain for 4 decades now. Wow! That’s staying power. Barack Obama was a young lad when Kadafi first appeared being mega scary in 1969, that’s how long Gaddafi has been playing the scary guy via Libya. Unbelievable!
I’m sorry if those written thoughts offend anyone, yet I’m just writing that from a city that scriptwrites villains and sets them to cameras and verbage, to sell culture around the world – as Hollywood loves to do.
Like Shakespeare of old used to, we (Hollywood’s studio system) mimick what global leaders (or the perceived ‘nobility’ of a regime of ‘rulers’) do and we parody or try and seriously reflect as reality too, the direction world leaders are heading together, so the average Joe has some cultural continuity in the world at the movies or on their TV screens. I’m an average Joe too, so I should know! It’s just what we do in Hollywood. Apparently, we’re the best at it too.
So forgive me for being so honest with my “Hollywood glasses on” in a democratic nation, sharing an honest opinion. How else could Kadafi have been so ‘evil’ and lasted for four decades then, had this not been the case? I find it hard to read Gaddafi news, because it just means that anyone with shares in oil companies, gets rewarded – that’s what it adds up to, over the past four decades of Kadafi’s story lines he’s produced under a ‘crazy angry turban’ costume-prop, for his mates in the world. Kadafi has no relevance to the average Joe, who just lost their car or house, or, sister or mother or brother under a pile of rubble in a city hit by a quake. Neither does he have relevance to the poor of Libya, or the world either, who still struggle to make ends meet each week in the grocery carts. I don’t find him scary. I see him as a ghost of the past still playing ‘the West’s devil’ in a lame show, still going.
Getting back to this front page of the newspaper though, my heart is actually gutted for Christchurch people and the little people in Libya at this minute. There’s just no words. In Christchurch – this is REAL news. What can you do, except pray.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.23.11~
“As an assistant helped him put on the Super-suit, Cavill recalls: ‘All I could think was: Oh, god. They’re going to look at me and go ‘He’s not Superman. Not a chance.’ The actor inside me was going: ‘You’re not ready! You’re not ready.”‘
Hollywood entertainment and your super celebrity news picks of choice today in our Horiwood top ten are:
1. Julian Hough and her American Idol hosting beau
2. Jim Ross on Dwayne Johnson‘s return to wrestling as The Rock
3. Most fascinating sports people of 2010 via The Bird
4. Model citizen – Richard Chandler
5. Jessica Simpson & Eric Johnson‘s traveling romance
6. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are Hollywood friends
7. Megan Fox, Brian Austin Green in Hawaii
8. Kanye West and Selita Ebanks
9. Normalcy – Vanessa Williams does Kate Middleton Press
10. Tie A. Cultural match & strong mateship – Julia Gillard & John Key
10. Tie B. Channing Tatum‘s GQ Cover
“Amongst all the media chatter about the British actor playing Superman, one person has remained mum, and that’s the man himself, Henry Cavill. Well, the Tudors star has broken his silence in a big way: he’s featured on the cover of this week’sEntertainment Weekly, donning a leather jacket over a battered Superman T-shirt. Inside, he opens up about his audition for the role, in which he had to wear the Man of Steel’s spandex suit and shoot a screen test in front of director Zack Snyder (300).
According to EW, “Cavill was feeling less than super in the moment, at least about his ability to fill out the costume: He had just finished shooting a film with Bruce Williscalled The Cold Light of Day, and the part required to him to shed the impressive abs of steel and muscle tone he had put on for the movie he made right before that, the forthcoming mythic fantasy Immortals.
When Cavill was in the suit, “Snyder saw something — or rather someone — different. ‘He walked out, and no one laughed,’ says the director. ‘Other actors put that suit on, and it’s a joke, even if they’re great actors. Henry put it on, and he exuded this kind of crazy-calm confidence that just made me go “Wow. Okay: This was Superman.”‘”–BBC News.
[Sofia Vergara talks little exercise and liking fat on her body for Shape Mag]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.17.11~
3rd Rock from the Sun star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the actor who lost his bro recently.
He’s been cast in The Dark Knight Rises, the new Batman flick. Here’s the skinny on that news via Movies Online. CA and ComicBookMovie:
Well he has signed on to the film in a villainous role previously undisclosed until now. Levitt will be portraying Alberto Falcone aka the Holiday Killer.
He is the estranged son of former mob boss Carmine Falcone (portrayed by Tom Wilkinson in Batman Begins) who returns to Gotham to take over the underworld once fiercly ruled by his father before the arrival of Batman.
He’s a good actor. Should be a good role for this young man. Good Hollywood casting.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.13.11~
If you live in Hollywood, we all know that it is Natalie Portman‘s year. The young actress is the (off-camera) face that most of Hollywood deems worthy to represent Hollywood’s more noble ideals, in cinema. It’s just Portman’s year. She’s paid her dues.
Julia Robert‘s has a good sense of humor, in acknowledging the Portman trend. Roberts creates space for Portman as Hollywood’s ‘pretty woman’ of 2011, by taking on the ‘dark side’ in her next film role choice. The subtext of this news story is perhaps that America’s Sweetheart has gone dark.
Here’s some juicy casting news: “Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts is getting in touch with her dark side this spring when she begins production on Relativity Media’s “The Brothers Grimm: Snow White” project. Read the rest of this entry »
The next break out star, like another Kristen Stewart, is probably going to be discovered playing the role of Ursa in the Superman reboot film franchise.
Go ladies!
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 2.6.11~
“In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time, and I am honored to be a part of his return to the big screen. I also join Warner Bros., Legendary and the producers in saying how excited we are about the casting of Henry. He is the perfect choice to don the cape and S shield.”–director Zack Snyder describing Henry Cavill (The Tudors) casting as Superman in the well known film franchise reboot.
Reports Film Jabber, “Henry Cavill will play Clark Kent and Superman in the upcoming Superman reboot, to be directed by Zack Snyder and written by David Goyer and Christopher Nolan. Henry Cavill will be seen in the gritty, mythical action movie Immortals, in theaters this Novemeber. Superman is to be released in 2012, presumably in December.”
Congrats. It has to be said that the trend to cast UK actors in leading light Hollywood hero roles in unstoppable right now. A little nod to Prince William‘s rising presence in the world perhaps.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.30.11~
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Twilight Saga‘s Kristen Stewart has been named as the front runner to play Snow White, alongside Oscar winner Charlize Theron‘s Wicked Witch character and Lord of The Rings Viggo Mortensen as the Woodsman in the movie Snow White and the Huntsman.
A hot casting line up already, if Stewart accepts the role. Her rep hasn’t confirmed or denied the news yet. I guess Kristen is asking Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook (in his new role as clairvoyant to politicians and stars) what Mark thinks about this news, and whether she should or not. Lol! I think Stewart should do it.
[Movie news pic, top, via Marie Claire of the UK, of course!]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.27.11~
Meet Annie Ilonzeh who has landed one of the 3 leads in ABC’s Charlie’s Angels pilot. The project, from Sony Pictures TV and Drew Barrymore‘s Flower Films, is a modern take on the Angels set in Miami and centers on a new trio of young and sexy private eyes – Kate, Abby and Marisa – working for a wealthy mystery man.
Writes Nickey Finke- Ilonzeh will play Kate, a very smart and very athletic ex-cop and a master of martial arts. She is the most serious of our 3 Angels but also knows how to let her hair down and have a great time. Ilonzeh, best known for her role as Maya Ward onGeneral Hospital, recently did arcs on HBO’sEntourage and the CW’s Melrose Place.”
Hollywood entertainment news as voted by you worldwide in our top ten is as follows. Enjoy!
1. BORN TO BE SOMEBODY – DIANNE WARREN WILL SONG WRITE FOR JUSTIN BIEBER?
2. MIRANDA KERR’S GUEST BLOGGER’S SPOTLIGHT – FLYNN KERR-BLOOM’S DEBUT
3. TEN BLOG POSTS AS CULTURE YOU LOVE
4. PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON’S ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS
5. CORONA & CIGARETTES by ROBERT PATTINSON & ALLEN GINSBERG
6. AMERICAN VINTAGE CLOTHING STORE, ON BRUCE LEE @ MELROSE – 1.19.11
7. RYAN PHILLIPPE CONGRATULATES REESE WITHERSPOON ON HER NEW LOVE
8. HOLLYWOOD WRITER JOHN STANCARI IS A TALENTED SCREEN WRITER
9. HUMOR – BEYONCE LOOKS PUZZLED
10. TIE A: CATHERINE C AMMANN IS HOT IN HOLLYWOOD, FOR REALS
10. TIE B: NATALIE PORTMAN SHINES FOR INSTYLE MAGAZINE, FEB 2011
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.20.11~
China is in the US House today. Here’s the Wall Street Journal & New York Times on that. US Media report that “China will display a demonstration of how China is Pro-America on this visit.
Chicago is expected to resonate with China’s message as being true – due to being a sister city of Shanghai.”
Twitter, and your tweets. Here’s ten you’re sharing. Thanks people.
1. Martha Stewart - Cookies & Sweet Baked Things
2. Mining news
3. Patti LaBelle with Nona & Marvin Gaye
4. Maya Angelou‘s Still I Rise poem
5. Art – Utagawa Hiroshige‘s Tiger Rain art for Aunt Elvira
7. Alyssa Monk & The Art of photo-realism
9. Country Hotties know how to stay in shape
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THE 101st HOTTEST POST TODAY: HARPER’S BAZAAR CHINA WITH JENNIFER LOPEZ SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT: Bloggers Who Blog Better Than Me: Democracy Now!; Drudge Report; E! Online; Entertainment Weekly; Forbes; Fortune; Fox News; Financial Times; Globe and Mail; GlobalPost.com; GlobalVoices; NPR; Newsweek; People; Politico; ProPublica; Radar; Reuters; Rolling Stone; The Root; Salon; San Francisco Chronicle; Slate; TIME; Times Of London; TMZ; USA Today; Vanity Fair; Wall Street Journal; Washington Independent; Washington Times HOLLYWOOD CASTING AGENTS TIP OF THE DAY - |
“The studios want to be involved a lot more these days, in who gets cast in what. If they don’t like who I’ve found as their casting options, to give new kids a chance I always take the director aside and say, ‘this kid will be brilliant if you really just take them under your wing, work with them, and shoot them from your gut.’ Then the director gets it, then convinces the studio’s producers that the kid is who they want. But it can be frustrating for casting agents today.”
~Posted by Horiwood.Co, Hollywood California USA. 1.19.11~
She said: So you like my shark earrings then aye?
He said: Hot.
She said: I got them in Barbados.
He said: Hotter. (Martini sip) Um, you know you should model… right?
She said: Convince me.
He said: Honey, I’m from the other side of the world. I don’t have the time or the energy to waste my words. I just did.
She said: You’re right. Damn you, Maori boy, Damn it!
He said: You’re welcome.
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Shontelle reveals where she got her earrings from at the Abbey, West Hollywood on Sunday eve. Black people getting wings is what we’re about in California. Aren’t you feeling that vibe too? Let’s go America! If you think Shontelle should take her hot shizzle down fashion runways of the world, then click on and share this post. Let’s help create a superstar.
Post note – “Hola Shontelle. I hope you like your very own special blog tag I created just for you. Make it count. xox. Much Maori-Kiwi love.”
[Red Hot Martini, vintage Hollywood artwork - because Yes We Can wear our hats in Hollywood and spot, recognize, affirm, encourage, announce, give a flint & spark to; and produce new talent too along the way. This is California's legacy as entertainers for the world. Go Shonnie! Imma sparkin' you!]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.18.11~
Orlando Bloom is set to reprise his role from Lord of The Rings as the Elven archer, Legolas in Sir Peter Jackson‘s film The Hobbit. Bloom will make a cameo for two minutes to the tune of a $1 million pay check. Who doesn’t want to see all of the golden hobbit-elven moments occur again on screen, but this time in 3D?! With Bloom’s Disney pirate following on Caribbean seas and his Aussie connections into the fashion world too in real life, this is money well spent I reckon! :)
This dude has the sweetest life! Love it.
Meanwhile, currently in Middle-Earth land for reals at the time of writing, here’s what one Kiwi is doing above The Golden Arches in the main street of the biggest city of Middle Earth. Very cool. Check it right here.
[Image of Orlando courtesy of Cartoon Doll Emporium]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.14.11~
Actor Elijah Wood has signed onto the cast of Sky1′s adaptation of Treasure Island. The Lord Of The Rings superstar will appear as Ben Gunn in Robert Louis Stevenson buccaneering, swashbuckling classic adventure tale being filmed in Puerto Rico.
Toby Regbo (Harry Potter) who plays Young Dumbledore, is stepping up to play the lead in Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins, while Eddie Izzard plays the villain appearing as Long John Silver.
The cast includes: Phillip Glenister (Ashes To Ashes, Life On Mars) as Captain Smollet, 
Helena Bonham Carter can go from looking like an English Rose to just gothic-artsy scary, sometimes even ugly too.
A friend describes her as a ‘chameleon.’ I think they’re right, Helena is a chameleon.
Whatever her take is in a film role she appears in, Helena always nails the gig.
Here’s that stellar cast esemble in the much touted cast of The King’s Speech – that the LA Times features this week in Awards Season. Look at all of these amazing people. Every single one of them produce fine characters for the screen. Here’s a film ensemble that can’t be beat this year. Wow!
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.12.11~
The Weinsteins have scooped Cogan’s Trade, for distribution. The film will star Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell and Casey Affleck in a story that sees Pitt playing Jackie Cogan, a “professional enforcer who investigates a heist that takes place during a high stakes poker game held under the protection of the mob ring.”
Shooting begins next month, distribution in 2012.
[Image of Brad Pitt via Matilda Kay Blog]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.12.11~
With all that majestic scenary in 3D about to light up the screen in The Hobbit films I was wondering who could do it all some justice? Today though my angsty anxieties as a Kiwi living in Hollywood with hobbit-haka feet were all dissolved. The Celebrity Cafe reports: ‘Sir Ian McKellen, 71, will reprise his role as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit. McKellen confirmed the news on his website Tuesday. The 71-year-old actor wrote on his website that his “worry that I could not easily escape from Middle Earth was lifted.”’
Exciting news for Lord of The Rings fans worldwide. Production begins next month (February). For more on Sir Ian, his own website is pretty blingy. Check it for more on a cinematic great.
[Photograph - courtesy of New Line Cinema via New York Daily News]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.11.11~
As I was observing the Jewish community gathering on my street, I was thinking how we don’t have many Jewish people in New Zealand. I grew up with some in primary school (grade school) and had one Jewish friend in college in writing class. Other than that, there weren’t that many Jewish people in my home town growing up.
I appreciate the Jewish community because if you look at world history, Jews are always living symbols of extraordinary survival and blessings. Many have what is called abiding wisdom – and I like that. I was thinking that in the coming years in Middle-Earth, we need some more.
Many Jews wear funny hats, like… all the time, it’s just their thing. Many don’t as well. I think more Jews visiting New Zealand or perhaps even deciding to live there too, is something that Ezra‘s generation would want in New Zealand in the upcoming future. I’m all for it. Now how can we make this happen, then? Good vacation deal packages perhaps? Or wait, they already exist. :)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.6.11~
Robert Pattinson gets more Facebook (The Social Network) friendly as a star watching world trends closely. Deadline reports, ‘Pattinson will star in Cosmopolis, the Don DeLillo novel adaptation that David Cronenberg wrote and will direct. Pattinson will play Eric Packer. A financial wunderkind, Packer risks his entire fortune to bet against the yen on a tumultuous day. His deed puts him in the crosshairs for assassination in a drama that is a study of capitalism in a slightly futuristic metropolis. Most of the scenes in the book take place in the limousine that transports Packer from place to place.’ A modern day road movie then. The easiest films to direct, with the movie to be carried by Pattinson’s face.
This pic or Robert Pattinson sourced from Cover Awards of New York who write today when observing magazine sales trends these words: “Men’s magazine editors take note: covers with topless pop stars, eight-pack ab-bearing models, Twilight stars who talk about vagina allergies and actors throwing karate chops/drinks sell like hot cakes on the newsstand.
Courtesy of the Audit Bureau of Circulations Rapid Report, we’ve compiled a gallery of the top selling men’s magazine issues of 2010. Leonardo DiCaprio on Esquire, Robert Pattinson on Esquire, Robert Downey Jr. on Men’s Journal, Rihanna on GQ and Sean Faris on Men’s Health. What do [you] think? Does the public have good taste?”
I think Cover Awards have good taste. They are consistently brilliant with all the magazine covers they provide us all year round. They have such a good website. After all, it is the cover that sells a magazine more often than not. Thanks C.A in NYC.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.6.11~
As Angelina Jolie gets to play Cleopatra in 3D for Sony Pictures as the Egyptian queen in a biopic, based on Stacy Schiff‘s biography Queen Of The Nile, Cleopatra: A Life. Director Scott Rudin declares that the as yet unmade film focuses on Cleopatra as a great ruler. I’m sure Angelina will be as classy as a flemish bunny’s hat like her kids Maddox, Pax and Zahara Jolie-Pitt are too when keeping the world fair.
In your own words as a global audience – here’s what you’re searching for in Hollywood on Horiwood.Com in an age where digital transparency exists whether we acknowledge this fact or not. Trending topics of interest today are:
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MEN IN BLACK III – A FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS STAR, JEMAINE CLEMENT, WILL TIME TRAVEL
Riveting casting. A time traveling Maori-Kiwi with Smith & Jones. Now that’s some firece hot chocolate casting in Hollywood. Nice one!
[Photograph courtesy of the NZ Herald too].
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 3.19.11~
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