
When you grow up as a Kiwi lad in the beautiful sports obsessed nation of New Zealand, you either play soccer, rugby football or basketball. Because I came from a sports obsessed family of regional sports stars, I grew up playing all three-with a spot of tennis in the Summer.
And on the note of sports and soccer, here’s Italian soccer player, Gianluigi Buffon representing Italia at the Soccer’s World Cup from the pages of Vanity Fair.
Athleticism personified. Go Italy!
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.7.2010~
Tags: Gianluigi Buffon, Italy, Soccer, Sports, Sports Horiwood

Los Angeles teens went crazy in Malibu today as the Jonas Brothers took the stage, beach side.
Californian Summers in LA. Gotta love them! They’re the best.
[Image courtesy of Photo Credit Brian Lindensmith. All Access Photo Agency]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.7.2010~
Tags: Jonas Brothers
Two things. Here’s the stunningness that is the Royal New Zealand Ballet troupe performing Lady Gaga‘s Bad Romance. Watch above. And America’s favorite musical TV show, Glee also perform their take on the same song. Loves!

From High Culture (ballet) to pop culture (Glee) across both ends of the earth, Stefani Germanotta is a cultural phenomenon. She fuses these differences together as an artist. Hot! And how rad are these hot ballet b*tches from New Zealand. So hot! Love them. :)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA.
Tags: America, Art, artist, Ballet, Dance, Glee, Kool Kiwis, Krazy Kiwis, Lady Gaga, New Zealand, Pop Culture Commentary, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Stefani Germanotta
On Horiwood.Com I broadcast Maori Television content from the City of Angels… just because I can and because nobody else does in Hollywood.
For a window into Maori Culture, go here.
It takes all kinds of cultures and people to make the world go round. And… I am very proud to be Maori.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.7.2010~
Tags: Diversity, Hori = Maori, Maori

With all of the mayhem going on in Times Square today, I thought a little “settle pettle” music moment from Tyrese would be a good way to calm things down.
Here’s Tyrese’s banging new remix, Mayhem (Take Me Away) Dance Remix, because really Tyrese’s music magic, is really the only mayhem New York City needs. Enjoy!
Tags: Hot Chocloate: African American News on Horiwood.Com, Music Industry News, Tyrese

City Room reports: ”The north end of Times Square has been evacuated, from West 44th to West 47th Streets, after the police received reports of a suspicious package at Broadway and West 46th Street at about 12:45 p.m. The package ‘looks like a cooler,’ a police spokesman said. ‘We’re trying to see if it’s clear.’ It was the second suspicious-package call and at least partial evacuation in the area today.”
2:22 pm: Police give the all-clear. Streets to reopen.
This scary news, certainly puts any stock market losses in perspective, don’t it? Life is always more important.
~News Source, Towle Road, Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.7.2010~
Tags: New York, World News
Michelle Obama once appeared on Sesame Street, so Solange Knowles thought it was a good idea to appear on the children’s show Yo Gabba Gabba! and sing a little song called, Momma Loves Baby.
Children are important. But what happened to Solange’s singing career?
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.7.2010~
Tags: Solange Knowles

Reports the Long Island Press, Sonny Bono and Cher‘s daughter, Chastity Bono is now legally Chaz Bono–a man.
‘A year after undergoing a sex change, Bono is now considered a man by the law. A California judge granted him a gender and name change on Thursday.’
In the Bono family’s show biz roots of America, there has always been the Sonny and Cher Show.
Somehow I can’t help but feeling, that Chastity should have just skipped the Chaz name change part altogether, and gone for the Sonny Bono Jr. title instead … because the rhetoric of the Sonny and Cher Show (him and her on show biz’s red carpet) has just started up all over again.
That’s one heckuva radical way, to become your father. But everyone who knows Chaz, are happy that Chaz’s gender reassignment treatment is a step twards Chaz feeling more comfortable in Chaz’s own skin.
[Image of Chaz Bono courtesy of Getty Images, courtesy of LA Weekly]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.7.2010~
Tags: Chaz Bono

Hairography is what girls do–who want more attention than their talents warrent. Hairography fuels the pop divas marketing game, more so than a good voice.
Kelly Clarkson is one of the best live singers in the pop divas game. She’s got the voice. However, many other pop divas have a bigger ego than she does–without the calibre of voice Clarkson has. Here’s three funny takes on that reality Clarkson finds herself in.
1. Kelly Clarkson does not rely on wigs to get press (yes, Beyonce and Lady Gaga). This is the link to her new track called Wash, Rinse, Repeat–which Clarkson alludes to the fact that girls who wear wigs and extensions can’t do… all that easily. Love it! Pop Eater describes the song as ‘a fiery new tune.’
2. Kelly Clarkson remains the #1 selling American Idol of All Time. Go here.
3. Kelly takes on songwriter Ryan Tedder about giving Beyonce the Halo song, and not her. Just kidding. According to The Prophet Blog, Kelly is giving Tedder a piece of her mind, in these song lyrics.
My thoughts are Kelly just needs to be writing more of her own songs, to facilitate the amazing gift of her voice and the way it is presented to the world.
As my sister, Cherry is a singer and went to see Kelly live in concert in New Zealand recently, go here to read a review about Kelly’s live performance at the Orange County Fair, last time she came anywhere near performing a live concert in LA! :)
And although I jibe about Beyonce and Lady Gaga working their wigs and their weaves to get press, no one seems to utilize hairography better than Britney Spears–who according to Nielsen is the #1 selling female artist of the last decade. Wow! Maybe Kelly should dance a little more in her music videos. It pays off for Brit Brit.
[Image of Kelly Clarkson courtesy of Fame Ball]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~
Tags: Kelly Clarkson
Australian diva, Olivia Newton John loves America’s favorite Lesbian Jane Lynch more so than many Americans do. Here’s Olivia’s appearance on Glee where she remakes her Physical music video with Sue Sylvester.
Too freakin funny!
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~
Tags: Awesome Aussies, Gay, Glee, Health & Beauty, Humor, Jane Lynch, Lesbians, Music Industry News, Music Videos, Olivia Newton John

You can’t help but love Jackie Cisnero‘s inspiring example. She just won the US$266 million Mega Millions lottery, and Jackie says she’s keeping her job at KNBC’s newsroom where she works nights as an assignment editor.
Jackie thinks bringing the news each day, is far more important than retiring on her mega millions. What a star! A girl after my own heart and most bloggers who create culture and news each day by the hour.
Actually my heart is having a real battle trying to be happy right now that Jackie won the Mega Millions prize, and I did not. I won $3. Lol!
But being a good Kiwi sport always… Go Jackie Cisnero! And LA retailers… look out for Jackie on the DL in daytime wearing a pair of Angelina Jolie aviatar sunglasses while going berserk with her credit card doing some crazy retail therapy.
Now all of us, who have not yet made our first $266 million–should be following Jackie’s lead and working harder. What a sensible message to send from sunny California today. Love her! Jackie Cisnero is a radical b*tch! I repeat a radical b*tch! :)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~
Tags: America, Economy, Jackie Cesneros, Leadership, Women

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson all have top billing today, as the entrepreneurial Isabella Bentivoglio stuffed me up on Piadina Italiano sandwhich and her brought from home –hand made panacotta. I felt like it was feeding time at the zoo today on the Italian set of Twilight Eclipse. I swear! Needless to say the creative Isabella grows the economy.
How spoilt is your favorite Maori celebrity blogger in Hollywood today? Um… soooooo spoilt. Thanks Bella!
Here’s how you voted your top ten celebrity and entertainment news items of interest in the City of Angels today. Basteka! No more food! :)
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2. Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black for the Twilight Saga franchise
3. Did Bono walk out of Lady Gaga‘s Met’s Gala performance?
4. Sports Wives Club Humor: Vanessa Bryant has got big basketballs
5. Is Kim Kardashian really betraying her siblings?
7. German Basketball: Michael K on New Zealand on Justin Bieber
8. Solange Knowles sans wig is fearless
9. Cute! Adam Lambert has a 5 year-old fan
10. TIE A: Ten Posts for Cinco de Mayo by Horiwood 5.5.21
10 TIE B: Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise –Star Dancing Duo
Bonus Post: Isabella Bentivoglio introduces the Piadina into West Hollywood
Bonus Post: Roz Helfand & Corey Roskin for West Hollywood Book Fair
Bonus Post: Harry Potter‘s Daniel Radclffe for The Trevor Project
Bonus Post: Fashion: J-Lo‘s New Years Eve cat suit
Bonus Post: The Horiwood Top 10 – Sat 7.18.2010
Bonus Post: Tony Awards Nominees List 2010
Bonus Post: Black nude Dash Marketing with Kourtney & Khloe Kardashian
Bonus Post: Jennifer Elia better never ever dump Chaz Bono
Bonus Post: What a guy! Richard Chandler is a billionaire philanthropist

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~
Tags: Cuisine of The World, Economy, Entertainment News, Entrepreneurs, Hollywood Entertainment News, Hori = Maori, Horiwood Top 10, Isabella Bentivoglia, Italy, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Twilight. New Moon. Breaking Dawn. Eclipse, West Hollywood

Kelly Rowland of Destinys Child is dropping the Extended Dance Mix of her 1st single Commander. iTunes May 18 is the drop date. David Guetta debuted the new mix at a club in Frankfurt, Germany, last night.
And with a message via the singles artwork, to button down the hatches and just dance, Kelly Rowland is looking very Donner Summer industrial fashion haute.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~
Tags: David Guetta, DESTINY'S CHILD, Fashion, Kelly Rowland, Music Industry News

Lady Gaga says these things about her upcoming music video for song, Alejandro to Extra TV‘s Teri Seymour on the set of American Idol. The Italian-American pop star says:
“”I’m shooting this video with Steven Klein. I’m so excited, but like all of my videos, I don’t know what it’s going to look like until it’s finished.
On her hectic life: ”I’m really not that tired. Of course, I get tired… it’s my passion for my fans. It’s their messages, they send me these beautiful videos… I must have thousands of beautifully laminated books with stickers, photos, sketches, poetry, they call me Mother Monster now.”
Gaga says she actually “sucks at playing poker” and that ”One of the inspirations from Poker Face was these parties I used to hold on Sundays at my friend’s house in Brooklyn, and all the boys would get together and play Texas Hold ‘Em and I’d make margaritas and spaghetti for everybody. Believe it or not I’m an excellent cook, so no, I suck at poker,”she said.
I’ve always been of the belief, that you can always trust a good cook… well, most of them. And on that note, what’s cooking in your kitchen?
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~
Tags: Lady Gaga, Music Industry News, Stefani Germanotta




Italia and all things Italian in America are white hot right now. My favorite coffee barista of the Italian persuasion is undoubtedly Isabella Bentivoglio of Cafe Marco, West Hollywood.
Isabella is so sweet. I never need sugar in my coffee when Isabella is around. Her coffee is the best and her smile is all the sweetness you need. I love her sweet spirit!
Here’s Isabella introducing The Piadina – the Italian’s favorite flat bread sandwhich. I was the first person Cafe Marco asked to try it. And of course it was delcious! I’m giving it the big hori from New Zealand’s thumbs up!
My first piadina was made with slices of boccocini, layered with prosciutto, baby cherry tomatoes and a hint of basil leaf. The appeal of the Italian flat brad sandwhich is that it is served warm and everything is fresh and chilled on the inside. It’s a winning combo. Buon Appetito indeed! Thanks Cafe Marco. Yum! :)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~
Tags: Cuisine of The World, Isabella Bentivoglia, Italy, West Hollywood

An artist will always support other artists. Their work is food and creative fuel to inspire true art from new artists. So this post tickled my fancy today.
‘Lady Gaga made a surprise visit to New York’s Museum of Modern Art this afternoon to check out the work of famed performance artist Marina Abramović. The exhibition, titled ‘The Artist Is Present,’ is a tribute to Abramović’s 40-year career, highlighting the artist’s video works, installations and photographs, as well as solo and collaborative performances. Abramović’s most popular piece, ‘The Artist Is Present,’ involves the artist sitting with one person at a time for an intense experience that often leaves museum goers in tears. Gaga did not participate, but all it took was one tweet for word of her presence to spread like wildfire this afternoon, with user “juliaxgulia” tweeting that Gaga had entered the exhibit and that the popstar’s shoes were “unreal.” Naturally. Thankfully eagle-eyed photographer, Joseph Holmes, was on hand to snap pics. Check them out and even more celebs we’ve spied in the hot seat.
TL;DR: GAGA WENT TO MOMA. OTHER PEOPLE WERE THERE TOO ISABELLA ROSELLINI, CHRISTINE AMANPOUR, THAT CHICK THAT’S MARRIED TO MICHAEL C. HALL THAT I CAN’T EMBED SO JUST CLICK HERE DAMNIT)

[Image of Isabella Rosellini and David Lynch courtesy of ]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 65.6.2010. PopEater~
Tags: Art, Art Galleries, artist, David Lynch, Isabella Rosellini, Lady Gaga, Marina Abramović., Stefani Germanotta

Says Lea Michele of hit American TV show, Glee about the Kiss and Lady Gaga themed/ upcoming episode: “ [The GaGa style outfits were hard to wear]. “It was very, very, very difficult to wear the clothes. I mean, that’s some heavy gear and I give her a lot of credit for being able to wear the stuff that she wears.”
She continued: “Lady GaGa, I think, will be the baby of the Madonna episode. If not, just as good. I haven’t seen it yet but we had so much fun shooting it…”
And there you have it. Go Lea Michele and the much loved cast of Glee. Music and dance, set in a tight knit caring community. You can’t beat it! It’s actually very Bollywood. :)

[Image of Lea Michele at the MET's Gala's Times 100 Most Influential People party, courtesy of Moe Jackson's Blog]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010.Source ~
Tags: Glee, Lady Gaga, Lea Michele

Entertainment Tonight are running with the Gary Busey and Baby Luke story here in the US. ET have the largest TV audience share for Entertainment and Celebrity TV news and gossip–with a first watch viewership of 14 million people.
Could surfer/ cowboy/ rock n’ roll loving actor, Gary Busey, be setting a new trend here, for aging cowboys to breed again?
As a friend told me once, who did breed again when his first crop of children were in their twenties and he bred another batch, “Hey, I created my own grandchildren.”
He was a medical scientist, so perhaps he could have been forgiven for that thinking.
But back to Gary Busey? He’s just having fun! A nice pic.
[Pic courtesy of Michael K]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~
Tags: Babies, BabyDrama, Gary Busey, Luke Busey

What were the kids of West Hollywood up to last night for Cinco de Mayo? Nada much but a little bit of tequila, lime, salt and good old fashioned rock n’ roll –along the bar tops of Los Angeles. It’s kinda of like the movie Coyote Ugly that starred Tyra Banks–but the flipped out version.
Here’s bandito boi (top) who was dancing to Glee‘s It’s My Life/ Confessions -Part II song at Mickeys when this photograph was snapped.
And, here’s cowboy rocker (bottom) dancing to Pour Some Sugar On Me. The Taylor Swift with Def Leppard version at Eleven. Lyrics to both songs follow after the jump:
If there’s one thing about the kids of America–they always know how to have their fun. And… isn’t it cool, to see West Hollywood having a good push to grow the rock n’ roll genre. You’ve gotta love this city–such good sports!

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~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~ Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: America, Bon Jovi, Cougar Treats, Def Leppard, Glee, Hollywood After Dark, Pop Culture Commentary, Rock, Rock Bands, Taylor Swift, Until the Sun comes up on the Santa Monica Blvd, Usher, West Hollywood

According to DListed, America’s 12th most googled celebrity female of 2009, Lindsay Lohan took her financially up against the wall no-no to Alcohol Awareness School yesterday.
Lohan had been at risk of breaching her parole terms. So, it’s good to see her realign. I don’t know why I love this girl. But I do. She’s a metaphor of Young America caught up in a bad romance of recession politics. No matter what crazy she’s caught up in, or she brings on herself–you can’t help but admire her strength to endure it all.
[Image courtesy of Splash]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.6.2010~
Tags: Lindsay Lohan

Congratulations are in order for Eminem who just recieved his Artist of The Decade Award from Nielsen Soundscan who track music sales.
Eminem is the biggest selling artist for the decade with more than 32 million album sales followed by The Beatles (30.2 million), Tim McGraw (24.8 million), Toby Keith (24.5 million) and Britney Spears (22.9 million), according to Nielsen SoundScan.
That’s amazing. Congrats to both Eminem and Ms Britney Spears for being the top in their fields. It’s the artist who moves the most units, that should perhaps also have top media billing.

[Picture courtesy of SoHood.Com]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 5.5.2010~
Tags: Britney Spears, Eminem, Music Industry News, Sales & Distribution
Tags: America, Eduardo Verastegui, Entertainment News, Hollywood Entertainment News, Horiwood Top 10, Jennifer Lopez, Latina, Latino, Mexico, Music Industry News, Music Videos, New York, Selina Marsh, Stacey Orrico

Time Magazine’s Most Influential Artist of 2010, Lady Gaga, may have worn a crystal cat suit to Anna Wintour‘s MET’s Gala party and wowed 700 guests of Oprah with a live performance, but the fabulous Lady Gaga couldn’t hold U2 super rocker, Bono‘s attention. According to this report Bono, left the event early, mid Gaga’s performance. Well… he is a family man, with kids at home. Reports Celebitchy :
‘Lady Gaga’s penchant for bizarre behavior continued at Monday’s Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gaga was the slated performer at Vogue editor Anna Wintour’s annual fete, co-hosted this year by Oprah Winfrey and Gap creative director Patrick Robinson, though she refused to walk the red carpet and remained locked inside her dressing room for most of the evening.
“She literally wouldn’t come out,” says a spy. “Friends tried, [Warner Music exec] Lyor Cohen tried, no dice. Eventually, Vito Schnabel came over and got [artist] Terence Koh on the phone to talk to her, which helped. Koh and Oprah were the ones who finally coaxed her out.” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bono, Lady Gaga
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND BALLET AND GLEE DO LADY GAGA’S BAD ROMANCE
Two things. Here’s the stunningness that is the Royal New Zealand Ballet troupe performing Lady Gaga‘s Bad Romance. Watch above. And America’s favorite musical TV show, Glee also perform their take on the same song. Loves!
From High Culture (ballet) to pop culture (Glee) across both ends of the earth, Stefani Germanotta is a cultural phenomenon. She fuses these differences together as an artist. Hot! And how rad are these hot ballet b*tches from New Zealand. So hot! Love them. :)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA.
Posted by horiwood on May 7, 2010 in America, Art, artist, Dance, Glee, Lady Gaga, New Zealand, Stefani Germanotta
Tags: America, Art, artist, Ballet, Dance, Glee, Kool Kiwis, Krazy Kiwis, Lady Gaga, New Zealand, Pop Culture Commentary, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Stefani Germanotta