UK soccer star, Wayne Rooney, returned to Euro 2012 listening to a play list of songs as his pre-match build up.
They were: Deacon Blue – Real Gone Kid, Arctic Monkeys – Riot Van, Stereophonics – Maybe Tomorrow - Decade In The Sun Version, Bon Jovi – It’s My Life (child!), Various Artists – Oasis Tribute – Champagne Supernova (Cover Version), Cat Stevens – Father And Son, Damien Rice – Delicate, James Morrison – Up, Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven, Bruce Springsteen – Streets Of Philadelphia and last but not least: The Hummingbirds – Doesn’t Really Matter.
Belfast’s Sam Wallacereported: “England got to half-time at 0-0, gave the ball away and made mistakes but for once they did not fold under pressure. At times they figuratively climbed into the passenger seat and shut their eyes. Their confidence wilted with every good passage of play the Ukrainians enjoyed. To compound it, Rooney’s touch was heavy, never more so than when he had an excellent chance to score on 28 minutes. Then, his back-post header from Ashley Young’s cross from the left wing only needed steering inside Andrei Pyatov‘s post but instead he did not get the full connection. Rooney was not the only one. (more…)
JuliusSeizure blog posted this groovy pic of Opossum‘s Kody Nielson with Kiwi belle, Bic Runga. To listen to Opossum‘s new single, Get Away Tonight click on pic above.
The Horiwood Top Ten today are:
1. Chinese military spend up $106b & the Ray Charles of Chinese dissident lawyers in New York?
2. Lisa Marie Presley – American Idol performance
3. Richard Kahui news archives
4. Cliff Curtis Hollywood news
5. The Good Wine – Jesus First miracle
6. William Levy Gutierrez
7. Sam Cane – rugby squad
8. Robin Harfouche‘s Hollywood story
9. Miley Cyrus news archives
10.Tie A: Washington Post front page – 16th May 2012
10. Tie B: Faroes Island Viking Fish Fights
In France, the cast of Lawless debuted their movie walking the red carpet at Cannes. It’s a film that’s “set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.” Nikki Finke’s Hollywood website has more at the strut. Nick Cave co-wrote the script with Matt Bondurant. Jessica Chastain, Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy also star in the film.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog.Com, Aoteroa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 20.5.12~
Should New Zealand just remain an oil and petroleum rich natural haven and just have… no “American” friends?
Although dolphin deaths are being blamed on oil exploration, the New Zealand government is intent on giving USA, UK et al (China) what they want – oil exploration’s extraction of fossil fuels from New Zealand.
Energy and Resources Minister Phil Heatleycites Taranaki as his model of success noting 3000 jobs were created there off the oily back of oil extraction and sending New Zealand’s oil elsewhere in copious quantites, that are set to escalate rather alarmingly in time.
Heatley also says, his government is looking to boost oil exports from $3 billion to $12 billion yearly. He claims (that aside from global shareholders of oil companies and foreign oil co-ordinators shifting New Zealand oil around the world – making the big dollars off New Zealand) that whatever does come back to New Zealand in the oil-shifting games, that “the money could help fund schools, hospitals and paid-parental leave,” he said.
Phil sees oil (petroleum) and gas extraction “sitting neatly beside dairy and tourism” in Taranaki, and in his one view he thinks, “there’s no reason why other regions can’t do that.” He also sees New Zealand’s East Coast and South Island’s West Coast as perfect for increased oil, gas or petroleum extraction.
His argument rests on the fact that the average job of oil industry money pays $70,000 pa.
Contrary to the findings of Christchurch City Coucil’s leadership team when looking at scientific research and numerous case studies all over the world of fracking’s effects of increasing earthquakes frequency in places where fracking happens and damaging water supplies too, or in some cases – destroying soil with toxicity levels for agricultural purposes for years later post extraction and the initial point of sale – Mr Heatley is still all cool with fracking.
In fact, Mr Heatley says “he had “no concerns” about hydraulic fracturing, where water, sand and chemicals are blasted into the ground to extract gas or petroleum.” Again he sites Taranaki as his twenty year case study of fracking being used.
What do you think? Do you think Mr Heatley’s views are right? Or, if you’re a lover of landscape in the current form that New Zealand has enjoyed for centuries, does New Zealand need a change of government? Or, is there a balance between the two? If so, what is this balance?
Politicians are being encouraged to give over all of a country’s gasoline, oil, petroleum, gas, fossil fuels to BigOil companies. The bribes are tremendous from these companies infiltrating all levels of power in the world. Banks also drive oil extraction games too quite substantially – taking their cue from the world bank’s execs – some of the biggest oil shark creators and fossil fuels shifters of us all.
So, with all due respect to Phil, it’s not as if you can take politicians words too seriously on the matter of oil, is it? Globally, the game is already rigged, long before it gets to MPs of NZ. And, there’s more important things in this world than someone pushing print on bits of paper with an ink press, floating it as “money” to get oil and fossil fuel supplies moving their way. (America & China!).
Just as a balancer to Phil’s comments (and God bless Phil always), the Oscar nominated documentary Gasland also features above – not in favor of Hydraulic Fracturing.
Between this documentary and what Phil posits, is a balance of truth – New Zealand must find for ourselves. We need to be secure in what we have, outside of bribes from those operating in false economies with ‘over-printed’ “money.” Multinational gas companies, don’t care about the landscapes of the territories they extract oil and fossil fuels from – why perhaps they’re perfect to do the job. They have zero emotional ties to history of forefathers legacy on landscapes they extract as much as they can get away with, from. It’s the first I’ve known for example that twenty years of fracking has been going on in New Zealand.
People can get sick and lesions can occur in their brain when fracking goes wrong. Again, watch the Gasland documentary.
In the oil game, the guys in the suits sound so convincing when assuaging valid concerns that fracking could be bad in some cases. By the time the real effects happen, once the land has been stripped – the guys in the suits are mysteriously, no longer there. New guys in suits have replaced them. This is why, we must look at what Phil’s saying and also do research into the matter (like Christchurch City Council have done for their own region’s future direction -obviously agriculture and other means of income gathering etc instead of fossil fuels fracking in Christchurch) about what oil companies designs are for New Zealand and the permits, that someone issued them to give them access to extract from NZ whenua.
If, little to no harm occurs, than what Phil is positing could be a valid way forward for New Zealand. We do have bills to pay in an environment where NZ is being pirated too much, quite frankly. However, if this is not the case with fracking’s effects as Phil seems to think at this moment and time it is okay, then why take the risk? No amount of money should matter if Aotearoa is going to be irrepairably destroyed longterm.
Watch this video trailer.
GASLAND – (2010) Directed by Josh Fox. Winner of Special Jury Prize – Best US Documentary Feature – Sundance 2010. Screened at Cannes International Film Festival.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 15.4.12~
With it’s fair share of drama and entertainment highlights and scandals, the Cannes film festival 2011 announced its winners this week.
The Hollywood Reporter shares that Robert De Niro’s jury planted Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life in Festival de Cannes history by awarding it the coveted Palme d’Or at a closing ceremony Sunday night.
Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn was named best director for his automotive thriller Drive.
Kirsten Dunst was named best actress for her performance in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia as a depressed woman whose wedding is overshadowed by the approaching end of the world. The film, which will be released stateside by Magnolia, was in danger of being eclipsed by the controversy that erupted when von Trier jokingly boasted of being a Nazi during a press conference and then was declared persona non grata by the festival.
Von Trier, a past winner of the Palme d’Or was banned from attending the festival for his comment. On accepting her award, Dunst, who begin life on Hollywood’s big screen as a child turned vampire with Brad Pitt said, “Thank you so much. Wow — what a week it’s been,” Dunst said.
“This is an honor that’s once in a lifetime. Thank you to the Cannes Film Festival for allowing the film to still be in Competition.”
French actor Jean Dujardin made himself heard among the jury though he doesn’t speak a word in Michel Hazanivicius’ The Artist, earning himself the prize for best actor. The film is about the demise of a silent movie actor’s career crumbling when sound was introduced to film.
A powerful metaphor, for the age of the internet and media being transmitted online more and more, perhaps in our modern times.
[Photograph - Brad Pitt star of the winning film, Tree of Life, is pictured here with Angelina Jolie. Pic via CG].
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 25.5.11~
Cannes Film Festival is all about the people with movies getting attention on their hard earned projects beign showcased in France. Those who want to be a part of thea action for the love of cinema, are also welcome.
Blake Lively and actor Leonardo DiCaprio were snapped aboard a yacht with Steven Spielberg and actor Lukas Haas (not pictured) Tuesday in the French Riviera.
Looks fun. Exactly what a culture of entertainment, should be about. Good yachting reccie in between movies watching. :)
[Photo courtesy of Fame Pictures - Via People Magazine, USA]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 18.5.11~
Jane Campion is the Kiwi director whose a little bit quirky when she frames her actors in her movies through her masteterful storytelling camera. Her art evokes the emotional journey of all her central characters being conveyed well in cinema. A skill that’s quite difficult to do without actors overacting. Campion does this well.
The French in Cannes are big fans of Jane’s work this year, as they are of Uma Thurmans‘ also. Most of Uma’s fans would agree with the French this year. For instance, Uma makes kick boxing look like a mere doddle on the red carpet in some of her film work. She’s quite amazing.
The Washington Post reports, “Cannes judge Uma Thurman and actress Rosario Dawson were honored for their contributions to indie film. Also lauded were Sleeping Beauty director Jane Campion and the film’s producer, Jessica Brentnall, and a handful of other women.”
“Middle Earth is a 3D film making environment of film making excellence, rich in imagination facilitating diverse culture’s vision (their tino rangatiratanga and unique cultural sovereignty of culture) and their vibrantly entertaining expression in 3D film. Middle Earth is rich in acceptance of others’ difference & a film making haven of World Peace”–Horiwood, 2020′s.
“In 3D, all nations are created equal, in Wellywood film making practices, imagination, execution and delivery of film production excellence.”–Abe Lincoln and Horiwood.
A film is not a film, unless it is made in the Spirit of the experimental filmmaker–Len Lye, filmic artist, Taranaki.
In New Zealand we collaborate and create the world’s next array of Super Heroes in 3D, with powerful messages of good that impact and change the global consciousness and future direction of the world, through Kiwi made pop culture in cinema, merchandising, music soundtracks and entertainment distribution–2020′s
A response: HORIWOOD – What a great idea Barry. The lifestyle that nature has to offer Americans, when not on set in New Zealand – is accessible to all – and would more than make up for any pay cuts.
Also, travel – let’s all people grow up and learn, outside their own cultural frames of reference.
It shows security within peoples own sense of identity, when Americans become a minority on distant shores and blend with the world too. Happily.
In New Zealand, people like dialogue, (not one-sided cultural monologue–so Americans will be more than fine in that switch and exchange). Exciting.
With New Zealand’s potential to attract Bollywood and China to New Zealand landscapes to film musicals and action films in NZ too in 3D in the future, the Americans who do make early inroads into NZ 3D filmmaking NOW – will be set with work for life.
NZ is going to become busy. A globally sought after 3D filmmaking nation. How New Zealanders welcome warmly diverse cultures of the world and overseas actors and crew members too (including those from Hollywood, Bollywood, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Dubai, Russia, UK–every now and again–France), will determine the return rate of these nations to NZ as a filmmaking nation. As far as America is concerned (Avatar’s record breaking success as Hollywood’s leading film of all time box office history), New Zealand is a culturally friendly place for Americans to work and conquer from, with a Hollywood-Wellywood partnership.
Conclusion: Your blog Barry, is rocking, albeit as minimalist as it is, I enjoyed the guide to your twitter account. Thanks for commenting. Incidentally New Zealand has 5% more women than men in its total population, so there’s a few girls that wouldn’t mind marrying an American crew member and sharing citizenship and beach views like no other. A lot to look forward to, aye?!
Wellywood is the box office winning 3D Film Franchises Haven of the film making world. Those who find success with their franchises, will all own homes in New Zealand on beach fronts and live there for most of the year. Their kids will be raised there. It’s the new more-relaxed mecca of box office power players, that can deliver proven results. Well, in 2020, this will be so–Wellywood is the World’s 3D Mecca. It is Middle Earth. A meeting place in The Middle for all cultures to realize the cinematic visions, without culture being compromised in the film making process. New Zealand is a culturally rich haven, paradise nation for this to occur for 3D film makers across the globe. Good change ahead in Middle Earth.
I like your thinking Barry, where yes, film crew getting roughed around in Hollywood should move to NZ. Why not! NZ is a nation based on immigrants who joined the Indigenous Maori People, so as one of them, NZ can handle you bonding with us Maori-Kiwi lot. It’s how we came to be as a nation, just like America.
Incidentally how any nation has treated their Indigenous Peoples, is the barometer of all human rights relations in the world. It’s the gage of whether other cultures can be trusted dealing within our shores fairly as nations. So as a Maori-Kiwi if you want to move to NZ, I say… Go for it! Get on board brother. More studios other than WETA will spring up in New Zealand too, in order to handle the demand and keep a fair and competitive 3D filmmaking industry occurring in NZ. The economic possibilities are exciting.
[Image: Bollywood Star Deepika Padukone Cannes courtesy of Web, Documentary still Colin McKenzie of Forgotten Silver by Sir Peter Jackson. Music - retro Kids Incoporated singing Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul from the late 80's. Hollywood's Mario Lopez on drums in this clip is Lol too!]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.27.10~
BARRY GLIBB COMMENTS ON CREW LABOR OF 3D FILM MAKING IN NEW ZEALAND – WITH A REPLY FROM ME
“Middle Earth is a 3D film making environment of film making excellence, rich in imagination facilitating diverse culture’s vision (their tino rangatiratanga and unique cultural sovereignty of culture) and their vibrantly entertaining expression in 3D film. Middle Earth is rich in acceptance of others’ difference & a film making haven of World Peace”–Horiwood, 2020′s.
“In 3D, all nations are created equal, in Wellywood film making practices, imagination, execution and delivery of film production excellence.”–Abe Lincoln and Horiwood.
A film is not a film, unless it is made in the Spirit of the experimental filmmaker–Len Lye, filmic artist, Taranaki.
In New Zealand we collaborate and create the world’s next array of Super Heroes in 3D, with powerful messages of good that impact and change the global consciousness and future direction of the world, through Kiwi made pop culture in cinema, merchandising, music soundtracks and entertainment distribution–2020′s
Writes Barry Glibb of the Barry Glibb twitter page:
“Perhaps unemployed Americans should move to New Zealand to become underpaid production assistants for all these movies.”–Barry was responding to: “JAMES CAMERON’S AVATAR SOARS AHEAD ON WINGS OF HOBBIT LAW CHANGE”
A response: HORIWOOD – What a great idea Barry. The lifestyle that nature has to offer Americans, when not on set in New Zealand – is accessible to all – and would more than make up for any pay cuts.
Also, travel – let’s all people grow up and learn, outside their own cultural frames of reference.
It shows security within peoples own sense of identity, when Americans become a minority on distant shores and blend with the world too. Happily.
In New Zealand, people like dialogue, (not one-sided cultural monologue–so Americans will be more than fine in that switch and exchange). Exciting.
With New Zealand’s potential to attract Bollywood and China to New Zealand landscapes to film musicals and action films in NZ too in 3D in the future, the Americans who do make early inroads into NZ 3D filmmaking NOW – will be set with work for life.
NZ is going to become busy. A globally sought after 3D filmmaking nation. How New Zealanders welcome warmly diverse cultures of the world and overseas actors and crew members too (including those from Hollywood, Bollywood, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Dubai, Russia, UK–every now and again–France), will determine the return rate of these nations to NZ as a filmmaking nation. As far as America is concerned (Avatar’s record breaking success as Hollywood’s leading film of all time box office history), New Zealand is a culturally friendly place for Americans to work and conquer from, with a Hollywood-Wellywood partnership.
Conclusion: Your blog Barry, is rocking, albeit as minimalist as it is, I enjoyed the guide to your twitter account. Thanks for commenting. Incidentally New Zealand has 5% more women than men in its total population, so there’s a few girls that wouldn’t mind marrying an American crew member and sharing citizenship and beach views like no other. A lot to look forward to, aye?!
Wellywood is the box office winning 3D Film Franchises Haven of the film making world. Those who find success with their franchises, will all own homes in New Zealand on beach fronts and live there for most of the year. Their kids will be raised there. It’s the new more-relaxed mecca of box office power players, that can deliver proven results. Well, in 2020, this will be so–Wellywood is the World’s 3D Mecca. It is Middle Earth. A meeting place in The Middle for all cultures to realize the cinematic visions, without culture being compromised in the film making process. New Zealand is a culturally rich haven, paradise nation for this to occur for 3D film makers across the globe. Good change ahead in Middle Earth.
I like your thinking Barry, where yes, film crew getting roughed around in Hollywood should move to NZ. Why not! NZ is a nation based on immigrants who joined the Indigenous Maori People, so as one of them, NZ can handle you bonding with us Maori-Kiwi lot. It’s how we came to be as a nation, just like America.
Incidentally how any nation has treated their Indigenous Peoples, is the barometer of all human rights relations in the world. It’s the gage of whether other cultures can be trusted dealing within our shores fairly as nations. So as a Maori-Kiwi if you want to move to NZ, I say… Go for it! Get on board brother. More studios other than WETA will spring up in New Zealand too, in order to handle the demand and keep a fair and competitive 3D filmmaking industry occurring in NZ. The economic possibilities are exciting.
[Images - Costume Design worthy -runway fashions - China in Tokyo & Indian sari]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood Caifornia
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