ANGELS
One of my favorite photos: The day after it was taken, snow fell in The Valley. The image sort of sums up what media do worldwide: angels of news.
Sometimes angels come to you: Unexpectedly. Do we have eyes to see them, when they do? (more…)
A-Z
This website is in two even parts. The Hollywood Years & The New Zealand years. To find out more about how and why the site started, read here.
Hot right now is: the art of screenwriters: sort it.
A-Z: take a tour.
thanks for reading, contributing, journeying, being in the picture. two clips: fbdo + never again grace liz.
this is post#: 23,330. Audience is @5,379,787. Peace! Three popular posts are: (NZ) s+i (California) Sugar fish buds & (NZ) Innovation – Sir Ray Avery.
In 2012, a list of people and topics that interested us the most as voted by audience were: 50 stars.
screenwriting thoughts: ”i really wanted to capture as much of California & New Zealand as I could. not just in the architecture and landscape, but the spirit… the people.”
~Photo: Google’s graphic. 14th Feb2013, as a reminder that your heart is a wonderland of goodness only you have as a special gift. Yea! Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 9.2.13~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN 9TH FEBRUARY 2013
The Horiwood Top Ten are:
1. New: 100 leaders who impacted history
2. About Horiwood*
4. Mike Tyson
5. Rihanna Stay
7. Sir Tim Berners-Lees - on why an open internet is important
8. Jeremy Grantham -billionaire politics + democracy
9. Friday Night Lights: World News
10. New: Show biz town: Hollywood vignettes.
image: creative kiwi actors.
youth: tahi. young adults: rua. teens: toru. cuisine: nyc.
*about horiwood: on the ‘real’ me – tree crest. mom’s birthplace home town. family insights.
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bonus:
australian stories kiwis can relate to in 2013. :)
enviro-conscious screenwriting: improving Hollywood’s scripted scenes, smart movie settings thinking: tahi + rua.
evolving nz cinema + young hollywood’s next gen filmmakers: new media, new cinema ideas + how we use it.
solar-powered, graphene-energy storage-fueled - water homes of light: future architectural thinking.
a favorite recent post - all i.t is written across light… therefore we are light, in the world.
history: Graham tartan, as published in the Vestiarium Scoticum. The Graham family of the Cruickshank-Montrose-Graham families were responsible for overturning the law that once prohibited Scottish people from wearing their traditional colors. Courage in freedom and liberty’s truth and a quest for the highest good has always been a marvellous family trait as a rule for most… though, we have all had our fair share of fumbles and trying moments too. :)
good momentum of the day: 11th feb 2013: a Kiwi songstress, kimbra, wins a grammy x 2. whoot! And: was able to help one nz business, (a pop & mom investor’s business), make inroads with their new product into the usa.
1st contact for them is: los feliz’ one and only katie walsh. with their specifically, unique product, kate will absolutely know what to do. go nz in usa. :)
family fact: on the maori side of my family, i have fifty first cousins. the name of my youngest first cousin is holly hill. she’s kinda a global young adult. a jet setter from an arts-business, power infrastructure builds & movie loving family. having a young cousin named holly hill made me smile when i got to hollywood. :)
new content: 4-3-13.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 9.2.13~
THE TOP 50 MOST VOTED STARS 2012 LIST
The Top 50 Most Voted Stars of 2012 list:
50. Multi-lingual oil activist - all American entertainer, Sarah Shahi
49. Second generation Kiwi star, reality TV teen Jaime Ridge
48. Action teen actor Taylor Lautner
47. Working mother, merchandising-entreprenuer entertainer, Jessica Simpson
46. New Zealand All Blacks, Richie McCaw, rugby football’s star.
45. Italian-American pop star Stefani Germanotta
44. Entreprenuer, billionaire Christopher Chandler
43. Second generation, Latino heartthrob, crooner-songwriter, Enrique Inglesias
42. Third generation Hollywood star Zahara Jolie-Pitt
41. Rugby football’s Luke McAlister
40. Cinema’s Kiwi baby Sir Peter Jackson
39. Rugby football’s Ma’a Nonu
38. A third generation Hollywood star: Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.
37. Kiwi Olympian athletes
36. summer pop star Carly Rae Jepsen
35. ‘Not enough prints,’ Prince Harry Windsor
33. Actor Natalie Portman
32. Cake
31. Rock royalty supermodel turned reality tv star talent judge, Rachel Hunter
30. Kiwi singer songwriter Brooke Fraser
29. Water
28. NFL Football
27. Air quality*
26. Beyonce
25. Maori Men – Artistic Strength
24. A latino heartthrob William Levy Gutierrez
23. Pop Art Artistry
22. Reality TV merchants The Kardashians
21. Fish
20. Actor Liam Hemsworth
19. Action star actor Chris Hemsworth
18. Milk
17. Madiba Mandela
16. Actor Ryan Gosling
15. Last year’s stars, The Most Voted Stars of 2011
13. country songwriter turned pop star, Taylor Swift
12. Entrepreneur billionaire Sir Richard Branson
11. Second generation, Disney marketing-machine spun, pop star & young adult: Miley Cyrus
10. Women’s equality politico: Julia Gillard
9. A princess: Kate Middleton
8. US politicians: Mitt Romney + Paul Ryan 2012
7. Athletes convergence at one event: Olympic Games 2012
6. Politics: New Zealand
5. Ink signifiers: Tattoo art
4. Actor Mark Wahlberg
3. What readers want: the super fast-moving terrain of search trends online.
2. A sports entertainer, turned actor: Dwayne Johnson
1. A pop star from an island paradise, The Queen of America’s proud tradition of exotics: Rihanna
* Dan Carter‘s star placement 2012, cheerfully given to air quality awareness 2013.
Images: google images archives online and various enetertainment and news websites.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 15.2.13~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN 7TH FEBRUARY 2013
Like a tropical rain, she’s all up in our ‘bidness… Auckland City’s Wendy Petrie & team serves up a news show in New Zealand. Click on her pic to see.
The Horiwood Top Ten are:
2. Web publishing to newsprint: NZ’s media gatekeepers on Feb6th 2013.
3. City planning: Kowloon walled city & why people don’t migrate
4. When Rihanna‘s record hit no.1 2013
7. Creative families storytelling: Angelina Jolie‘s American star template design
8. When Will & Kate swayed in the Solomon’s breeze
9. Economic engineering: when President Obama asked Hu Jintao to let China’s currency rise
10. Cultural motivation & belief system – accesible education equality - Dr Hinemoa Elder
Art: Oceans of trash - kaitiakitanga expose. Policies balance – oil vs ocean preservation. Breeders news: Stacey Morrison is onto baby no.3. Art: Tamati Waka Nene. Pop culture: Top Ten 6th Feb 2013. Fear factor & US gun sales up 2013. A word: forgiveness. Waiheke’s Jacqueline Carter, poet-teacher. Cougars TV-NZ. Israel’s Yair Lapid. NZ’s cops & lawyers comical scene. ‘Chinese’ architects: Li Ka-Shing, Lee Shau Kee, Peter Woo. White shark motifs. Coaching joint efforts 2012. Creative writing – a smart green future. US showbiz families humor: bad daddy + presidents’ publicists. sports: All Blacks NZ. Maori All Blacks team cap. Minerals lands + farms, farming nz.
Of the Kiwi show of cultural spirit on show in the news bulletin, many moments of meaning featured. A special one is Sharon Neil‘s tears of joy in becoming a NZ citizen. Her gratitude of the day is totz popping. That’s what it’s all about. :)
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 7.2.13~
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING FUN, SOMETHING ENTERTAINING FOR THE YOUNG
one of the young: humor, young hollywood. one for the colorful: mr dove r samuels is quite the cowboy, 5.29.2010, posted in California.
–two posts from the website, that sum up what maintaining a news entertainment site involves.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 1.2.13~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN 1ST FEBRUARY 2013
Broadcasting veteran, Sir Paul Holmes has left the building in NZ. “He loved people. People loved him.”–nzh. e ta, haere ra.
The Horiwood Top Ten are:
1. hum-fi: 1939 nortons, solar-lit sensor highways of the future
2. archi-sci: vertical calligraphy-ocean i.t homes
4. swiss court rules against nestle’s corporate bullying tactics
5. biz: milk bank, smartphone bank telco’s infrastructure, winged-white-gold, china-nz market share
8. policy frameworks of bold ideas
9. david cameron on raunchy music videos
10. creative i.p dna + the constant hunt for the next best scripts ideas - u.t.a agency
bonus no.11: zeke + rahm do vanity fair for ari.
photo: millie. sir paul. reuben. photo cred: millie elder, instagram.
kiwi humor: kerre woodham is mc-humble. young adults sport: levi sherwood + lisa carrington. music: i<3 videograms + what the world will never take. ip + iq nz: patents: graphene. rugby: the chiefs. comedy: jemaine clement. a rare view: maori in community.
global biz watch: most pop .canadian start ups 2013 + young adults being content to create + innovate at home + sir paul.
click on pic of wendy petrie for the news.
Spanning the abrasive aspect of sir paul’s interview style to the fine sandpaper aspects of his kindness (the dennis connor + maggie thatcher interviews being just two), ali mau, mike, susan wood + sir paul’s american producer susan presented a beautiful tribute to a legend of nz broadcasting. parts tahi, rua, toru.
‘ta’ api muhika (known in his tribe as ‘yoda’) of ngati porou maori iwi provided a tribute to sir paul’s family @link.
video: haka as authentic pop culture of aotearoa nz: the chiefs team haka.
POP SURF LINKS – 1st FEBRUARY 2013
pop culture links:
us quirk “indie-angst” comedy movies at sxsw film festival–d.l
pippa wetzell hasn’t tweeted yet
boh runga tweets music moments–t3
the u.s music industry, announces grammy singers to perform 2013–t.w
sam morgan on keep all mobile devices going for global telco’s when in gaming–t3
soccer: david beckham signs to paris club st g–smh + doco: footy chicks.
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN 31ST JANUARY 2013
for a music treat, click on record artwork to savor.
The Horiwood Top Ten are:
1. entourage: the movie gets greenlit
2. invent – old + new: 1939 nortons, graphene jewellery + solar powered highway lit sensors
5. youth inequality, discrimination
6. steve jobs - inside a brain as the image of the camera eye of the man – quotes
7. brooke + scott - us, nz – creative, show biz couples
8. mr ryan nelsen graduates in sport
9. young entrepreneurs – create, be content, then go wide.
show biz families humor: millie , reuben + “that guy”^ :)
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 31.1.13~
POP WATCH NEWS 31.1.13
show biz + pop culture:
up close with sci-fi geek producer kathleen kennedy–t.h.r
tem morrison (pictured left) on twitter + f.b can still make me smile.
fox + graham yost‘s zany producing style–t.h.r
news corp shares reach record high.
tim mcgraw is off the bourbon–people
of course katie couric‘s talk show is a hit–t.h.r
napster mogul documentary features at SXSW film festival–d.l
ridley scott‘s crimes of the century to air on cnn–d.l
timbaland signs with jay-z‘s roc nation record label–m.t.v
lima h fanshares pix–nyc
ENTOURAGE: THE MOVIE GETS GREENLIT 2013
movie development: It’s on: Entourage: The Movie is in the works. Nice one.
photo: adrian grenier.
–my own.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.1.13~
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN 30TH JANUARY 2013
Julian Wilcox is a broadcaster in New Zealand. hrc photo.
The Horiwood Top Ten
3. 1939 nortons, graphene science jewellery, solar powered highway lights sensors
5. regional pride – all cities working for the good
6. celeb news
8. aereo, clear cast, hbo – broadcasting via mobile devices
9. carlos slim helu + telco’s expansion asia
10. darcy o’brien
no.11: sugar + fish. no.12: new movie ideas – quirk comedy mash ups, usa
beehive mesh framework. structure of i.t and energy conservation’s next wave of super materials.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.1.13~
LEONARD COHEN TEE SHIRTS & MAORI FILM DIRECTOR TWEETS 2013
“Love when actors talk about “the universe” and their careers as if they’re intrinsically linked. You were hired for your face.” (more…)
POPCORN FRIDAYS AT THE MOVIES, NEW ZEALAND MOVIE THEATRES
A new movie buddy was made today.
I plan on going to the movies more in 2013.
It will be surreal to see what the talented Hollywood kids are up to 2013… a big ask to be unbiased… while viewing the silver screen…
this side of heaven… in New Zealand at the flicks.
Oh well… I’ll try. :)
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And: To see what the fun Kiwi kids are up2 to: hone in.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.1.13~
QUICK LINKS, POP CULTURE BITES 29.1.13
what’s happening on the pop culture scene? here we go:
young hollywood’s alex meraz (pictured with jl) makes the leap from action star actor to producer: a creative family guy.
daniel reeve is arty creative in nz – cartography.
nfl prime time’s most expensive tv hours: the show: what hollywood studios have in the pop culture sports-mix.
+ hollywood cross.
calabasas’ kris jenner lands own talk show -e.t.
teen jaime ridge tweets tennis
charlize theron lands nbc tv pilot at nbc.
liam + chiefs rugby 2013.
booze vs. breeders – yt.
petra‘s health tips.
good drama: breaking bad stars dish. 
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MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT & ENTERTAINMENT NEWS – TRACKING @#5,353,380 – 28.1.13
The ten most viewed segments of content today are:
| 1.Entertainment Celebrity News | 2,907 |
| 2.Entertainment Distribution | 2,817 |
| 3.Hollywood Entertainment News | 2,736 |
| 4.New Zealand | 2,670 |
| 5.Australia | 2,671 |
| 6.Oscars | 2,554 |
| 7.Horiwood Top 10 | 2,537 |
| 8.Russia | 2,517 |
| 9.Sports | 2,513 |
10. Innovation
The website started as an experiment. It now has 21k+ posts across 9,100+ different themes. Thanks for being in it and participating, happy surfing. As an audience we’re tracking at #5,353,380. Only ten days to go! :)
images: wb. getty. my own. nz’s sunday news @link
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 28.1.13~
KNOWING IRISH RHYTHM – DANIEL DAY LEWIS, SANTA BARBARA FILM FESTIVAL 2013 INTERVIEW
“I grew up in a class-driven society. It still is. The demarcation lines have become a little more obscure, but they’re still there… What delighted me… the theater is – it’s an alternative… It certainly was never my intention to kind of claw my way through one century after another… I hope that I might eventually emerge in the 21st century. I’ve still got a long way to go. I’ve no idea how that happened. It wouldn’t have been my intention… In fact, most of the performances that have influenced me have been contemporary performances, so I can’t account for that except I think it has something to do with my nose… (more…)
POP CULTURE JAMS – LINX 27TH JAN2013
Pop culture:
photo: TNATF in jam session–twitter
bundaberg aussie buckle down–gym
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS ON IN L.A
The awards show that members of the actors union vote on… are on in Los Angeles.
Actors voted by actors… read nominees list.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 27.1.13~
ASHTON KUTCHER PREMIERES jOBS AT SUNDANCE 2013
Although graphene the new super material in the works is pitted to be the new silicon, ashton kutcher, 34, is known in hollywood for his entrepreneurial silicon ventures in i.t and the guy who was the first social media megastar of the USA when twitter launched.
For Ashton, when so much of his wealth and interests are spread across i.t ventures and i.t development, parlaying his star profile that would best suit his business portfolio, saw ashton step into the role of steve jobs for the biopic film of the usa’s once no.1 nasdaq listed company.
ashton starring in jOBS appeared at sundance film festival, where all the new cool kids in movie entertainment on the indie scene congregate each year. in promoting the film here’s what kutcher had to say about playing steve j.
“he’s a guy who failed and got back on the horse… i think we can all sort of relate to that at some point in life… what was nice was when I was preparing for the character, i could still work on product development for technology companies, and I would sort of stay in character, (more…)
ON TINSEL TOWN’S LISTS
“It’s definitely not going to help my box-office record.” slj on tinsel town’s movie prizes lists nods or snubs, in an $11b grossing movie career.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 27.1.13~
SUPER SCI-FI GEEK ABRAMS SIGNINGS
In screenwriter-director news: An lapd fox pilot idea, a gifted kid’s pilot to direct and now officially signed on as the sci-fi film franchise reboot director in town–JJ Abrams week was just full on. In the architecture of Hollywood’s global market and movie audience reach, Abrams is a newly crowned king of sci-fi geeks escapist movie texts and the look of California’s sci-fi merch empires. A busy lad.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 26.1.13~
SANTA BARBARA FILM FESTIVAL 2013 IS UNDERWAY
Alex Skarsgard and Paula Patton rocked out to the Santa Barbara Film Festival, in Oprah‘s California hood to promote their new movie, Discnonnect.
Photo: Film Magic. More celebrity pics @ People Magazine.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 26.1.13~
POP CULTURE HAVEN, ENTERTAINMENT LINKS 4.2.13
pop culture + sports marketing culture, the linx: in progress…
what the us is watching right now–funny tvc’s + nfl football live + b’s show time look. yes: tv’s no.1 show is on. also check: live updates - la times.
stacey tweets tvc show rebrands tweets.
it’s a show! quick tip: crowd crush survival tips–time inc.
alecia k‘s slow tempo patriotism–t.h.r.
if overly-emotional, tips to stay well hydrated.
where 2 stock up on vitamins in bulk before a concert or event. for next day.
katie couric‘s producer team beef up.
brad paisley is on guitar cowboy reads.
bar refaeli + the no.1 tvc’s 2013.–t.h.r.
julia deans rocking pav.
pictured: creative songwriter miss hollie.
comic phone–tressugar.
gary allan‘s every storm is no.1 on billboard charts.
how d-child are still all legs classy r n b pop divas, as no.1 ladies group of record sales on the planet.
how brit celebs are obsessed with ‘notting hill’ shopping runs–us mag.
j.t on pre-show party ent–t.h.r + quick advice to forgive a showbiz ex.
the puppy dome highlights of 2013. in pictures–people
post big events – how to ask for an autograph all civil-like, without hitting the bar first.
l.l + halle cosy up at the the shrine - la celeb cross news.
two lanes of freedom – the song’s debut interview.
best ultrafire UF-H2B (AA/14500) efficient energy storage unit to take to leading lights sports events. (always go prepared!)
nick + vanessa‘s big family news –people.
how mattel is always in heavy litigation.
sam morgan bawks at london’s flight distance – twitter.
hamish mckenzie tweets the darpas 18 gigapixel drone-cam - so practical.
how the dga is rebranding sort of for younger movie audiences–dga’s full winners list.
what e.p spielberg is producing for cbs in cable drama tv land–d.l.
sophie pascoe tweets office photos.
aunty pearl‘s mr kiwi man, joe nielson –a bic runga tweet pic
how dwayne + vin are in action-man cine-flying mode for petrol heads movie goers–d.l
hollie smith‘s music sales pitch is so funny!
a cool fine art photography site in the mode of photo-journalism realism is: framework. i love it.
yasuomi umetsu’s remake of kite, soda-streaming slj, cast + ralph ziman pony up for a jo-burg based remake–d.l.
football: the athlete known as b dazzles for nfl.–live footage@huffpo. c her blog. tu much crazy hotness!
rock chick jeweller boh runga is practiced up, reading to vino it.
mahe d is rowing a sports-webinar coaching show.
incidentally: nz’s nightly news of the day can be viewed here.
on the switch news: “any questions?”
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 4.2.13~
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