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LEIGHTON MEESTER LOOKS LIKE A MAORI PRINCESS IN HER WTF CAMPAIGN FOR GOSSIP GIRL

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Gossip Girl stars Ed Westwicke and Leighton Meester are turning up the heat for Gossip Girl’s WTF promo campaign.

Most notably, Leighton blacked out her lips in the mode of ta moko (cultural body art) that can be found from ancient Maori Princesses of New Zealand.

Whose the hottest look? Leighton Meester or the real deal, below? You decide.

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THE HORIWOOD TOP 10 – SAT 8.8.09

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Hollywood producer, Kevin Williamson is having a big year. He’s the brains behind Scream and The Vampire Diaries debut next month on the CW. Scary guys who write and produce are the architects of Hollywood.

From the city of Hollywood and your favorite Kiwi blogger in LA (I’m the only one, LOL!), here’s the top 10 entertainment news topics of interest that you chose today worldwide. Enjoy! Happy Saturday:

1. HAYDEN PANETTEIRE PIC

2. NIKKI REED AND TAYLOR LAUTNER PIC

3. DIVA SIDEKICK AMBER ROSE

4. THE GLOBE CLAIMS PRESIDENT OBAMA’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS A FAKE

5. NAKED PICS OF VANESSA HUDGENS ARE EVERYWHERE

6. WHAT DOES A NEW YORK TIMES #1 BEST SELLING AUTHOR LOOK LIKE?

7. POOR JILLIAN HARRIS: BETRAYAL ALWAYS SUCKS

8. HEIDI MONTAG IS IN PLAYBOY: YAWN… THE DEVIL MADE HER DO IT

9. FARRAH FAWCETT COVERS PEOPLE MAGAZINE

10. AMERICA’S FIRST LADY OF FASHION DESIGN, MISS ELLIETTE, HAS THE BEST HEIRLOOM TOMATOES IN THE WORLD

TWILIGHT’S BONUS POST: 10 TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE NEWS POSTS ON HORIWOOD.COM 8.8.09

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Horiwood is a Maori New Zealander living in Hollywood. We call Maoris horis back in New Zealand. To travel to New Zealand,  one of the prettiest adventure tourism destinations on the planet on your next vacation, go here.

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New Zealand is so pretty. Get there at least once in your lifetime.


FARRAH FAWCETT NEWS + 10 HOT HOLLYWOOD NEWS POSTS RIGHT NOW ON HORIWOOD.COM

FarrahFawcettRyanO'Neil2The passing of Hollywood icon, Farrah Fawcett is on the lips of everyone in Hollywood and the great City of Angels today.

On the day of Farrah Fawcett’s death and passing, here’s what the headlines look like today in Hollywood, right now and right here on Horiwoood.Com

1. COURAGE TO LOVE AND LIVE

2. FARRAH FAWCETT TRIBUTES: THE CITY OF ANGELS MOURNS

3. FARRAH FAWCETT: AN ANGEL PASSES AWAY IN THE CITY OF ANGLES

4. TRANSFORMERS 2: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN HAS A RECORD BREAKING BOX OFFICE WEDNESDAY

5. LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS WINS IM A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE

6. OK! MAGAZINE SAY ROBERT PATTINSON TEMPTS KRISTEN STEWART TO BE WITH HIM IN NEW YORK

7. TWILIGHT WEDNESDAY: TWILIGHT & NEW MOON POSTS ON HORIWOOD.COM 6.24.09

8. CHELSEA HANDLER ON JON GOSSELIN’S NEW REALITY TV SHOW NAME

9. IS WILL I AM THE NEXT STEVIE WONDER OF AMERICA

10. 11 HOT POSTS RIGHT NOW

Live your life to the fullest. Smile lots, give lots, be beautiful from the heart… and have Courage To Love and live always. Peace ya’ll.

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LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS WINS IM A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE

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Who would have thought… that Mr La Bamba (Lou Diamond Phillips) would take the King Of The Jungle crown to win, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in Costa Rica.

Perhaps he can do movies again now? He’s awesome! Lou hangs out in West Hollywood sometimes at La Fiesta Cantina… and he has a penchant for Hollywood blonde babes.

He’s also very funny! And knows and loves horis from New Zealand and has a treamendous respect for Maori culture. Congrats Lou Diamond Phillips!


FOR AUNTY ESME: DUTCH YOUTUBE SENSATION ESMEE DENTERS IS ON HER WAY!

IN HONOR OF MY MAORI “AUNTY “WHO USED TO FEED US ALL & TEACH US MAORI CULTURE AFTER CHURCH, THE LATE ESME PITMAN… COMES THIS POST TODAY: Esmee Denters is someone I’ve watched on YouTube for over two years. With a bit of help from both Justin Timberlake and Destiny’s Child’s Kelly Rowlands, Esmee Denters is finally on her way, outta Youtube superstardom into Music Industry stardom too. Esmee Denters is like Lady Gaga crossed with Celine Dion. And yes, this kid can sing LIVE! Esmee’s single Get Me Outta here which she recorded with JT is currently #3 on Dutch iTunes downloads. Go Esmee! :) THIS POST IS ALSO DEDICATED TO HANK DONKER & THE ENTIRE DONKER FAMILY OF HANK & THE LATE, OMA T PEACHY (HI TEAM!) and also IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE LATE UNCLE BUNNY PITMAN AND FAMILY TOO.


MORE PATEA MAORI CLUB!!!

A blast from the hori past,  1988! Singing their hit, Ngoi Ngoi, no one in Hollywood does a finale like the Patea Maori Club! Hows that for a cultural experience Baby Jake?!


EVER WONDERED WHAT A HORI IS?

Here you go. This will help. A hori is a nickname for a Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. The equivalent to he word ‘hori’ is the N word. So being a ‘hori,’ and now living in Hollywood and America, I guess I am sensitive to minorities’ oppression and struggle. I get really excited when I hear things like First Nations Indians get cast in Twilight‘s New Moon, because that shows that America is open to reviving people it once oppressed to ‘get ahead’ faster. (more…)


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