KEVIN BACON SHARES HIS FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MEMORY
“I proposed to my wife on Christmas Eve and I put the ring in the toe of the stocking. Shockingly, she said yes.”–actor Kevin Bacon shares his favorite Christmas memory.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.23.10~
A SHANIA TWAIN FESTIVE GREETING SPEAKS OF LOVE
Shania Twain who is an occasional resident of Queenstown, New Zealand (pictured below) and who has may-jah fans in Australia writes an email that’s uploaded to her blog for fans.
Seasons greetings to all!
I’ve spent much time over the course of this past year, learning about others who have suffered loss in their lives and taken inspiration from how they’ve managed to overcome it. I’m learning that grief and the suffering of loss, challenges me to be more sensitive and understanding of other’s and also more accepting of my own struggles. Challenge reminds me how important it is to let those who love me, care for me when I need it. The support of others has helped me to move forward less fearful of change, allowing me to embrace the beauty of life today and remain more open to whatever it brings tomorrow.
The people who make my life the most joyful are the ones I am able to lean on because of my own humanness. (more…)
THE HORIWOOD TOP TEN – MON 12.20.10
Husband. What husband, says the UK when selecting their most favorite wedding pic of Nicole Richie‘s big wedding day with Benji Madden. UK media prefer a picture of American interracial and intergenerational family-star power with Nicole and her dad Lionel Richie for this magazine cover and an image of modern family.
A very sweet picture of Michael Jackson‘s god-daughter and her dad. What a beautiful bride, Richie was. Weddings, marriage romance, commitment in love from two people to each other rising above (through and past) current economic times and anything that politicians may (or may not) say– is the new trend of the 2010′s. Long live true love.
In our news today: it freaks me out being a blogger in Hollywood some days. For example these blogs: Congressional Quarterly; Daily Telegraph; Democracy Now!; Drudge Report; E! Online; Entertainment Weekly; Forbes; Fortune; Fox News; Financial Times; Globe and Mail; GlobalPost.com; GlobalVoices; Google News; Guardian; The Hill; Independent; KCRW’s Left, Right and Center; Los Angeles Times; McClatchy; Mediaite; Mosaic; Mother Jones; MSNBC; New York Daily News; New York Observer; BuzzMachine; The Corner (National Review); Crooks and Liars; Cursor; Daily Kos; Democracy Arsenal; Firedoglake; FrumForum; Jonathan Alter; Eric Alterman; Sidney Blumenthal; Eric Boehlert; Ron Brownstein; Joe Conason; David Corn; Stanley Crouch all have worthy opinions online. Often far more worthy than my own quickly-whisked-together humble ones. Yet, daily you follow me. Thank you!
Hollywood entertainment and celebrity news posts you voted worldwide as reflected in our democratically voted news window each day. Here’s our top ten and your news. Much love:
1. One pic: Ryan Seacrest & Julian Hough
2. Allegedly, Horiwood.Com is seen daily in these nations of the World. Kia ora!
3. New girl alert: Sunny Oglesby is Levi Johnston‘s new love
4. Melbourne’s Daniel Assange talks dad’s “audacious awesomeness”
5. Angelina Jolie humor – movie publicity – The Elise doll on E-bay
6. Michelle Obama and Obama girls are on scheduled family vacations, Hawaii
7. Olivia Wilde is kind of hot
8. SNL turn to teen Miley Cyrus to save their no-no’s in the TV ratings game
9. Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg both get wikileaks mentions
10. TIE A: New Music (USA) – Something in the Water – Brooke Fraser
10. Tie B: Megan Fox & Brian Austin Green - Hawaii romance is hot
Bonus Post: A blast from the past: Early Lady Gaga news
Bonus Post: Shooting Star – Levi Johnston – a year ago this week
Bonus Post: Water Royalties – 2010′s new star system standard
Also shouting out too, to these bloggers who also have good daily opinions, they share -though not as much fun as the topics you vote for on this blog: The Young Turks; Roger E. Hernández; Christopher Hitchens; Rich Lowry; Dick Meyer; John Nichols; Jack Shafer; Robert Scheer; Lynn Sweet; Brian Till; George Will; Michael Wolff; PBS NewsHour. USA Today; Vanity Fair; Wall Street Journal; Washington Independent; Washington Times; Washington Post; Yahoo! News; Youth Radio; Altercation (Media Matters); Americablog; Andrew Sullivan; BAGnewsNotes; Bloggingheads; Boing Boing; Brave New Films; BuzzFeed; Peek (Alternet); Political Animal; Political Capital (CNBC); Political Wire; Raw Story; Redstate.org; Seeing The Forest. Times Of London; TMZ.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! :)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.20.10~
CANADA’S SHANIA TWAIN IS ENGAGED
Country music hottie, Shania Twain‘s just made a big commitment to Frederic Thiebaud. The couple are engaged. A cute story of moving forward after romantic tradegy and heartache.
Love is in the air! Second-chance love is as beautiful as first love. You know it! Wishing this past resident of Queenstown, New Zealand (pictured at night fall) all the best in her ongoing journey of romance and love.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.20.10~
CELEBRITY WEDDINGS 2010, AS MOST REQUESTED SEARCH – 12.20.10
People are more traditional than we think. People want “the big wedding experience” to happen to them still today.
I know this because at the time of writing in ‘trend-setting Hollywood’ the most requested search item on Horiwood.Com, a Hollywood blog, in this moment is “celebrity weddings 2010.”
WILL AND KATE’S ROYAL ENGAGEMENT COMMEMORATIVE COIN
“We are delighted to showcase this new coin,” the Royal Mint told US of The Royal Engagement Alderney coin, celebrating the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The special betrothal design has been approved by Prince William and Her Majesty The Queen.
It’s all on in the UK heading into the wedding of the decade next year! It’s hard to believe this young couple have been together for the better part of a decade. Big Commonwealth romance is up next year!
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.20.10~
SUNNY OGLESBY IS LEVI JOHNSTON’S NEW LOVE
Levi Johnston‘s new girlfriend news: Sunny Oglesby is Levi Johnston’s new love. Sunny 19 and Johnston 20. Via Facebook last week, the new couple confirmed their relationship. They have been together two months.
Bristol Palin has already spoken to news over the weekend to say how happy she is for Levi and Sunny. Palin sees Sunny as being a good influence in helping Levi stay instrumental in his son’s life. Sonny is an early childcare instructor at Big Lake Elementary School in Wisilla. She previously was of Seaside Oregon.
It is not yet known whether Sunny will be a featured star of Levi’s reality TV show Loving Levi. The show is about Levi being “half redneck and half Hollywood.” In any event, Sunny sounds hot.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.20.10~
OLIVIA WILDE TALKS FITNESS AND MARRYING ON A SCHOOL BUS
Olivia Wilde is a knock out as she covers this month’s Women’s Health Magazine. In preparing to be movie ready she confesses:
“I worked with a personal trainer, so I did about an hour of cardio five or six days a week. Weight training three times a week, mixed martial arts/fighting three times a week, and that’s a lot more than my normal routine.”On Friday in IMAX and 3D, you can see Olivia’s hard work onscreen when TRON: Legacy opens at the flicks.
Wilde’s unconventional marriage defies any Hollywood movie role she could ever play. She tells a story of how she eloped with Italian filmmaker Tao Ruspoli (the son of Prince Dada Ruspoli) after only six months of courting. Rather unconventionally and very spontaneously, the love birds who share film as their passion married on a school bus in Virginia. They’re still going strong after six years from their special day on a bus.
“You’re not thinking, ‘We must be perfect!’” Wilde shares. “It was, ‘Hey, isn’t this an optimistic thing to do? And if it lasts, we’re lucky.’” She says having a filmmaking husband has it’s benefits. Tao just gets it. Wilde says her husband doesn’t even mind when she’s got love scenes with other actors — as long as it’s only on set. ”I think he likes it, she says, borrowing an Italian sense of humor. “It’s a turn-on that I get to do these things. The confidence that comes along with doing well only makes you more desirable.”
Upcoming sci-fi flick, Cowboys & Aliens, is what Olivia will appear in next. The film co-stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Sam Rockwell. To check out more from this pint sized cutie of action film, shoot over to Women’s Health Mag.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.17.10~
TWITTERS TOP TEN BIG NEWS STORIES OF 2010
- Gulf Oil Spill
- Haiti Earthquake
- Pakistan Floods
- Koreas Conflict
- Chilean Miners Rescue
- Chavez Tas Ponchao
- Wikileaks Cablegate
- Hurricane Earl
- Prince Williams Engagement
- World Aids Day
The gulf oil spill, as tragic as it was to the environment and BP stakeholders alike, was an example of how a nuclear bomb would look if detonated. A lesson for us all to look after the earth.
Results shared via Stumble Upon.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.15.10~
MEGAN FOX IS MESSY AND BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN LOVES HER REGARDLESS
“Megan will be the first to admit that she’s messy,” says a source close to the star. “Brian, on the other hand, is a real clean freak. He’s super organized and that doesn’t always sit well with the way Megan is.
Megan recently insisted she loves being married. “Getting married was the best thing I’ve ever done,” she said earlier this year.“I married my best friend. I’m so lucky to get to be with him every day, and he’s my protector. I feel so safe and happy and completed.”
Good to see the happy couples team are sitting tight. That’s the way. Messy traits and maid schedules aside.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.14.10~
PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON’S ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS
The official engagement photos of Prince William and Kate Middleton have arrived. These ones photographed by Mario Testino.
Sweet pics of young love.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.11.10~
ROYAL ROMANCE IN 3D – UK TV – REGINA AND PRINCE PHILLIP BECOME THE FUTURE
Reports Urmee Khan for the UK Telegraph:
Channel 4 will light up the U.K’s television with footage of The Queen in 3D. Urmee says that the footage of her Majesty will look like a regular television picture until viewers, reach across the coffee table over the ruby, for their special glasses where the images will strangely appear to emerge from the screen. Right in your own living room.
It’s perhaps a way of Her Majesty saying, she has a unique perspective? A very cool idea.
Director Bob Angell and cameraman Arthur Wooster shot the colour newsreel as part of a package called Royal Review. The special 3D effect was achieved by using two cameras simultaneously at different angles before blending the archived footage into one single picture. It’s about blending two views of the same existing facts pre-recorder to reflect a more relevant view today, no one has ever seen from that unique perspective.
3D Royal filmic content: The 3D footage features Queen Elizabeth II at events she attended in the lead up to and after her Coronation in 1953. A visit to the Epsom Derby features and a wee trip on the Royal Barge on the Thames. How posh! Sailing along down the river then.
Angell and Wooster, are in their 80s, and have come out of retirement to make the documentary and get behind the camera one more time and create contemporary footage of the Queen. Grey Power are seriously rocking out a show to inspire the world. Very cool.
David Glover, whose rather grand job description defines him as ‘a specialist factual commissioning editor,’ says, “When I was told that there was unseen footage of the Queen’s coronation in 3D I didn’t really believe it at first. Watching it didn’t disappoint – it was like turning the TV set into a window – you draw back the curtains and look straight back into 1953.”
David Glover adds, “Watching period 3D documentary footage is about as close to time travel as one can get. You watch as the crowds wave at the coronation and you see the young Queen Elizabeth walking right past you,” he added. Sainsburys will distribute the special red and blue glasses for free in collaboration with Channel 4. It’s like Christmas.
The two, hour-long programmes, are made by Renegade Picture Ltd/Can Communicate, in association with the British Film Institute (BFI) and will be shown later in the year.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.8.10~
PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE SET APRIL 29th, 2011 AS THEIR WEDDING DATE
The team at Buckingham Palace are said to be outworking Prince William and Kate‘s wishes “to the letter” regarding their wedding planning arrangements.
The star couple have set their wedding date for April 29th, 2011.
[Images via The Bosh]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.23.10~
JESSICA SIMPSON AND ERIC JOHNSON SAY YES TO MARRIAGE, NO BABIES YET
After crying when her beau Eric Johnson proposed to her, Jessica Simpson is quick to reorder the rumors about her engagement. She says: ”There are no babies yet,” Simpson told Access Hollywood Live on Tuesday. “But I definitely see myself having a family with him, so that’s exciting to think about.”
[Image via The UK Daily Mail]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.23.10~
ASHLEY GREENE AND JOE JONAS GO SHOPPING
Ashley Greene and Joe Jonas were spotted shopping for pet supplies for Green’s dog Mario.
A cute couple.
[Image courtesy of Celebrity G]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.23.10~
GALLANTRY by BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN
Sometimes gallantry is letting someone you love, have their space.
Brian Austin Green gets deep talking to show biz spy on how his relationship to Megan Fox has stood the test of time to date.
He explains why they both split a little while last year. Here’s that interview:
“The reality is, she was 18 when I met her and she went through an enormous change in her life… just her career in general and going from being a girl who — when I met her, she was living in New York doing Hope & Faith and we’d go to restaurants and I was the person everybody would recognize and point and laugh at or whatever,” he said.
“And all of a sudden that turned around and she couldn’t go anywhere and her name and her face were everywhere. So, she went through the natural period of, ‘I’m not sure if I’m ready to be in such a settled relationship.’
“I didn’t want her to feel like she was stuck because she said she wanted to be in a relationship to begin with and we just never really went in different directions. We’d say, ‘Oh, let’s kind of take a break and see what’s going on.’ It always came back together.
“I have an eight-year-old, he was two at the time, when Megan and I met. She helped me raise him and it’s a huge responsibility. There was a lot to it.
“She’s amazing.”
I like Brian Austin Green’s thoughts at this time in Hollywood with so many splits taking place not only in Tinsel Town but across the US in tough economic times.
It’s always wise to reconcile two warring parties, if that’s possible. The way of the wise is to make peace.
Breathe people… is the message.
[Image via Show Biz Spy]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.18.10~
THE NORMALLY RESERVED BRITS ARE GETTING A LITTLE OTT
David Cameron, Prime Minister of Britain got hit by Young Royals Romance fever, declaring Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding a public holiday, reports The New York Post
[Image via Cover Awards]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.18.10~
BRITAIN PREPS FOR AN ECONOMIC BOOST FOR MARCH
Prince William and Kate Middleton are anticipated to marry in March 2011. They will marry at Westminster Abbey where the British Monarchy have had coronations take place since 1055 AD. 17 Monarchs have also been laid to rest there. It’s about as historic and significant as you can get for a royal wedding day.
However, the UK is quite excited about the anticipated 620 million influx into the economy as a result of royal souvenirs being manufactured and sold worldwide, to commemorate this momentous occasion.
It’s going to be a big day.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.17.10~
KATE MIDDLETON INSPECTS WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Although Westminster Abbey is tinged with sadness as Lady Diana‘s funeral took place there, it appears that Westminster will be the venue where Kate Middleton will marry Prince William.
Reports the UK Daily Mail: “Exclusive pictures show Kate, 28, paying a secret visit last night to the historic church that witnessed Princess Diana’s funeral.
The bride-to-be emerged alongside William’s closest aides. The Abbey closed early to allow her to carry out the private visit.”
The Prince could not be present as he had to report back to military duties in Wales.
Kate is photographed in her favorite white jacket she’s often seen wearing.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.17.10~
A ROYAL HONEYMOON LOCATION – SWIM WITH DOLPHINS IN THE BEAUTIFUL BAY OF ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
A ROYAL HONEYMOON LOCATION – SWIM WITH DOLPHINS IN THE BEAUTIFUL BAY OF ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND.
WILLIAM AND KATE’S ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT IS RATING BIG IN HOLLYWOOD
With the announcement of Prince William‘s royal engagement to Kate Middleton, Hollywood just can’t get enough. The duo met when they were students at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews. Go here to read more.
This super star couple are rating big on this Hollywood entertainment news blog today.
[Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.16.10~
A ROYAL WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT 11.16.10
Buckingham Palace has announced the engagement of Prince William Windsor to Kate Middleton. The official statement is as follows:
“The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton.
The wedding will take place in the Spring or Summer of 2011, in London. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.
Prince William and Miss Middleton became engaged in October during a private holiday in Kenya. Prince William has informed The Queen and other close members of his family. Prince William has also sought the permission of Miss Middleton’s father.
Following the marriage, the couple will live in north Wales, where Prince William will continue to serve with the Royal Air Force.”
Cute. Big news for Commonwealth nations today. The betrothed are both 28. It was 1981 when the wedding of Britain’s last Crown Prince was seen. That was quite a moment in world history when Williams parents both wed. Kate and William have been dating eight years.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.16.10~
COWGIRL FEMINISM – JESSICA SIMPSON DOESN’T WANT A PRENUP WITH ERIC JOHNSON
Jessica Simpson News: With news today in the USA, consuming everyone that Jessica Simpson is engaged to ex NFL Footballer Eric Johnson and does NOT want to sign a prenup of her $100 million fortune, this seems to be upsetting everyone. Always a humorist, if you’ve followed Jessica’s career? at all, these are my thoughts on the matter.
1. It’s her money. Who cares? She can do what she wants with it.
2. As an ‘artist’ whose always stood for romance, she asks key questions in the form of this ‘gossip tid bit’ of: what is Love? Is it not always a risk? Isn’t love more important than money? Hilarious and yet so true.
She has a point for her generation, because due to the economy being low, no one’s getting married or having babies here in the US (stats prove these rates are low). The psychological thought ruling America is monetary gain, instead of love or courage in a strong American future to raise kids– predominating, so I like the way Simpson is rolling on this one, to challenge the grinch that has America’s wedding fingers barren and wombs locked up right now, over a stupid “-$” symbol. She’s a bit of a grinch slayer, like a female-David shepherd girl, slaying an invisible giant of debt and fear, strangling America’s emerging generation. She’s armed with a wedding ring rock, and a no-prenup sling. She’s hilarious!
3. Simpson adds value to her star brand, by alluding she’s not about bucks.
4. She shows ‘independence’ from her manager dad, whose not forcing strongly persuading her to sign a prenup.
5. She gives her man, Eric Johnson the max opportunity, to either a) know she loves him more than money and b) lift his game pronto and earn as much as she does.
Good Texan cowgirl wisdom. Let’s see if this spicy taco-loving, singing comedian, skips down the aisle after this couple’s most talked about American engagement of the year.
On a sidenote – Who thought that Jessica is worth as much as Elin Nordegrand post the Tiger Woods divorce, when Jess has never been near a golf iron. She’s surprising. Her new album about ‘love’ is out soon. No matter which way you look at Jessica Simpson, she’s doing modern ‘cowgirl feminism’ for wont of a better term. When girls of today, think being tough or cool, is having ‘total control’ of everything, Jess is doing the opposite. She says, I know a better way than that.
Love gives. Lust controls. She’s Radical.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.15.10~
LORD OF THE RINGS – PRINCE WILLIAM’S PRINCESS DIANNA TRIBUTE AS A SYMBOL OF HIS LOVE FOR KATE MIDDLETON
How romantic. In turning up for a photo call with the British Media – Prince William Windsor and his bride to be Kate Middleton both looked a picture of love and all things romantic pertaining to a lifelong commitment to each other and inspiring growth and well being for a Commonwealth Empire.
Their engagement ring belonged to Princess Dianna of Wales and of the ring appearing on Kate’s finger as her engagement ring, Prince William had this to say:
“It is very special to me. It was my way to make sure my mother did not miss out on today and the excitement that we are going to spend the rest of our lives together.”
What a sweet thing to say and do. I don’t thing anyone in celebrity land can trump that. This couple are the super romantics of their generation. Needless to say, the woman that last wore this ring had one of the greatest hearts of compassion of any humanitarian of the modern world. Perhaps Kate as the wearer of this ring, will do the same in the world. But no pressure! :)
Image below of Prince William on his debut public presentation to the world, when his mother chose Waitangi of the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand to present this crown Prince to the world’s eyes.
She was a great woman who chose for her son’s presentation to be surrounded with songs, color and beauty of the Ngapuhi, Ngati Hine, Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri maori tribes of New Zealand. On his presentation day to the world’s gaze, he was surrounded by the sounds of Te Reo Rangatira (or, the language of Chiefs). Below is a song, that was sung on this day, called Te Whare e Tu Nei – written by songwriter of Matauri Bay, Katerina Mataira - whose name ironically means Katherine in English. Her song’s title when translated means, This House That Stands. Diana had impeccable taste that her son seems to have inherited in his choice of a wife and a star maker of leaders of a modern world faced with new challenges, requiring a gift of wisdom to be creative towards sustainability in the world’s good future.
It’s nice to see William honor his mother by bringing her engagement ring back into play in the eyes of the world, as a homage to a woman who never saw this Kiwi-presented future King’s engagement day. It’s like full circle of their bond reclaimed in honoring Diana’s memory and his new love with Kate.
Top Image courtesy of Bauer Griffin Online. Image of Princess Diana wearing the ring as a teenager, courtesy of BER website. Image of Prince Charles, Princess Diana and baby Prince William Windsor at Waitangi, Te Tai Tokerau, Aotearoa/ New Zealand courtesy of New Zealand History.Net. A wooden buzzy bee Kiwi-made child’s toy was the first paparazzi photographed item, Prince William ever owned to amuse audiences worldwide. The toy that is made of wood is iconic to New Zealand. This one as featured on the cover of North & South magazine, courtesy of Buzzy Bee.Co.NZ .
Prince William is like every Kiwi’s little brother in a sense of those who watched his parents marry in 1981. Myself, being just one of many, now blogging about this momentus day in his life from California. Surreal stuff. To visit Waitangi for yourself – a right of passage for all people in the U.K who have followed the royals for years, go here to discover more on how to do that. It’s the region where I grew up.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 11.16.10. Song lyrics of Te Whare follow in Te Reo Rangatira~ (more…)
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