CLEAN DRINKING WATER FOR ALL
1 Fact: 1 billion people do not have clean drinking water. Where: Africa and India are most affected.
The threat: More people are lost in the world through this situation than war.
The solution: We can make a difference through UNICEF Tap Project. If you want to, please do.
True fact 2: For as little as $10, one person can have clean drinking water for a lifetime.
That’s like a beer at a Hollywood club with the tip. Amazing aye! Act. Bump this post on too. Let’s flow. :)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.25.10~
A HOST OF SPORTS GAME BREAKERS – FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP, THE HOTTEST SPORTS EVENT 2011
Guess what? Dudes who poke their tongues out on the football field and do the Maori haka are creative enough to be called “game breakers” by leading sports commentators of the sporting code. Not bad! These lads pictured via Getty Images are creative and tough to evolve and break the game open at new sporting levels of play.
Writes the All Blacks Website’s Sports News Section: “Even considering personal preferences and allegiance, the makeup of the best team of the season past will have a heavy tinge of Black, reflecting a test calendar where Richie McCaw and his men won 13 of 14 tests. Rugby sites and various pundits from around the world have compiled their best team of the year.
Rugby sites and various pundits from around the world have compiled their best team of the year. Planet Rugby selected no less than eleven All Blacks in their starting XV, whilst rugby365 put seven New Zealanders in their selection. Rugbyheaven of Sydney Morning Herald in Australia selected ten All Blacks, while even Green and Gold Rugby, a notoriously pro-Australian rugby site, put eight kiwis in their run out team.
What is notable is that it is considered necessary to have multiple world class players in a team to have any hope of winning a World Cup. Not one or two players, but a host of game breakers who can change a test with a certain play.”
Looks like the World Cup is shaping up to be quite the hot sports event of the world. Believe me, rugby football is so much fun. Hollywood media conglomerate, Universal/ Comcast are gearing to broadcast and broker the Rugby World Cup sporting football coverage into the US next year. Should be hot to watch either on the telly but particular in person, at the event. Rugby culture and its supporters are crazy, wild, fun. You really have to sit in a live rugby match to feel the made love. It’s the best sporting buzz in the world. That and Super Bowl and Wimbledon finals as well as Soccer World Cup. Top sports entertainment live.
A note to all rugby football players worldwide. Americans love big toothy smiles. Everyone here puts white caps on theirs, especially Hollywood stars and sports stars to produce that winning smile for a camera’s close up. Now would be a really good time for leading cosmetic dentists in every rugby football nation to step forward as corporate sponsors perhaps. Just a suggestion mind.”
Universal Sports Coverage Currently includes: Alpine Skiing; Beach Volleyball; Bobsled; Curling; Cycling; Diving; Horsey stuff (Equestrian); Ice Queens (Figure Skating; Sport with Rings (Gymnastics); That one Canadians are real good at (Hockey); Luge; Marathon; Nordic Combined; Olympics; Paralympics; Rowing; Rugby; Skeleton; Ski Jumping; Snowboarding; Speed Skating, Swimming; Track & Field. Universal is also well known worldwide for movie making, as in Universal Pictures and bringing good funny TV shows to the world as in James Cameron presents Sanctum & The Little Fockers for example. Oh wait… those were their films. Wicked: The Musical. Oh shoot… that’s their big Broadway Musical foray show. Their TV Shows are: Keeping Up with the Kardashian; Kourtney & Khloé Kardashians; Fashion Police and The Big Picture to name a few of Universal’s most popular TV shows.
You can also visit with your family at Universal Citywalk Theme Park (pictured above) before or after visiting Rugby World Cup live too. It’s all up to you. Fun!
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.25.10~
EMERGING MAORI LEADERSHIP AWARD – LOUIS HENRY DAVIS III – WHANGAREI BOYS HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Who: Louis Henry Davis III.
Tribal Affiliations: Ngapuhi, Ngati Whaatua.
Appointee: Board of Trustee Representative 2011, Whangarei Boys High School with Geoff Abbott.
Claim to Fame: Brother of Jakey Davis. He is also a fine rugby football player and a super basketball representative too with a good academic record.
Hallmarks at this early stage: From a compassionate community-minded family. Learning how to be a team player. Pride in Kaupapa Maori traditions and knowledge both IQ and EQ. Grandson of current community leaders. And this young guy is a friend of teen parent moms too. Not bad so far!
Hollywood Comment: And who is using more hair product than both Taylor Lautner and Justin Bieber put together, with mo tumeke staunch-pouting going on than tuakana Cliff Curtis in a 3D action movie role or brotha Taika Cohen in that Boy movie… in his high school leadership photos, then aye? Mr Maori Kiwi-Staunch. Congratulations Louis III.
Kia kaha. Be wise. Be yourself. Lead. :)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.24.10~
KEO SPORTS WEBSITE, BIG BEASTS OF THE GAME AND SOUTH AFRICA’S RUGBY NEWS COVERAGE
Rugby football news coverage in South Africa today doesn’t get much better than Keo.Co.Za. Here’s the latest scoop on what’s happening with The Boks. Already I’m liking Keo. A sports website that’s quite blunt.
‘The Springboks failed to make any progress on their end-of-year tour. Is Victor Matfield too conservative to be Bok captain? The All Blacks capped off an outstanding 2010 with their third Grand Slam in five years. The Wallabies were frustratingly inconsistent on their end-of-year tour. If England are to seriously challenge for the World Cup, they will have to stand up to the big beasts of the game. Behind the swagger lies a secret diary that is driving England wing Chris Ashton to new heights.’
Just some of the newsy stories on Keo’s sports news agenda today. Kia Ora South Africa in the Hollywood Horiwood Haus. Haere mai – Welcome.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.23.10~
NFL APP – FOOTBALL JUST GOT MO MOBILE
Yep.
NFL just got a major boost. Football news on an app direct to phone. Wowsa!
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.23.10~
WILL CAMERON SHEPHERD OF THE WALLABIES RISE ABOVE INJURY FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011?
Richard Graham the solid rugby football coach of The Western Force, Australia has backed Cameron Shepherd to return to his blistering best. Graham claims ‘the utility back has finally overcome a litany of injuries that threatened to derail his Super Rugby career.
Shepherd who was born in England but grew up in Sydney hasn’t missed a beat during the Force’s gruelling pre-season campaign, returning strongly from a hamstring complaint that kept him out of the recent Qantas Wallabies tour of Europe.
Graham believed Shepherd, who has suffered numerous setbacks since breaking his left fibula in eight places in 2007, would return to top form next season.
“He’s probably in the best condition he’s been in for a number of years,” Graham said at training on Wednesday.’
Fingers crossed then for Cameron Shepherd’s Rugby World Cup sports gladiatorial hopes for Australia next year. Hopefully Shepherd can stay in the clear from injury to compete at the world’s top sporting level.
Comcast/ Universal the Media conglomerate that broadcasts Keeping Up With The Kardashians and The Chelsea Handler Show here in the USA, will be broadcasting The Wallabies live across America in 2011 as new sporting entertainment via Hollywood, when the action goes down in New Zealand at The Rugby World Cup. To get your tickets this Christmas for you and to organize the mates, zip on over here to secure.
[Image of Cam in training via Zimbio]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.23.10~
BATHS BUTCH JAMES EYES UP DEFENDING RUGBY’S WORLD CUP FOR SOUTH AFRICA 2011
Say it isn’t true? An international footballer is thinking of turning down lucrative sporting contract monies to play rugby football for his own home nation? This appears to be the case with Butch James.
RUGBY NEWS: ‘Bath first five eighth Butch James has confirmed he will leave Bath and the Aviva Premiership to return home to South Africa and push his claims for a World Cup berth.
James has been with Bath for the last four seasons, and earlier this year he and the club had denied that he would return home.
However the 31-year-old will likely leave with two years left on his contract, and while Bath would prefer him to stay at the club, they have stated they will not stand in the way of their star number ten.
It is unknown which South African side will snap him up.’ If he is snapped by the Springboks rugby team, here in America Universal/ Comcast will telecast Butch James in The Rugby World Cup live across America for our entertainment. Stay tuned for that. Even better jump on a plane and experience The Cup sporting event go down live. Too much fun.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.23.10~
JESSICA WATSON, OPRAH WINFREY AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE A GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT BRAND WHEN
You know when you’re a global entertainment brand when: These things (advertisements from entertainment companies featured below) start appearing above your blog posts’ search engine items on Google in Hollywood as people pay Google to put their ads above your posts. Who ever would have thought that would happen?!
Oh… and Oprah wanted to be a sailer for a nanosecond and dreamed that she would and could be–just so she could say that for a cool magazine interview in LA’s Parade Magazine, after leaving Chicago and heading to California to start her new TV network. In the interview her comments about television are so deep. (See bold bits).
I think for a split nano-second the big O wanted to be a very popular Australian sailing teen, like Jessica Watson (above). Why not?!!! Even role models need role models. Oprah’s found hers this year. By the way Jessica is a blogger too. She has her own merch and online store. Read Winfrey’s thoughts on sailing below these crazy ads. It’s so meshugenah that people are making money off this blog. ;)
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Says Oprah: “I was questioning, Why don’t I build a boat and sail around the world? Why don’t I learn French and find a nice little house in Provence? I could see myself bicycling with my baguettes and the whole thing. But I talked it over with my friends, and they all said, ‘You’re not going to be happy doing nothing.’ What will be a failure is if nobody comes and watches this network. What others will perceive as failure is if some shows don’t succeed. I’m concerned about the bigger overall picture: my belief that people are basically good and want to see the good in them reflected through their experiences and the shows that they watch. This is a gamble I’m taking. I believe that the banal state of television, the kind of insipid space that we’re in–that you can have as many channels as we have and not find anything that really interests you–means that to a great extent we’ve lost our way.”
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SHAQUILLE O’NEAL CONDUCTS THE BOSTON POPS
Festive fun with Shaquille O’Neil & The Boston Pops. This is so cool. Enjoy.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.22.10~
SONNY BILL WILLIAMS, A RUGBY FOOTBALL PLAYER AND BOXER IS ROCKING IN SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Heard of Sonny Bill Williams yet? You’ll get to see him on Universal/ Comcast sports coverage next year in the US during Rugby World Cup 2011. He’s new sports talent who switched to the rugby football code from rugby league football. As a colorful and rather fearless entertainer, dude rocks! He’s world famous in Hollywood already on this blog.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.22.10~
A HORIWOOD HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS – TOP TEN NEWS TUES – 12.21.10
No. These two are not discussing the latest funnies on the ICanHasCheeseburger Blog! This is an official ambassador visit photo. Prince Harry shares a smile with German actress Sophia Thomalla at the charity gala ‘Ein Herz fuer Kinder’ in Berlin, Germany. Amongst chatting up hot blondes, Harry was on his first official visit to Germany where The Bernauer Strasse Wall Memorial was a place where the Prince laid a wreath on a restored section of Berlin’s former East-West border, including the Wall and the area behind it known as the ‘death strip’ where many died trying to escape back in the day before U2 sung and the wall came tumbling down. In hot Kiwi news, rugby football stars, Andrew Ellis says he’s heading to Aussie for Christmas holidays; Kieran Reed is looking forward to becoming a new dad real soon, and Stephen Donald says “Mate. The Coromandel is the only place to be this Christmas.”
Today we hit 2.8 million on ze blog. Japan and Iran both got hit by massive earthquakes. Let’s be mindful of Iran and Japan today. Sudan could have 2.8 million people displaced real soon. Christmas carols from West Hollywood beat all other news. We are Grinch free on this blog. And I still think these bloggers are all better than this blog, they just need to get a bit more fun, so let’s share the love with them too: Al Jazeera; AOL News; Associated Press; BBC; Bloomberg; Boston Globe; C-SPAN; CBS; Chicago Sun-Times; Chicago Tribune; Forbes; Fortune; Fox News; Financial Times; Globe and Mail; GlobalPost.com; GlobalVoices; NPR; Newsweek; People; Politico; ProPublica; Radar; Reuters; Rolling Stone; The Root; Salon; San Francisco Chronicle; Slate. See what I mean? So much work goes into news websites sharing info daily, yet only Julian Assange makes a Time Magazine cover. Go figure.
Hollywood entertainment and celebrity news posts voted by you the people, statewide, nationwide and worldwide here in Hollywood, California. Here’s the most voted posts to share this festive season. Thanks people. We look like this today:
1. Christmas Carols from West Hollywood -Part 1: Shout to the Lord
2. Christmas Carols from West Hollywood-Part 2: Nesian Ninja Ben Lummis
3. Locklyn Kyla Vaughn survived Jennifer Aniston to be here 12-20-10
4. Retro Joanna Krupa Playboy Christmas issue
5. Security @ Kailua with Obama‘s Hawaii vacation is totz ‘beach blocking-ish’
7. 10 Things about billionaire Christopher Chandler - Momma’s boy to the days
8. Jamie Lynn & Britney never did manage to squeeze in that double wedding
9. Brian Austin Green could be the next Ryan Reynolds
10. Allegedly, Horiwood.Com is read daily in these US States – all of them. As if! Hi America!
Bonus Post: Aussie angel Miranda Kerr for U.K readers
Bonus Post: Wikileaks and that Assange dude news updates -12.20.10
Bonus Post: Will & Kate‘s special coin for Lloyds of London whomp, whomp press.
Bonus Post: Nesian Mystik & Sonny Bill Wiliams for rugby football’s chillest chillness
Bonus Post: Angelina Jolie Humor – like them that market movies like a doll
Bonus Post: Robbie Williams reaches 20 years warbling for the UK
Bonus Post: Rihanna‘s kind words to bloggers are charming
Bonus Post: At 19, Sunny Oglesby gets cast in the Levi Johnston reality show
Bonus Post: Hugh Jackman on wearing Aussie speedos
Bonus Post: Young Hollywood actor & occasional cake maker, Brooke Abbott‘s big night out
Bonus Post: Why doesn’t New Zealand just ask Julie Christie to do Big Brother Fiji?
Bonus Post: Spank You America bank - must be shungting over wikileaks news!
Bonus Post: Retro Gaga: Lady Gaga News still rates – 4.23.09
Bonus Post: Cassie Smith says hi.
Bonus Post: Hori thighs by Luke McAlister for world cup sporting events
Bonus Post: Barbara Streisand & leading democrats on Obama inking tax cuts bill
Bonus Post: Absolutely tongue-tied is how Reese Witherspoon felt in Washington DC
Bonus Post: Armani for Gaga: Fashion sketches 2010
Bonus Post: The WashPo ask can Borat belt it out as Freddie Mercury? Does it get better?
Bonus Post: Barbara Walters ten most fascinating pebbles of 2010
Bonus Post: Maori representation on google books culturomics bogusness is just ugh… dinosauric!
Bonus Post: Bradley James visits Queenstown with family
Bonus Post: Mawhera at Christmas in Hollywood: We remember Joseph Dunbar, 17.
More worthy and harworking bloggers to appreciate: BuzzFeed; Peek (Alternet); Political Animal; Political Capital (CNBC); Political Wire; The Hill; Independent; KCRW’s Left, Right and Center; Los Angeles Times; McClatchy; Oxdown Gazette; Pandagon; ABC; Couragetolovetheblog.com; Youth Radio; Altercation (Media Matters); Americablog; Andrew Sullivan; BAGnewsNotes; Bloggingheads; Boing Boing.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.21.10~
JOHN WRIGHT IS PICKED AS NEW CRICKET COACH OF THE BLACK CAPS
In world sports news, John Wright has been selected as the new coach of The Black Caps cricket team. Riveting stuff. Go here to read.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.20.10~
KIERAN READ IS SPORTS HOT AND ALL BLACKS SPORTS CAPTAIN RICHIE McCAW SAYS ENJOYMENT IS KEY, PLAYING RUGBY FOOTBALL INTERNATIONALLY
Rugby Football News today: “All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has given further indication that he will remain in New Zealand beyond the 2011 Rugby World Cup, meaning that arguably the world’s most influential player will buck what is expected to be a heavy player exodus from the Southern Hemisphere to the North.
The expected player movement, fuelled by the wealthy French and English clubs, has already been linked to numerous players, with All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks all mentioned in European media recently as presidents and coaches from Top 14 and Aviva Premiership sides met with high profile stars.”
He adds: ”I’m having a really good think about it and I’ve always said enjoyment is the key,” said McCaw to the Sunday Star Times.
Someone likes his local fame a lot I think. :)
I’m all for new talent development coming right on through, personally as rugby culture and the game evolves at a top level. McCaw is currently the world’s no.1 ranked player of the sport although currently not the player of the year in New Zealand. That title belongs to another good sports person. Oh, that’s right, Kieran Read is that player. Both Read and McCaw play rugby football in the same local sports team The Canterbury Crusaders as well. Tight sporting bros.
Kieran Reed the player who plays rugby football in the no.8 position in McCaw’s team is pictured below. Kieran is in the running to be the All Blacks team’s next captain amongst other contenders. Meanwhile in the rugby 7′s tournament, New Zealand is seeded second, behind Samoa and Fiji as third favorites to win the 7′s series. Exciting stuff ahead in the sporting world.
Here in the USA, Universal and Comcast are gearing up to broadcast the Rugby World Cup 2011 nationwide across the US. Universal owns E! Entertainment Network among other key American media properties of American Entertainment. 2011 is looking good with new sports entertainment evolving in the US. Like the look of that.
It’s a safe bet to say that “Rugby, Kieran Read and Rugby Football” are going to be key trending terms in Hollywood and America next year. Woot! Let’s go people.
[All images by Getty Images].
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.18.10~
RUGBY RAIN by RIHANNA AND HORIWOOD for RUGBY FOOTBALL SPORTS PLANET 2011
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SOME HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT STUFF, POLITICS, ECONOMIC NEWS – FRI 12.17.10
Garrett Hedlund would rather be fat than skinny.
Disney’s Tron: Legacy opens big. IMAX.
Employment Rate On The Rise In Most States
Demi Lovato is a junior Katy Perry?
Why Americans became disillusioned with the war.
University of Maryland say Fox Network viewers know nada about politics.
Strassel on Republican spending.
Amber Rose & Amar‘e Studemire know each other?
Paul Krugman: Wall Street Whitewash
Interview‘s list of Young Hollywood faces 2010.
North Korea Warns South To Stop Drills
Tony Romo & Candice Crawford are engaged.
Madonna says she needs music to sweat to. New album? Yes.
Parenthood casts John Corbett in a cameo role.
Tori Spelling drinks at Mr. Chows Beverly Hills.
Nigeria Drops Charges Against Cheney, Halliburton
Was there any emotion over Scarlett Johansson‘s split with Ryan Reynolds? Possibly.
Opinion: The 111th Congress’s Final Insult
Fox audiences weren’t wild for Colin Hanks.
Film: The Revolution Is Being Shot on Digital Video
Kevin Smith talks Clerks & Silent Bob sequels.
Afghanistan Red Cross sees grim outlook for civilians
Baby Junia Rosa Ruth joins Zach Hanson and Kate Hanson‘s family.
Man gets 7 years for defacing Jewish cemetery
The Jackson children have renovated their dad’s ranch.
Don’t ask, don’t tell goes to a Saturday vote in the Senate.
Richard C. Holbrooke’s last mission
Fifty Cent loans his mug to a music-copyright lawsuit awareness moment.
A judge awards Mel Gibson more parental time with daughter Lucia.
Madoff’s Victims Recover $7.2B In Settlement
Gwenneth Paltrow may join Adam Shankman‘s Rock of Ages musical film.
Rihanna‘s dating status is talked about.
Chloe Sevigny hearts method actor’s therapy.
Sharon Osbourne calls Cheryl Cole Bambi.
Jerry Seinfeld will do one show at UK’s O2 Arena.
Humor: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie rumors: a Rajasthan wedding? Yoga has saved them from arguing/ vodka. Lol!
Will & Kate‘s wedding: Will the Obama‘s be invited? If so, will they accept?
Bobbi Kristina does her own press.
Santo funeral opens door for Wood’s return
Hot dogs & ice cream are Kim Kardashian‘s NYC weakness.
Kathy Griffin loves being skinny and dissing Taylor Swift.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.17.10~
BEST SPORTS PEOPLE OF 2010 – TWITTER’S TOP TRENDING SPORTS STARS AND SPORTS CODES
The most popular sports people in the world who trended on Twitter as sports brands for 2010 were:
- Lebron James
- Wimbledon
- Manchester United
- Brock Lesnar
- Celtics
- Brett Favre
- Tony Parker
- Antonio Margarito
- Blake Griffin
- Mike Vick
Not one rugby player here. Come on people! Congrats to these big guns of Sport. Rugby football players too please, next year! ;)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.16.10~
KIERAN READ IS NEW ZEALAND’S no.1 RUGBY FOOTBALL SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR 2010
When it comes down to sporting gladiators, you always look at a rugby football field to discover the true essence of sportspersonship; that being” skill, athleticism, fitness, tenacity, courage, creative play, stamina, making it count on the score board and in the case of rugby football–that no.1 trait TEAMWORK. Together Everyone Achieves More.
Here’s a bit of exciting news with all of those features on display with the news that Kieran Read, 25, has been listed as New Zealand’s top rugby football player this year.
The New Zealand Herald reports: ‘Barnstorming No 8 Kieran Read picked up the Kel Tremain Memorial Trophy for player of the year at the New Zealand Rugby Awards. The 25-year-old was outstanding for the All Blacks as they went through the June internationals and Tri-Nations unbeaten, before playing a prominent role in the Grand Slam. The only blight on his season was the knee ligament damage that forced him from the field early in the year’s final test against Wales. Read has been earmarked as a future All Black captain and last night he edged the incumbent skipper and 50-test lock Brad Thorn for the big prize.’
The Black Ferns, (Kiwis womens rugby football team) scored big for the Team of the Year trophy.
MSN news adds: ‘The New Zealand Rugby Union described Read as “a rock at the back of the scrum” for the All Blacks and his Super 14 team, the Canberbury Crusaders. Reid received the award at a function in Auckland on Thursday night, when Auckland Blues halfback Alby Mathewson was named Super 14 player of the year.’
Congrats to all winners. Especially Kieran Read who plays in the no.8 position. His name is that of a sixth century saint and it means “black” and is of Irish and Gaelic origin. How apt to be in the running as a future captain of the All Blacks team of NZ then. Destiny shines.
[Below pic: Alby Mathewson feeds the ball out in the position of scrum-half via Getty Images]
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.16.10~
RICHIE McCAW HAS NO PLANS TO RETIRE FROM TOP LEVEL RUGBY FOOTBALL YET
Like a classic sprig mark graze to the head, rugby football sports man, Richie McCaw talks about–well, himself of course:
“I’m pretty keen to carry on for a bit longer,” says world renowned rugby football player Richie McCaw. “Where, I don’t know – I haven’t made a decision where I’m going to be. I’m not 30, yet, so hopefully I’ve got a couple of years left. It will be my last World Cup [2011 in New Zealand], I’d say. I think three will be enough – I’ll be 34 in 2015.”
New source: All Blacks website.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.16.10~
no. 937 – JEFFREY LURIE, BILLIONAIRE
I notice that a lot of you are looking for Jeffrey Lurie information today on Horiwood.Com. He’s ranked Forbes Magazine‘s #937 billionaire in the world. How did Jeffrey do it?
“Grandfather Philip Smith (d.1961) created family fortune with movie theater operator General Cinema, investments. After Ph.D. from Brandeis and teaching social policy at Boston University, grandson followed familial lead, starting Chestnut Hill Productions, made Foxfire (starring Angelina Jolie) and V.I. Warshawski (starring Kathleen Turner). Still has film company, Screen Pass Pictures, with wife, Christina.
Jeffrey had better success when he bought the Philadelphia Eagles football team. He bought the franchise in 1994 for $195 million. It is now worth $1.2 billion now.
That’s called a major touch down in the sporting and biz worlds. His wife is extremely patient with Jeffrey’s non-football like sense of balance and athleticism. An area for Jeffrie to improve on perhaps as he appears to be a little clumsy when he gets excited and hi-fives his support team during Eagles touch down moments as this video clip shows. That Christina is a saint!!!
He is the man who first backed Angelina Jolie in a film and turned her into a star in her own right.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.12.10~
TOP COACH GRAHAM HENRY AND SOUTH AFRICA’S RUGBY FOOTBALL BEST SPORTS AWARDS NEWS
[Richie McCaw one of Graham Henry's players for the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Football team always shines with football in hand. Image courtesy of Getty Images]
SOUTH AFRICA SPORTS NEWS: “New Zealand’s impact on the rugby year has been reflected from an unlikely South African source. The influential rugby website keo.co.za has given New Zealand top honors in its annual sports awards.
Graham Henry was awarded the coach of the year, the All Blacks scooped the team of the year, Richie McCaw was the player of the year and Sonny Bill Williams picked up a ‘Living up to the Hype’ award. That’s too awesomery.
Henry was favored over John Plumtree for his work with the Sharks in winning the Currie Cup and Frans Ludeke for his second Super 14 trophy with The Bulls.
“Internationally, there was only one coach in 2010. Graham Henry will be disappointed with the loss to Australia in Hong Kong, a defeat that halted the All Blacks’ march towards the world record for the most consecutive Test wins. On the other hand, the All Blacks went undefeated in the Tri Nations and cruised to yet another Grand Slam,” the website said.
The All Blacks were confirmed by the judges as the trend setters of world rugby. Of course. They’re hosting the World Cup 2010 so that’s like calling a rugby football a rugby football. Figures really.
“Some suggest that they’ve peaked, but the All Blacks have struck an intimidating balance between running, kicking and mustering the physicality needed to quell traditional powerhouses like South Africa and England,” they said.
While acknowledging that Port Elizabeth born, Schalk Burger was the South African player of the year, the judges lamented that he wasn’t even the second-best Test flanker in 2010. That person was David Pocock, but even he was not close to the judges’ winner McCaw.
“In a year where a fetcher’s prominence was supposedly limited, McCaw retained his game-swinging penchant for dominating the breakdowns. As long as he’s fit the All Blacks’ threat is enhanced.” (nb: Hey Fluffy! As much jogging as posing then.) 
[Schalk Burger of South Africa photograph courtesy of The UK Daily Telegraph]
CASSIUS CLAY’S “IN YOUR FACE TEE SHIRT” FOR BASKETBALL GAMES AND RUGBY FOOTBALL TRAINING SESSIONS
Looking after Hollywood’s future box office stars, with unique stories for the world, for California economy’s interests is what this blog post is about. Keeping such stars alive, could prove to be a challenge–hence this post.
Wow! Cassius Clay‘s In Your Face official tee shirt, in military khaki green issue, would make a great tee shirt to wear to basketball hoop games on the local block of Australia with mates or at rugby football, rugby league matches and Aussie rules football practice too each week.
I discovered it, on this post about innocent Australian young fella Daniel Assange of Melbourne. Go here to buy it for $19..99 to impress your friends and family, and make your hood a little bit more colorful and fun–like how a community of sporting champions, roll and celebrate cool people.
Daniel’s precious life and youthful potential is currently being threatened and bullied when he’s an innocent Australian young person of the world. Shocking stuff! This tee shirt is very relevant in New Zealand and Australia right at this second as well as All-ways Being relevant in American hoods and South Africa hoods too equally any day of the year. It’s a symbol of greatness and fairness, apparently.
THE ALI TIN TOTE IS KINDA HOT FOR LUNCH AT THE WORLD BOX OFFICE TODAY
Guess what? I noticed that we can buy the Ali tin tote to take to your office for lunch every day, while wearing a suit a tie.
It’s kind of rocking good hot–in a who you lunch with, knock out, corporate way. Like, if you have a lunch box tote like this–you’d better be lunching with the right people and not a bunch of pretentious time wasters. It’s what this tote symbolizes to me anyway.
Go here to Ali’s official website to buy it for your office team and their lunches in creating a team of champions at your unique box office. It’s purchasable for only $15. What a score! Go here. American history at its finest.
Ali was an original American Lord of the Ring! A civil rights champion for the world not just America. As a Maori-Kiwi I totally dig it. The tote holds meaning to me.
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 12.5.10~
HOLLYWOOD NEWS – TEN HOT POSTS RIGHT NOW, BEING BUMPED ON – 12.5.10
Rugby football is on this weekend in the New Zealand All Blacks VS England game at Twickehham, U.K. Here’s what rugby football is looking like -from Hollywood with ten entertainment and celebrity news posts being bumped on right now by us all.
1. Meet Corey Flynn – a green thinking rugby football star
2. Jennifer Lopez and the rise of Latina in fashion & beauty
3. Julian Assange is blacklisted by Amazon but features on Time‘s cover
4. Johnny Depp, Forbes #9 Top Celebrity 2010
5. TMI – Stormy Daniels is running for Senator
6. Andy Borowitz on wikileaks & Sarah Palin‘s twitter account discoveries
7. Art – Kim Kardashian - W Magazine
8. President Obama pardons hard coking dealers & counterfeiters
9. Bronagh Key & Michelle & Barack Obama talk hobbit humor
10. Life is a malibu beach Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron
Corey Flynn News: Despite suffering a hamstring strain at training yesterday All Blacks hooker Corey Flynn remains upbeat for start against England.
All Blacks hooker Corey Flynn is remaining upbeat despite another injury setback. Flynn picked up a hamstring strain late in yesterday’s session, putting his involvement in this weekend’s test against England at Twickenham in doubt.
All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith says Flynn is disappointed, but staying positive. Smith says at least it is not another broken arm, so it is not going to end his tour. Waikato hooker Aled de Malmanche has joined the All Blacks as cover, having to cut short his surfing holiday in Bali.
While he was part of the All Blacks squad this year, de Malmanche managed just seven minutes of game time. Smith says that is no reflection on de Malmanche’s ability, rather they have typically played their hookers through the whole 80 minutes for consistency sake.
Smith says Aled de Malmanche was their clear next choice behind Andrew Hore and Corey Flynn.
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KIM KARDASHIAN IS MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN SARAH PALIN – NO.1 REALITY TV STAR EARNER 2010
‘The pay is crap, the stiletto time is uber high for the lives of America’s top reality TV stars–but the endorsements and back handers to espouse a message and set a trend of pop culture for another celebrity, aren’t bad’–the Kardashian sister’s story this year as California’s reigning version of Charlie’s Angels TV entertainment.
Well, this is no surprise, Kim Kardashian is listed as the highest earning reality TV star of America this year. No one blurs reality and surreality quite like California. It’s what we do. The best.
Having a family focus and creating employment, Kim’s strategy as a star to make ‘family the big thing’ she’s about; has garnered Kim’s two sisters as top-earning reality TV stars too in a new year-end list of rankings, The Daily Beast said Monday.
$6 million in reported earnings is what the Daily Beast rank Kim on. She’s a cover girl, a sports and military locker room pin up star. One of the key stars of E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians Ryan Seacrest (really Kim) produced show, with a line of merchandising products ranging from timepieces to tennis shoes.
The beast reports Kim’s fortune is in-the-main amassed from the overall takings of the Dash Boutiques, a trendy chain of designer retail stores with locations in Los Angeles, Miami, and now Manhattan. A nice value add from Kim in steering information this way into he sisters collective brand power. (eg: spread your fame asap, and hedge your bets).
The Kardashian sisters, who have some of the best tabloid story line angles each week, just released a new book, Kardashian Konfidential, that has already sold 13,000 copies in its first week of release. Endorsement deals with Sephora and Bebe beauty brands are also their thing. (more…)
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