Gul, Yaisr included in Guinness Book of World

Omer Gul, Yaisr Arafat honoured Pakistani fast bowler Omer Gul and all rounder Yasir Arafats names were included in Guinness Book of World records.

According to sources, fast bowler Omer Gul name was added in the book keeping in view his performance in T-20 matches especially a match was played against New Zeeland, in which Omer Gul got six wickets and he was declared as the man of match. While Yasir Arafat has got ninety wickets during sixty one T-20 matches.

Verbal spat between ad man Prahlad Kakkar and Abhishek Bachchan

Verbal spats in Bollywood are nothing new. Almost every second person from the industry has been into some verbal spat or the other. Examples of this are dime a dozen in the industry.

The latest one is something which can be called as a most unlikely one. It started off with the celebrated ad man Prahlad Kakkar speaking at the Mumbai Film Festival. He started off at the forum saying “Why use a good actor when you can have a nephew? And if you have to create stars anyway, why not from the family? It is hence very difficult for men to become stars. But since Bollywood does not want their women to be in films, females have a better chance of becoming stars or starlets. Men stars are usually useless nephews and sons,” he said at a forum. No. he did not end there. He went on to ‘cite an example’ in the form of Abhishek Bachchan. He said, “Abhishek Bachchan has 17 flops in a row and is still going strong. He is unique and should be in the Guinness Book of Records.” Needless to say that, this statement garnered an uproarious laughter from the gathering.

Retaliating to this, Abhishek tweeted “I love Prahlad Kakkar, he should be a stand-up comic not an ad-filmmaker. Maybe then someone will take him seriously! This coming from a man who makes commercials with his own son. Hmmm. Oh ya, Prahlad, I’m already in the Guinness book of world records and a very proud son. I hope you give your sons an opportunity to say the same someday.”

Bollywood Hungama will update you with ‘further developments’, if any, that is!

SAMAA highlights plight of Pakistan’s tallest woman

Staff Report

FAISALABAD: Pakistan’s tallest woman, who also has the distinction of being the world’s second tallest lady, is selling ‘pokaras’ in Faisalabad to make both ends meet.

Thirty-five-year old Zainab Bibi, who is 230cm (7’4′ inches) tall, rose to fame after her name was published in the Guinness Book of World Record.

Due to poverty and unemployment, she is compelled to sell ‘pokaras’ to look after her family.

Taking notice of SAMAA report about her plight, the Punjab government has decided to provide a monthly remuneration to the country’s tallest lady. SAMAA

Veteran TV interviewer Larry King to quit

LOS ANGELES: Veteran TV broadcaster Larry King announced his decision to step down from his long-running show Tuesday, ending a record-breaking career that saw him conduct more than 40,000 interviews.

King, 76, said in a statement his signature show “Larry King Live” would go off the air in the autumn after 25 years, allowing him to find “more time for my wife and I to get to the kids little league games.”

King”s marriage to seventh wife Shawn Southwick recently appeared to be on the rocks, with the wiry anchorman filing for divorce in April before a reconciliation between the couple, according to reports.

King, one of the most recognizable figures on US television, said he still plans to work for channel after the end of his nightly show, which has been the subject of intense speculation for months following falling ratings.

“I”ll still be a part of the channel family, hosting several Larry King specials on major national and international subjects,” he said.

The interviewer said he was proud of the fact that his show had recently entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest running show with the same host in the same time slot.

“With this chapter closing I”m looking forward to the future and what my next chapter will bring, but for now it”s time to hang up my nightly suspenders,” he said, referring to his trademark attire.

The Helen Wagner American Actress

Helen Wagner September 3, 1918, 1 May 2010 was an American actress. Wagner died on May 1, 2010 at the age of 91, she is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest character played by an actor on television. She took a few breaks from the role of both voluntary and involuntary.

“The Philco Television Playhouse”, and a series called “The World of Mr. Sweeney.” “I do not like to do, Nancy, in only one extra character at parties, she says.” She is a dynamic person to be a ghost. “As the world turns star Helen Wagner, who in 54 years played matriarch Nancy Hughes on the soap opera , died yesterday.

She later met and married Dan McClosky. After McLaughlin in 1986, Nancy was a widow. Helen Wagner has played the role of Nancy Hughes on day drama As The World Turns when it premiered on CBS in Thurs April 1956th After his debut in the role of a queen in an adventure that General Electric has produced on its experimental station in Schenectady.

Helen Wagner National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Wagner played Hughes on “As The World Turns” is only a few breaks when the show debuted in 1956. She held the Guinness World Record for playing the same role on TV for the longest time, 54 years, “says Telecom Next Media. She said: “Oh, Nancy, I have loved you so long I really have to kiss you again,” but at the time, I managed to escape, “Wagner recalled.

World’s Largest Floating Christmas Tree Lights up in Brazil

World’s Largest Floating Christmas Tree Lights up in Brazil, The lights are blazing from the world’s largest floating Christmas tree — a gigantic 85-metre high metal structure set on a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Despite the rain, some 100,000 people flocked around the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon on Saturday (December 5) night to watch the fireworks show which has become one of the city’s main tourist attractions over the past decade.
This year, the tree constructed by Brazil’s largest insurance company features images of Christmas wreaths flickering from its nearly three million lights.
With the mountain-top Christ the Redeemer statue looking down on it, the tree stands as a brightly flashing symbol of peace in one of the world’s most violent cities.
The Christmas tree, first erected in 1996, is Rio de Janeiro’s third biggest tourist event after the pre-lenten Carnival and New Year’s Eve on Copacabana and other beaches. More than a million people are expected to view the structure before the lights are turned off on January 6. The Guinness Book of Records lists it as the world’s largest floating Christmas tree.

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World’s Largest Floating Christmas Tree Lights up in Brazil was first posted on December 6, 2009 at 11:29 am.