The Guinness Book of Records was first published in 1955, due to an argument between the managing director of Guinness (at the time) and another pub patron. They argued over which bird was the fastest game bird in Europe, but couldn’t find references to it anywhere. He then decided to write a book full of records such as these. This was in 1951, and 4 years later, the first edition was published, with 197 pages of records. The editions since have been filled with an incredible number of useful records, but there were also a number of incredibly odd ones over time. Here are x of the strangest!

Most People Brushing Their Teeth in the Same Venue

On 20th September 2003, 10240 students brushed their teeth simultaneously for at least 60 seconds in Shenshen City, China. How this is even in the Guinness Book of Records, I’m unsure. It’s not some amazing feat of engineering, an example of human potential or excellence, it’s a record of getting loads of people to brush their teeth on the street together. It’s not something that requires any great skill, motivation or inspiration, it’s just people performing a daily activity, but together. Its records like this that makes the Guinness Book of Records that little bit less amazing.

Longest TV-Watching Marathon

From the 4th of December to the 6th of December, 3 British men (Nick Tungatt, Adam King and Steven Hayes) all watched TV continually for 47 hours and 16 seconds. Why this is even in the book, I’m not sure. It doesn’t achieve anything great for mankind, it doesn’t show others what we are capable of, I highly doubt it inspires others to copy their achievement. All it does is show 3 men’s (lazy men) ability to sit in front of a box transmitting images for nearly 2 straight days. It’s not exactly some great physical challenge, it’s more of a “don’t die of boredom” challenge.

Blindfold Motorcycle Speed Record

I can’t believe they even have a category for this one. The record is 265.33 km/h (or 164.87mph) and was set on August 2, 2003. Surely the only difference between this activity and normal motorcycle records is that you don’t see the end of the road when you’re blindfolded. Surely the actual accelerating part is the same as normal, so the only difference between the two records is luck (and having the cajones to trust you’re not right beside the wall already).

Its records like these that make me regret buying the Guinness Book of Records sometimes. Sure, it has loads of great records, but it also has these records that detract from the “spirit” of the book (for want of a better word). I love trivia, don’t get me wrong, but not tooth-brushing, TV-watching, blind-cycling trivia.

Source:Three Strange Records From the Guinness Book of Records

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Bacardi

Bacardi spent huge amounts of money launching its new spin off drink across Europe, to a young and funky crowd. They called it Pavian. Unfortunately they didn’t realise that Pavian means ‘baboon’ in German. Hardly a lifestyle choice.

Coca-Cola

When Coca-Cola decided to enter the Chinese market, they had their famous brand name rendered in Chinese characters. Regrettably, it came out as “bite the wax tadpole” or “female horse stuffed with wax”, depending on the dialect of Chinese used.

Pepsi Cola

Pepsi had a similar bad experience in the Chinese market. They translated their successful ‘Pepsi gives you zest for life’. Sadly, it went a little wrong and came out as ‘Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave’.

Jolly Green Giant Sweetcorn

The translation for Jolly Green Giant into Arabic didn’t go as well as it could – it was made into ‘Intimidating Green Monster’, which would hardly endear the brand to consumers!

Zube Throat Sweets

This successful British throat sweet was also launched into the North African Arab market. Nobody told them that in Arabic ‘Zube’ is a slang term for a horse’s large penis.

Nestle Baby Milk

In Central Africa, tins of baby food imported by Nestle caused riots. The local population were only used to labels depicting the food that was inside the tin. Nestle’s graphic included a smiling baby…

Ford

When Ford launched an advertising campaign in Belgium declaiming the excellent build quality of their vehicles, the headline ‘Every car has a high quality body’ came out as ‘Every car has a high quality corpse’.

Vauxhall

Vauxhall spent a large sum launching their Nova model in the Spanish market – unfortunately in Spanish ‘no va’ means ‘won’t go’. Hardly a ringing endorsement for a new car.

Triumph

This British motor manufacturer launched its Acclaim model in Germany. Sadly, ‘Triumph Acclaim’ becomes ‘Sieg Heil’ in German – the hallmark battle cry of the Nazis.

Sunmaid Californian Raisins

On the packet of Sunmaid raisins it contains the suggestion ‘Why not try tossing over your favourite breakfast cereal?’ Nobody told them that, in the UK, ‘tossing’ is a slang word for masturbation.

Coors

Coors didn’t do very well in the Spanish market when they translated their successful slogan “Turn It Loose”. The Spanish-speaking drinkers were encouraged to “Get Diarrhoea”.

Starbucks

Thousands of posters were printed in Germany encouraging German customers to ‘Enjoy your morning Latte’. Oops! In German, ‘Latte’ is slang for an erection.

Source:Twelve Terrible Advertising Translation Mistakes

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Why are accents so important in shaping the performance of an actor? Does it really matter if he strays once in while? It does and we have vehemently protested in the past. Example? How many of us cringed at Anne Hathaway’s terrible English accent in Becoming Jane, so much so that it clouded an other wise good performance from a talented actress. And what about the masterful Italian American accent pulled off by James Caan who wasn’t even Italian American. Wasn’t that a huge contributor to the Oscar he won for it? So here’s the list of actors who have done their job so well that they fooled us into believing they were natives of the country whose accent they imitated.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Its hard to mistake Gwyneth for a Brit since she holds her accent so well on screen. Gwyneth gained prominence among the critics with her Academy Award winning performance in Shakespeare in Love. Those of us who didn’t know Gwyneth was American was certainly fooled into believing she was English. She deserves the number tenth spot for her flawless fake British accent.

Trivia: She does however have an English connection, being married to Coldplay front man Chris Martin who is from England.

Christian Bale

Most people are still unaware of the fact that Christian Bale is English. This mostly due to him retaining his accent during interviews. An actor who is known for his indelible commitment to his works, he does deserve credit for pulling off a good fake accent both on and off the set.

Trivia: Christian is in fact from Wales and is married to an American.

Heath Ledger

This was another actor that surprised me. I never knew he was an Aussie until I saw one of his interviews. A great actor who breathed life into all his characters and a flawless accent was without doubt a contributor towards that. Some of his finest works include Brokeback Mountain in which he successfully pulled off a country side accent.

Albert Finney

I was shell shocked to find out this actor was British. Just watch his performances in Erin Brockovich and Big Fish (I’m sure there are a lot more, considering his wide palette of works) and you’ll be just as impressed. Although I am slightly baffled as to why he is never included in lists like this.

Trivia: Born in Great Manchester, England, Mr Finney has been nominated for an Academy Award a whopping 5 times.

Johnny Lee Miller

Most people thought he was Scottish until he started appearing in more mainstream British movies. Reason? The spot on Scottish accent he wore for Trainspotting.

Gary Oldman

An actor who is dubbed the master of accents. He has mimicked everything from Italian American to Gangsta. Just watch his performance as Drexl in True Romance. And then go over and watch State of Grace,where he does an excellent Italian American. The flexibility he incorporates into the various accents he performs is one of the reasons why his performances are pure gold. In real life he is from London and spots a cockney accent.

James Marsters

Come on, who could forget the bleach haired vampire who went on to become one of the most memorable break out characters on television. Originally meant to have been killed off after the completion of his story arc in season two, he proved such a big hit with the audience that he was signed on for five more seasons and went on to finish the series as one of the main cast.

Trivia: His faux English accent which was modeled on the real life accent of his co star Anthony Stewart Head, who played the role of Giles, was so convincing that most people on set thought he was English. Talk about doing your job right.

Anna Friel

I have a slightly annoying habit of focusing on actor’s accents to see if they screw up and let their fake accents slip off. I sat for hours and hours watching Pushing Daisies and nothing. Anna Friel has really nailed the American accent and as far I can remember there aren’t a lot of British actresses who have managed to succesfully do that.

Hugh Laurie

Yeah. Like you were expecting someone else. The multi-talented British comedian who rose to stardom with his humorous sketches in shows like A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves And Wooster, was catapulted into the spotlight with his award winning performance in the extremely popular Fox Series House M.D. Several people appear shell shocked when they hear him speak in his British accent. One will fail to spot even a trace of British rigidity in this actor’s fake American. Which is why he rightfully deserves the number one spot on this list.

Trivia: Ironically Hugh doesn’t watch his own performance because he thinks he does a poor job with the accent.

Source:10 Best Fake Accents on TV and Cinema

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So is it too late for me to post this one up now? of course not. i never meant this piece as news anyway. Just a story to share. but i should tell you before hand, dont expect pictures. google them, or find them from other sites, cos i got no pictures.

Break a neck, ladies!
Sitting [...]

Source:2008 Asia Song Festival -Main Stage

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Yes, it seems that not only are SM branching out for their World Domination but Avex will also find themselves getting ‘in’ on the new star action.
Avex, as a lot of you know is HUGE, and they have contacted us to let you guys know that they are searching for the next biggest International Superstar. [...]

Source:Avex Star Search

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Actor Lee Wan was cast as the main character for “Goose’s Dream” after the movie “Boys Don’t Cry”, set to come out this fall.

“Goose’s Dream” is about the life and dream of a boy Jeong-woo (Lee Wan) who has gambled his life on boxing. It will be a low-budget film, produced by the Korean Film Council, KBS, and the Chonbuk Provincial Government as a HD movie.

Lee Wan plays Jeong-woo, who has been obsessed with boxing since he was young. After meeting Ki-chul (Im Kyeong-eob) who has an inborn talent for boxing, Jeong-woo gives up boxing and lives his own life.

The theme of this movie is that the achievement of a dream starts with not giving up that dream. It is to embrace the hearts of those who have difficulties because of the separation between their dreams of youth and dreams of reality.

Lee Wan is showing his passion by receiving training every day from a former national boxer. He said, “There is a lot of pressure but I want to learn so I don’t look awkward as a boxer”.

Lee Wan worked so hard that his trainer asked him if he had any thought of seriously pursuing boxing.

The movie that contains the transformation of Lee Wan into a boxer and the story of dreams that will unite generations will start filming on May 29.

Original Article: www.mydaily.co.kr/new…
English Translation Credit: Hancinema

Tags: Lee Wan/korean actor/korean movie

Source:Lee Wan, Cast as main character for movie "Goose's Dream" - transformation into a boxer

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Korean actress Choi Jin-Sil hung herself to death in her bathroom yesterday. The popular, 40-something actress had appeared in Lee Myung-Se's first hit film MY LOVE, MY BRIDE and did a lot of work on TV dramas. The wicked, evil, irresponsible press tried to forge a link between her suicide and recent suicide of actor Ahn Jae-hwan, but the police have discredited it. Choi is the fifth (!) Korean entertainer to kill herself since 2007. The rest are Ahn, Yuni (a singer), Jeong Da-Bin (TV [...]

Source:Friday is FUN-Day!

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Are Cheryl Burke and Maksim Chmerkovskiy swapping partners?

Although the two aren’t paired together on Dancing With the Stars, they spent some quality time together off the dance…

Source:DWTS' Cheryl and Maksim Look Cozy for Cameras

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Here’s a Hint: This teen queen just threw herself a huge party to celebrate her Sweet 16, several weeks before her actual birthday.

And by the looks of this new navel…

Source:Recognize the Reveler: Who's Got Belly Button Bling?

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While we all know “Bleeding Love” singer Leona Lewis beats Heidi Montag’s sad vocal attempts in spades, what about in style?

Both ladies wore the same Hervé Leger…

Source:Fashion Face-Off: Heidi Montag vs. Leona Lewis

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