Michael Jackson - Most Charities Supported by a Pop Star World Record

One of the most interesting things about Michael Jackson is that even though he died at the young age of 50, so many of us seemed to have grown up listening to his music and trying to copy his dance moves.

I guess that is what happens when you’ve been performing and making records since 1968 at the age of 10 – first as the lead singer of the Jackson Five and later as the world’s most popular solo artist.

But, while his iconic artistry and eccentric lifestyle are well known, I want to spend a few moments reflecting on Michael’s equally impressive record of service to humanity.

Born in 1958 in the steel-mill city of Gary, Indiana, Michael’s life and career paralleled generations of social and economic change. In 1967, just one year before the Jackson Five burst on the scene as Motown’s newest sensation, Richard Hatcher was elected Mayor of Gary, becoming one of the first African American mayors in the country.

Michael and his brothers first captured the nation’s attention in 1968, the year of Martin Luther King’s assassination. Their jubilant music brought people of different races together, some for the first time, at a moment when the forces of discord seemed intent on tearing us apart.

In songs like “We are the World,” and “Man in the Mirror,” Michael spoke to the hearts of people and made powerful statements about the need for greater unity, compassion and peace in the world.

Much of the proceeds of his records and tours were donated to charities devoted to African relief, college scholarships and HIV/AIDS. In 1992, he founded the Heal the World Foundation to relieve the suffering of children around the world.

His “Dangerous World Tour” that year gave him the opportunity, in his own words, to “visit children around the world, as well as spread the message of global love, in the hope that others will be moved to do their share to help heal the world.” In 2000, the Guinness Book of World Records cited Michael Jackson for holding the world record for the “Most Charities Supported by a Pop Star.”

Michael Jackson takes his place among the greatest entertainers of all time. As his mentor and collaborator, Quincy Jones said, “In the 40s you had Sinatra, in the 50s Elvis, in the 60s the Beatles, in the 70s the innovation of Dolby—in the 80s you had Michael Jackson. He was the biggest entertainer on the planet.”

As we mourn his passing in these uncertain times, we might do well to remember the words to one of Michael Jackson’s most poignant songs: “I’m starting with the man in the mirror. I’m asking him to change his ways. And no message could have been any clearer – if you wanna make the world a better place take a look at yourself then make a change.”

Our prayers go out to the Jackson family and Michael’s children. We will all miss the King of Pop.

• AIDS Project L.A.
• American Cancer Society
• Angel Food
• Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles
• BMI Foundation, Inc.
• Brotherhood Crusade
• Brothman Burn Center
• Camp Ronald McDonald
• Childhelp U.S.A.
• Children's Institute International
• Cities and Schools Scholarship Fund
• Community Youth Sports & Arts Foundation
• Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
• Dakar Foundation
• Dreamstreet Kids
• Dreams Come True Charity
• Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation
• Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
• Love Match
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Minority Aids Project
• Motown Museum
• NAACP
• National Rainbow Coalition
• Rotary Club of Australia
• Society of Singers
• Starlight Foundation
• The Carter Center's Atlanta Project
• The Sickle Cell Research Foundation
• Transafrica
• United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
• United Negro College Fund Ladder's of Hope
• Volunteers of America
• Watts Summer Festival
• Wish Granting
• YMCA - 28th Street/Crenshaw

World Youngest Story Writer World Record set by Freddie Neno

Freddie Neno, from Eastington, Glos, sent a storyline to publishers D C Thompson and Co Ltd for the ''Fred's Bed'' comic strip that runs in the weekly magazine.
The tale sees comic star Fred disappear under his bed only to be transported to the Wild West where he meets cowboys and crocodiles.

Beano staff snapped up the idea and featured it in this week's edition of the comic book.

They sent Freddie an official letter declaring him as the magazine's youngest ever contributor.

The thrilled schoolboy said: ''I'm really proud of myself as all the ideas were mine.

''Lots of my friends at school are jealous. I now want to be a writer when I'm older.''

The hero of the strip is a boy named Fred who discovers that when he crawls under his bed he is transported to a different world.

Freddie Neno's story begins with Fred staring out his window at a rainy day wishing he was somewhere hot and dry.

He crawls under his bed where he is whisked away by cowboys to the Wild West and tossed into a cool and refreshing creek.

But crocodiles lurking in the creek soon chase the comic hero out of the water and he's left realising how good it was to be at home.

The Eastington Primary School student's story was published last Wednesday in Issue 3534 of the comic book.

Freddie's father David Neno, a 45-year-old clock restorer, said: ''I'm massively proud. He's very laid back about, but it's every little boy's dream.

''He's got a letter from Iain McLoughlan, the writer of Fred's bed, saying that he is officially the youngest writer The Beano's ever worked with.''

Michael Stirling, deputy head of children's entertainment for The Beano's publisher, said: ''Freddie didn't just give us an idea, he gave us pretty much the whole story.

''Our Beano writer Iain McLaughlin is rated as possibly the best scriptwriter in British humour comics right now but Freddie's first attempt at a 'Fred's Bed' story was so good I think Iain has a serious rival.

''The future of the Beano is bright, with fresh talent like Freddie ready to take over. It's actually given us an idea to ask Freddie's fellow readers to suggest where exactly Fred should travel every week via our website.''

6 years Old Yoga Teacher World Record set by Shruti Pandey India

 

6 years Old Yoga Teacher World Record set by Shruti Pandey India At just six, Shruti Pandey is the youngest yoga trainer in the world.

The bendy youngster has been teaching adults at an ashram, in northern India, for the last two years.

Her trainer, Hari Chetan, 67, set up the ashram 35 years ago and as soon as little Shruti became one of his students, as a tiny four-year old, he spotted her talents.

Now she starts her classes at 5.30am every morning, at Brahmanand Saraswati Dham, in the Jhunsi town, dressed in white leggings and a red t-shirt surrounded by 30 eager pupils ranging from businessmen, teachers, housewives to pensioners.

Shruti said: 'It feels good when people follow my instructions, I feel like a real teacher.

'I got interested in yoga after seeing my brother do it. I tried picking it up myself but it was too hard. So I asked my parents to send me to yoga classes.'

Her brother, Harsh Kumar, now 11-years-old, made the Limca Book of Records at the tender age of five by learning all 84 yoga positions - but he's never been interested in being a teacher like his sister.

Hari, who Shruti also calls her grandfather, think she's a miracle.

'She's a fast learner and a perfectionist. She grasps techniques quickly unlike kids her own age, who get bored with something as patience consuming as yoga.

'Within just six months of her training, she surprised everyone by doing the toughest positions with ease and perfection. She's a natural.'

Shruti can manage some of yoga's most challenging positions. She can easily hold her entire body on the strength of her little arms and hang her legs right over her head backwards.

One of Shruti's fans, 90-year-old Swami Bhanu, a retired teacher, said: 'The best thing about Shruti is she tries to provide an alternative position for the complicated ones that are difficult for an older person like me to do. She's very patient.'

Businessman Lokendra Pal Singh, 48, has been attending Shruti's classes for three months and said, 'I have noticed a positive change in my life. I used to be short-tempered, but now I'm able to control my anger to quite an extent and it's all thanks to a little six-year old.'

Rubik's Cube world record set by Teenager

Erik Akkersdijk, 18, broke the world record for solving a standard 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube, with a time of 7.08 seconds at the Czech Open at the weekend.

Australia's quickest Rubik's Cube solver Jasmine Lee, who completed the puzzle in 20.37 seconds at the UK Open in 2006, said Akkersdijk's new mark would be hard for anyone to beat.

"That new record is pretty amazing - over 1.5 seconds faster than the previous record. That's a big margin at the top levels of competitive cubing," she said.

Akkersdijk had held the record before with a time of 9.77 seconds, set during the Dutch Open in 2007.

Bu that record had been beaten by Edouard Chambon (9.18 seconds at the Murcia Open 2008 ) and then Japan's Yu Nakajima (8.72 seconds the Kashiwa Open 2008).

In competitive cubing, each cube is rotated by officials into a random configuration unveiled to the solver when the clock starts.

In official compeition only 13 people have ever solved the cube in less than 10 seconds and all those times have been set in the last two years.

Akkersdijk, an environmental management student, took up speedcubing in 2005 and on his website he lists his other hobbies as chess, juggling, building model airplanes and swimming.

World Tallest Decorated Christmas Tree World Record set by Jakarta

World Tallest Decorated Christmas Tree World Record set by Jakarta For the second year in a row in Indonesia, a shopping center has created the world's tallest replica Christmas tree, decorated with one million lights.



The chairman of the Indonesian World Record Museum has given an award to the Central Park shopping center in Jakarta on Saturday.



[Jaya Suprana, Indonesian World Record Museum]:

"Today’s record is very interesting. It’s a good idea as a marketing concept. In welcoming the Christmas season, Central Park creates the tallest Christmas tree in Indonesia. This will become history and a tourist attraction for visitors.”


The lighting of the 120-foot Christmas tree replica was enlivened by sparkling fireworks and snow effects that were scattered from the top of the tree.


The lofty replica is built of iron covered with plastic fir.

The star on the top is made of LED lights and a million colored LED lights highlighting the tree itself.

Central Park broke the record for the tallest Christmas tree last year but this year’s record-breaker reaches 120 feet.


"This record has actually broken last year’s record. I already talked with the management of Central Park, next year they may make one even taller."



The record was announced at the opening ceremony of the "Now Jakarta the Christmas City" event.

World's Tallest Chocolate Christmas Tree World Record set by Patrick Roger

Patrick Roger, an chocolate artist from France, made gigantic Chocolate Christmas tree to raise money for charity, auctioning off some parts of the tree and donating proceeds to an organization which studies neuromuscular disease.

Roger unveiled the massive tree in his studio in Sceaux, Paris. The 32-foot-tall, 4-ton Chocolate Tree took a whole month to work on and as talented chocolatier said making something like this was a great challenge for him.

The Chocolate Christmas tree, hailed as a structural wonder, used $45,000 worth of 65% dark chocolate.

Patrick Roger was named best French chocolate artist in 2000, an award for professionals combining taste and art and proving to be worthy representatives of French gastronomy. His laboratory features many other chocolate sculptures, including small reindeers and Santas that will also be exhibited.

With this tree, Roger set the new world record for the Tallest Chocolate Christmas Tree, beating Alain Roby who constructed a 22-foot-tall chocolate Christmas tree, but whose work was never submitted to Guinness World Records for recognition.

World's Tallest Chocolate Christmas Tree World Record 2010

Biggest Number of Light Bulbs in Christmas Tree World Record set by Sun Plaza Bucharest

The Christmas lights decoration recently lit at Sun Plaza shopping center in Bucharest, with 449,658 light bulbs, entered the Guinness Book, establishing a record for the Christmas lights decoration with the biggest number of light bulbs. The previous record was of 150,000 light bulbs.



The installation includes more than 500 lights curtains, as well as 40 Christmas trees with 2,400 leds, along with 120 lights garlands along the escalators in the shopping mall.  Sun Plaza was opened in February 2010 by EMCT Romania and Sparkassen Immobilien.



Romania has previously got the attention with other world record breaking attempts. In 2008, 4,000 Romanians dressed as Santa Claus in an event attempting to win the Guinness World Record for the most people dressed as Santa in one town.  This year, a Romanian designer received a Guinness World Records certificate for a dress with 43,008 crystals.

Biggest Number of Light Bulbs in Christmas Tree World Record 2010 at Sun Plaza Bucharest Video

Top 6 Most Famous Lost Cities in the World

Here’s a list of most famous lost cities in the world. Some lost cities at known sites have been stutied extensively by scietists. Thus, lost cities might be referred to as ghost towns. Cities may become lost a variety of reasons, including economic, geographic and social such as war. Here is a list of the most famous lost cities that ever in the world.
6. Caesars City
Also known as the Wandering Town and City of Patagonia, the City of the Caesars is a mythical city believed to lie at the southern tip of South America. This city has never been found, and at this point is considered a legend more than anything.

Caesars City

5. Machu Picchu

Near the remote Urubamba Valley in Peru. The city was never found and looted by the Conquistadors, and not until the historian Hiram Bingham visited him in 1911. It is said to be in prison, but new research shows that it may be a personal Pachacuti Inca emperor.

Machu Picchu

4. Atlantis
It is described by Plato as civilization advanced and strong naval forces, Atlantis is said to have conquered most of Europe before sinking into the sea as a result of some kind of environmental disaster.

Atlantis

3. Petra
Petra is located in Jordon, and Arguably is the most beautiful of all cities. The most prominent feature is the beautiful stone architecture, carved from the rock surrounding mountains. It was explored in the 18th century.

Petra

2. Lost City “Z”

The lost city “Z” should be located deep in the Brazilian jungle, lost city “Z” considered as advanced civilization with a sophisticated network of bridges, roads, and temples. There is no evidence of its existence has ever been found.

Lost City Z

1. El Dorado
One of the most famous of all the legendary city of El Dorado is a mythical kingdom is said to be found in the forests of South America. City is said to be led by a powerful king and keep untold wealth of gold and jewelry.

El Dorado

Top 10 Best Christmas Movies

Are you all set for Christmas?
Top 10 Best Christmas Movies I hope you like my “gifts” for all of you. Here is one more set, my list of top 10 best Christmas movies. Just in case you want to take a break from listening to the awesome Christmas songs, you can get a copy of these ten movies that are guaranteed to reinforce the spirit of Christmas.
Merry Christmas!

10. Polar Express

Santa Claus is up there in awesomeness with Optimus Prime and Dracula.
And this movie perfect captures how we all, at one point, realize that he is not real. It is sad really but all too necessary. This movie also gives us a glimpse of the “what if” many of us want to explore, “What if Santa is real?”

9. The Santa Clause

The premise of the story is an absolute genius. It makes some sense for Santa to meet an accident at one point in his career which will leave him unable to fulfill his Christmas duty, to deliver gifts.
It is just hilarious to think that anyone will be forced into substituting for him. I mean, you can even substitute Kobe when he gets injured, what made anyone think that you can get someone to take Santa’s place.

8. The Grinch

Because no one can hate Christmas. It’s just impossible.
Even people of different religion celebrate with the rest of the world. It is a clear sign that as much as it is supposed to be about the birthday of Christ, it is also about that one day in a year when nothing else matters but love.

7. The Holiday

It is as cheesy as cheesy can get.
Christmas can do this to some people, remind us all of our heartaches and loneliness especially when we see everyone else with their “the one”. I just wish that Christmas can bring to us all what it brought to the main characters, the love of their lives.

6. The Nightmare Before Christmas

A Tim Burton Christmas story! That cannot be taken out of this list, no matter what.
It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from “Halloween Town” who opens a portal to “Christmas Town”. Walt Disney Pictures decided to release the film under their Touchstone Pictures banner because they thought Nightmare would be “too dark and scary for kids”. The Nightmare Before Christmas has been viewed with critical and financial success. Disney has reissued the film annually under their Disney Digital 3-D format since 2006.

5. A Christmas Carol and Home Alone

An animated retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

Home Alone, on the other hand, is a classic despite the lead character’s terrible acting.

4. Elf

It was released in the United States on November 7, 2003 and grossed over $220,400,000 worldwide. And why not? Imagine being adopted by Santa?! Epic!

3. Miracle on 34th Street

It is the story of what takes place in New York City following Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as people are left wondering whether or not a department store Santa might be the real thing. Because of its Christmas theme, the film has become a perennial Christmas favorite.
The film won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Edmund Gwenn), Best Writing, Original Story (Valentine Davies) and Best Writing, Screenplay. It was also nominated for Best Picture, losing to Gentleman’s Agreement.
The next time you take a photo with that Santa in Walmart, start thinking what would happen if you discover he is the real Santa.

2. It s a Wonderful Life

The heaviest movie on the list.
The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers).

1. Love Actually

Love Actually is the ultimate Marathon of romantic comedies. The most fun marathon anyone can ever participate in. This movie is a blatant call for love and it was impossible for us not to give it. There the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) who’s smitten with his caterer; a widower (Liam Neeson) whose young son nurses the ultimate schoolboy crush; a writer (Colin Firth) who falls for his Portuguese housekeeper; a devoted wife and mother (Emma Thompson) coping with her potentially unfaithful husband (Alan Rickman); and a lovelorn American (Laura Linney) who’s desperately attracted to a colleague.
Every story ends sweetly, enough to fulfill our sweet Christmas cravings.

Johnny Depp - Hollywood's Highest Paid Actor with £21m

Johnny Depp has become Hollywood's current highest-earning actor after securing a £21 million pay deal for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
The fee is a guaranteed minimum earning for the film, On Stranger Tides, in which he reprises the role of Captain Jack Sparrow, but could increase if it is a box-office hit.
It places Depp at the top of the high-earning actors, above the likes of Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson, who each command around £18 million.

Studio bosses at Disney have agreed to the record pay deal because Depps high-profile Pirates co-stars, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, are not returning for the next adventure.
Geoffrey Rush will again play Captain Barbossa while Penelope Cruz has been lined up for the female lead, although this has not been confirmed.
A source said: "The movie will feature flashbacks to Jack's early life."
Depp got £15 million for the third film, Dead Man's Chest, and stands to collect some £50 million from the whole series.
With the deal Depp joins the ranks of some of Hollywoods best known and highest-paid actors.
Here is a list of the Top 10 biggest payouts:

1. Harrison Ford (£38m) Indiana Jones 4
2. Tom Hanks (£29m) Angels and Demons
3. Cameron Diaz (£28.5m) What Happens in Vegas
4. Jim Carrey (£23m) Cable Guy
5. Will Smith (£18m) Hancock
6. Sacha Baron Cohen (£16m) Borat
7. Mel Gibson (£17m) Lethal Weapon 4
8. Matt Damon (£15m) The Bourne Supremacy
9. Tom Cruise (£12m) Mission: Impossible III
10. Robert Pattinson (£10m) Twilight Saga

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Emma Watson - Highest Earning Female Star set world record

 Emma Watson - Highest Earning Female Star set world record - At the tender age of 19 most teenagers are only just beginning to think about their future careers. But Emma Watson is celebrating being named the highest paid actress of the past decade.

Despite being just nine years old at the Millennium her extra-curricular activities playing Hermione in the Harry Potter films have made more money than any other woman in Hollywood.

The wizard franchise and her role in the animation The Tale Of Despereaux have taken $5.4billion (£3.32billion) worldwide, putting her films' box-office takings ahead of Hollywood heavyweights such as Julia Roberts, Halle Berry and Cameron Diaz.

She also boasts the highest average box office receipts per movie, with each of her films making an average of £554,880,000.

The star topped the poll by the Guinness Book Of World Records.

The accolade caps a remarkable rise to fame for the former pupil of Stagecoach Theatre Arts in Oxford.

Since her first outing as Hermione as a 10-year-old in 2001, she has amassed a £10million fortune and was recently placed sixth on Forbes' list of Hollywood's Most Valuable Young Stars.

Watson is currently the face of Burberry Prorsum and has announced that she is creating a fashion range for ethical brand People Tree next year.

She has also emulated the academic achievements of her character Hermione, earning eight As and two As at GCSE, and three As at A-level. She now divides her time between fashion and studying art and literature at Brown

She has refused to abandon her education to become a full-time actress, saying: 'People can't understand why I don't want to ... but school life keeps me in touch with my friends. It keeps me in touch with reality.' University in Providence, Rhode Island.She appears in the final film of the wizard series, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, which is split into two films - due out next year and in 2011.

Watson attended the open auditions for the first Harry Potter in 1999, and later admitted: 'I had no idea of the scale of the film series. If I had I would have been completely overwhelmed.'

Fellow Briton Keira Knightley is the second-highest grossing actress, thanks to her roles in the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies. She starred in 12 other movies in the past 10 years, taking her total receipts to $3.42billion (£2.52billion).

The highest grossing actor of all time is Samuel L Jackson, who has appeared in more than 70 movies, including the new Star Wars trilogy, Die Hard With A Vengeance and Pulp Fiction. 

Most Comments on Patrick Swayze Facebook Post set Guiness World Records 2011

Patrick Swayze fans made history on the first anniversary of his death in September - their internet tributes to the late star earned them a place in the record books.

The acting legend lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009 and to mark a year since his passing, Swayze's online devotees descended on Facebook's Dirty Dancing page to remember the actor.

And the huge amount of postings set a new Guinness World Record.

Officials ruled the fans had made the most ever comments on a single Facebook post, with 10,260 notes left in honor of Swayze.

A post on the social networking site reads, "Thanks to all fans who commented on Patrick's RIP post on September 14th. You all are apart (sic) of contributing towards breaking a World Record for the most comments to a Facebook Post according the Guinness Book Of World Records!"

Patrick Swayze Brief Biography

Patrick Wayne Swayze was born on 18 August 1952 in Houston, Texas where he lived until age 20. His mother was a choreographer and dancer and he followed her interests, moving to New York City in 1972 to complete his formal dance traing through ballet. His first professional appearance was as a dancer for Disney on Parade.

His career led him to Broadway and then he had his first movie appearance in the 1979 movie Skatetown, USA. He also appeared in a 1981 episode of M.A.S.H. then had several roles in films and miniseries until his breakthrough role came in the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing where he played dance instructor Johnny Castle.

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing was a low-budget movie that became a surprise hit worldwide. When it went to video it was the first movie to sell over a million copies and both the Dirty Dancing DVD and Dirty Dancing soundtrack still sell well today. Swayze received the first of his three Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in this role.

 Dancing Video

Guinness Book Of World Records 2011 New Records

Guinness World Records 2011 is published Thursday in the U.K. Let book your edition in Advance. These  including Swallow the smallest cow - who stands at just 33.5 inches tall - and a man who can fit 400 drinking straws in his mouth and keep them there for ten seconds.



One of the oddest has to be Stephen Parkes, a media technician from Nottingham, 44, who has the Largest Collection Of Smurf Memorabilia at 1,061 figures.



Amarilis Espinoza, of Guinness World Records, said: ‘It is very difficult to get into the book and about 80 per cent of entries get rejected.’

Guinness Book Of World Records 2011 New Records Video




 

World Longest Tongue On A Dog: Puggy, Becky Stanford’s male Pekingese, is nine years old. Its mouth-watering 4.5in tongue was officially measured at a Texan animal clinic last May.

Fastest Time To Pop 100 Balloons By A Dog: Jack Russell terrier Anastasia did this in 44.49 secs on a U.S. TV show



 

World Longest snake: Measured at 24ft, fluffy the reticulated python, who lives in Columbus Zoo and aquarium, Ohio, U.S. is recognized as the longest living snake in captivity.

World’s Biggest English Breakfast: Mario’s Cafe, Bolton, serves ten eggs, sausages and bacon rashers, five black puddings and piles of mushrooms and beans.

It’s free if eaten in 20 minutes!

World Most Straws Stuffed In Mouth: Simon Elmore held 400 drinking straws in his mouth for ten seconds in Bavaria, Germany, in August 2009

 

World Heaviest Plane Pulled: Kevin Fast pulled a 188.83 tonne CC-177 Globemaster III a staggering 28ft at Canadian Forces Base, Ontario.

World Smallest Cow: Swallow is 33.5in-tall Dexter cow. She lives with Martyn Ryder at Pike End Farm in North Yorkshire.

World Most Bottles Recycled By A Dog: Tubby has recycled 26,000 plastic bottles by giving them to his owner Sandra Gilmore.


















World Longest Distance By A Horse On Hind Legs: Gregory Ancelotti rode his horse, Doc, 95ft 5in in Milan, Italy, in April 2009.

World Largest Smurf Collection: Stephen Parkes has 1,061 in total, including Christmas smurfs and historical figures.

 

World's Largest Beef Burger Guinness Book of Worlds 2010

World's Largest Beef Burger Guinness Book of Worlds 2010 - IT TOOK 120 eggs to hold it together and four burly men to flip it, but a Sydney cafe has set a record by making the world's largest burger.

The whopping beef burger cooked up at Ambrosia On The Spot, in Sydney's Randwick, tipped the scales at 95.5kg, making it the largest ever created.

The previous record was held by an 84kg burger made in the US.

Owner Joe El-Ajouz said the burger would not be a regular feature on the cafe's menu, considering it took him almost 24 hours to create and three months to plan, but he was delighted with the results.

"I've always wanted to break a world record and this is a bit of fun and a marketing tool to get people in here and get them talking," Mr El-Ajouz said.

The burger required 81kg of mince, 120 eggs, 16 tomatoes, 120 cheese slices, 2kg of lettuce, 21kg of bread and half a kilo of barbecue sauce.

Mr El-Ajouz's wife Iman said the trickiest part was flipping the patty, which took 12 hours to cook through.

Once the meat was cooked, the burger was lovingly assembled by the cafe's staff, then put on display.

Last night, it was being cut up for staff and supporters to sample.

Two chefs in Sydney have cooked their way into the Guinness Book of Records 2010 with a world biggest burger. watch exclusive video.

Largest Plate of Nachos Guinness World Records Attempt

Texas Teens Attempt Guinness World Record For "The Largest Plate of Nachos"

On April 7th, 2010, local teens plan to build and eat a 3,500 pound nacho platter,loaded with cheese and jalapenos, in effort to set new world record.

WHO: Hundreds of Dallas area teens will converge at Arora, the Student Ministry of Northstar Church in Frisco, Texas.

WHAT: An attempt to break the standing Guinness World Record for the largest plate of nachos. Students will help build, and once verified for Guinness, eat the 3,500 pound cheesy mountain of nachos. The current record stands at 3,158 pounds.

WHERE: Northstar Church, 7125 Legacy Drive, Frisco, TX 75034

WHEN: Wednesday, April 7th, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Building of nacho plate will begin earlier. Completion, verification of record and eating of the mammoth nacho plate will occur shortly after 7:30 p.m.

WHY: Every Wednesday Arora provides a cost-free, alcohol-free and drug-free event for teens. Arora offers a fun and meaningful way for Dallas youth to grow mentally, physically, socially and spiritually. As for the nachos -- records where made to be broken.

In addition to the record breaking attempt, the United Free Style Stunt Team will be performing a spectacular 30-minute BMX exhibition, complete with 5 foot ramps, and plenty of jaw dropping tricks.

A big "thanks" to the sponsors of this historic event: Snyders of Hanover and Dr. Pepper. Their donations and assistance make this event possible.

World's Largest Cannolo Guinness World Record set by Giulio Pistolesi and Scott Wilkinson

TWO men in Newburgh, New York, have baked the world's largest cannoli, the Times Herald-Record reported Saturday.

Well, largest cannolo, if you are being true to the singular form of the word in Italian, the language of where it originated.

In any event, that is what it will say on the certificate Guinness is sending them - largest cannolo.

The 56kg cannoli, or cannolo, Giulio Pistolesi and Scott Wilkinson put together August 27 in the parking lot outside Pistolesi's bakery, the Cake Bin, in Newburgh, 96km north of New York City, has not only been ruled by Guinness World Records the largest ever made. It is actually the first time a record for this particular food item has been claimed.

"We're very excited here, and we hope the certificate gets here soon," Pistolesi said.

Wilkinson, who drives a truck for a living but has a side business, Mr. Cannoli, he operates at fairs and carnivals, has been checking his email for weeks, but heard nothing until late Wednesday night. That is when the word from Guinness finally came.

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"I fell off the chair," Wilkinson said. "The first word was, 'Congratulations.' That's all I needed to see."

His first call was to Pistolesi, whose first reaction at that hour [after 10:00pm] was, "This better be good news."

They thought they would try to wait until the certificate arrived before contacting reporters, but big news like this has a way of getting out once you start telling people about it.

They are still planning a photo opportunity when the certificate arrives, as they have a lot of people to thank - from all the students and others who volunteered to help when the cannolo was baked and put together, to several sponsors.

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