A Dutch man with the longest case of COVID infection ever recorded suffered from the sickness for a record 613 days, with the ailment mutating into a unique new variant that baffled medical researchers. The 72-year-old unnamed patient was diagnosed with the omicron variant in February 2022, according to Time, citing research from the University of Amsterdam. … Read more
An Australian model is on track to break the record for the most-liked TikTok video of all time. Leah Halton — @looooooooch on TikTok — has over 7.5 million followers and 185.9 million likes on the platform. Leah Halton has over 7.5 million followers and 185.9 million likes on TikTok. Instagram/Leah Halton The 23-year-old posted … Read more
1, 2, 3… go! A grandmother just broke the Guinness World Record for the longest time in an abdominal plank position for a female. DonnaJean Wilde is a 58-year-old mom of 5 and grandmother of 12 from Alberta, Canada, who can now add a world record to her resume. The Canadian held the plank for just over … Read more
The longer Caitlin Clark and Iowa went, the more people were interested. For the third time in seven days, Clark and the Hawkeyes shattered the TV viewership record for women’s college basketball, this time their NCAA championship final loss to undefeated South Carolina Sunday on ABC drawing 18.7 million viewers, according to ESPN. The broadcast … Read more
The Curse of Combs may finally be catching up with Diddy. After meteoric initial success, the two record labels associated with beleaguered hip-hop impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs have both collapsed during a spiral involving murder, death and imprisonment. And Combs himself is now in the crosshairs of the law after federal law enforcement raids on … Read more
Drug overdose deaths continue to rise, breaking yet another record in 2022, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reported that 107,941 Americans died from drug overdoses that year — which is about 1% higher than overdose deaths in 2021. The number of fatal overdoses has risen almost … Read more
Paul McCartney is “incredibly grateful” after he was reunited with his beloved bass more than 51 years after it vanished and sparked a global search at the Beatle’s pleading. The 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar — bought by McCartney as a teen in Hamburg for a mere $37 before the fame — was stolen off … Read more
In this Valentine’s Day edition of the Sports Media Podcast from the New York Post and Sports Business Journal, SBJ’s Austin Karp puts a bow on the Chiefs Super Bowl victory and the Big Game’s record-breaking audience numbers. With the Daytona 500 right around the corner, SBJ’s Adam Stern, NASCAR President Steve Phelps and NASCAR … Read more
There was not a blank space when it came to Super Bowl viewership. As was announced on Monday, Super Bowl 2024 averaged 123.4 million viewers on CBS platforms, a record not just for the Super Bowl but for any event since the 1969 moon landing, and an increase of about 7 percent from last year’s … Read more
Guinness World Records on Thursday told Frenchman Richard Plaud that his 23.6 ft matchstick Eiffel Tower was a record height, a day after initially rejecting it for using the wrong matches to Plaud’s dismay. Plaud said he had been on an “emotional rollercoaster” this week, after spending 4,200 hours over eight years on building his … Read more
A fit Brit with a dream of hiking the Himalayas has smashed world records by climbing and descending the height of Mount Everest in one solitary day — all without leaving the comforts of his suburban home. With the interior steps of the house his blank canvas, Sean Gee, 37, put in an artful performance, climbing … Read more
Taylor Swift has seemingly won everything in sight at the Grammys, so it’s no wonder she’s so souped up about her boo thang Travis Kelce bringing home a different kind of coveted prize — the Vince Lombardi Trophy — when the Kansas City Chiefs tackle the San Francisco 49ers at Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11. … Read more
Her records earned him a world record. A Taylor Swift fan recently broke the Guinness World Record for the most Taylor Swift songs identified from their lyrics in one minute. Bilal Ilyas Jhandir of Pakistan, a self-proclaimed “die-hard fan” of the pop star, named 34 of her songs, which broke the record previously held of 27. … Read more
Food bank volunteers were shocked to discover that a donated canned good item had expired years ago — 25 years ago, to be exact. Volunteers at the Sunderland and County Durham Food Bank in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England, recently received a glass can of Uncle Ben’s Gratin’s Dauphionise Cheese & Onion Sauce for Potatoes. A … Read more
Los Angeles Times’ letters editor Paul Thornton implored Californians leaving the state to stop criticizing it on the way out. “To the people leaving California: May the road rise to meet you as you seek better lives in new places. Now, can you please extend some goodwill to those of us who remain?” Thornton asked … Read more
A Shiba Inu became the first dog to rush through a video game at an annual charity event and even came close to breaking a world record. Players began speedrunning — or beating video games as fast as possible — on Sunday over Twitch as part of Games Done Quick’s weeklong charity event. On Tuesday, a canine … Read more
“Better Call Saul” was one of the finest TV shows of the last decade — but just don’t try telling that to the TV Academy. The “Breaking Bad” prequel drama, headlined by Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn, ended its six-season run with a whopping 53 Emmy nominations — but zero wins, as it was shut … Read more
NBC’s gamble paid off in huge ways – and expect more streaming-only playoff games in the future. Despite some reservations from fans, the Chiefs’ 26-7 wild-card win Saturday over the Dolphins that streamed exclusively on NBC’s Peacock — aside from local markets – set the record for the most-streamed live event in United States history, … Read more
Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi shine in “Criminal Record,” an artful jigsaw-puzzle crime thriller. The eight-episode series, premiering Jan. 10 on Apple TV+, posits Jumbo and Capaldi as June Lenker and Dan Hegarty, London detectives linked by a murder committed 10 years earlier — with the wrong man imprisoned for a crime he did not … Read more
Life is a highway for him. On Wednesday, Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney, 48, took to social media to clarify rumors that he’s transitioning to be a woman. “First off, I am alive! There have been so many rumors and opinions thrown around about me — but I am finally healthy and ready for … Read more