| Penang to attempt new Guinness dance record on New Year`s Eve
December 8, 2009 at 9:39 pm
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Lumpur: Malaysian state Penang is set to welcome 2010 by making an attempt
at a new Guinness world record through the 1 Population 1 World dance event.
The event, Penang Golden 2010 (PG2010), which has been organised for the fifth consecutive time by CreatiVision DC Sdn Bhd and supported by Celcom (Malaysia) Bhd, coincides with the 53rd celebration of George Town`s city day.
More than 100,000 people are expected to throng Padang Kota Lama for the event on New Year`s Eve.
The pinnacle of the evening will be a 10-minute fireworks display to mark the beginning of the New Year.
CreatiVision managing director Adelyn Lim said they had decided to have something spectacular this time as it would be a dual celebration.
She said they hoped to attract more than 30,000 people on New Year`s Eve to join the largest dance event ever in order to create a Guinness world record.
She said the dance was in aid of Unicef`s Unite for Children campaign.
Participants will dance for five minutes to the tune of Sean Kingston`s `Fire Burnin` On the Dance Floor`.
The current record for the largest dance group is 7,770 people in Cebu, the Philippines.
"We also want to showcase our 1Malaysia spirit," The New Straits Times Online quoted Lim as saying at the launch of the event at the Gurney Resort Hotel and Residences on December 7.
Lim said the 1 Population 1 World dance was a non-political, non-religious and non-profit campaign, co-ordinated by the company`s corporate social responsibility-youth social responsibility unit, Rainbow of Life Forces.
There will also be live performances by artistes such as popular groups Estranged and SoFaz, and Hafiz (Akademi Fantasia season seven winner), Amy Wang (Astro Talent Quest runner-up) and newcomer The Villanz.
Meanwhile, Celcom northern region vice-president Saiful Bahrin Abd Ghaffar said the telecommunication provider had lined up special offers, promotions and lucky draw prizes at their booth at the event site.
"The PG2010 countdown is the perfect setting for Celcom to celebrate and usher in the New Year with its customers," he added.
Five gold bracelets, priced at RM700 each, await the lucky winners, and Saiful Bahrin said there would also be special deals for BlackBerry users. |
| I always wanted to be a porn star, says Shah Rukh Khan
December 8, 2009 at 9:34 pm
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When it comes to Shah Rukh Khan, you can bet on some out-of-the-box talk! And this time he does it again: in Delhi, the 'Badshah of Bollywood' was once again at his witty best as he shared his "aspiration" of becoming a porn star with a bemused audience.
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Getting candid about his unique dream, SRK said, "I always wanted to be porn star. I am going to work with all the optimism and clarity to be a porn star".
When asked where this inspiration came from, he said, "I have always been a huge fan of Sylvester Stallone who was a porn star before becoming a Hollywood superstar."
Shah Rukh sent the audience into peels of laughter when the actor said, "I will take my flag and put it up in America after becoming the biggest porn star of the world."
It all started when Arindam Chaudhuri, read excerpts from his book 'Discover A Diamond In You' and gave example of Stallone`s determination and his journey from being a porn star to becoming one of Hollywood`s icons. He also referred how Akio Morita, founder of Sony, Japanese electronics giant, started the company with a dream to have his country`s flag flutter high on the soil of US. "You see that is what happens with students like me who take all the wrong things from best of the examples given to them," Shah Rukh joked.
Well, we can only say that with Shah Rukh on stage– the show never ends! | | | 
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