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Most Expensive Milkshake Legendary restaurant, Serendipity 3, has added the Guinness World Records title of Most Expensive Milkshake to their expansive menu of record-breaking delicacies, today on National Vanilla Milkshake Day. The LUXE Milkshake set this new record title at $100.00 USD. The luxurious concoction is served in a custom milkshake glass adorned with over 3,000 premium Swarovskiâ crystals designed by Master Artist, Kellie DeFries, the “Crystal Ninja”... Go get yours. 225 E 60th St, New York, NY. Photo By:MediaPunch For Serendipity 3

**** @POTUS **** President Barack Obama NEW YORK -   Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievement, can confirm that President Obama, yesterday shattered the record for Fastest time to reach one million followers on Twitter, after his new verified account @POTUS reached the figure in less than 5 hours. Obama's latest social media achievement beats a record previously held by Ironman star Robert Downey Jr., a feat the movie star achieved in 23 hours and 22 minutes in April 2014. Downey Jr.'s Twitter debut was recognised in the 2015 edition of the Guinness World Records book. The US President already has the account @BarackObama, which has amassed nearly 60 million followers. However, the new @POTUS account is associated with the presidential office - or as Obama puts it: "The handle comes with the house." "The @POTUS Twitter account will serve as a new way for President Obama to engage direc...

Harrison Ford NEW YORK, May 4, 2015: For many science fiction fans, May 4th marks Star Wars Day - an event that sees aficionados of the hugely successful movie series celebrate Star Wars culture. This year's festivities come hot on the heels of last month's Star Wars Celebration, a fan event which saw the premiere of the second Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, the next installment of the saga, which will see Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill reprise their roles as Han Solo, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker from the original trilogy. In celebration of the occasion, Guinness World Records , the global authority on record-breaking achievements, delved deep into the depths of the Guinness World Records archive to bring you our pick of Star Wars titles. Largest fortune made from a film franchise Rather than taking a director's fee for Star Wars (USA, 1977), George Lucas (USA) acquire d the rights to all sequels and future me...

One Direction In Guinness World Records Lights, camera, action! The pages of the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® 2015 edition are as star-studded as a red carpet premiere! Arriving in stores on September 10th, the book features groundbreaking achievements across film, television and music.  Metallica made history when they became the first and only band to perform a concert on all seven of Earth's continents after entertaining 120 scientists and competition winners at Carlini Station in Antarctica on December 8th, 2013. The hour-long show, appropriately dubbed "Freeze 'Em All", saw the rock band perform ten tracks. With a Hall of Fame-caliber career spanning more than three decades, the band earned a spot in the 60th Anniversary edition of the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2015 book after a whirlwind year in 2013 performing concerts in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica. Metallica's lead vocalist, James Hetfi...

Betty White What do Hollywood icon Betty White and ‘drug lord Walter White’ have in common? They’re both in the new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2014 edition! Arriving in stores on September 12th, the book features both legendary actors and young upstarts at the top of their game as they achieve unparalleled success in the film, television, and music industries. The inimitable Betty White has proved that ‘age is nothing but a number’ by earning the record for “Longest TV Career for an Entertainer (Female)” spanning 74 years of work in the industry. Making her debut in 1939, the queen of the small screen has appeared in some of television’s most popular shows, including The Golden Girls, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Carol Burnett Show. Currently starring in Hot in Cleveland, the legendary 91-year-old entertainer shows no signs of stopping! “I was astounded when [GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS] called to tell me. Who? Me!?! It’s such as honor. The book has always bee...

**** GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS **** PSY Video Guinness World Records, the official authority on record-breaking achievement, today announce that Korean Pop Superstar 'PSY' has broken the record for Most Liked Video on YouTube. The video, that has only been available to view since the 15th of July, has been 'liked' in excess of 2,141,758 times. The figure puts its competitors in the shade; LMFAO's 'Party Rock Anthem' has accumulated 1,574,963 likes, Justin's Bieber's 'Baby' (1,327,147 likes) and British pop star Adele's 'Rolling in the deep' (1,245,641 likes). PSY (real name: Park Jae-Sang) is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and rapper. "Gangnam Style", his most successful single to date, is the most viewed K-Pop video on YouTube, and marks the first time a South Korean artist has topped the iTunes charts. Guinness World Records Community Manager, Dan Barrett, said: "Having been...

**** The Guinness World Records 2013 Edition ****   Justin Bieber Meryl Streep  As if being a celebrity didn’t have enough perks, the new Guinness World Records 2013 edition reveals some of the greatest aspects of being a star in record-breaking fashion! Hitting shelves on September 13th, the book features a wide variety of headline-stealing artists ranging from stars like Justin Bieber to legendary icons like Madonna and Meryl Streep. ”Beliebers” can rejoice with Justin Bieber as he earned the title of ‘Youngest Solo Artist to Have Three No 1 Albums’ for his three chart-topping US albums all released before his 18th birthday. These include My World 2.0 (April 10, 2010), Never Say Never: The Remixes (March 5, 2011); and Under the Mistletoe, (19 November 2011), the first Christmas album by a male artist to debut at No.1 in the 55-year history of the US albums chart.  Lady Gaga Beyonce   The daughter of musical ...