viernes, 19 de septiembre de 2008

El Hombre mas pequeño del mundo y la mujer de las piernas mas largas

CHECK OUT A PICTURE OF THE WORLD'S SMALLEST MAN POSING NEXT TO THE WOMAN WITH THE WORLD'S LONGEST LEGS:The 2009 edition of the "Guinness Book of World Records" went on sale yesterday.

--So, in honor of this momentous occasion, we figured you'd appreciate some pictures of the world's smallest man . . . 20-year-old He Pingping of China . . . posing with 36-year-old Svetlana Pankratova of Russia . . . who is the woman with the world's longest legs. (Sun)


(--So you know, He was born with primordial dwarf syndrome . . . and he stands just TWO-feet, FIVE-inches tall. And Svetlana, well, she just has really long legs. They're almost FOUR-feet, FOUR-inches long . . . which is nearly twice as tall as He is.)


(--But get this . . . it turns out He has a regular-sized girlfriend who he's been seeing for the last six months. Pretty cool, right?)


(--Take a look at some pictures of He and Svetlana here . . .)




jueves, 18 de septiembre de 2008

Damien Hirst's Offbeat Art Fetches $125 Million


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British artist Damien Hirst poses with his work 'The Incredible Journey' at an auction house in London, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008.

More than 200 pieces of Hirst's work are being auctioned in London this week in a sale, title 'Beautiful Inside My Head Forever,' which has already brought in more than $125 million on the auction's first day alone.

The sale is expected to eclipse $200 million, and Sotheby's said it expects the sale to set a new record for an auction of works by just one artist.
(Sang Tan/AP Photo)