Entertainment

China Hosted The World’s First Robot Martial Arts Tournament In Hangzhou On 5/25/25. Featuring Human-Operated Unitree G1 Bots Trained In Kickboxing, Matches Had 3 (2 Mins) Rounds. Kicks Scored 3 Points, Punches 1. Falls Lost 5 Or 10 Points If Unable To Stand In 8 Secs. Despite AI Fears, Clumsy Bots Made The Event More Comedic Than Threatening.

In China’s World’s First Human/Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon, 21 Robots Ran With Humans. The Human Winner Finished In 1:02 Hr, While Tiangong Ultra, Developed By Beijing Innovation Center Of Humanoid Robotics, Led The Robots At 2:40 Hr. Despite Battery Issues, 6 Robots Finished. Some Robots Had Batteries Swapped Or Were Replaced Mid-Race.

Lebron James Made History As The First NBA Player To Score 50,033 Combined Points During The Lakers’ 136-115 Win Over The Pelicans, Achieving This Milestone With A 25-Foot 3-Pointer In His 22nd Season. At 40, He’s The Oldest Western Conference Player Of The Month, & The First Male Pro Athlete Honored As A Ken Doll By The Barbie Brand. Cool!

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The World’s First Human-Humanoid Robot Race Debuts On 4/19/25 In Beijing. In The Half-Marathon (~21km), Robots Face A 3.5-hour Limit, 10-min Battery Swap Penalties, And Must Be Bipedal. Remote Or Autonomous Control Is Allowed. The Event, Part Of Beijing E-Town’s $686m Robotics Plan, Blends Sport And Tech To Showcase China’s AI Ambitions.

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Adrien Brody, The Youngest Best Actor Oscar Winner In 2003, Broke The Guinness World Records For The Longest Oscar Acceptance Speech With A 5-Min 36-Sec Speech For “The Brutalist” At The 2025 Oscars. He Topped Greer Garson’s 1943 Record Of 5-Min 30-Sec For “Mrs. Miniver.” He Also Joked, “Not My First Rodeo,” Reflecting On Acting’s Fragility.

Australian Sprinter Gout Gout, 17, Ran The Year 2025 World’s Fastest 200m Time, 20.05s On 3/16/25, At The Queensland State Championships. In The Final, He Clocked 19.98s (Wind +3.6m/s), Becoming The First AustralianTo Break 20s Unofficially. He’s Only The 7th Under-20 To Achieve This In Any Wind. Usain Bolt Holds The World’s 200m Record At 19.19s (2009).

Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills QB, Signed A 6-Year, $330m Deal With A Record-Breaking $250m Guaranteed—The Largest Guarantee Ever Given To An NFL Player, Surpassing Deshaun Watson’s $230m. Myles Garrett Of The Cleveland Browns Became The Highest-Paid Non-QB With A 4-Year, $40m-A-Year Deal, $123.5m Guaranteed. Allen Led Bills To AFC Title Game.

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US Cyclist Lael Wilcox Claimed The Record For Fastest Woman To Circumnavigate The Globe By Bike In ~108 Days, Pending Guinness Verification. She Cycled 29,169 Km Across 21 Countries & 4 Continents, Starting And Ending In Chicago, Beating Scotland’s Jenny Graham’s 2018 Record Of ~124 Days. Indian Cyclist Vedangi Kulkarni Is Also Attempting The Record.

Katie Ledecky Won Her 9th Gold And 14th Olympic Medal In The 800m Freestyle, Tying Gymnast Larisa Latynina For Most Golds By A Female Swimmer And American Female Athlete. She Also Became The Most Decorated Female Swimmer With Her 13th Medal, A Silver In The 4×200 Freestyle Relay. In Paris, She Earned 2 Golds, A Silver, And A Bronze, Aiming For LA 2028.

The 40m Stampfli 24 Express, The World’s Longest Rowing Boat, Joined The Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay On July 21 On The River Marne. Starting In Greece, The Relay Crossed France And Ended In Paris, Where The July 26 Opening Ceremony Began As A 6km Floating Parade On The Seine, Instead Of In The Stadium, For The First Time In The Olympics.

Saudi Arabia, With Rumy Alqahtani, Will Make History By Entering The Miss Universe Pageant (MUP) For The First Time. Alqahtani, A 27-Year-Old Seasoned Pageant Contender & Influencer, Has Competed Globally In, E.G., Miss And Mrs Global Asian. The 2023 MUP Was Historic As A Nicaraguan Contestant, Sheynnis Palacios, Won The Pageant For The First Time.

Beyoncé‘s “Texas Hold ‘EM” Not Only Made Her The First Black Woman And 2nd Solo Female Artist, After Taylor Swift, To Top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs But Also The First Woman To Lead Both Hot Country Songs And Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Charts Since The Charts Began In 1958. Justin Bieber, Billy Ray Cyrus, ETC., Have Also Led Both Charts.

Women Swept Major Categories And Made History At The 2024 Grammys. Karol G: 1st Female Reggaeton Artist To Win Best Música Urbana Album. Paramore: 1st Woman-Fronted Rock Band To Win Best Rock Album. Taylor Swift Won Album Of The Year For The Fourth Time, Surpassing Icons Like Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, And Stevie Wonder.

Colman Domingo, Who Made History As 1st Afro-Latino Best Actor Oscar Nominee For ‘Rustin’ And 2nd Openly Gay Man Nominated For A Gay Role, Marks The Oscar’s 2nd Year Of Diverse Non-Denzel/Will Smith Black Best Actor Nods. Recognized For ‘The Color Purple,’ He Eyes Potential Wins At The 96th Oscars Hosted By Jimmy Kimmel On March 10, 2024.

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HBO’s Longest Running Scripted Comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Created By Larry David Of Seinfeld Fame, Wraps Up Its 24-Year Run With Season 12. This Final Installment, Airing Feb 4 – Apr 7, 2024, On HBO Max, Concludes David’s Fictionalized Life Saga And Marks The End Of A Legendary Comedic Era On TV.

Missy Elliott Became The First Female Rapper Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Queen Latifah Introduced Her, Highlighting Her Impact On Music And Her Barrier-Breaking Role For Women In Hip-Hop. Afterward, Elliott Performed Iconic Hits Like “Get Ur Freak On,” & “Work It.” And Shared Her Gratitude & Reflections In Her Acceptance Speech.

Simone Biles, Aged 26 And A 19-Time World Champion, Made History As The First Woman To Nail A Highly Challenging Vault, Yurchenko Double Pike, With A 6.4 Difficulty Score At The 2023 World Artistic Gymnastic Championships In Antwerp, Belgium, Following A Two-Year Hiatus Due To Mental Health Concerns. Her Team Is Favored To Win The Women’s Team Final.

Spain Makes History By Winning Its First Women’s World Cup Title, In 2023, In A Final (1- 0) Against England. Yet, Their Path Was Marred By Year-Long Internal Conflicts Involving Players, Coach Jorge Vilda, Technical Staff, And The Soccer Federation. Key Player Boycotts Due To Disputes Highlight Off-Field Discord, Despite On-Field Success.

Heba Saadieh, 34, Is The First Palestinian, Male Or Female, To Officiate In A FIFA Women’s World Cup In 2023. She Honed Her Skills In Various Countries, Received International Recognition, And Became An Inspiration To Women, Like Yasmine Nairoukh, In Palestine And Beyond. Her Success Highlights The Progress Of Gender Inclusion In Sports.

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Larry Fitzgerald Solidified His NFL Status As A Top Wide Receiver (WR) With An Unmatched Earning Of $182,490,000, After A 16-Year Career At Arizona Cardinals. This Earning Surpasses Julio Jones, The Second-Highest Paid WR, By $36,170,956. Calvin Johnson Is The Only Other WR To Exceed $100 M While Playing For A Single Team, Detroit Lions.

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