• Elana Meyers Taylor Olympic gold medalist Elana Meyers Taylor acquired two bonus world records when she won the bobsledding event at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, Italy. First, at the age of 41 she was the oldest person ever to win a Winter Olympics gold, and second, she his now the most...

  • Highly successful singer/songwriter Jelly Roll has scored a surfeit of hit songs in recent years. In his native USA he has had eight chart-topping singles and two number one albums. In total he has released 25 singles, 10 studio albums, nine collaborative albums, 22 mixtapes and two EPs (extended...

  • Actress Jennifer Garner came to prominence in the early 2000s when she played secret agent Sydney Bristow in the ABC spy series Alias. She won a Golden Globe award for the role and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards. Following the success of the series, she won starring roles in the...

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  • Yazz – ‘The Only Way is Up!’

    In 1988, singer Yazz stormed the charts worldwide with her popular dance anthem ‘The Only Way is Up’. It hit the number one slot in the UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden and...

  • Charles Gardner – Hitting the Wall!

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  • Captain Kirk’s Girlfriend

    Captain Kirk’s personal assistant and love interest, Yeoman Janice Rand, was played by singer and actress Grace Lee Whitney in the original 1960s TV series.  Now in its seventh decade,...

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