As far as Guinness World Records go, this one is pretty damn cool, right up there with Fastest Turkey Plucker and the guy who ate the Most Ferrero Rocher Chocolates in One Minute.

Alia Sabur is the Youngest Professor in World, a title she’s had since February when, at age 18, she joined the faculty at Konkuk University in South Korea. I just read her bio online and holy wow is this girl something else.

After the FOURTH GRADE–a time when I personally was obsessed with fart jokes and my sticker collection–she was already applying to college. She graduated Summa Cum Laude (of course she did) with a degree in applied math at age 14.  

I would tell you about all the other stuff she’s done (two graduate degrees, something about being a musical prodigy, stage performances with Smash Mouth, a dedication to martial arts, and to improving the lives of NoLa residents post-Katrina) but my fragile ego won’t allow for it.

*Photo via Teen People

Internet, you lied to me!

This isn’t the first time, and really it has to stop.

I almost missed out on a fantastic movie because of you, because the trailer you showed me suggested Iron Man would be brimming with standard bad action flick garbage (laughable dialogue, chest-thumping machismo, things that blow up) but no!

Instead: Robert Downey Jr. (swoon) as a mortal, flawed superhero, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, and a (smart!) script that demonizes no one group (the film toggles back and forth between the caves of Afghani insurgents and a weapons development lab Downey’s basement in Malibu).

Also, Faran Tahir is deliciously evil as ‘Raza’ a multilingual warlord who sees himself as the next Genghis Khan (You might remember him as Raj from Krutin Patel’s film ABCD). He really needs to be more famous, that Tahir guy.

*Photos of Iron Man LA premiere via IGN

Word is, Snoop Dogg and Akshay Kumar are currently in the studio, working on a song together. How genius is that? They’re recording one track, for the new Vipul Shah film Singh is Kinng. It’s due for release this summer (August 8).

Seriously, this I have to hear.

*Thanks, Photobucket

Giant splashy photos of women in various stages of undress.

That’s what you can find on the cover of every Turkish daily “news”paper—except for like two, Cumhuriyet and Radikal.

Oh wait, make that one.

Because a frontpage headline in today’s Radikal reads: ”Büyük Kalçanın Yararları” (Translation: ”The Benefits of Having Big Hips”). And of course a picture follows: an arduous set of bottom-cheeks, popping out of an electric blue thong.

It’s cheap, lazy, déclassé ”journalism.” And it’s what Turks do best.

RIP Radikal, you’ll be missed (not really).

The poptimistic Jay Sean of Eyes on You fame is all grown up. His latest single Stay (off the new album, My Own Way), drops May 12th. Watch the video here (and yes, that’s Thara Prashad looking pouty and perfect in it):

I can’t believe Tanyeli charges $5,000 a day for belly dancing lessons.

That’s how much Bollyhood director Apoorva Lakhia had to pay her (times five) for a workweek’s worth of ass-shaking on the set of Mission Istanbul.

“You’ve to see her dance,”  says Zayed Khan who stars in the film. “She’s awesome. And she’s not just talented she’s also a wonderful human being.”

You know, I stumbled onto the set of Mission Istanbul last winter (Khan and Shriya Saran were filming a dance sequence by the Ortakoy Mosque) and had I known this, I so would have given them a counter-quote: $5 a day + a mango lassi.

*Photo via Tanyeli.Net

She’s already the face of Marc, by Marc Jacobs and now M.I.A. is coming out with her own clothing line.

What to expect? Lots of bomber jackets apparently, and “leggings, T-shirts, all done up in the bold hues and graphic prints for which the singer is known.”

Oooh.

I really hope what she’s wearing here is part of the collection. Because I could see myself rocking those sparkle shorts at the next company picnic. HOT.

*Thanks for the photo, LosAnjealous

It’s the perfect track for people who talk like writers and wear berets.

Rupa and the April Fishes has recently released its debut album, eXtraOrdinary rendition. 

Une Américaine à Paris is the lush, milk-swilled lead track off it. Rupa Marya, who is a doctor by day, is on vocals. She grew up in California, India and southern France, which is probably why her music sounds like it does.

Have a listen and you’ll see what I mean:

When you’re hovering above a public toilet trying not to you know, touch anything, do you ever feel like you’re being watched? I do (I blame the British. And all those Dateline specials on bathroom perverts). But if you’re doing your hovering in a Long Island Dunkin’ Donuts, chances are it’s more than just a feeling.

Danish Qureshi was arrested last weekend for unlawful surveillance of the ladies room (police caught him with his laptop in the parking lot, receiving images from a pinhole camera he set up in the loo).

Quershi, 25 and of King’s Park, was released on $7,500 bail. 

Surprisingly, he still lives with his mother.

BREAKING NEWS (from two weeks ago): King Khan seen SMILING and WAVING A FLAG outside a promotional van for his new show Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas se Tez Hai? Khan hosts the program–essentially an Indian version of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

Watch the TV promos for it here: