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In an age where Wendy ’s 4 - for-$4 softwood can be draw , without irony , as " pretty much the best affair ever " in a tweet that Wendy ’s use in its TV advertising , it ’s good to have theGuinness World Recordson our side . Guinness worry not for your call of " awesomeness " unless you could back it up with upright old , hard , cold numbers .
But as it happen , 2015 really did see a few moments in movies and TV that were genuinely , verifiably record - shattering . Here ’s what Guinness booze a beer to in 2015 , what the number were and who has to settle for 2nd shoes .
Here are12 New Movie and TV Records of 2015 .
Largest film stunt explosion(Spectre)
Minor spoilers here , but this movie ’s been out long enough . When James Bond and the sexual love of his life , the winsome young What’s - Her - Name , escape SPECTRE ’s monumental desert HQ , they blow it uprealgood . The actual - life , no - CGI burst , filmed in Erfound , Morocco , used 2,224 gallons of fuel and 73 pounds of explosives , beating out the previous record - holder , the aptly named 1994 filmBlown aside .
James Bond films are disposed to go to all variety of extremes , and two others still guard phonograph recording for stunt : the biggest longboat jump in 1973’sLive and get Dieand the most cannon rolls in a car for 2006’sCasino Royale .
Shortest time to report the weather from all 50 states (Al Roker)
Al Roker makes his own formula . The sprightly , spry 61 - year - quondam weathercaster jell a disc for the second year in a wrangle . In 2014 , he had done the conditions for 34 hours flat : last class , he conducted a whistling - check tour that allowed him to cover on the weather from all 50 res publica in just 7 days .
Like the first " Rokerthon , " this one was for a good cause , raising money for Feeding America . Last time , he broke a record determine by a Norse weathercaster , this prison term around , there does n’t seem to have been anybody crazy enough to have even set about what he ’s done .
Longest-running “football” show(Match of the Day)
This one is a bit tricky . In the U.K. , as in most of the reality , what they call " football " is what we in America call " association football . " ( Apologies if you ’re a non - American reading this paragraph , but we need some breaker point of reference to discuss this . ) So do we measure their " football game programmes " against what we ’d call soccer programs , or what we ’d call football programs ?
It does n’t really matter , asMatch of the Dayis now more than 50 years erstwhile ( starting with a London - exclusive program in 1964 ) which hands down beats its close U.S. contender , Monday Night Football , which begin in 1970 .
Longest-serving TV judge(Judge Judy)
Judith Sheindlin , known for her no - hokum deportment and swift verdicts , retired as a mob lawcourt judge in 1996 , but her actual career was just getting started . She submit her approach shot to goggle box and has now been right there for over 20 eld . Beneath her steadfastly balanced way is a passion to make the organization work , which makes her one of television ’s more reassuring presences , even as the sense of entitlement in some of her cause leave us shake our head .
Only her co-worker , Greg Mathis(Judge Mathis)approaches the duration of her tenure , but he got his start in 1999 .
Most-viewed movie trailer in 24 hours(Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
We motion-picture fan do need some originality , but nothing generates online excitation like safe - bet sequel blockbusters . EvenThe Avengerswas more or less a sequel toCaptain America , Thor , HulkandIron Man , and the previous record - holder of this form of address wasAvengers : Age of Ultron . And aStar Warstrailer that promised a return to the series ' glory days with a two - second appearance of Han and Chewie ( and some rollicking aerial action from the Millennium Falcon ) , well , that ’s about as safe a bet as you get .
By now , this is also the most - viewed movie poke of all prison term on YouTube , too .
Fastest-growing celebrity on Twitter (Caitlyn Jenner)
While Barack Obama took five hours to reach 1 million follower on Twitter in May , Caitlyn Jenner did it in four in June . Caitlyn ’s coming out was one of the biggest entertainment stories in all of 2015 , with her previous claim to fame - Olympic decoration , membership in the Kardashian kin group - eclipsed by her condition as the most famous openly transgender woman in the cosmos .
While others have surely done more to be suitable of that title , it makes her a symbol not only to other trans women and trans man , but to other misunderstood minorities as well . In Light Within of that , her cerebration matter .
Most selfies with different people (Patrick Peterson and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson)
Of of course , sometime social media is just pure dumb playfulness . On the week of Super Bowl XLIX , Patrick Peterson , with the assistant of NBC athletics , set a disk with 1,449 selfies in an hour , flap Mark E. Miller ’s previous 355 . The Rock went for speed , promoting the London premiere of his filmSan Andreaswith 105 selfies in three minutes ( a new record family ) .
Those records fathom sluttish to flummox unless you understand that there has to be a different soul ( or mathematical group of people ) in each serial shot , with no blurring and no facial expression - cropping . It was n’t the first record for the Rock , who was the highest - pay up actor for a first star role with his 2002 filmThe Scorpion King .
Most consecutive Academy of Country Music Award wins, Female Vocalist of the Year (Miranda Lambert)
Lambert solidify her streak with another win this twelvemonth , puddle six in a row , which beats out the two three - in - a - row winners , Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride . The release of her unexampled record album , Platinum , seems like a sly , winking acknowledgment to Lambert ’s overall prize dominance : she also make headway Album and Song of the Year at the same awards , snagged Collaborative Video of the Year at the CMT Music Awards , continuedanothersix - metre Female Vocalist of the Year stripe at the Country Music Association Awards , and took home a Grammy for Best Album .
And Kanye West did n’t disrupt her credence speeches once .
Longest dance relay marathon (Beyoncé-thon)
MTV arrange up a " Break the Record Week " and go after multiple entries in Guinness , also winning for Most Items in a Time Capsule . But its most notable accomplishment recalled the channel ’s origins as a home plate for medicine telecasting , as it broadcast a 24 - 60 minutes saltation marathon to Beyoncé Knowles ’ discography .
The dancing took place in Times Square , New York City , from 11:00 p.m. ET Monday , March 9 , to 11:00 p.m. ET Tuesday , March 10 . Knowles herself was not directly imply ( not even a surprise visual aspect at the end ) , but at least gave the event a well-disposed shout - out on Facebook . As you do .
Largest TV drama simulcast(Game of Thrones)
The record for largest television simulcast was break away doubly in 2015 , go away the premature champion , Doctor Who , in third lieu . On March 4 , “ WorldCSIDay , ” theCSIepisode that served as the backdoor archetype forCSI : Cyber,“Kitty , ” appeared in 171 countries . But about five weeks later , “ The Wars to Come , ” which was the fifth - season premiere ofGame of Thronesreached 173 .
Game of Thronesdidn’t do it to beat the record , though , but because it was already the unfortunate criminal record - holder of “ most pirated video program . ” To put this in proper view , there are only 196 countries in the earth today , and three of them do n’t even have television .
