At age 5, most kids are reading Dr. Seuss, if they can read at all. The next book Giuliano Stroe cracks open might be the Guinness Book of World Records.
That's because Giuliano is entered in a highly improbable category for a kindergartner: Hand walking. The little guy holds the world record -- 10 meters (or 33 feet) for walking on his hands.
Forgot to mention: With a weight ball between his legs.
That isn't Giuliano's only claim to fame. These days, the Romanian-born gymnastic prodigy is a YouTube sensation with the little guy showing off his washboard abs and an array of scary tricks in more than 60 videos. As of this morning, one of those -- showing Giuliano doing back flips off a kitchen table -- has been watched an astonishing 4.2 million times. So, hurray for Giuliano who obviously packs big talent in that little, muscle-bound body.
But we wanted to hear from a grown-up in that family.
ParentDish reached Giuliano's father and coach, Iulian Stroe to ask why he's training his 5-year-old like a Navy SEAL.
He told us that there isn't anything excessive about his son's workout routine and that people misjudge him and his young son.
"It's not wrong what we do, because I did the same things [when] I was a little boy and I am healthy and strong," Stroe wrote in an e-mail.
He doesn't pay much attention to critics who don't know anything about him or his son.
"They say these things because they are lazy people. They find motivation in not doing sport."
Stroe lives with his family in Italy; he coaches his son five days a week, with sessions lasting three hours. Giuliano has a 3-year-old workout partner, his younger brother, Claudio.
And what does the boys' mother think of her little ones hand-standing and back-flipping around the kitchen?
"She is very proud," according to Stroe.
Sports prodigies are rare, of course. But some parents are working just as hard as the Stroes to turn their little ones into sports champs. Keith O'Dell Jr., a 2-year-old pool shark, chalks up his cue two- to three hours a day.
The world's youngest boxer may be 7-year-old Wayne "Bam Bam" "Pretty Boy" Lawrence, who in addition to ring skills, has his own Web site, a hit single and has been featured in a documentary.
Then there's four-year-old tennis whiz Mia Lines, who already has a career ambition: Win Wimbledon.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Regis & Kelly; Halloween Show - Thriller
Ok nobody does it better than MJ and he's gone now so while I like Regis & Kelly this is just too soon for me...
Regis & Kelly; Halloween Show - Do The Real Housewives of NJ
Regis & Kelly a freakin' hilarious in this one!
Heath Ledger's Final Video Work Hits the Internet
Michael Jackson's not the only fallen star with a posthumous project out this week. (Just the only one competing against unrealistically high expectations.)
Just a few months after Modest Mouse released Heath Ledger's music video directorial debut, his directorial finale made its way online this week, courtesy of London rapper and Ledger childhood friend No Fixed Abode.
According to the rapper, the Oscar winner filmed the three-and-a-half minute opus in his garage in Sydney in the months before his death in January 2008. The video, which features some slightly Joker-esque makeup, was also included in a tribute to Ledger shown during the Rome Film Festival earlier this month.
"The idea was to keep it very artistic, which is what we did," the rapper, who also goes by N'fa, said. "Heath directed really well…and I know that Heath was happy with the work.
"Everyday I count my blessings that I got to have him direct this piece of art. It was a song I was proud to have written, but I never expected to have such an immense video made for it. I'd known Heath since we were very young, and he was always a creative kind of guy and, in many ways, ahead of the curve. When he had the idea about doing this video, I had no question about it.
"Thank you very much Heath for all your help, I wish you were here."
Meanwhile, Ledger's final film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, will open in limited release on Dec. 25.
Just a few months after Modest Mouse released Heath Ledger's music video directorial debut, his directorial finale made its way online this week, courtesy of London rapper and Ledger childhood friend No Fixed Abode.
According to the rapper, the Oscar winner filmed the three-and-a-half minute opus in his garage in Sydney in the months before his death in January 2008. The video, which features some slightly Joker-esque makeup, was also included in a tribute to Ledger shown during the Rome Film Festival earlier this month.
"The idea was to keep it very artistic, which is what we did," the rapper, who also goes by N'fa, said. "Heath directed really well…and I know that Heath was happy with the work.
"Everyday I count my blessings that I got to have him direct this piece of art. It was a song I was proud to have written, but I never expected to have such an immense video made for it. I'd known Heath since we were very young, and he was always a creative kind of guy and, in many ways, ahead of the curve. When he had the idea about doing this video, I had no question about it.
"Thank you very much Heath for all your help, I wish you were here."
Meanwhile, Ledger's final film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, will open in limited release on Dec. 25.
New Britney Spears Video - "3"
I hate to say it and you all know that I love her to death BUT I could have conceived a better video idea than this and shot it much better too.
I think I'm going to do my own version and post it on youtube just to show you all.
I think I'm going to do my own version and post it on youtube just to show you all.
Octomom Nadya Suleman's Pregnant Nun Halloween Costume
Octomom Nadya Suleman is no stranger to controversy. (To say the least.)
This Halloween, the Angelina Jolie-wannabe celebrated by dressing up as -- wait for it -- a pregnant nun!
Even better? She dressed her entire baby brood as devils.
This ridiculous photo captures only 1/3 of the crazy family in action.
Was this a publicity stunt? A cry for attention? Or could she possibly just have thought this was a fun idea?
"Octomom loves the spotlight and knew exactly what she was doing when she chose her costume," says Susan Avery, senior editor of AOL ParentDish.
"A pregnant nun, which is controversial enough, combined with eight devil babies, was bound to get the paparazzi snapping."
What do you think about Octomom's "sister act?" Sound off right here below.
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