Aleisk is a small town with 30,000 residents in the Altai region of South Siberia in Russia that is getting much more attention than hoped for, after Tatyana Barabanova, at the age of 43, delivered her 12th child, a 17 pound baby by Caesarian section on September 17th. For those that are not familiar with pounds, the child weighs 7.7 kg. Medical sources said that both the mother and the baby girl, Nadia, are feeling very well.

Why this sounds like an impossible thing to happen, because this is Russia’s world largest baby, yes a record, born from two parents that are not tall or big, just average. They ate regularly potatoes, noodles and tomatoes.

The Guinness World Records lists a 22 pound, 4 ounce baby boy born in Italy in 1955, and a 23 pound, 8 ounce baby boy who was born in the United States in 1879 but died 11 hours later. - MSNBC

Forbes 400 was just announced and it looks like this year they struggled to put together a the Alumni Network Map where you get to see richest people in America by school, age, degree, industry, investments and of course wealth.

I’ve been reading on the biz of knowledge, and I agree, that those with the deepest pockets come from the most known schools in America (first four) : Harvard, Standford, Princeton and Yale. Now to talk more about the map, that’s great because you can see how what connections are between these guys.

I was shocked this morning when seeing a “tough” guy posing for the camera. It’s tough guy boxer Oscar de la Hoya in drag and I can assure you guys, that’s not a pretty image you’ll take when you go to sleep.

Oscar de la Hoya’s pics, which I first found on X17online.com - an online paparazzi agency - could be manufactured announced RadarOnline:

“When pics of pint-size pugilist Oscar De La Hoya started circulating around the Web, we smelled a rat. Now De La Hoya’s agent at CAA, Jack Tiernan, confirms as much.”

So from what I understand those really are fake pics of Oscar de la Hoya and the fishnet, but man they look so real. Guess we’ll have to see the outcome of that in next few days.

note: X17online owns the copyright of the pictures and you can see all of them here.

In the latest battle over Britney and Kevin Federline’s children, a judge has ordered random drug and alcohol testing for Britney.  the judge said that, based on evidence presented during the closed door hearing, Spears remains a “habitual, frequent and continuous” user of “controlled substances and alcohol.”

The testing will be conducted twice a week and at random intervals. The judge also ordered the couple to enrol in Parenting without Conflict and required Britney to hire a parenting coach. Spears has been spiralling out of control since her split with Federline. Her very public antics include being photographed at night clubs without underwear, a stint in rehab, shaving her head, attacking a photographer with an umbrella and her recent flop at the VMA show.

There must have been a collective sigh of relief as O.J. Simpson was arrested and held without bail this weekend.   Simpson was taken into custody Sunday morning and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and burglary. If convicted he could spend 30 years in prison.

The alleged incident took place in a hotel room in Las Vegas where Simpson claims he went to a prearranged meeting to retrieve some personal memorabilia that he says was stolen by a former sports manager.  While police say Simpson was not armed, 2 guns were retrieve that are believe to be related to the incident.

Simpson is being held without bail until a hearing scheduled for Thursday.

Hollywood city council voted Wednesday to rename a block that surrounds a CNN building after talk show host, Larry King.

“Larry King Square” was named in recognition of King’s 50 years of broadcasting service and of his interview show on CNN, the longest running interview program on CNN.

The council also agree to rename and intersection near Parramount Studios “I Love Lucy Square.” The renaming honours comedienne Lucille Ball and Lucy Casada, owner of the popular restaurant called Lucy’s El Adobe Cafe.

Do you like to cook? Are you good at it? Want to be the next great thing in celebrity cooks?

Famous cook, Rachael Ray, is launching a nationwide search for the next hot cook called “So You Think You Can Cook.”

“We just want to give a person — a real person, not a chef or somebody specially trained to do this for a living — a shot at showing everybody their personality and how much fun you can have with food,” Ray told the Associated Press.

The field will be narrowed down to 5 contestants who will square off during 2 weeks of competitions with a winner being announced in November.

The winner will co-host “The Rachael Ray Show” for 1 day, have an original recipe published in Ray’s “Everyday With Rachael Ray” magazine and receive training at a U.S. culinary institute.

If you thank you have the oven mitts to handle it, check out contest rules on her site.  Rachael Ray.

Kanye West ain’t going back. At least that’s what he said during a full out temper tantrum at the MTV Video Music Awards show. That is, he’s not going back to appear on the VMAs in the future.

Near the end of the awards show, backstage, West was apparently heard ranting about his loss in all 5 of the categories he was nominated for.  “That’s two years in a row, man … give a black man a chance,” said West.

The last time West pitched a fit was onstage after having lost the award for Best Video at the MTV Europe Awards. He stormed onstage, as the award was being presented to Justice and Simian, and argued that he should have won.

In other Kanye controversy, rapper 50 cent who is due to release a CD on Sept 11, the same day as Kanye’s newest CD told reporters that if his sales don’t beat West’s he will retire.

Dannie Lynn celebrated her birthday in true celebrity style on Saturday. Hundreds of guested showed up bearing gifts and well wishes for the child that has been at the center of a custody battle for most of her young life.

Guests were forced to surrender cell phones and sign a release form promising not to take pictures of Dannie Lynn or the bash. A hot air balloon shaped like a birthday cake decorated the front lawn while the backyard was purportedly decorated with a huge castle, bubble machines and a white carriage.

Yellow police tape cordoned off the property and about 6 off-duty police officers were seen providing security for the event.

More action at the MTV Video Awards included a physical altercation between 2 ex-husbands of Pamela Anderson.

Kid Rock was cited for battery after a physical fight with Tommy Lee. Versions of who instigated and why the fight started are varied but in the end security escorted Tommy Lee out and let Kid Rock stay to the end of the show.

A police officer was quoted as saying that Kid Rock could receive up to 6 months in jail but that it was highly uncommon for someone in that situation to receive that long a sentence.