Game of Thrones enters Guinness World Records 2016

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Popular television series Game of Thrones has found a place in the new Guinness World Records 2016 book for largest TV drama simulcast.

The fantasy-epic aired the largest simultaneous broadcast of a television drama when the second episode of season five was simulcast to 173 countries around the world, beginning at 2 am on April 20.

The show beat the previous record set by CSI just five weeks earlier by two countries.

Actress Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark, received the official certificate on behalf of the show.

"I'm so pleased for Game of Thrones to be a part of Guinness World Records, I'm going to tell my step brother as he gets the book every year for Christmas. I can't wait to see the look on his face!"

The show is an adaptation of George RR Martin's series of fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, and premiered on HBO in the United States in 2011.

The 2016 edition of Guinness World Records will be released on September 10.

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Nicholas Hoult to play J D Salinger in new biopic

X-Men star Nicholas Hoult will portray beloved American author J D Salinger in the upcoming biopic Rebel In The Rye.

The film will chronicle the acclaimed writer's life as he begins his most famous novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

It will follow Salinger's rise to success, as well as his subsequent life of seclusion, reported Variety Online.

Rebel in the Rye is based on author Kenneth Slawenski's biography, J D Salinger: A Life and the script is being adapted for the screen by Golden Globe winner Danny Strong.

The project will also mark Strong's directorial film debut. He previously directed an episode of hit US hip-hop series Empire, which he co-created with Lee Daniels.

The movie's producers are expected to introduce the film to foreign buyers at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.