'Ghostbusters' director Paul Feig: I'd love to do a film with SRK

The director, who is busy with his film 'Ghostbusters', also shared that his wife Laurie is a 'Bollywood fanatic' and a big fan of Shah Rukh, who has spent over two decades in filmdom and has earned epithets like 'King Khan', 'King of Romance' and 'Badshah'.

Shah Rukh Khan

"I would love to do a film with Shah Rukh. My wife would be so happy," Feig told IANS here.

"I won't see my wife again," he quipped.

Back in May, when Shah Rukh hosted a star-studded dinner party for Apple CEO Tim Cook Feig's wife had tweeted: "Some day I hope Paul Feig can be welcome at Mannat! Dream, Shah Rukh Khan."

Shah Rukh had then invited the couple over for a meal. The "Spy" director had then responded: "You're on, Shah Rukh Khan! I'll bring the ketchup. It would be an honour to meet you. Many thanks, my friend."

When asked about the virtually fixed dinner date, during a press event organised by Sony Pictures Entertainment for select media from across Asia for "Ghostbusters" here, Feig shared the fascination he has for Indian cinema and the superstar.

Feig's wife's favourite movie is Shah Rukh-starrer "Om Shanti Om", the director shared.

Right now, it is all about ghosts and women for Feig.

Feig, known for his flair of weaving comedy and action elements into his films, has given a 'female-centric' twist to "Ghostbusters", a reboot of the famous 1984 eponymous American supernatural horror comedy.

He has infused new life to the story with advanced technology and by replacing the male protagonists with a female cast, roping in stars like Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. The film, which also stars Chris Hemsworth, will release in India on July 29.

The press event was held in anticipation of the release of "Ghostbusters" and was attended by McCarthy as well.

McCarthy chipped in to say that Laurie's airplane journeys are always "amazing" thanks to Bollywood.

"Whenever we ask, 'How was your flight?' She says, 'I saw Bollywood... It was amazing, incredible'," McCarthy said.

Eddie Redmayne gives wands to Beasts fans

London: Eddie Redmayne thrilled fans at the 'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them' Comic-Con panel by walking through the crowd and giving out wands.

Eddie Redmayne

The 34-year-old actor, who portrays Newt Scamander in the upcoming "Harry Potter" spin-off movie, delighted the 6,500 people in Hall H by walking through the crowd to give out the magical items and urged them to shout 'Lumos Maximus' as the house lights went up, reported Female First.

One excited fan tweeted, "Eddie Redmayne just gave everyone in Hall H a wand/led all several thousand of us in a spell.

#FantasticBeasts #SDCC" Another wrote, "For the record, Eddie Redmayne has become Oprah: "You get a wand, you get a wand, EVERYBODY GETS A WAND!" #SDCC (sic)."

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Gwen Stefani planning trip to Walt Disney World

Los Angeles: Singer Gwen Stefani is planning a trip to Walt Disney World but has limited time there so has asked for advice on the best park to visit.

Gwen Stefani.

The 46-year-old star will be visiting the resort in Orlando, Florida, but doesn't have much time there so will only go to one park, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

She asked her followers on Twitter: "What's the best park to go to at Disney world if you only have time for one?"

Stefani -- who has three children, Kingston, 10, Zuma, 7, and two-year-old Apollo, with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale -- was met with lots of responses and the majority suggested that she took her sons to the Magic Kingdom as they would all have a great time there.

It is not known when she intends to visit Walt Disney World but some said that if she goes in the next few weeks, she might want to consider going to the water parks as it will be hot.

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Salim Khan: People need to respect the judgment

Salim Khan responds to adverse reactions to son Salman Khan's acquittal in the 1998 poaching case

Soon after news of Salman Khan's acquittal in the 1998 chinkara and blackbuck poaching case trickled in yesterday (Read More), social media went into overdrive with netizens expressing a range of emotions — joy, relief, anger and sarcasm. Barring a few, most B-Town folk shied away from tweeting about the big story. Internet trolls, however, had a field day, coming up with memes and jokes on what led the Rajasthan High Court to give a clean chit to Salman.

Also read: Oh Deer! Twitterati troll Salman Khan's acquittal in blackbuck poaching case

Salim and Salman Khan. Pic/Sayed Sameer Abedi

Salman's father, Salim Khan wasn't in the least bit amused about the relentless trolling. He said, "We are relieved and happy. We always knew we would get justice. I would say that people who have been talking against this [ruling] need to respect the judgment. Even if it had gone against us, we would have accepted it."

Also read: Bollywood hails Salman Khan's acquittal in poaching cases

Iulia Vantur

The star's sister, Arpita Khan Sharma, tweeted: "Thank you God for always showering us with your grace and blessings. Today is a big day for us @BeingSalmanKhan. Thank U to all bhais and the families, well wishers for your prayers, support, love and best wishes. This wouldn't have been possible without you (sic)."

Arpita Khan Sharma

Salman later thanked fans in a one-line tweet, "Thank u for ur prayers and support (sic)."

Alvira Khan Agnihotri at court. Pics/Shadab Khan and PTI

Others to congratulate Salman on social media were Subhash Ghai and Ram Gopal Varma with the latter rubbing the judicial system's nose in the dirt. Singer Sona Mohapatra and celeb hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani, who had earlier slammed the Sultan actor over his 'rape' remark, condemned his acquittal. Sapna wrote, "Salman Khan is the biggest joke to come out of India" while Sona said, "Money, political Mileage & messiah of Mediocrity. 3M's help 'get away'. Not for long."

How black is the buck?

Excerpts from what Renuka Shahane, Salman's reel bhabhi in Hum Aapke Hain Koun, wrote on Facebook: "In 1998 a blackbuck & 2 Chinkaras (that are endangered species) were allegedly killed on a hunting trip that included Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Amrita Singh, Tabu and Sonali Bendre. Somehow... they wanted to shoot endangered animals. And they did and ate them too. But did they? Out of all, only Salman was charged for killing a blackbuck and a chinkara. He also served time for the same in Jodhpur jail. No charges were framed against the others. The case carried on and on and on as our cases do for two main reasons — 1) Having big bucks (sometimes even black bucks, different from the blackbuck who passed) or 2) Not having big bucks.

Salman of course falls in the 1st category. So, now, after 18 years he has been acquitted of charges in both cases. Some questions come to mind: 1) Who killed the Black Buck & the Chinkaras? 2) Did the driver kill them? 3) Did nobody kill them? 4) Do judges decide according to Buckworth-Lewis method? (What? Er...it's Duckworth-Lewis?) Sorry! 4) Who will pay for the mental torture that Salman has had to go through now that he has been declared not guilty? 5) Doesn't the nation want to know the truth? (preferably very loudly) What? The nation doesn't want to know? No? Why? Oh you don't say... busy spending bucks on Sultan...

Er, then let it pass....yeah the Buck, what else? Dear, deer! Surreal!!!"

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Box office: Rajini's 'Kabali' overshadows Irrfan's 'Madaari'

Rajinikanth-starrer 'Kabali' smashes overseas records in opening weekend, including Sultan's; Hindi version pips Irrfan Khan's 'Madaari' at the box office

The box office last weekend was all about Rajinikanth-starrer 'Kabali' (Read Review), both in domestic and international markets. While the gangster drama did extraordinary business in the South, its Hindi dubbed version also caught the fancy of moviegoers in other parts of the country. In its opening weekend, it has managed to collect around Rs 2 crore more than Irrfan Khan's 'Madaari', Bollywood's solo offering that released alongside.

Photos: The Thalaiva is here! When Rajinikanth's 'Kabali' fever griped Mumbai

Rajinikanth in 'Kabali'

On day one, 'Madaari' witnessed less than 10 per cent occupancy for morning shows; the footfalls for 'Kabali' (Hindi) were almost double that. Early shows of the original version (Tamil) ran houseful in several parts of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.

Also read: Oh My Rajinikanth! These jokes on 'Kabali' will make you ROFL

Irrfan Khan in 'Madaari'

What's more, Rajini's magic took the overseas box office by storm, minting $13 million (Rs 87 crore) in three days flat. With this, it has overtaken Aamir Khan's 2013 action thriller 'Dhoom: 3' ($10.3 million or Rs 69.2 crore) to become the highest opening weekend grosser abroad.

Trade expert Taran Adarsh said, "The Tamil and Telugu versions of Kabali had an extraordinary opening in the international market. It was No.1 in Malaysia, No.3 in US-Canada and No.10 in UK box office. In India, it netted Rs 19.15 crore in all three languages — Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, with as many as 1,000 screens devoted to it in the north circuit."

Despite the rush for Rajini, 'Kabali' failed to shatter the opening weekend figures of another big-ticket South film, SS Rajamouli's 'Baahubali' whose Hindi version had done a three-day business of Rs 22.35 crore. Nevertheless, it posed a challenge to Irrfan's 'Madaari'.

Trade guru Amod Mehra said, "Although made on a modest budget, Madaari was promoted like any big film. However, it opened to average response. Critical acclaim as well as word of mouth buzz was not enough to make its investors happy."

Given a lukewarm response to Madaari, the audience instead chose to watch Salman Khan-starrer 'Sultan', which ended its third weekend run with a total collection of Rs 289.05 crore.

BO stats
Rs 9.2crore
'Madaari'

 Rs 11.5crore
'Kabali' (Hindi version)
(Opening weekend figures as per trade sources)

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Selena Gomez: I need to rethink my life

Selena Gomez says she needs to "rethink some areas of my life creatively and personally".

Selena Gomez

The 24-year-old singer took to Instagram after her gig in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday, which was also her birthday, to explain that she is planning some major changes.

She included a screenshot of a message from her iPhone notes app, which read: "Tonight I felt extremely unauthentic, unconnected to both my myself and my music. I've never really felt like my materials, wardrobe or a video could define me… I've shown who I am but I need to rethink some areas of my life creatively and personally. Had to get that out."

Selena captioned the screenshot: "Not being negative about anything I've done. I'm grateful for every single moment I get here - Indonesia you were LOUD and clearly inspiring. Love you so much."

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Kim Kardashian unimpressed by selfie drama

Reality TV personality Kim Kardashian, who caused a stir by posting a naked selife on social media in March, says she didn't expect that it would cause as much "drama" as it did.

The "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star sent the internet into a frenzy when she posted a raunchy photograph, with just two black bars protecting her modesty.

Kim Kardashian

Kim admits she was stunned by the outcry as she had only shared it for "fun" because she was proud of losing weight after the birth of her son Saint in December last year, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Kim -- who also has daughter North, 3, with her rapper husband Kanye West -- said: "You know what? I wasn't even thinking about it when I posted it."

"I just knew I was dyeing my hair back dark because I had blonde hair in that shot so it was an innocent thing," she said.

"And I covered up. I covered it up with my censor bars and it looks like a bikini to me so I thought it was all in fun and it was giving me motivation and some people they get so."

She said the reactions were "crazy", as she didn't want to prompt others to do the same.

"It was crazy. I'm not promoting, 'Hey, be like me and do this'. Just do whatever makes you happy. So if you don't like it... I don't get why so much drama surrounded it," Kim added.

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