1D’s Niall Horan gets a birthday surprise

Plus: Padukone to launch mental health project; Bobby Brown speaks out after daughter' Bobbi Kristina's death; Minions second-biggest animated film in China; and Shah Rukh Khan taught East Timor 'how to love'.

Niall Horan of One Direction performs in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Eric Frazer / WireImage

It was Niall Horan's 22nd birthday on Sunday, September 13 and as a surprise for him and the fans, his fellow One Direction members burst into an impromptu rendition of Happy Birthday on stage in the US during their On the Road Again tour. Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson wished Horan many happy returns with a song in the middle of a performance in Foxborough, Massachusetts, reported mirror.co.uk. One Direction head to London on September 24. – The National staff

Padukone to launch mental health project

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who has publicly spoken about suffering from depression, is launching a mental-health foundation next month. "Mental health is what I'm looking at, from a cause point of view," she said. "October 10 is World Mental Health Day and that's the day we're looking at launching the foundation officially." She launched the foundation's official logo on her Twitter account last month. – IANS

Bobby Brown speaks out after daughter Bobbi Kristina’s death

Bobby Brown said he believes things would have turned out differently for Bobbi Kristina Brown if he had been with his daughter days before she died. Brown became emotional several times while sitting next to his wife Alicia Etheredge in video clips of the a pre-taped interview for Fox's talk show The Real, which was scheduled to be broadcast on Monday, September 14. "If I could have been there two days before, it wouldn't have went down like that," said Brown, who wore a necklace bearing a photo of him and his daughter. Bobbi Kristina, 22, died in hospice care in July. She was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub on January 31. – AP

Minions second-biggest animated film ever in China

Opening to an estimated US$20.1 million (Dh73.8m), Minions earned the biggest opening day for an animated film ever in China when it opened there this weekend. As a result, its box office total is now at $1.08 billion worldwide, making Minions the 15th biggest film ever (not accounting for inflation). Not only that, but it's officially surpassed Toy Story 3 to become the second-highest grossing animated film of all time. Frozen, which has made $1.27 billion globally, is the current record-holder for the biggest animated movie ever.

Shah Rukh Khan teaches East Timor ‘how to love’

The tiny nation of East Timor says that Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan has taught them how to love. The country, one of the world’s newest nations and with a population of 1.5 million, lies between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Bollywood posters are plastered all over the streets and Hindi songs can be heard blasting from many houses and cars throughout the community. Hugo Garcia, a young protocol officer with the ministry of foreign affairs, told a visiting journalist that one of the reasons they love Bollywood is because of their struggle for independence, first from the Portuguese and then from Indonesian rule. “The road to our freedom [gained on May 20, 2002] was long and traumatic. We Timorese knew about love, but we had forgotten it in the midst of conflict. It was Bollywood and especially Shah Rukh Khan who taught us the real meaning of love,” he said. – IANS