SRK pokes fun at Aamir Khan’s nude film poster row

Plus Chris Martin couples up with Jennifer Lawrence, Elvis fans mark anniversary of death with candlelit vigil, Bill Cosby signs up for TV sitcom comeback.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan walks the ramp during a promotional event for his upcoming film Happy New Year in Mumbai. AP

Shah Rukh Khan poked fun at the controversy surrounding the "nude" poster for Aamir Khan's upcoming film PK at the weekend, the Times of India has reported.

Speaking alongside the rest of cast at the music launch of his own new film, Happy New Year, when asked about Khan's poster, which pictures him naked with a atrategically placed boombox, SRK said: "Now, we are also going to have a nude poster, with everyone."

He added: “I don’t deal with comparisons. Their poster is theirs, our poster is ours. Their movie is theirs and our movie is ours.

“Between us we must be knowing all the actors well enough to wish them well, wish ourselves well.

"There is no comparison. Comparison is in the minds of people who want to compare. Competition happens with your last job, with your last work ... to make your today and tomorrow better than yesterday. If you are going to compete with others, it is never going to work. It is the job of people who do not believe in themselves." - The National staff

Chris Martin couples up with Jennifer Lawrence

Five months after the announcement of his “conscious uncoupling” from Gwyneth Paltrow, it seems musician Chris Martin has coupled back up with another Oscar-winning actress.

E! reports that that the 37-year-old Coldplay singer has been dating the X-Men and Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence, who celebrated her 24th birthday yesterday, since late June, shortly after she split from her former boyfriend, and X-Men co-star, Nicholas Hoult.

Paltrow and Martin announced their separation in March after more than 10 years of marriage. - The National staff

Elvis fans mark anniversary of death with candlelit vigil

Fans of Elvis Presley took part in a candlelit walk past his gravesite at Graceland on Friday night as part of a memorial on the 37th anniversary of his death.

The King of Rock `n’ Roll Presley died at age 42 on August 16, 1977, of a heart attack in Memphis, Tennessee, and devotees hold a vigil each year to mark his death. Fans strolled quietly through the Meditation Garden at Graceland, Presley’s longtime home.

The vigil is a highlight of Elvis Week, an annual celebration of Presley’s career and life.

Meanwhile, a paper target riddled with bullets fired by Elvis at his personal shooting range sold for Dh101,000 – 27 times its pre-sale estimate – at the first auction of Elvis artifacts hosted by his estate as part of the celebrations.

Seventy-two authenticated items went under the hammer at Thursday night’s auction, including the last Cadillac that Presley owned, a maroon and silver 1977 Seville that sold for Dh298,000.

A gold and diamond lion’s head pendant that Presley wore to numerous events, including a White House meeting with president Richard Nixon, fetched Dh303,000, well above its estimated value of $35,000.

Bill Cosby signs up for TV sitcom comeback

Veteran comedy actor Bill Cosby is returning to television, Entertainment Weekly has reported. He will star in the as-yet untitled family comedy for US network NBC as Jonathan Franklin, "a patriarch of a multi-generational family who shares his many years of wit, wisdom and experience to help his daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren navigate their complicated modern lives". The series is expected to debut in the summer or autumn next year. Cosby's previous NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, in which he starred as family patriarch Cliff Huxtable, ran for 8 seasons and 200 episodes between 1984 and 1992 and at it's peak was the most-watched show on US TV. - The National staff