Georginio Wijnaldum joins Newcastle as Stoke gets ex-Liverpool defender.

                                     Newcastle United has completed the signing of PSV Eindhoven midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum in a £14.5m deal. The 25 year-old Netherland international has signed a five-year contract at St James' Park. The fee is a record for the Mike Ashley era, and just short of the club record £16 million paid for Michael Owen and the £15m for Alan Shearer.The signing of Wijnaldum is a real show of intent by owner Mike Ashley after a very disappointing second half last season, where they narrowly escaped relegation. 

 

                                                In other news, Stoke City are set to sign former Liverpool defender Glen Johnson.The England international who was released by Liverpool is close to agreeing a move, according to Stoke boss Mark Hughes.He spent six years at Anfield, with his final game for Liverpool coming in the 1-1 Premier League draw at Chelsea in May.Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic is set to move to Premier League champions Chelsea. 

Crystal Palace signs PSG midfielder.

                             Crystal Palace has completed the signing of Yohan Cabaye from French champions Paris St-Germain for a club-record transfer fee of £10m. The 29 year old French international has signed a three year deal. The transfer is a club record for Crystal Palace.Palace's previous transfer record was £7m, paid in 2014 to Wigan for 27-year-old Scottish midfielder James McArthur. 

                              It was Palace manager, Alan Pardew, who brought Cabaye to England, when he signed Cabaye from Lille in 2011 during his time as Newcastle boss. Cabaye scored 18 goals in 93 appearances for the Magpies.The France international largely struggled for regular playing time at the star studded French champions, making 13 Ligue 1 starts last season.  

Omar Sharif dies at the age of 83

                                Legendary actor Omar Sharif, who acted in movies like  Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Funny Girl (1968), has died at the age of 83. The Egyptian actor, suffered a heart attack in Cairo on Friday. Egypt-born Sharif won two Golden Globe awards and an Oscar nomination for his role as Sherif Ali in David Lean's 1962 epic  Lawrence of Arabia .In May his son revealed the star had been suffering from Alzheimer’s.

                               
                               Sharif, who was one of the few Arab actors to achieve mainstream Hollywood success, grew up in Cairo.He made his screen debut in the 1954 Egyptian film Siraa Fil-Wadi (The Blazing Sun) and rapidly became a star in his own country.His big break came when David Lean cast him in  Lawrence of Arabia, introducing the actor with a now-legendary shot of him riding a camel out of a shimmering heat haze towards the camera.
                                 He also got to play a series of real-life figures, among them Genghis Khan and the Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara

Termninator ahead of Magic Mike this weekend.

                          

                         Among the new releases this weekend, the big Arnold Schwarzenegger comeback movie, Terminator Genisys faced off with Channing Tatum and friends in the stripping adventure Magic Mike XXL. If it was 1991, then Terminator Genisys would have completely destroyed Magic Mike XXL as the Arnold led franchise was at its peak, with Terminator 2: Judgment Day becoming the third biggest worldwide grosser ever behind Star Wars and E.T. But its a different ball game now. Arnold Schwarzenegger popularity has waned down to such an extent that he alone cannot attract crowd to the movies. His latest failures from The Expendables 3 to Sabotage to Escape Plan proves that.

                                 Terminator Genisys opened on Wednesday and till Sunday had earned $44.156 million with a $28.7m Fri-Sun frame. It is well below Terminator 2: Judgment Day which opened in 1991, over the July 4th weekend with a $31.7 million Fri-Sun frame and a long $52m Wed-Sun holiday weekend. 

                              Magic Mike XXL is also performing well below the original. The original Magic Mike was a surprise hit back in 2012, The $7 million Steven Soderbergh original earned $113m domestic and $167m worldwide. The sequel earned $27.07 million over the holiday frame, including $12m over the Fri-Sun portion.

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