'Pokemon Go' Pub Crawl coming to Philly: Why Ash why?

WHEN THE DNC leaves at the end of July, a different crowd of imbibing truth-seekers will be taking over the streets.

Philadelphia will be hosting a "Pokemon Go" pub crawl.

The app phenomenon, which has led to players being shot at in Florida (of course, Florida), walking off cliffs and into fire hydrants and being warned by police to pay attention while driving, is getting a series of pub crawls nationwide and Philadelphia is joining in.

What's better than sober people chasing after imaginary characters? Not sober people chasing after imaginary characters.

Even Pikachu looks hot enough to take home with beer goggles.

Or should we call him Pika-brew.

The Shibby-sponsored event is Saturday, July 30 from noon-5 p.m. Bars include: The Yachtsman Tiki, Bottle Bar East, Saint Lazarus Bar, Loco Pez, Ortlieb's, North Bowl, Murphs Bar, The El Bar, Kung Fu Necktie, and Cedar Point Bar and Kitchen.

While it's difficult to know how many people need another excuse to get plastered on a summer afternoon, almost 6,000 people have RSVP'd on Facebook to participate in a Pokemon pub crawl in San Francisco on Wednesday night.

"Obviously we expect them to obey traffic laws and not run out into the middle of the street," said Grace Gatpandan, public information officer for the San Francisco police department.

Good luck with that.

Another 3,500 people clicked a Facebook button to attend a similar event in Brooklyn on July 23, while 1,200 said they'd turn out the same night in St. Petersburg, Fla.

More than 700 people have so far signed up for the Fishtown-based crawl in Philadelphia.

E! News reports that Alden Ehrenreich will play wise-cracking pilot Han Solo in a "Star Wars" standalone prequel film.

Ehrenreich, 26, who previously appeared in Blue Jasmine and Hail Caesar!, was officially revealed at the Star Wars Celebration Europe event in London Sunday.

He reportedly beat out about 3,000 actors for the role. IMDB.com reported he was the first to audition, which makes you wonder why the casting folks were still sitting there when No. 2,843 walked in.

The untitled film - Tattle votes to stay simple with "Solo" - will be released in 2018 and be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The LEGO Movie).

The much-scrutinized Ghostbusters reboot opened with an estimated $46 million in North American theaters, second to the holdover hit The Secret Life of Pets.

Pets stayed on top with $50.6 million in its second week, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Distributor Sony, noting that Ghostbusters had the best opening for a live-action comedy in more than a year, called the result "a triumph." But with nearly $250 million sunk into production and marketing costs, the film has a long way to go to cover its costs.

"The Infiltrator," starring Bryan Cranston, directed by Lafayette Hill's Brad Furman and written by his mother, Ellen Brown Furman, took in $5.3 million. Woody Allen's 1930s Hollywood drama Cafe Society opened in limited release with $355,000 in five theaters.

* No wonder he still struts like a rooster.

Mick Jagger's reps say he is expecting his eighth child.

His ballerina girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick, 29, is pregnant.

Jagger, the 72-year-old frontman of the Rolling Stones, already has seven children - Georgia, James, Jade, Elizabeth, Lucas, Karis, and Gabriel - who range in age from 17 to 45.

And Mick is already a great-grandfather. The Washington Post questioned what the relation between his new daughter and his 2-year-old great-granddaughter might be? Great-great-uncle (or aunt)?

Question to ponder: In the history of humanity, how many great-grandparents have become new parents?

In May, fellow Rolling Stone Ron Wood became a father again at 68 after his wife, Sally Humphreys, gave birth to twin girls. Wood already has 10 grandkids, but none of them have yet made him a great-grandpappy.

* Amazon founder Jeff Bezos got to live out every Trekkie's fantasy by playing an alien in the new "Star Trek" movie.

Bezos is listed in the credits for Star Trek Beyond, and his appearance has been confirmed by producer J.J. Abrams and director Justin Lin.

Even with an entourage fit for a world leader, star Chris Pine had no idea who Bezos was.

"Not a clue," Pine said. "But he was obviously very important."

- Daily News wire services

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