Emily Ratajkowski may be hot off Sports Illustrated presses

Emily Ratajkowski, above in her Yamamay lingerie campaign, could be shaping up as Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue cover model.

Splash News/Yamamay Emily Ratajkowski, above in her Yamamay lingerie campaign, could be shaping up as Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue cover model.

Emily Ratajkowski is the front-runner for the coveted cover spot on this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Confidenti@l has learned. We’re told the “Gone Girl” actress’ foremost competition for the magazine, which hits stands Feb. 9, is either Derek Jeter’s girlfriend Hannah Davis or Gigi Hadid, the stunning model daughter of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Yolanda Foster. “Emily is the largest buzz overall right now,” says our insider, “but Gigi seems to be the ‘It’ girl of the moment and Hannah had a big last couple of years.”

“They (Sports Illustrated) have been grooming them, making sure to get them all coverage and prominence over the last year or so: bookings, events, PR, shoots,” says the insider, who adds that the choice has been tougher than last year when Nina Agdal, Chrissy Teigen and Lily Aldridge were all cover girls. All three women have been shot for the Swimsuit Issue in the past. Ratajkowski, who became an overnight sensation after appearing in the video for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ “Blurred Lines” in 2013, appeared in the 2014 issue, as did Hadid. Davis, a airstrip model who has been linked to the former Yankee since 2012, made her debut in 2013.

Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Kristen Wiig’s on the new all-woman ‘Ghostbusters’ squad.

NOW IT’LL BE ‘GHOSTBUSTIERS’

Well, who else was he going to call? Director Paul Feig revealed on Twitter Wednesday the all-female leads for his upcoming “Ghostbusters” reboot. At the top of the marquee are Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy, the stars of Feig’s megahit comedy “Bridesmaids.” Rounding out the new-look phantom-chasers are “Saturday Night Live” vets Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. They’ll be following in the footsteps of original cast members Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and the late Harold Ramis.

ROLE HAS SELENA FUMING

Now that she’s becoming a honest actress, Selena Gomez seems to be using the method to channel her inner terrible girl. Gomez is filming “The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving” in Atlanta, and puffed on a brown cigarette on the set. In the film co-starring Paul Rudd, the 22-year-ancient brunette plays a rebellious teenager named Dot.

HARRIS: NO ORDINARY OFFICE WORKER

Soon-to-be Oscars host Neil Patrick Harris, and his new Harlem office, are ready for their closeups. Sources accurate to the multitalented 41-year-ancient showman say Architectural Digest magazine is set to feature Harris’ Prediction Productions offices in the March issue. The office, located on the ground floor of Harris’ upscale home, will produce content that’s “meaningful and plotting-provoking or instructional and educational,” according to an interview NPH did with the Biography site last fall.

NY1 Pat Kiernan’s on top of The News with his only paper in town.

ALL THE NEWS PAT NEEDS

We’re New York’s hometown paper for a reason. The Day after day News was the only Huge Apple day after day to make it through Tuesday’s snowstorm and arrive at NY1’s studios in time for Pat Kiernan’s beloved “In the Papers” segment. “Here’s my ‘stack’ of newspapers,” Kiernan smirked, holding up The News’ front page and our “Yup, It Snowed!” headline. “Somehow the Day after day News got their Sports Final (aka final edition) to me and let me just say, I like reading the paper in print,” he said. That’s how we roll, Pat.

BIG PLAY DATE FOR BROOKE

It wasn’t upon a midnight dreary, but Brooke Shields and her 11-year-ancient daughter Rowan Henchy loved an Off-Broadway matinee performance of the Edgar Allan Poe-inspired “Nevermore” just the same. “Brooke told the cast afterward that her daughter was dying to see the show, as she is currently studying Poe in school,” said an insider at Midtown’s New World Stages. We’re also told Shields and Rowan were among the first on their feet for the show’s standing ovation.

JOAQUIN ANICO Kelly Bensimon does a board meeting at Boca Raton Resort & Club.

BENSIMON GOES NEW WAVE

While her former “Real Housewives of New York City” colleagues are hard at work filming the seventh season of the Bravo reality show, Kelly Bensimon was enjoying a luxurious vacation in Florida. We’re told the model and her daughter spent the weekend at the Waldorf Astoria material goods Boca Raton Resort and Club. The pair took surf lessons, ate sushi at Morimoto, cycled, “spent a lot of time walking on the beach” and hit the spa.

KRISTIN TAKES A PITCH MEETING

Broadway veteran Kristin Chenoweth gleefully aimed a snowball at photographers while walking through Midtown. The bubbly blond actress is now in rehearsals for her upcoming musical, “On the Twentieth Century,” which opens Feb. 12.

Usher suited up in gold to surprise fans with dance moves in Venice, Calif.

HM/Splash News Usher suited up in gold to bolt from the blue fans with dance moves in Venice, Calif.

USHER GOES GOLD

The streets of Venice, Calif., glittered with gold on Monday, as Usher surprised a group of onlookers with an unannounced dance performance. As part of Mastercard’s Priceless Bolt from the blue campaign, which features celebrities surprising fans, Usher dressed in an all-gold disguise before revealing his identity.

SUNDANCE IS ‘SHARK’ BAIT

What snow? “Shark Tank” real estate guru Barbara Corcoran and author Bruce Littlefield won’t let backed-up airport traffic delay their trip to Sundance. “They expect to be in Sundance Wednesday,” a source accurate to the power pals, who have written two books together, insists. “Barbara does not have to look for a hotel or friends to stay with. She has a home in Deer Valley,” says a friend of the duo. The platonic pair plot to work, ski and catch a couple of flicks.