Washington, May 29(ANI): Director Brett Ratner is hoping to persuade busy British thespian Sir Ian Mckellen to play the villain in his upcoming sequel ‘Rush Hour 3’ Ratner and McKellen have only just finished working together on the much anticipated action sequel ‘X-Men 3’, in which McKellen plays the notorious role of Magneto.

Orlando Bloom is planning to reward himself for undertaking extensive promotional work for the Pirates Of The Caribbean sequel this summer – by hiking up Mount Everest. The travel-hungry Brit has always dreamed of seeing how far up the world’s highest mountain he can climb. He says, “I’d love to go to the Everest Base Camp. I’m just looking forward to getting away from it.” [More]

LIFE Magazine Features Bloom Ringer Spy Magpie writes: Orlando Bloom is on the May 26th, 2006 cover of the insert, LIFE Magazine. (This is available with many newspapers across the United States.) Although there’s no LOTR content (other than mentioning it as one of his prior films), it’s got a couple of great photos. But when has Orlando ever taken a bad photo? [More]

CANNES, France (AP) – What a pair those dashing young mutants Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart make in X-Men: The Last Stand. The two 60-something actors had 20 years shaved off their features for the opening sequence in the comic-book franchise’s latest flick. The filmmakers used digital technology to match their current features to those in old photos. [More]