Happy Birthday to actress/singer Amanda "AJ" Michalka (1991), "The Sixth Sense" actor Haley Joel Osment (1988), New Zealand singer Hayley Westenra (1987), American singer/actress Mandy Moore (1984), "Final Destination 3"

"Most roles I am offered are fathers or grandfathers who die after 25 pages." Scandinavian actor Max Von Sydow, 80, considers his current status.

If ''The Bourne Ultimatum'' is the best of the summer threes, ''Rush Hour 3'' is easily the worst. Director Brett Ratner, who built a career on this buddy cop franchise, has cobbled together a lazy and formulaic action comedy that is neither thrilling nor particularly funny.

Happy Birthday to actress/singer Amanda "AJ" Michalka (1991), "The Sixth Sense" actor Haley Joel Osment (1988), New Zealand singer Hayley Westenra (1987), American singer/actress Mandy Moore (1984), "Final Destination 3" actor Ryan Merriman (1983), British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1979), R&B singer Kenny Lattimore (1970), comedic actor Orlando Jones (1968), Primus drummer Tim Alexander (1965), bandleader/former Stray Cat Brian Setzer (1960), South Bronx DJ Afrika Bambaataa (1960), R&B/pop singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds (1958), "Ally McBeal" actor Peter MacNicol (1954), tough-guy-actor-turned-recording-artist Steven Seagal (1951), football analyst John Madden (1936), Egyptian actor Omar Sharif (1932), "Flash Gordon" actor Max Von Sydow (1929), and "M*A*S*H*" star Harry Morgan (1915).

Movie maker Roman Polanski is set to step out from behind the camera to play a French cop in the latest Rush Hour film. The part marks the director's first Hollywood acting appearance since he played "man with knife" in 1974's Chinatown.

Movie maker Brett Ratner is hoping to persuade busy British thespian Ian McKellen to play the villain in his third Rush Hour movie. Ratner, who directed McKellen in X-Men: The Last Stand, admits he's a huge fan of the actor and loves it when he's bad.

Happy Birthday to actress/singer Amanda "AJ" Michalka (1991), "The Sixth Sense" actor Haley Joel Osment (1988), New Zealand singer Hayley Westenra (1987), American singer/actress Mandy Moore (1984), "Final Destination 3" actor Ryan Merriman (1983), British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1979), R&B singer Kenny Lattimore (1970), comedic actor Orlando Jones (1968), Primus drummer Tim Alexander (1965), bandleader/former Stray Cat Brian Setzer (1960), South Bronx DJ Afrika Bambaataa (1960), R&B/pop singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds (1958), "Ally McBeal" actor Peter MacNicol (1954), tough-guy-actor-turned-recording-artist Steven Seagal (1951), football analyst John Madden (1936), Egyptian actor Omar Sharif (1932), "Flash Gordon" actor Max Von Sydow (1929), and "M*A*S*H*" star Harry Morgan (1915).