Orlando singled out

TROY star Orlando Bloom is the hottest bachelor in the world, according to America’s People magazine. Irish bad boy movie star Colin Farrell also features on the magazine’s list of the world’s 50 most eligible men.

Bloom, the 27-year-old star of Troy and the Lord of the Rings movies is on the cover of the annual bachelor issue, which came out yesterday.

The actor, who grew up in Canterbury, southern England, has said he was "chubby" as a child and joked that he acts in films because it allows him to kiss beautiful women. His female co-stars describe him as "lovely and very friendly" and "a very good kisser". Bloom says he'd like to carve out a career for himself in the way Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt have.