Chilling selfies show New Zealand woman posing with her naked Tinder date - moments before she plunged to her death off his 14th floor balcony as she tried to escape during violent argument
Meth mother 'sat back and watched her boyfriend and his cousin rape, murder and dismember her 10-year-old daughter - then had sex with him 20 minutes later'
Wheelchair-bound woman is gang-raped by six migrants at Swedish asylum centre after asking if she could use their toilet
Russian prostitute who accused disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer of assaulting her in a hotel room is arrested by the NYPD for 'blackmailing him'
Samsung AXES Galaxy Note 7 and offers everyone their money back in $17billion recall: Firm warns users to switch them off and seek a refund
Do YOU own a Samsung Galaxy Note 7? What owners can do as Samsung suspends production of handset following further fire reports
Apple could sell 15 MILLION more iPhones as stock rockets to highest level since December following rival Samsung's decision to halt sales of the Galaxy Note 7 over fire crisis
Samsung's Whopper of a problem! Korean Burger King worker struggles with burning Galaxy Note 7 as diners scream after it explodes in latest PR disaster for phone firm
Fight to save Schindler's List factory where the industrialist sheltered 1,200 Jews from the Nazis is under threat because Czechs remember him as a womanising crook
Thousands of Germans who committed crimes for the Third Reich were protected from prosecution for decades by ex-Nazi judges, historical study finds
'Ken Bone split the seat to his pants on the way to the debate - let's by him some new threads!' Fans of presidential debate 'winner' raise money to buy him a new suit
'Crunch on the big bits': Magician Derren Brown makes woman eat GLASS live on stage as audience members watch in horror
A gold rush: Earth's precious minerals formed when another world collided with our planet 4.45 billion years ago
Do women need their friends MORE than men? Female mice feel higher levels of stress when left on their own
Man stages rescue for his brother after seeing his home submerged in flood waters in drone picture taken after Hurricane Matthew
Married Louisiana politician, 40, appears in an infomercial to admit he sexted a 17-year-old boy - but refuses to step down
Muslim father rapes his daughter as punishment because she had become 'too Westernised' living in Norway
Pictured: ISIS migrant who planned German bomb attack is tied up with electrical cable and pinned down by fellow Syrians after shaving his hair to escape police
Furious Vladimir Putin CANCELS visit to Paris after Francois Hollande insists they discuss Russia's support of Syria's President Assad
Now Philippines president Rodrigo 'The Punisher' Duterte bans SMOKING after having thousands of drug dealers slaughtered
US Air Force's X-37B space plane reaches 500 days in orbit - and we STILL don't know its mission
Revealed: Passenger plane lands at the WRONG airport after pilots ignore their navigation equipment
'He was crying that his career was over': Scruffy Billy Bush grabs lunch in his sweatpants as it is revealed he broke down after release of Trump tape and Carson Daly will replace him on Today
'Happy Father's Day to me!': Disgraced TV host Billy Bush posed in front of a van for topless maids and posted video on his Instagram

He's a Rocket Man! Sir Ben Kingsley goes over the top as he transforms into Sir Elton John for Lip Sync Battle

Published: 15:17 EST, 10 October 2016 | Updated: 15:48 EST, 10 October 2016

e-mail

View
comments

He's a knight of the realm, a Shakespearean actor and an Oscar winner

And Sir Ben Kingsley obviously also has a keen sense of humour.

The 72-year-old Brit poured his heart and soul into his performance as Sir Elton John singing Rocket Man for Spike's Lip Sync Battle, which returns for season three on Wednesday.

Scroll down for video

Gotta love his sense of humour: Sir Ben Kingsley poured his heart into his rendition of Sir Elton John singing Rocket Man for Spike's Lip Sync Battle, back for season three on Wednesday

A clip of the show that E News posted on Monday showed the veteran star in a metallic silver, sleeveless jumpsuit with a towering stand-up collar in silver, blue and red stripes that had models of the planets sticking out of the top.

He teamed it with a silver metal skull cap and rocked silver platform boots.

Like Sir Elton, he wore round glasses with silver frames to complete his way-out, glitzy ensemble as he sat at a white grand piano, pretending to bash out the 1972 hit.

So OTT: The 72-year-old knight of the realm and Oscar winner wore an outrageous costume as he sat at a white sparkly grand piano

Channelling Sir Elton: The Brit didn't let his experience as a Shakespearean actor stop him donning a silver, sleeveless jumpsuit with a towering stand-up collar in silver, blue and red

Showing off his Oscar winning chops: The Gandhi star looked every inch the iconic pop star in his most flamboyant days in the 1970s and 80s

A smoke machine and dancers dressed as stars added to the rock concert effect.

And Sir Ben looked every inch the iconic pop star in his most flamboyant days in the 1970s and 80s.

His Lip Sync opponent John Cho, who was dressed as a cowboy, could only marvel - and laugh - as he stood on the side watching.

That's one bad hat: His Lip Sync opponent John Cho, who was dressed as a cowboy, could only marvel - and laugh - as he stood on the side clapping

Home on the range: The 44-year-old performed with a host of scantily clad cowgirls

The clip didn't reveal who won the battle.

Viewers will have to wait until Wednesday to find out.

Others booked to show off their talents in season three include Orange Is The New Black stars Uzo Aduba, Ruby Rose, Laverne Cox and Samira Wiley; Jay Leno, comedian Wanda Sykes and actress America Ferrera.

That's more like it: Sir Ben looked his usual suave self in a black tuxedo when the Friars Club honoured Martin Scorsese at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on September 21