Singer Adele and Mr. Bean star Rowan Atkinson have been named among the recipients of coveted titles on Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honors List.

The 87-year-old monarch has bestowed a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) medal on the Grammy Award-winning 25 year old, while funnyman Atkinson has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire).

Adele's MBE comes during a very special year for the new mum - she picked up her first Oscar in February (13) for co-writing the theme to hit Bond film Skyfall.

The two celebrities are among the nearly 1,200 people wh...

On Friday, "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle kicked off the London 2012 Olympic Games with a dazzling visual spectacular that included appearances by actor Kenneth Branagh, James Bond star Daniel Craig, author J.K. Rowling and Queen Elizabeth II.

The filmmaker presented the Isles of Wonder Opening Ceremony in Stratford, East London, and the Oscar winner did not disappoint.

The sound of the Olympic Bell signalled the official start of the London Games as the patriotic hymn "Jerusalem" was sung throughout the stadium. Branagh was the first celebrity to appear as he stepped up to po...

Ricky Gervais has defended his new TV show Derek over concerns the sitcom mocks those with learning difficulties.

The British funnyman plays the title role in the series, which is billed as the story of "a simple, vulnerable man working in an old people's home."

The show is yet to be broadcast but Gervais has already been forced to address critics who claim the comedy makes light of the mentally disabled, insisting the character does not have a "specific and defined disability."

Gervais says, "Derek is a fictional character and is defined by his creator, me. If I say I don't mean him t...

Ryan Reynolds is Hollywood's new top gun after beating Tom Cruise's lap time during a racetrack challenge for British TV show "Top Gear."

The star got behind the wheel of a Kia hatchback for the show's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment, which aired in the U.K. on Sunday, and admitted the challenge was frustrating for him because he prefers to ride motorcycles.

Footage of his lap had to be bleeped considerably because he hurled obscenities throughout his drive.

He told host Jeremy Clarkson, "I'd like to think I'm a horrible driver. I ride motorcycles everywhere, so you can just race...

The second "Paranormal Activity" sequel has scared up big audiences in America, grossing a staggering $54 million in its opening weekend.

The critically-acclaimed horror film has ended "Real Steel's" two-week run at the top of the U.S. box office.

Other new releases fared poorly - director Paul W.S. Anderson's "The Three Musketeers" revamp and Rowan Atkinson's "Johnny English Reborn" were big flops.

The Three Musketeers grossed a disappointing $8.8 million and comedy "Johnny English Reborn" made only $3.8 million at the box office.

Can’t ‘Wait to be King’? Ready to get your ‘Circle of Life’ going? Ready to ‘Be Prepared’ with a relaxed ‘Hukuna Matata’ attitude? Well then check out the review of the lush looking ‘Diamond Edition’ of the Blu-ray release for the Disney classic “The Lion King” below! (Will it ‘feel the love tonight’ – stay tuned!)

Title: "The Lion King" (Diamond Edition)

Grade: 4 1/2

Cast: Voices of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons

Director: Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff

Rating: G

Runtime: 88 minutes

Release Company: Walt Disney Home Entertainment

Website: www.DisneyBlu-ra...

It's time for more Top Gear. Tonight, Jeremy uses a machine, James writes on a blackboard, and Richard throws fruit into a caravan. Sounds thrilling, doesn't it?

We open the show with Jeremy discussing the reputation of the Jaguar name, before he tells us that the new Jaguar XKR-S is the most powerful road car they've ever made, "on the edge of Ferrari territory." He goes on to say that the car's sacrificed a whole shopping list of stuff for speed. Yet it might be for naught, as he suggests that the speed-obsessed might be better off with a Nissan GTR instead.

How do we solve th...

British actor Rowan Atkinson was hospitalized on Thursday night after crashing his $1 million supercar in the English countryside.

The Johnny English star reportedly lost control of his McLaren F1 motor in Cambridgeshire and smashed into a tree and then a lamppost.

Emergency services attended the scene and Atkinson was taken to a nearby hospital to receive treatment for a shoulder injury, according to Britain's The Sun.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service says, "We were called to a single car road traffic collision at 7.30pm... A male was taken to Peterborough Genera...

British funnyman Rowan Atkinson has wrecked his car without even leaving home - the star reportedly smashed up his luxury vehicle on his own driveway.

The actor, who found international fame as the hapless Mr. Bean, seems to have taken inspiration from his clumsy alter-ego after he drove his expensive Audi convertible into a garbage truck right outside his house in Northants, England.

Atkinson is said to have suffered bruising to his face and ribs following the incident, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper.

It's not the first time the Johnny English star has smashed up a lu...

Comedy legends Robin Williams, Joan Rivers and Rowan Atkinson performed a thrilling show on Wednesday to celebrate British royal Prince Charles' 60th birthday.

Monty Python legend John Cleese and the actor at the center of Russell Brand's controversial prank phone call saga, Andrew Sachs, also appeared at the event to mark the Prince's milestone birthday.

Williams and British comedian Bill Bailey bravely poked fun at the future British monarch in a surprise duet, singing "Your momma ain't goin' anywhere, she's gonna hang on to that crown", in reference to Queen Elizabeth II's 56...

Happy Birthday to "Chasing Amy" star Joey Lauren Adams (1971), volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reece (1970), "Boyz N the Hood" director John Singleton (1968), Fox Sports commentator Howie Long (1960), "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson (1955), British director Anthony Minghella (1954), AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young (1953), Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett (1946), disco musician Van McCoy (1940; d. 1979), diner owner Vic Tayback (1930), baseball legend Early Wynn (1920; d. 1999), singer/actor Danny Thomas (1914; d. 1991), classic actress Loretta Young (1910; d. 2000), American icon Benjamin F...

Funnyman Rowan Atkinson escaped without citation after reversing his rented SUV into a parked car during a Christmas trip to Aspen, Colorado last week.

The Mr. Bean star was trying to park himself when his vehicle struck a Volkswagen Jetta. Police reveal the accident did result in damage to the Jetta, but no citations were issued.

Reports suggest Atkinson offered to pay for the damage his careless driving had caused.

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British funnyman Rowan Atkinson warns the U.K. government's plans to outlaw homophobic bullying will destroy comedy. The Mr. Bean comedian fears the proposed law, intended to make homophobic slurs a criminal offense, will lead to comedians being penalized for cracking gay jokes.

He says the law has "serious implications for freedom of speech, humor and creative expression".

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Singer Avril Lavigne, TV movie High School Musical and Harry Potter were the big winners at the first ever Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards U.K in London on Saturday.

British boy band McFly hosted the event at the Excel centre, which saw the Disney musical pick up two awards - Zac Efron was named Best TV Actor while Ashley Tisdale was named Best TV Actress.

Lavigne equalled High School Musical's awards haul, triumphing in the Best Female Singer and Best Music Video categories.

Harry Potter scooped two gongs - Emma Watson - who plays Hermione Grainger in the boy-wizard franchi...

British comedian Rowan Atkinson insists he's unlikely to star in another Mr. Bean movie, because he doesn't want to return to the franchise any more often than once per decade.

The 52-year-old recently starred in sequel Mr. Bean's Holiday, which arrived 10 years after 1997's Bean, and admits he'll probably be too old by the time he feels like starring in another follow-up.

Atkinson tells website Moviehole.net, "There are a couple of reasons (why another Mr. Bean film is unlikely to get made). I am feeling a bit old for it actually or I think I soon will be. (And) I don't like to w...

One of the greatest comic minds of his generation, Rowan Atkinson is best known for his unforgettable characters and inventive physical humor. Now, the star of "Blackadder," Mr. Bean, and other television and film gems, performs his world-famous sketches and rare standup comedy routines in front of a live audience in "Rowan Atkinson Live!"

On August 28, A&E Home Video, the DVD home of "Mr. Bean" and "Mr. Bean: The Animated Series," delivers his most unforgettable performance yet: ten hilarious stand-up sketches that’ll have audiences reconsidering his comedic genius forever.

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Funnyman Rowan Atkinson is to re-team with his Johnny English director Peter Howitt to revamp Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. The movie pals have secured a $30 million budget for the project, which is set to start shooting in 2008.

Atkinson will play Copperfield's landlord Mr. Micawber in the latest version of Dickens' hardship tale. The last time the story hit the big screen was in 1935 when W.C. Fields played Micawber.

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Mr. Bean's latest movie adventure has become an official worldwide smash hit months before its release in the United States, after scoring $100 million in just 14 days. Comedy Mr. Bean's Holiday won't hit U.S. cinemas until the end on August, but it's already a hit in Europe, the Far East and New Zealand.

The film has Rowan Atkinson returning in his internationally famous role as the hapless Mr. Bean. While on vacation, he travels to the south of France, where the usual mishaps and pandemonium reign and his video journal is mistakenly entered in the Cannes Film festival.

(This ne...

The original American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, along with Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Forest Whitaker, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Radcliffe, Teri Hatcher and Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson), are scheduled to appear on Idol Gives Back, a two-night special airing Tuesday, April 24 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, April 25 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

Idol Gives Back will raise awareness and funds for organizations that provide relief programs to help children and young people in extreme poverty in America and Africa.

These celebrities join previously announced talen...

British comedian Rowan Atkinson injured his shoulder after over-practicing a Nazi salute for his latest movie Mr. Bean's Holiday. The actor suffered pain for months as a result. He says, "I did it with such enthusiasm in the rehearsal room that I ripped my shoulder and gave myself a nasty frozen shoulder for many months.

"It's only really recovered now. It's a very unusual problem to have to explain to your osteopath."

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Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson hates making movies, because the experience makes him anxious and insecure. The comedy actor claims the process of filmmaking brings out the worst in him and leaves him stressed and unsatisfied.

Atkinson - whose new movie Mr Bean's Holiday hits UK cinemas this month and US theaters in September - says, "I find all filmmaking difficult, quite boring and not remotely funny.

"It's an anxiety-inducing experience. I'm always convinced I haven't got it right, though you eventually reach a point when you have to say enough is enough."

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British funnyman Rowan Atkinson is planning to star in a comedy sketch about the world's most-wanted man, Osama Bin Laden. The Mr. Bean star finds the idea of the highly educated terrorist living in caves while on the run, hilarious.

He says, "There's something peculiarly comic about anyone hiding in the way he is, with the whole world looking for him. Where is he? What's he doing? What did he have for breakfast? I met someone who knew him when he lived in London years ago. He used to meet him at dinner parties across the table. There's something very funny about the idea of Bin Laden ...

Happy Birthday to "Chasing Amy" star Joey Lauren Adams (1971), volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reece (1970), "Boyz N the Hood" director John Singleton (1968), Fox Sports commentator Howie Long (1960), "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson (1955), British director Anthony Minghella (1954), AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young (1953), Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett (1946), disco musician Van McCoy (1940; d. 1979), diner owner Vic Tayback (1930), baseball legend Early Wynn (1920; d. 1999), singer/actor Danny Thomas (1914; d. 1991), classic actress Loretta Young (1910; d. 2000), American icon Benjamin F...

THINKFilm has acquired U.S. rights to Keeping Mum, a delightfully mischievous comedy starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, and Patrick Swayze. “Keeping Mum” stars Atkinson as an absent-minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's (Thomas) dalliance with her brash golf instructor (Swayze), his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies.

Enter their charming new housekeeper, Grace (Smith), the answer to the family's prayers: a sweet, grey-h...

Happy Birthday to "Chasing Amy" star Joey Lauren Adams (1971), volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reece (1970), "Boyz N the Hood" director John Singleton (1968), Fox Sports commentator Howie Long (1960), Sister Sledge singer Kathy Sledge (1959), "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson (1955), British director Anthony Minghella (1954), AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young (1953), Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett (1946), disco musician Van McCoy (1940; d. 1979), diner owner Vic Tayback (1930), baseball legend Early Wynn (1920; d. 1999), singer/actor Danny Thomas (1914; d. 1991), classic actress Loretta Young...