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If it's Thursday, this must be the mailbag . . . Q: We were watching the 1972 movie ''Deliverance'' the other night and had a question.

IT looks like sightseeing is a great big yawn for Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson. The 54-year-old comedy genius was on holiday in Rome - but it looks like he'll need another break to recover from his gruelling trip to the Italian capital.

Long before he became the infantile Mr. Bean, Brit funnyman Rowan Atkinson made TV history as Edmund Blackadder, a singularly self-serving and century-jumping member of the English aristocracy who pops up at key moments in his country's long history to observe, muck about and generally screw things up.

Perfect. Mr. Bean is staying at the oh-so-stately Hotel Le St. James. The place is thick with mahogany and priceless antiques.

The American Society of Cinematographers has dedicated their 2010 Heritage Award for outstanding achievement in a student film to the memory of Richard Moore, ASC .

Fans of witty wordplay comedy have long known of/memorized the great Rowan Atkinson -Richard Curtis series The Black Adder , a BBC hit of the 80s that re-runs up on BBC cable and PBS here almost constantly.

Although they have friends in common not least the Prince of Wales and Carla Powell Lord Mandelson and Rowan Atkinson have little in common politically.Mandelson was therefore asking for trouble when he went up to the comedian at the Goodwood Revival festival in Sussex over the weekend.

Children at The March CoE School in Westhampnett will be taking a step back in time for this year's Goodwood Revival.

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

BUNGLING Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson has wrecked another luxury motor - after smashing into a DUSTCART .

Bean during the UK's Goodwood Revival. Not only that, but to celebrate 50 years of Mini , Mr.

R.M. Vaughan Last updated on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 05:45PM EDT W atching Peter Capaldi's pop-veined performance as the frustrated political operative Malcolm Tucker in In the Loop , you half expect the political comedy to suddenly turn into a gory zombie movie Capaldi's rage-o-holic Tucker is more than ready to eat a baby, brains first.

Benefit concerts have been a staple of the entertainment industry for the past quarter century.

Benefit concerts have been a staple of the entertainment industry for the past quarter century.

It's been some years since Monty Python stopped being de rigueur in America, and just as Brit TV shows like Blackadder, The Office, and Da Ali G Show have tapped away with a pin hammer at the U.S. hegemony of Cheers, Friends, Seinfeld, and latterly, Curb Your Enthusiasm , British film comedy has struggled to make an impact for decades, with only ...

Though actress Sandra Oh secured leading parts on television and in film in her native Canada, she found some difficulty translating that success when she initially sought work in the United States, due in large part to.... Though actress Sandra Oh secured leading parts on television and in film in her native Canada, she found some difficulty ...

British director whose output preceding the 1994 feature film sequel to the successful comedy "City Slickers" "City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold" was marked by a comedic feature which bombed and an.... British director whose output preceding the 1994 feature film sequel to the successful comedy "City Slickers" "City Slickers II: The ...

"I saw The Secret Policeman's Ball and it became a part of me. It sowed a seed." - Bono "I think everyone is in for a grave disappointment." - John Cleese NEW YORK , June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Film Society of Lincoln Center is proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Amnesty International's stellar and anarchic comedy and rock extravaganza ...

The screenwriter and director Richard Curtis talks to Ian Burrell about his enduringly popular creation PA Curtis on Blackadder: 'It seems to have been a trick of fate that something historical finds it easier to last, because it was out of date when it was made,' enlarge Richard Curtis never expected it to turn out like this that an idea of toying ...

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