| November 30, 2005 |
The premiere of Keeping Mum was on Monday, November 28th. There are some photos on Yahoo.com of the premiere and some more info about the movie. Also, click HERE for the official site of the movie. |
June 20, 2005
BBC News |
ATKINSON ATTACKS 'DRACONIAN' LAW
Comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson has branded as "draconian" plans to make incitement to religious hatred illegal. He said it was a "sledgehammer to crack a nut" and urged that existing race hate laws be amended rather than hampering the right to criticise ideas. FULL STORY |
May 2, 2005
Contact Music |
ATKINSON TO APPEAR IN SCHOOL PRODUCTION OF OLIVER
British comedian ROWAN ATKINSON has signed up to appear on stage in the musical OLIVER! - for his son's school play. FULL STORY |
April 18, 2005
Contact Music |
BLACKADDER TO RETURN IN 2006
Classic BBC comedy BLACKADDER will return to British TV screens for the fifth time next year (06) - 17 years after the last series ended with the deaths of its lead characters. FULL STORY |
| April 10, 2005 |
Rowan Atkinson and his wife, Sunetra, attended the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. PHOTO |
February 11, 2005
Contact Music |
BLACKADDER RETURNS
LOVE ACTUALLY star ROWAN ATKINSON has thrilled fans of classic British TV comedy BLACKADDER, by agreeing to reprise his role as EDMUND BLACKADDER in a new series set in the swinging Sixties. FULL STORY |
February 8, 2005
BBC News |
RELIGIOUS HATRED LAW GETS BACKING
A bid to force a rethink of plans to make inciting religious hatred a crime has been seen off by the government. Comedian Rowan Atkinson supported the attempt to tighten the definition of racial and religious hatred. FULL STORY |
| February 8, 2005 |
Filming recently began on February 4th on Keeping Mum, starring Rowan Atkinson! Check IMDB.com for the latest updates on this film. |
January 19, 2005
Contact Music |
SURPRISE PARTY REDUCES ATKINSON TO TEARS
Surprise Party Reduces Atkinson to Tears. LOVE ACTUALLY star ROWAN ATKINSON was reduced to tears by a surprise party arranged by his wife to mark his 50th birthday. FULL STORY |
December 11, 2004
BBC News |
FACES OF THE WEEK
He's found fame as Blackadder, Mister Bean and Johnny English. But in his new role as a campaigner for free speech, Rowan Atkinson is deadly serious. FULL STORY |
April 22, 2004
BBC News |
ROWAN ATKINSON WINS LIBEL PAY-OUT
Rowan Atkinson wins libel pay-out. Comic actor Rowan Atkinson has accepted "substantial" libel damages over false newspaper allegations that he had been on the edge of a breakdown. Atkinson, 49, also received a public apology from Associated Newspapers, which had made the claim in the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers. Following the case at the High Court in London, Atkinson called the allegations "ludicrous, hurtful and irresponsible". FULL STORY |
February 17, 2004
ITV News |
ROWAN ATKINSON - AN APOLOGY
On December 31, 2003, we published an article entitled: "Rowan Atkinson 'treated for depression'" where it was reported that Rowan Atkinson had spent time in an Arizona clinic to receive treatment for depression. We accept assurances given by his solicitors that Rowan Atkinson has never suffered from depression (severe or otherwise) and did not spend time at an Arizona clinic to receive treatment for depression. We apologise to Rowan Atkinson and are happy to put the record straight. |
December 31, 2003
ITV News |
ROWAN ATKINSON TREATED FOR DEPRESSION
Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson is being treated for depression in a US clinic. The comedian is said to be upset at the critical failure of his last film Johnny English. The Blackadder star has checked into a £4,000-a-week clinic in Arizona. It is thought he told his wife Sunetra that he needed to "find himself". Despite a rough ride from the critics, Johnny English was the fifth highest grossing film of the year in Britain. |
