Bruce Forsyth is overlooked in the New Year's list despite a vigorous media campaign for the Queen to give him a knighthood. :whacko:
Forsyth, a professional entertainer since he was 14, is the presenter of Strictly Come Dancing, one of the most popular television programmes in the history of television. He was made a CBE in 2006.
The actor Michael Sheen, 39, receives an OBE. He has played former Prime Minister Tony Blair twice, first in 2003 television drama The Deal and then in 2006's award-winning film The Queen.
Having met the Queen as played by Dame Helen Mirren, he now has the chance of meeting the monarch herself when he collects his OBE.
An MBE is awarded to actor Liz Smith, 87, a veteran of screen and stage who played Nana in the television sitcom The Royle Family. The BAFTA award winning actress has also appeared in The Vicar of Dibley and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She first appeared on television at the age of 50 as a downtrodden mother in Mike Leigh's Bleak Moments. She has been in continuous work ever since.
Maria Kempinska, the founder of Jongleurs, has transformed live comedy in the UK. When she opened her first comedy club in 1983, on a £300 overdraft with her bicycle as collateral, there was hardly anywhere where you could see live comedy.
Now, 25 years later, Jongleurs, has grown into a multi-million pound chain, with 16 venues nationwide. The daughter of Polish refugees she is given the MBE.
The Bermudian-born thespian Earl Cameron, 91, who starred as a dictator alongside Nicole Kidman in The Interpreter, is given the CBE. Cameron, one of Britain's first mainstream black actors, starred in Sapphire, one of the first feature films about mixed-race relationships.
Forsyth, a professional entertainer since he was 14, is the presenter of Strictly Come Dancing, one of the most popular television programmes in the history of television. He was made a CBE in 2006.
The actor Michael Sheen, 39, receives an OBE. He has played former Prime Minister Tony Blair twice, first in 2003 television drama The Deal and then in 2006's award-winning film The Queen.
Having met the Queen as played by Dame Helen Mirren, he now has the chance of meeting the monarch herself when he collects his OBE.
An MBE is awarded to actor Liz Smith, 87, a veteran of screen and stage who played Nana in the television sitcom The Royle Family. The BAFTA award winning actress has also appeared in The Vicar of Dibley and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She first appeared on television at the age of 50 as a downtrodden mother in Mike Leigh's Bleak Moments. She has been in continuous work ever since.
Maria Kempinska, the founder of Jongleurs, has transformed live comedy in the UK. When she opened her first comedy club in 1983, on a £300 overdraft with her bicycle as collateral, there was hardly anywhere where you could see live comedy.
Now, 25 years later, Jongleurs, has grown into a multi-million pound chain, with 16 venues nationwide. The daughter of Polish refugees she is given the MBE.
The Bermudian-born thespian Earl Cameron, 91, who starred as a dictator alongside Nicole Kidman in The Interpreter, is given the CBE. Cameron, one of Britain's first mainstream black actors, starred in Sapphire, one of the first feature films about mixed-race relationships.