[Denver]

GREASE star Olivia Newton-John is to be made a Dame in a New Year Honours list packed with names from the world of entertainment.

The singer, 71, gets the gong for services to charity, cancer research and entertainment.

Olivia, who was born in England but moved to Australia aged five, said: “I am extremely excited, honoured and grateful beyond words to be included with such an esteemed group of women who have received this distinguished award before me.

“As a girl born in Cambridge, I am very proud of my British ancestry and so appreciative to be recognised in this way by the United Kingdom.”

James Bond director Sam Mendes, 54, is to be knighted for his contribution to drama.

Meanwhile, Sir Elton John, 72, will have his knighthood upgraded to a Companion of Honour — becoming one of only 65 living recipients of the award.

Steve McQueen, the 50-year-old Oscar-winning director of 12 Years a Slave, will also be knighted for services to film.

Queen drummer Roger Taylor, 70 becomes an OBE while singer Billy Ocean, 69, becomes an MBE for services to music.

Snow Patrol’s lead singer Gary Lightbody, 43, will be made an OBE for services to music and charity. But the news will be bittersweet for him as it comes days after the death of his dad Jack, who had suffered from dementia. His funeral was on Christmas Eve.

TV presenter and campaigner June Sarpong, 42, will be made an OBE, while BBC Sport presenter Gabby Logan, 46, is to become an MBE.

Long-serving Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale, 79, will be upgraded to a CBE from an MBE.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, 60, becomes a CBE — and joked that he would be celebrating like Tommy Shelby, the hard-drinking lead character of the hit BBC drama.

Playwright James Graham, 37, whose stage production of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? cheating scandal was recently adapted for TV, will be made an OBE.

And stage star Giles Terera, 43, best known for playing Aaron Burr in Hamilton, becomes an MBE.

There are also awards for several TV cooks. Nigel Slater, 61, will become an OBE, while Ainsley Harriott, 62, and Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, 35, are both made MBEs for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts.

In total, 1,097 people will receive honours, the Cabinet Office said, with 50.7 per cent going to women — the second highest for a New Year Honours list, after 51 per cent in 2014.

http://thesun.co.uk/news/10628410/ne...adiya-hussain/

[Mitchell]

Ainsley, Nadiya, Gok, Billy and June are great choices, shame about Iain Duncan Smith

[Marsh.]

Some of those names.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Mitchell

Ainsley, Nadiya, Gok, Billy and June are great choices, shame about Iain Duncan Smith

What the hell, why is IDS being honoured? People were saying Farage should get a knighthood, and while I don't necessarily agree he's as valid as some of the others, plus he got a bunch of people interested in politics ... but IDS?! NO! Unless they want to give him a Victoria Cross for casualties in the war against the poor.

I had to google some of the others, Nadiya had Debbie Harry show up in her "people also search for" ... why is Queen Blondie in the same search results as a random tv chef?

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by WickedSkengMan

http://thesun.co.uk/news/10628410/ne...adiya-hussain/

Interesting .. weren’t the Bee Gees also English born but moved to Australia when they were toddlers !?

Must have been a thing back then ..


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[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Interesting .. weren’t the Bee Gees also English born but moved to Australia when they were toddlers !?

Must have been a thing back then ..


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Did they still send criminals to Australia when they were young?

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Interesting .. weren’t the Bee Gees also English born but moved to Australia when they were toddlers !?

Must have been a thing back then ..


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It was a common thing back then they also use to send children off to be adopted their back when it was more under British power then it is now

[Oliver_W]

Where are Sir John Cleese and Dame JK Rowling? Long overdue!

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Where are Sir John Cleese and Dame JK Rowling? Long overdue!

John Cleese wont get one after hinting he will stop paying tax because of his age a few years back

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Where are Sir John Cleese and Dame JK Rowling? Long overdue!

JK Rowling has the companion of honour that has just been awarded to Elton John.

It's for having so much money but not giving too much away probably

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

JK Rowling has the companion of honour that has just been awarded to Elton John.

It's for having so much money but not giving too much away probably

She lost her billionaire status from giving so much to charity!

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

She lost her billionaire status from giving so much to charity!

I'm sure that was a crushing blow. I'm not for a second suggesting that it is the job of self made people to fund charity. However, if awards are for philanthropy then let's see where these tax free lump sums ..I mean charity donations go.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by WickedSkengMan

John Cleese wont get one after hinting he will stop paying tax because of his age a few years back

To be fair I think people over the retirement age should be tax emempt

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

To be fair I think people over the retirement age should be tax emempt

Retirement age is a suggestion not an order. It just means you have reached an age where you are entitled to claim a pension. Nothing to do with tax.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I'm sure that was a crushing blow. I'm not for a second suggesting that it is the job of self made people to fund charity. However, if awards are for philanthropy then let's see where these tax free lump sums ..I mean charity donations go.

She does a lot but is not flashy about it

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

To be fair I think people over the retirement age should be tax emempt

Not if he's still earning from interviews and various appearances as he is

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

but IDS?! NO! Unless they want to give him a Victoria Cross for casualties in the war against the poor.

It’s not very often I agree with you, but spot on, absolute joke.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Did they still send criminals to Australia when they were young?

As I recall the Gibb brothers were all getting into trouble around the Manchester area and the parents decided a new start in Australia was the solution !?!?


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[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

She does a lot but it is not flashy about it

Well obviously...There's no JK Rowling homeless shelter is there?

Proportionally her donating 10k would be the equivalent of us donating about 10p. So to be worthy if any 'award' her donations must be substantial. I'm wondering who the lucky beneficiaries are?

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Well obviously...There's no JK Rowling homeless shelter is there?

Proportionally her donating 10k would be the equivalent of us donating about 10p. So to be worthy if any 'award' her donations must be substantial. I'm wondering who the lucky beneficiaries are?

Google it, it's too many to mention

As of 2011 she donated over 100 million.
Most causes are about children.

Rowling has contributed money and support for research and treatment of multiple sclerosis, from which her mother suffered before her death in 1990. In 2006, Rowling contributed a substantial sum toward the creation of a new Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Edinburgh University, later named the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic.[190] In 2010, she donated another Ł10 million to the centre,[191] and in 2019 a further Ł15 million.[192] wikipedia

Some of the later hp universe books were written exclusively for charity with all profits going there

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Google it, it's too many to mention

As of 2011 she donated over 100 million.
Most causes are about children.

Rowling has contributed money and support for research and treatment of multiple sclerosis, from which her mother suffered before her death in 1990. In 2006, Rowling contributed a substantial sum toward the creation of a new Centre for Regenerative Medicine at Edinburgh University, later named the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic.[190] In 2010, she donated another Ł10 million to the centre,[191] and in 2019 a further Ł15 million.[192] wikipedia

Some of the later hp universe books were written exclusively for charity with all profits going there

I'll have a look..is this from her wiki page?

[Twosugars]

The wikipedia quote about MS is

Not the total as of 2011, that from 2 different sources from 1 page of google

[Crimson Dynamo]

Ainsley Harriott, 62, and Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, 35, are both made MBEs for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts.

[bots]

i see that the government kindly published the addresses of the 1000 recipients so that we can all go round to their houses and thank them personally

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

JK Rowling has the companion of honour that has just been awarded to Elton John.

It's for having so much money but not giving too much away probably

JK Rowling does tonnes, not just giving money but actually running charities herself like Lumos.

[Marsh.]

I don't really know Nadiya Hussain but she won Bake Off and it's an outstanding achievement to culinary arts?