Scottish actor and comedian Billy Connolly infamously dismissed Braveheart as " a piece of pure Australian shite.

The all-star lineup included Roger Daltrey, Justin Hayward, Billy Connolly.

* 1942 – Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian

* November 24 – Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian

The cast included Idle, Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Eddie Izzard, Jane Leeves, Emily Mortimer, Jim Piddock and Tracey Ullman.

* The British ITV documentary Journey to the Edge of the World features Billy Connolly in the Canadian Arctic.

Billy Connolly stars as Brown and Dame Judi Dench as Victoria, with Antony Sher appearing as Benjamin Disraeli.

Some of the earliest successes came from folk clubs, where performers such as Billy Connolly, Mike Harding and Jasper Carrott started as relatively straight musical acts whose between-song banter developed into complete comedy routines.

* Billy Connolly recorded a mostly spoken-word recording of the song for the George Martin compilation In My Life.

At one point midway through the concert, Billy Connolly announced he had just been informed that 95 % of the television sets in the world were tuned to the event, though this can of course not be verified.

* Elton John ( introduced by Billy Connolly ) – " I'm Still Standing ", " Bennie and the Jets ", " Rocket Man ", " Don't Go Breaking My Heart " ( with Kiki Dee ), " Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me " ( with George Michael and backing vocals by Andrew Ridgeley ), " Can I Get a Witness " ( W 20: 50 );

Mrs. Brown ( also released and advertised under the title Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown ) is a 1997 British drama film starring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Geoffrey Palmer, Antony Sher and Gerard Butler.

The film shows the story of a bereaved Queen Victoria ( portrayed by Judi Dench ) and her relationship with a Scottish servant, John Brown ( played by Billy Connolly ), and the subsequent uproar it provoked.

* Billy Connolly as John Brown

Billy Connolly

Other events include the Stonehaven Folk Festival regularly attended by famous Glaswegian comedian Billy Connolly.

In 2009, he appeared in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, the sequel to the cult hit, as ' The Roman ', the main villain and an old acquaintance of Il Duce, the character played by Billy Connolly.

* Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly advised his audience during his An Audience With ... show to try the Zombie, citing that it's " in an extraordinary concept ; consumer gets drunk from the bottom-up ".

* World Welterweight Championship – " Mysterious " Billy Smith → William " Matty " Matthews → Eddie Connolly → James " Rube " Ferns → William " Matty " Matthews

In 1974, Scottish comedian Billy Connolly adopted a comical ode to the boot called " The Welly Boot Song " as his theme tune, and it became one of his best-known songs.

* The Big Yin, nickname of Billy Connolly

" There was a competition in a Glasgow newspaper ," Billy Connolly once said, in a short interjection during a 1969 performance of the song.

William " Billy " Connolly, Jr., CBE ( born 24 November 1942 ) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor.

So, we'd go into the pub and someone would say, ' Billy Connolly was in.

And for his playmate, Francis Coletta of West Warwick, who has a bit part, Billy.

In recent years, Billy Budd has become a central text in the field of legal scholarship known as law and literature.

The trial is recounted in chapter 21, the longest chapter in the book, and that trial has become the focus of scholarly controversy: was Captain Vere a good man trapped by bad law, or did he deliberately distort and misrepresent the applicable law to condemn Billy to death?

The Hayling Billy Trail is a former light rail right-of-way which has been converted to one of many footpaths on the island.

He has three siblings: two are older, brother William " Billy " Ritchie and sister Carol Ritchie ; and one is younger, sister Jill Ritchie who is an actress.

Critic Billy Altman, whose work has appeared in many publications including Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times, wrote the following for Amazon. com: " One of rock's most overlooked masterpieces, this third album by the L. A. folk-rock outfit led by inscrutable singer-songwriter Arthur Lee sounds as fresh and innovative today as it did upon its original release in 1968.

The song has been covered by artists such as Geri Halliwell, Megadeth, Jessica Simpson, Lil ' Kim, Little Birdy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Faster Pussycat, KMFDM, Symarip, Operation Ivy and the Del Rubio Triplets and The Supremes.

Rocca has 3 music videos to his credentials and wrote / rapped / starred in the " James Bond Spoof-Secret Agent OO Soul-with Billy Dee Williams ".

As of 2008, it has sold over four million copies in the U. S. The first single, the multi-format duet " Party for Two ", made the country top ten with Billy Currington, while the pop version with Sugar Ray lead singer Mark McGrath made top ten in the United Kingdom and Germany.

The song has been used by as a National Anthem by the Scotland national rugby union team, ever since the winger, Billy Steele, encouraged his team-mates to sing it on the victorious Lions tour of South Africa in 1974.

As a dance music artist, Ono has worked with re-mixers / producers such as Basement Jaxx, Pet Shop Boys, Cat Power, Bill Kates, Tricky, Thurston Moore, Keiji Haino, Nick Vernier Band, Cibo Matto, Billy Martin, DJ Spooky, Apples In Stereo, Damien Price, The Flaming Lips, DJ Chernobyl, Bimbo Jones, DJ Dan, Craig Armstrong, Jorge Artajo, Shuji Nabara, and Konrad Behr, among others.

It has been described as " perhaps the most unsparing tract against drink that Hollywood has yet produced, more pessimistic than Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend.

Billy Blaze is an eight-year-old boy genius who has constructed a spaceship in his backyard from old soup cans and other household objects, called The Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket.

Cartoon Network Studios has continued to thrive with productions such as The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Samurai Jack and newer productions such as Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Adventure Time.

Eastwood has cited Bronco Billy as being one of the most relaxed shoots of his career and biographer Richard Schickel has argued that Bronco Billy is Eastwood's most self-referential character.

The album, produced by Ethan Johns ( who has previously worked with Kings Of Leon, Rufus Wainwright and Laura Marling ), would include covers of songs by Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker and Billy Joe Shaver, and feature such guest musicians as Booker T.

" Margie " has been recorded by Louis Armstrong, who also covered the band's " Tiger Rag ", Ray Charles, Al Jolson, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra in 1935, the Billy Kyle Swing Club Band, Claude Hopkins, Red Nichols, Django Reinhardt, George Paxton, the Dutch Swing College Band, Fats Domino, Sidney Bechet, Don Redman, Cab Calloway, Jim Reeves, Gene Krupa, and Benny Goodman.

He has worked as a session musician and writing collaborator with artists including The Pretenders, Bryan Ferry, Pet Shop Boys, Billy Bragg, Black Grape, Talking Heads, Crowded House, and Beck.

American pianist Billy Preston has been referred to as the fifth Beatle.

Co-founder, Billy Childish left the group in 2001, but has stated that he remains committed to its principles.