France Hepped Up on Hopper

Easy Rider enters rarified territory of Jerry Lewis, named commander of France's Legion of Honor

He creeped us out in Blue Velvet. Employed a god-awful accent in 24. Nearly blew up Keanu Reeves in Speed. And flirted with Oscar in Easy Rider and Hoosiers.

But now Dennis Hopper's done something really impressive: He's won over the French.

Following in the esteemed footsteps of, um, Jerry Lewis, Hopper was today named a commander in France's National Order of Arts and Letters (which is really a big deal over there).

As Hopper might say, c'est magnifique, man.