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November 21

Looking For A Movie

How do I go about obtaining a copy(DVD) of the movie----You Came Along----staring Robert Cummings? There doesn't seem to be too much information about the film, anywhere, except on the Wikipedia site. Esther C. 69.244.202.38 (talk) 00:16, 21 November 2010 (UTC) 11-20-2010

• http://www.lovingtheclassics.com/youcamealong.html ? Exxolon (talk) 04:15, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Black girls hairstyles

Which hairstyles are considered black girls' hairstyle? So far I know that corn rows and dreadlocks are one of them but are there more? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.32.248 (talk) 02:46, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

This will vary some according to who you ask. For instance, the first three people (that I've personally known) that I think of who have had dreadlocks are two white guys and an Asian girl. For me, dreadlocks aren't a black stereotype. Dismas|^(talk) 03:58, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

If you type "black hairstyle" or "black woman hairstyle" or "black girl hairstyle" into google, you can get all the answers you need to your question. --Jayron32 04:02, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

VH1

Hi! Yesterday I saw new commercial on VH1. It started with Jagger's God Gave Me Everything and showed some parts of other songs. Does anybody know the band before Alice in Chains? The singer wears red trousers and has long dark hair. Some black women sing with. I thank you in anticipation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atacamadesert12 (talk • contribs) 10:50, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

I have not seen the commercial, but the scene you describe sounds like it could be Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes, specifically a clip from the music video of Remedy. But please keep in mind, I have not seen the commercial. 10draftsdeep (talk) 16:59, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Top Gear (2002 TV series) repetitive repeated repeats repeat repeatedly

Have many times have episodes of this been repeated on terrestial British television - on BBC1 or BBC2? I think this evenings offering has been on tv at least three times, quite probably more. 92.28.253.9 (talk) 20:05, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

voices on two tv shows, possibly alexis jordan

Who voices Nemesis on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Hair Razer on the Fairly OddParents? Is it alexis Jordan? If not, who is it? help would be vary vary much appreciated, thanks guys. N.I.M. (talk) 20:45, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Ancestry of Taylor Swift

Is Taylor Swift known to be related in any way to Jonathan Swift? If not, are any other modern entertainers known to be related to 17th-early 20th century novelists?--99.251.211.17 (talk) 21:22, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

I can't help with the Swifts, but a lot of other novelists' relatives now work in showbiz. The comedian Al Murray is descended from William Makepeace Thackeray, and therefore more distantly related to Thomas Love Peacock and Virginia Woolf. The singer-songwriter Willy Mason is descended from Henry James's brother William. Marianne Faithfull is a great-great-niece of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Moving onto actors, Alan Howard is a great-nephew of Compton Mackenzie, Anna Chancellor is descended from Jane Austen's brother Edward, Harry Lloyd is descended from Charles Dickens and, most obvious of all, Daniel Day-Lewis is the son of Cecil Day-Lewis, poet and novelist. Antiquary (talk) 23:09, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Try looking under her real name of Denise Oliver. Though i haven't found anything either under swift or oliver. I'm gonna check again

You have no source for the "Denise Oliver" claim. Dismas|^(talk) 06:24, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

This sounds familiar somehow. Back when N.I.M. was posting as an IP I'm sure he mentioned this name before. Probably just some girl he likes. Adam Bishop (talk) 06:55, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

N.I.M. has not provided a source because he has no source. N.I.M. is a troll; let's not feed the troll. Cresix (talk) 16:08, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Added the missing '/' to your closing command that was enlittling all the subsequent posts :-). 87.81.230.195 (talk) 07:12, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Enlittling? And yes, N.I.M. asked about that name a while back. Dismas|^(talk) 07:26, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

I like that. The opposite of embiggening, with the side benefit of the (smaller) en vs. the (larger) em. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 07:59, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, jpgordon. I confess that neologising is a hobby of mine, and as 'embiggen' has been catching on lately (for example, on Language Log) I thought it deserved a converse :-). 87.81.230.195 (talk) 12:22, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I wonder what the opposite of "to belittle" might be. "To bebig" just doesn't seem to cut it. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 12:06, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

I tried, and found nothing. And adam, my name gives you a clue at who i like, i don't know denise/taylor. My source is spy academy, where taylor under her real name does a great job as Iris. Then she voiced Mauricia in Wayside the movie, then took on her identity of Taylor Swift when she moved to Pensylvania. If i'm wrong then i'll be able to see spy academy again, by finding episodes on youtube. But i looked under both names and no ansesters either under Swift or Oliver date that far back in her family. N.I.M. (talk) 13:36, 22 November 2010 (UTC)N.I.M. (talk) 13:01, 22 November 2010 (UTC)