Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 May 26

= May 26 =

Information on Christopher Lawrence
Hi there, I was hoping to find a Wikipedia entry on Australian radio personality Christopher Lawrence. This is an official site of his 

I looked all over Wikipedia to find how to request an article to be made, and I don't feel confident enough to put one up myself. Is it possible for one to be created?

Thanks!!! Andielliot 02:12, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I think you want Requested articles. Algebraist 08:46, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Iconic Blondes
for a Graphics NCEA assignment I have to design a set of disposable cameras based on a theme, and my theme is 'Iconic Blondes of the 20th and 21st Centuries'. I have 'iconic blondes' for every decade from the 1900s to 2000s except for a blonde from the 1900's. These are my other choices:



1910s - Mary Pickford

1920s - Marlene Dietrich

1930s - Jean Harlow

1940s - Lauren Bacall (alternate-Betty Grable)

1950s - Marilyn Monroe

1960s - Brigitte Bardot (I replaced her with Catherine Deneuve because I really really dislike Bardot) (alternate-Twiggy)

1970s - Debbie Harry (alternate-Farrah Fawcett)

1980s - Madonna

1990s - Princess Diana (I replaced her with Kate Winslet) (alternate-Pamlea Anderson)

2000s - Paris Hilton (I replaced her with Cate Blanchett) (alternate-Britney Spears)

Can anyone help me find an iconic blonde for the 1900s? If I can't get a legit 1900s blonde I'll just leave it out and have an even group of ten.


 * How about if you move Mary Pickford to the 1900's (just barely) and substitute Lillian Gish in the 1910's ? Her hair color seems to have been subject to change, but was blonde for at least one famous magazine cover. StuRat 06:14, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Also, you just have to fit Mae West in that list somewhere, for her overt sexuality. StuRat 06:26, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * No offense to Bacall, but I'd go with Veronica Lake (she of the peekaboo locks) or maybe Carole Lombard Betty Grable in the 40s. Clarityfiend 07:18, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Does it have to be a woman? Anchoress 07:24, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * And isn't there someone better for the 2000s than Paris Hilton? --Richardrj talkemail 07:59, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I'd switch Princess Di and Madonna; Madonna was really more prominent in the 90s than the 80s, and Diana had kind of faded from view by then. And I'd put Gwen Stefani or Christina Aguilera in the 2ks in place of Paris.


 * Or even Cameron Diaz. JackofOz 08:24, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I'd go with Betty Grable in the 40's....I'd definitely make it Twiggy for the 60's and Farrah Fawcett for the 70's. And for the 90's my vote's for Pamela Anderson. She was a big icon back then, especially as a go-to reference for a busty, larger than life blonde. For this decade, if not Britney, than it must be Paris.


 * What about Dr Clio! Perry-mankster 13:49, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

So, has anyone found an iconic blonde of the 1900s? (As StuRat pointed out himself, Mary Pickford's career had barely started and she was far from iconic at the time.) It seems as though female sex symbols and other celebrity projections would have to be sought out in the world of stage and opera, as the cinema's career, like Pickford, hadn't really permeated society yet either. I went through the female entries under 1900s, but none of the candidates seem to have been blonde. ---Sluzzelin talk  20:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The best I can come up with is Lillian Russell, singer, actress and friend of Diamond Jim Brady, but some of the pictures show her as blonde and some don't, so I don't know. Clarityfiend 03:03, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Yahoo Xtra Ad
Does anyone know the names of the actors in the New Zealand YahooXtra ad (the one with Regina Spektor's 'Fidelity' on it)?