Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2007 May 5

= May 5 =

Jonny Depp movie
I recently saw the endig of a movie with Johnny Depp where he killed a woman and buried her in a field of corn. What is this movie?
 * Secret Window. --Joelmills 02:47, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles being 80s
Does the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles count as an 80s fad? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Heegoop (talk • contribs) 03:31, 5 May 2007 (UTC).


 * Well, the TMNT comic books started in 1984 and animated series in 1987, so for the date I'd say yes, although the term "fad" seems inappropriate, since most fads would be long gone after 23 years. StuRat 05:41, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it's been in an out of popularity though - at least in Australia where we had the 80s-90s animated series and the first few movies, then it all disappeared until the live-action one a few years back and then the new(er) animated series (and the new movie of course). In addition, while I'm not really connected with school culture like I was back in the early 90s (for the obvious reason) I wouldn't consider it to be so much the "greatest thing ever" as it once was. So from that point of view, I'd say yes, fad. Confusing Manifestation 00:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

World War I Shareware Game
Hey about 5 years ago I downloaded a shareware game about World War I called Great War, I've been searching the internet for it with no luck. Basically the game was on the map of Europe and each army was represented by national flags. You could move armes "attack and advance" and entrench. One of the scenarios was Russia First. Also when you first started the game there was the british variant of th famous I Want You poster. --Englot 15:53, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Of course, to some of us, the British variant is the famous poster... Was it this? Or this? That second link may be describing the same game as the first, but oddly. Combined with this description, it sounds like you're looking for 1914: The Great War. If not, sorry :-) Skittle 22:16, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Black number ones
Who was the first black act to reach number 1 in the UK music charts? Chateau Beaumont staff (and WP admin). --90.1.253.236 21:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Scanning List of number-one singles from the 1950s (UK) I reckon Harry Belafonte, with "Mary's Boy Child" in December 1957. I haven't checked the ethnicity of the earlier acts listed. jnestorius(talk) 23:00, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Frankie Lymon was black, as were half of his backing group the Teenagers, and they hit #1 in the UK in 1956 with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love". --Metropolitan90 05:18, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Er, Winifred Atwell, surely? -88.110.240.168 12:00, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure since when "number 1" singles were listed. The Winifred Atwell article says she "was the first black artist in the UK to sell a million records." But check out The Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers too.--Shantavira 07:33, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

First official UK Number One was in November 1952,so Winifred Atwell would have the first with her jaunty little number Let's Have Another Party in December 1954 Lemon martini 12:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)