Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 October 23

= October 23 =

Name of film (not Pretty Woman)
I'm looking for the name of a film. About a rich, not too young, presumably French, perfumer or sommelier (don't remember, but I think he had this big Serge Gainsbourg nose. He is still bachelor, despite the efforts of his friends. He hires a decent and nice-looking girl to act as his girlfriend and accompany him to a company party, mainly to stop his friends'/colleagues'/relatives' annoying attempts to find him a girlfriend. Later, for more money, to visit his family and play being his fiancee for them. After a week of this, they have a scene, he pays her (I seem to remember the payment amounted to thousands of euros), and they break up. In the end it turns out they have fallen in love, of course. Debresser (talk) 10:51, 23 October 2009 (UTC)


 * It is I Do (2006 film), better known as "Prête-moi ta main". And it just happens to star Charlotte Gainsbourg, Serge's daughter. See the Imdb synopsis. Please believe me I had asked before I posted here. Debresser (talk) 11:33, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

What is the difference between a electonic keyboard and a keytar??
May sound as a stupid question, but what is the difference between a electonic keyboard and a keytar??

Keytar is exactly just a electronic keyboard supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders? 201.78.183.146 (talk) 17:14, 23 October 2009 (UTC)


 * That's basically it, except our Keytar article indicates that a "neck" is required element of a keytar, as opposed to just a keyboard with a strap. -- LarryMac | Talk  17:19, 23 October 2009 (UTC)


 * As an example, Edgar Winter is known for playing a standard electronic keyboard which, instead of placing it on a stand, he carried around his neck on a strap, much like a guitar. Also being a vocalist and a "frontman", this allowed him to be free to roam the stage rather than being tied behind a keyboard stand.  Keytars are synthesizers purpose built to be played similar to a guitar.  The sound processing and electronics are probably identical to a standard keyboard synthesizer (you can cram the electronics into pretty much any shaped body you want), but the fact that they are specifically designed to be carried like a guitar makes them different from simply strapping a keyboard synthesizer to your neck like Edgar Winter does.  Keytars are the most common instrument that does this, but there is also the SynthAxe and its cousin, the drumitar, as well as the EWI (usually pronounced EE-WEE) which is a synthesizer designed to be played like a clarinet. -- Jayron  32  19:41, 23 October 2009 (UTC)


 * To explain a little more... A keytar is designed such that one hand is used to press the keys and the other hand is used to control the effects. On a standard keyboard, two hands are commonly used to press the keys with one temporarily (if ever) used to control the effects. --  k a i n a w &trade; 22:22, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Al Jazeera
Is it possible for me (in the UK) to watch the same al-Jazeera broadcast as a friend who lives in the Middle East? If so, how? My Google-fu has failed me and I can't find it on Sky. But maybe I missed it. Vimescarrot (talk) 19:33, 23 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Googling "al jazeera streaming arabic" gives several sites which purport to provide live television streams of the Arabic language version. Authenticity and legality of such sites haven't been checked, though. You may also want to try the aljazeera.net website. I can't read Arabic, but they might have a link there for a live internet feed. (Like they have for English with english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ ) Hope that helps. -- 128.104.112.179 (talk) 22:04, 23 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Beware that there are web sites which pretend to be Al Jazeera, since it has a reputation for fair and unbiased news. The people who run the fake sites are often from terrorist organizations which want everyone to believe the propaganda they are trying to spread, and find that faking an Al Jazeera page is the best way to achieve that. StuRat (talk) 00:09, 26 October 2009 (UTC)