Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 December 2

= December 2 =

Academy Award Best Pictures
Does anyone know if there are any box sets of DVD's available for purchase that contain all (or most) of the Oscar Best Pictures? I expect that the answer is "no", since (a) all of the winners come from different studios and producers and (b) there must be a myriad of copyright issues and licenses involved in creating such a set. Still, I thought I'd ask. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 08:39, 2 December 2013 (UTC)


 * The best I can find is 20, in the Best of Warner Bros. 20 Film Collection: Best Pictures, which, despite the title, contains many productions from MGM and other studios. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:33, 2 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Every year the Turner Classic Movies cable channel has their "31 days of Oscar" programming. It includes films that have won awards other than Best Picture. I know that it isn't the DVDs that you were looking for but I thought I would mention it in case you didn't know about it. Who knows, with the way that TV and films are being streamed on the internet there might be a website that features Best Picture winners in a few years. MarnetteD | Talk 17:20, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Does anyone know the name of this Ms. Philippines candidate?
What's the name of this Ms. Philippines candidate? Does anyone know who this is?: http://instagr.in/p/596291876927089440_358173113 98.234.170.206 (talk) 08:58, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Last Vegas movie release date
Please jump to Talk:Last Vegas. --CiaPan (talk) 12:24, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * (I'm going to keep my reply here rather than on that talk page.) When it says 1 November it's talking about the USA, see . Those earlier dates are for those other countries.  You can probably improve the article by specifying USA for 1 Nov. --Viennese Waltz 12:34, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Dude. It's Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger if you prefer. Really. I looked it up.
Wikipedia is not equal to itself. Imagine Sir Michael misplaces his passport in his "other pants." Would he not have Prime Minister David C. fast-track a special bill allowing all members of the Stones to travel globally unfettered by nation-state interference? Would the Right Honorable Prime Minister, include within said Special Bill, the human being currently maintaining a British Passport marked Michael Kevin "Mick" Taylor? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.240.77.215 (talk) 16:22, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * What is your question? --Viennese Waltz 17:16, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Second desk this guy has trolled in the last 24 hours. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/108.240.77.215. μηδείς (talk) 17:40, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Actress in this movie
In Kaalia, a 1980s movie from Bollywood, this actress appears but I don't recognize her. Who is she? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXaqBNTl7zI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.18.51 (talk) 20:13, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

who sings......
Hi - I have two songs in my iTunes library - and I have been unable to identify the artist. I have soundhound on my phone but soundhound cannot recognize them either. The name of the songs are - 'Better Man' and 'Secret Lover'. They were both listed in my iTunes as being on an album called 'Another Day' and they were listed as being 'Soul Attorneys' but neither of these bits of information are helping. Thanks for your help.

Judy Carmichael — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.112.54.143 (talk) 22:30, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The only song I am aware of that has the title "Better man" is Better Man (Pearl Jam song).--Mark Miller (talk) 22:37, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * ..and a little search finds that the song you refer to (Better Man) is from "J. Gaines and the Soul Attorneys".--Mark Miller (talk) 22:40, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Who recorded "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"?
I recall hearing a radio DJ identify as a Mannheim Steamroller recording a version with a high-pitched flute, what sounds like a cello, and a sound that I'm guessing represents horses' hooves, which has been around for several decades.

This is not impossible, but a very different, contemporary version with synthesizer was on the station I listen to, on which the DJ said it was by Mannheim Steamroller.— Vchimpanzee  ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 22:44, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * What's the question?--Mark Miller (talk) 22:46, 2 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Isn't the question specified in the very title of this thread (namely, Who recorded "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"?) ... ? Thanks.   Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 23:45, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * If you can answer this question from that...go for it.--Mark Miller (talk) 23:52, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Take your pick then .--Mark Miller (talk) 23:54, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Apparently, Mannheim Steamroller has recorded more than one version of the carol. Someone on YouTube has posted a combination of the two recordings you've described (called the "medieval version" and the "modern version" there), but I won't link to it, as it's probably a copyvio. If, however, you go to YouTube and search for "2011 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Long Version", it should be at the top of the results. Deor (talk) 00:14, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I have been pouring over youtube and listening to all the different versions and missed this. You must have this on the nose. It has the horse sound effect as mentioned and the flute.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:22, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * What threw me off was the mention of synthesizer as Mannheim Steamroller's versions are heavily orchestrated...well that and the claim that this has been around for several decades, hope this is it...getting a little sick of the song now. LOL!--Mark Miller (talk) 00:24, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Mark, I am curious how many of the versions acknowledge the comma. I grew up singing it straight through. It wasn't until I saw an episode of All Creatures Great and Small (TV series) where Siegfried explained the line that I realized how it should be sung. Years later Ebenezer Blackadder would make the distinction as well during Blackadder's Christmas Carol. Reminds me of a current T-shirt that reads "Lets eat Grandma. Lets eat, Grandma. Commas save lives" MarnetteD | Talk 03:57, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * As funny as that sounds...I did find this.--Mark Miller (talk) 04:07, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * That is excellent. Thanks for the link - most informative. MarnetteD | Talk 04:34, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The tragedy is that, while demonstrating a good understanding of when to use commas and when not, they show a lack of similar understanding about the use of apostrophes. Plurals of nouns should never be apostrophised.  Simple.  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  20:24, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll have to figure out a way to add the information to the appropriate Wikipedia articles. Meanwhile, I can't listen to anything until I get to a library where I can use headphones. That will be tomorrow.— Vchimpanzee  ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 18:30, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I found and listened to both versions. The one I like is first followed by the one I despise. Now how do we put this information in the respective Wikipedia articles?— Vchimpanzee  ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 21:02, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * In what respective articles? The two versions appear to correspond to the "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Renaissance version)" and "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Rock version)" listed among the tracks in our article on the Christmas Celebration album—which may be the same as the corresponding tracks on their earlier Christmas album, although the running times are slightly different. What information do you want to add elsewhere? Deor (talk) 22:37, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen should mention both versions of the song, and probably Mannheim Steamroller too.— Vchimpanzee  ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 19:14, 6 December 2013 (UTC)