User contributions for Derekmcgovern

16 February 2020

• 13:0713:07, 16 February 2020 diff hist +4 m Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand writer) I've corrected a couple of punctuation issues (missing period and changing "catholic" to "Catholic."
• 13:0413:04, 16 February 2020 diff hist +105 N Talk:Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) Derekmcgovern moved page Talk:Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) to Talk:Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand writer): It's inaccurate to define Vincent O'Sullivan as a New Zealand "poet"---given his multi-form output---and he himself has spoken of his desire to be described as a "writer," rather than being pigeonholed as a poet. current Tag: New redirect
• 13:0413:04, 16 February 2020 diff hist 0 m Talk:Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand writer) Derekmcgovern moved page Talk:Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) to Talk:Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand writer): It's inaccurate to define Vincent O'Sullivan as a New Zealand "poet"---given his multi-form output---and he himself has spoken of his desire to be described as a "writer," rather than being pigeonholed as a poet.
• 13:0413:04, 16 February 2020 diff hist +100 N Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) Derekmcgovern moved page Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) to Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand writer): It's inaccurate to define Vincent O'Sullivan as a New Zealand "poet"---given his multi-form output---and he himself has spoken of his desire to be described as a "writer," rather than being pigeonholed as a poet. current Tag: New redirect
• 13:0413:04, 16 February 2020 diff hist 0 m Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand writer) Derekmcgovern moved page Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) to Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand writer): It's inaccurate to define Vincent O'Sullivan as a New Zealand "poet"---given his multi-form output---and he himself has spoken of his desire to be described as a "writer," rather than being pigeonholed as a poet.

27 January 2020

• 02:4802:48, 27 January 2020 diff hist 0 m Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare) I've corrected the statement that Hathaway outlived her husband by eight years. Shakespeare died in 1616 and Hathaway in 1623: a difference of seven years.

20 August 2018

• 05:1505:15, 20 August 2018 diff hist 0 m List of modernist composers Added Lou Reed's year of death

16 August 2018

• 08:2208:22, 16 August 2018 diff hist +3 m Love, Simon Updated film earnings to reflect latest combined foreign and domestic gross reported on Box Office Mojo

10 August 2018

• 02:2102:21, 10 August 2018 diff hist +2 m Love, Simon Changed 66 million to 66.1 million in the intro.
• 02:2002:20, 10 August 2018 diff hist +2 m Love, Simon Updated film earnings to reflect latest foreign gross reported on Box Office Mojo

24 July 2018

• 03:2403:24, 24 July 2018 diff hist 0 m Love, Simon Updated the box office to reflect the total gross of 65.9 million
• 03:2003:20, 24 July 2018 diff hist −7 Love, Simon No edit summary
• 03:1903:19, 24 July 2018 diff hist +7 m Love, Simon Updated film earnings to reflect latest foreign gross reported on Box Office Mojo

13 July 2018

• 02:1602:16, 13 July 2018 diff hist +9 m Love, Simon Updated film earnings to reflect latest foreign gross reported on Box Office Mojo

28 May 2018

• 13:0213:02, 28 May 2018 diff hist 0 m About a Boy (film) 2006 was incorrectly given instead of 2002.

12 May 2018

• 02:5902:59, 12 May 2018 diff hist +389 m Handsome Devil (film) Added that the film won the Dublin Film Critics' Circle award.

5 May 2018

• 06:2206:22, 5 May 2018 diff hist +6 m Handsome Devil (film) Clarification: Replaced "it" with "the film"
• 06:2106:21, 5 May 2018 diff hist +544 Handsome Devil (film) Added news about award win and nominations.

21 June 2015

• 14:5914:59, 21 June 2015 diff hist +657 Talk:The Original High →Removal of New York Times review and Metacritic rating: new section

20 June 2015

• 10:3310:33, 20 June 2015 diff hist +407 m The Original High →Critical reception: Added quote from Houston chronicle review (surely as relevant as the Irish Times).

13 September 2014

• 03:2103:21, 13 September 2014 diff hist +4 Mario Lanza →Opera career: Changed "at the Rome Opera's 1960-61 season" to "during the Rome Opera...".
• 03:2003:20, 13 September 2014 diff hist 0 m Mario Lanza Fixed the square brackets on "London Palladium"
• 02:5502:55, 13 September 2014 diff hist +8 m Mario Lanza Added [[ ]] links to Queen Elizabeth II and the London Palladium in the "Serenade" section.
• 02:5202:52, 13 September 2014 diff hist 0 m Mario Lanza →Opera career: Fixed some punctuation slips.
• 02:5002:50, 13 September 2014 diff hist +228 m Mario Lanza →Serenade: I have tidied up the penultimate paragraph, providing additional substantiation and removing some repetition about Lanza's 1958 concert tour.
• 02:3902:39, 13 September 2014 diff hist +1,368 Mario Lanza I have added information about Lanza's plans to return to opera in the 'Opera Career' section. I have also tidied up the final paragraph under the "Serenade" section to elaborate on the operatic offers that Lanza received in 1958.

3 April 2013

• 05:0405:04, 3 April 2013 diff hist +60 m Mario Lanza →The Student Prince: Added citation for the tabloid claim that Lanza's weight problem was behind his dismissal from The Student Prince.

31 March 2013

• 14:1214:12, 31 March 2013 diff hist +18 m Trespassing (album) →Critical reception: Corrected quote from Slant Magazine

29 March 2013

• 15:4815:48, 29 March 2013 diff hist −29 Serenade (1956 film) No edit summary
• 15:4715:47, 29 March 2013 diff hist +76 m Serenade (1956 film) Removed the assertion that Lanza sings the Otello Monologue "in blackface." (He doesn't---it's a rehearsal scene in the film, and he's wearing street clothes.)

16 March 2013

• 12:1812:18, 16 March 2013 diff hist +5 m Mario Lanza →Opera career
• 11:5511:55, 16 March 2013 diff hist +62 m Mario Lanza →Opera career: Added reference for the Irma Gonzalez quote.
• 09:4809:48, 16 March 2013 diff hist +42 m Mario Lanza Sings Songs from The Student Prince and The Desert Song No edit summary
• 09:4609:46, 16 March 2013 diff hist +17 m Mario Lanza Sings Songs from The Student Prince and The Desert Song Added September 1959 to the recording period of The Desert Song.
• 09:4309:43, 16 March 2013 diff hist +1 Mario Lanza: Opera Arias and Duets No edit summary
• 09:4309:43, 16 March 2013 diff hist +133 Mario Lanza: Opera Arias and Duets Added Howard reference.
• 09:3109:31, 16 March 2013 diff hist +12 m Mario Lanza →Death
• 09:3009:30, 16 March 2013 diff hist +469 Mario Lanza →Death: Fleshed out the details of Lanza's death, adding the heart attack theory. Source: Mario Lanza: A Fatal Zest for Living.

24 February 2013

• 11:5011:50, 24 February 2013 diff hist +5 m Mario Lanza →Death
• 11:4811:48, 24 February 2013 diff hist +10 m Mario Lanza Added "apparent" to describe the pulmonary embolism that Lanza possibly suffered. There was no autopsy, and therefore no proven cause of death. See citation under "Death" for a reference to a 2010 medical article from The Pharos that examines possible
• 11:4211:42, 24 February 2013 diff hist +1,032 Mario Lanza →Serenade: Added the Licia Albanese quote a) because she was one of the important opera singers with whom Lanza worked and b) because this bio of an operatic singer had been sorely lacking a description of his voice from a vocal colleague.
• 11:1711:17, 24 February 2013 diff hist +5 m Mario Lanza →Legacy: Added "television" to the components of Lanza's career.
• 11:1411:14, 24 February 2013 diff hist +52 m Mario Lanza Corrected the misinformation about Lanza changing his name when he signed with MGM in 1947. He had in fact changed his name five years earlier, as noted in the referenced comment in the first paragraph under "Opera Career."
• 08:2008:20, 24 February 2013 diff hist +63 m Mario Lanza Added citation for Lanza's change of name.
• 08:0808:08, 24 February 2013 diff hist +188 m Mario Lanza Citation provided for Lanza's medical treatment at the end of his life.
• 08:0308:03, 24 February 2013 diff hist −1 Mario Lanza →Serenade
• 08:0208:02, 24 February 2013 diff hist +63 m Mario Lanza Added citation for Lanza's binge problems.
• 07:5707:57, 24 February 2013 diff hist +46 m Mario Lanza →Film career: Extended details of Lanza's 1958 tour (it wasn't just in the UK, but extended to Continental Europe).
• 07:5507:55, 24 February 2013 diff hist +77 m Mario Lanza →Film career: Added citation for operatic offers.
• 07:4907:49, 24 February 2013 diff hist +13 m Mario Lanza Added citation for Damon Lanza's death (his website).