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Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020) was a British, American and French actress. A member of the de Havilland family, her younger sister was the Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine, with whom she had a noted rivalry well documented by the media. During her career, de Havilland appeared in 49 feature films. She first came to prominence with Errol Flynn as a screen couple in adventure films such as Captain Blood (1935). Departing from ingénue roles in the 1940s, she went on to win two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for her roles in To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949). She received honours in the United States, the United Kingdom and France, including appointments to the Légion d'honneur and the Order of the British Empire. At the time of her death, she was widely considered the last surviving major star from the Golden Age of Hollywood. This 1985 photograph of de Havilland was taken by the Polish-born American photographer Bernard Gotfryd.

Photograph credit: Bernard Gotfryd

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Thank you

...so much for the barnstar --Edokter (Talk) 11:53, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Well earned. Regards, Ben Aveling 21:53, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion review of Category:Women television writers

See Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 April 21#Category:Women_television_writers. Having nominated the category for deletion review, I am notifying all those who participated in the original CFD, plus the closing admin and the independent reviewer. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:03, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, still trying to pull together diffs. Will add more soon. Regards, LionheartX 11:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Good, do. Until you add diffs, it's not evidence, just an opinion. Regards, Ben Aveling 11:27, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

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Hugh Grant Picture - Copyright

Hi. Thanks for warning me. But could you explain the exact copyright problem. I suppose you mean because Madame Tussaud owns the copyright on the wax figure? --Poeloq 22:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes. In effect, there are two copyright owners for that image, the person who took it, and Madame Tussaud. To be usable, both would have to give permission. There's a short description at [1] and all you wanted to know at [2]. Regards, Ben Aveling 22:32, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom case pages

Please do not remove statements from ArbCom case pages. As policy advises, avoid removing personal attack type comments from all pages except your own talk page. Edit waring to remove a comment is never a good idea, doing it on ArbCom pages is a really bad idea. [3] FloNight 16:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

My apologies for removing the PA for a second time without leaving a fuller explanation. I have now done so on the author's talk page. I am aware that removing perceived attacks is potentially problematic, at least when it is directed at oneself. However, I'm less hesitant to remove a PA on someone else, defend each other and all that. Perhaps if a few more people had stepped in earlier, this whole saga might not have run for as long. If you, or anyone else, feels that the comment had any value whatsoever, please restore it. I will let it stand. Regards, Ben Aveling 23:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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User:LionheartX

Can you have a word with User:LionheartX? I'm going to go insane if this harassment campaign doesn't end soon.--Certified.Gangsta 07:48, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Certified.Gangsta is trying to change his username again in an attempt to hide his block history. Please see Certified.Gangsta (talk · contribs)'s contributions. This is highly inappropriate because Certified.Gangsta is under formal ArbCom sanctions and the ArbCom case is not over yet. Other user's have also objected to his username change here [4]. Regards, LionheartX 07:57, 2 May 2007 (UTC)