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Authentication Services, a lifetime autograph collector and a huge Metallica and Star Wars fan. LAWRENCE GROBEL is a freelance writer and a contributing editor at Playboy and Movieline’s Hollywood Life. He has written nine books, including Conversations with Capote, Conversations with Brando, The Hustons and The Art of the Interview, a subject he teaches at UCLA. His latest book is Al Pacino: In Conversation with Lawrence Grobel. Email: larry.grobel@ autographmagazine.com David Grossberg has been col lecting presi dential and other histor ical autographs since 1991. He founded the UACC Speakers Bureau and is on their board of directors. Email: dgrossberg@ charter.net RICHARD JUREK is a space artifact and memora bilia collector. He can be reached at richjurek@ameri tech.net. Blog: jefferson-ins pace.blogspot.com Ron Keurajian (not pic tured) is a banker and attorney in Detroit, Mich., and has col lected autographs since the 1970s. He has authored nu merous signature studies on vintage baseball and golf.
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“Is it any wonder that some celebrities see us as a danger to avoid?” Masters of Signatures
I’ve enjoyed your Masters of Golf series. I’ve collected signatures since the ’60s, and over the years, I’ve assembled sheets I’ve had signed by up to 20 players or more. Attached is a copy of one with golf autographs. I also have Hall of Fame sheets for baseball, football and basketball, and team sheets for the Yankees and Cardinals. Hope these are of interest! Greg Boehne Des Peres, Mo.
Steve McQueen
In 1968, I was coming home from active duty in the U.S. Army. My buddies and I got to San Francisco International at 2:30 a.m., and they were shooting the movie Bullit. They asked us to be in the film, as returning soldiers—we had our uniforms on. They put Hawaiian leis on our necks and we did five different takes. They showed us around the set and when we passed Steve McQueen’s trailer, he came out drinking a Michelob. He smiled and asked if we wanted a beer. We said yes, of course, and McQueen brought us each a beer and sat around talking with us for about ten minutes. I asked for his autograph and he signed my cab fare receipt. I’ve heard McQueen autographs are rare, and I wonder what it’s worth. I know for sure it’s real! Glenn Buschel Via email You’re right, Glenn. McQueen is a valuable autograph! Without seeing yours, it’s probably worth $600-$900 if signed in pen, and more with an interesting inscrip12
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tion. Stay tuned, we have a signature study of Steve McQueen coming later this year.
More Whistleblower Thanks
I really enjoyed July’s Whistleblowers article. It had such important information for the autograph community as to how they could protect themselves. If only buyers would start their decision to purchase or trade an autograph with the idea that it is a forgery, and then use references, provenance and expert advice to make the autograph prove itself, they would be much better off. They might not have such a large collection, but collecting autographs is more than just checking names off a wish list like trading cards. Markus Brandes Kesswil, Switzerland
Autographic Memories…
My dear little 4-foot-7-inch Aunt Mary Kate got me hooked on autographs in the early ’70s. She had an autograph book full of 1940s-50s stars. She and her girlfriend used to hang out at the
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Stage Door in Columbus, Ohio. She had the autographs of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and W.C. Fields and Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and Lucille Ball— just full of her memories and she gave them to me! Being a teen, those autographs got away from me over the years, but I held onto the memories she shared with me. In later years, I started collecting so that my son Andy and I could share memories. They’re both gone, but the memories live on in me and those I meet. Aunt Mary Kate never met a stranger, and neither did Andy or I. God’s blessing to you and yours. Steve Mills Via Facebook
Autograph Etiquette
I was a little disappointed in the June 2009 issue. The feature on Misa Mai basically advocates stalking celebrities and breaking the law to get the prize. Misa Mai is the type of person who gives autograph collectors a bad name. Following celebrities into restaurants, running red lights and evading security is generally considered the behavior of a stalker. Is it any wonder that some celebrities see us as danger to avoid? The majority of your magazine is a fabulous read but I sincerely hope that we are spared any more stories from this autograph collecting menace. Kris Griffin Via email This was a controversial article in-house and out, so we understand how you feel. Misa could be over the top, but she usually limited her autograph hunting to hanging outside clubs and events, like most fans. Her autographs were so excep-
tional and most stars seemed so warm in the photos, we thought she rarely crossed the line. However, we don’t recommend running red lights or asking Bruce Willis for his autograph. I’ve subscribed for a couple of years and I’ve really enjoyed the magazine. But my subscription just came up for renewal and I had to think long and hard about signing up again. I’m often appalled by In the Trenches. Rarely is there helpful information and I am often embarrassed by the author’s tactics. I’d like to see more articles on subjects like how to store autographs, how to protect them, best ways to display them, insurance and the like. There are boundless topics you could cover that would be very beneficial to autograph collectors. I’ve signed up for another year, hoping you’ll improve. Thanks for putting the magazine out for us every month. David Harris Via email Your request for more practical content is duly noted and we’ll add more soon. As for Josh Board, who writes In the Trenches, we told his mom to work on his manners when she picked him up today. But he also writes great articles like August’s “How to Bag a Band’s ’Graph,” which is both practical and respectful, so there may be hope for him yet. Hang in there. Autograph loves your letters and we publish as many as we can. Keep them concise, honest and interesting and send them to: Editor, Autograph P.O. Box 25559 Santa Ana, CA 92799 Email: Editor@AutographMagazine.com All submissions become property of the publisher. We reserve the right to edit for content, brevity and whim, and use as we see fit. Opinions are those of the writer, not the publisher.
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“…when I wrote to a U.S. president during the Cold War era, the police warned my father to stop me from writing letters to these kinds of people.”
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his month we travel to Eastern Europe to visit collector Zoltan Marian of Hungary. The 59-year-old Zoltan is head of a public prosecutors office and has assembled an extensive collection of world leaders. Earlier this year Zoltan was asked by the Hungarian Parliament to place his collection on exhibit in the House of Representatives. The exhibit was attended by a wide range of people, from members of Parliament, to historians, to average citizens. This was Zoltan’s second exhibition and he is hoping to do more in the future. David Grossberg: What inspired you to collect autographs? Zoltan Marian: In elementary school some of my friends collected signed photos of actors and actresses, so I thought I would write some politicians. I sent my first letters to socialist country leaders like Janos Kadar of Hungary and Walter Ulbricht of East Germany, who complied with my requests. Was it difficult to collect autographs during the Iron Curtain era? Sending letters to the West from behind the Iron Curtain was not easy—or safe. The security police were watching and searching for foreign correspondence with their “eyes open.” Sometimes I was invited to the police station where I was warned not to send letters to such and such politician. I am sure some of my letters had been caught and the politician never received it. I remember when I wrote to a U.S. president during the Cold War era, the police warned my father to stop me from writing letters to these kinds of people. How have you acquired signatures of deceased leaders? In these cases I turn to descendants or
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other relations asking them to look for an autograph of the individual. Most of them are so kind. They search and many times offer me an original signed item as a present. What is the most valuable item in your collection? Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan, never answered me. Finally, I asked for our Prime Minister’s help, who had just paid an official visit to Tokyo. The Prime Minister intervened and I received a wonderful signed photo of him. What mistakes have you made? One time I didn’t write an African President in time. By the time my letter arrived, he had already been executed. How hard is it to get that elusive autograph? Sometimes it is very difficult to get an original signature. Reigning kings and queens usually don’t comply with such requests. They often answer that they only give signed photographs to their personal friends. Sometimes I have waited 15-20 years for a signed photo. The first time I wrote to the Sultan of Brunei was in 1970. I got his signed photo last year, so I waited 38 years for that autograph! What advice do you have for a beginning collector? Patience, persistence and develop a network of contacts. If you are a collector interested in being interviewed for this column, email David Grossberg at dgrossberg@charter.net. Please include a short biography of yourself and what you collect. Fellow collectors want to hear your story! The Universal Autograph Collectors Club was founded in 1965 and has grown to be the largest autograph collector’s organization. Go to www.UACC.org for membership information.
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Killer Profits
For the few months, news reports of an autograph scam by Charles Manson have been popping up. A new book, Five to Die by Ivor Davis, is coming out August 30. Published by vanity press Thor Publishing, the new book details the scam, wherein Manson purportedly smuggles autographed items out of Corcoran Prison to be auctioned off by an accomplice who deposits the proceeds in Manson’s bank account. Davis told the The New York Post: “Manson also tried to smuggle pieces of his clothing out. And he fashions these little cloth scorpions out of socks to sell. Most of them are confiscated by guards, but some make it out.” The autographs themselves, according to Davis, are not even genuine, but are forged 14
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Manson’s original 1969 mug shot
This March 2009 handout image released by the California State Prison (CSP) shows mass murderer Charles Manson. The now 74-year-old cult leader is serving a life sentence for the 1969 murders of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate and coffee heiress Abigail Folger.
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by inmates Manson has enlisted in his cause. “Murderabilia” has been part of the seamy side of collecting for some time. When Florida autograph dealer Stephen Koschal held an exhibition of serial killer John Wayne
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Gacy’s clown paintings in 2004, it caused outrage. Gacy, who liked to dress as a clown to entertain children in hospitals, was executed in 1994 for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men. Koschal corresponded with the killer for three years, winning his friendship and trust and buying his paintings until a new warden stopped Gacy from painting the year before his execution. The exhibit featured paintings priced as high as $9,500. “Whether you like it or not,” Koschal was quoted in an Associated Press report, “there’s a huge demand…. Once, a teenage boy from Palm Beach was looking at one of these paintings, and you could tell he was really, really studying it. Later his mother came in and bought it for him.” But Andrew Kahan, the director of the Mayor’s Crime Victim Office in Houston fumed, “It’s blood money. No one would give two-cents for his art if it weren’t for the fact that he was one of the nation’s most prolific serial killers.” EBay has banned “listings of items closely associated with individuals notorious for committing murderous acts within the last 100 years” (from eBay’s online policy statement). But other sites, such as MurderAuction.com, profit from egregious crimes. One site, www.collect.at, is currently offering a five-page Charles Manson letter for $1,650. “Son of Sam” laws now prohibit criminals from profiting from their crimes, but the problem persists. Manson’s own website states: “You can’t get his autograph. He is an inmate in a prison, not a movie star. He does not sell or hand out autographs. Try collecting autographs of your favorite sports figures or music stars instead.” But someone under Manson’s name is on Twitter, Facebook and other sites talking to young people. On August 2, he Twittered: “My bodys (sic) in jail, but my mind roams free on the internet highways. I give you freedom, I give you truth. I am not for sale.” Prison spokeswoman Terry Thornton announced that despite an investigation into Manson’s activities, officials could find no evidence of an autograph business. The website for Five to Die, www. mansonfivetodie.com, is offering the book for pre-sale at $14.95.
Kristin Stewart is Just a Normal Girl…Really!
After the media explosion of last year’s film Twilight, 19-year-old Kristen Stewart was thrust into the limelight. “The reaction [to Twilight] from fans,” Stewart said in a recent interview, “has been entirely positive, but entirely overwhelming. We’re feeling very outside of it. We didn’t create it.” When surrounded by screaming fans, many in love with her costar, British heartthrob Rob Pattinson, Stewart is often uneasy. In an interview in the magazine Nylon, she complained, “Anywhere we’d go for Twilight was a psychotic situation. The sound was deafening, and it’s thoughtless, as well… You get a slew of all these Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson featured on a bulls**t questions like, Twilight movie poster ‘What’s it like to kiss a vampire?’ and ‘How much do you love Robert?’” Fans reacted to Stewart’s characterization, and the actress defended herself in a March 6 E Online interview: “It’s not normal for me to be in a situation that Twilight puts you in, It’s not personally normal for me to see 5,000 screaming girls. But I’m not criticizing them for being ‘crazy’ about me. I’m sort of going, ‘Wow, this is just crazy!’” Luckily for autograph collectors, she loves to sign. She and the cast of Twilight recently attended San Diego Comic-Con International, where they signed for fans and hosted a Q&A panel. She was quoted in a recent interview: “I wasn’t an ‘I want to be famous’ type of kid. I never sought out acting, but I practiced my autograph because I loved pens, I’d write my name on everything!”
Contest Winner
The winner of the Astronaut Autograph Club Giveaway was announced on August 10. The lucky winner is Robert Fenster of Carrollton, Texas! Mr. Fenster will receive a 2009 Astronaut Scholarship Fund Astronaut Autograph Club membership, including 12 authentically signed 8x10 photos of legendary NASA Astronauts, two admission tickets to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and more. One more membership will be given away before 2010, so stay tuned!
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Stolen Autographs Pulled from Auction Twenty-five letters to baseball pioneer Harry Wright, manager and player for the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, were pulled by Hunt Auctions from their July 14 All-Star Sale. Allegations that the documents were stolen from the New York Public Library were made after details from a dissertation by Harold Seymour came to light. Seymour’s dissertation, “The Rise of Major League Baseball to 1891,” made reference to a letter sent by James Devlin to Harry Wright that was part of the library’s Spalding Collection. That very same letter was up for auction by Hunt, who had been contracted by MLB to conduct the sale. The library has now found that the scrapbook containing Wright’s letters is missing. The FBI is investigating. AUTOGRAPH
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E • A band-signed Parlophone 33 LP of Please Please Me, £13,750 ($22,591). (C) • Paul McCartney autographed 1970s Hofner bass, £10,625 ($17,457). (D) • A mid-’60s model Paul McCartney signed Hofner bass, £8,750 ($14,376). (E) • A signed and inscribed Variety Club of Great Britain program from 1963, £8,125 ($13,376). “The signed Paul McCartney guitars surprised me,” Roberts said. “The selling prices far exceeded the pre sale estimates.”
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• Jackson 5 Goin’ Back To Indiana album, signed by Randy Jackson, Michael and the other Jackson brothers, $34,560. (A) • Michael Jackson handwritten letter, signed “Love always, M. Jackson,” $18,750. (B) • Handwritten, but unsigned, lyrics to Bad, $13,440. • The hand wrap from Jackson’s Bad signed custom CD, $10,240. (C) • A signed printer’s proof of the program from Celebration Concert at Madison Square Garden marking the 3 anniversary of Jackson’s solo career, $9,375.
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iming is everything. Michael Jackson died June 25. On June 26 and 27, Julien’s Auctions held its Summer Entertainment Sale at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. The sale included 21 items signed by the Jackson from the collection of David Gest, a longtime friend of Jackson’s. “We considered pulling the lots that morning as we were completely taken aback by his death the day before, especially given our history in working with him the previous months to clear out Neverland,” Darren Julien told Autograph. “There was a sense of celebration in the room during the auction: celebration of an amazing life and career from another icon gone much too soon.” The Jackson lots sold for a total of $205,000, with eight lots fetching five-figure sums. Among the highlights:
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Happy Days Indeed Julie Snyder • Palm Harbor, Fla.
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attended the Hollywood Collectors Show on July 18-19. They had four special Reunion groups, one of which was the Happy Days cast. I had met Erin Moran (Joanie Cunningham) at this show previously and when she saw me, she came out from behind the table with welcoming open arms. She told me that her husband, Steven (whom I’d met at a previous show), was still up in their hotel room but would be down soon. Ron Howard, who was unable to attend, had pre-signed a considerable In-person photo of Julie Snyder and The Brady Bunch cast, that she stack of the cast printed and then got signed. photos, one of which I purchased and had everyone else present sign. I also paid to have my photo taken with the cast. When the first photo op was announced over the PA system, I was standing in the doorway waiting to see where they were going to have the photos taken. Erin’s husband, Steven came toward me saying, “I know you!” and gave me a hug. Not long after, Henry Winkler approached and asked me if I was having my photo taken with them. He put his left arm around me and his right hand on my arm and led me to where they’d take the photo—making me first in line. I was walking with Henry, when it dawned on me, “Wow! The Fonz has his arm around me, escorting me! How cool is that?”
Julie Snyder (left) with Henry Winkler Below: Signed Happy Days cast photo
Dave Prowse, Margot Kidder & Ray Parks Ricky Housewright • Surgoinsville, Tenn.
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hen I saw in Autograph that AdventureCon was coming to Knoxville, I checked out their website to see who was going to be there signing. I almost had a heart attack when I saw that Dave Prowse (Darth Vader) was on the list. Growing up in the ’80s, I was a huge Star Wars fan, and Darth Vader was always my favorite, so the chance to meet him was enough to make me buy a ticket. But then I saw that Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk), Ray Park (Star Wars’ Darth Maul) and Margot Kidder (Lois Lane in Superman) were also going to be there. I got to AdventureCon early before the crowds and in less than 30 minutes I had met Dave, Lou & Margot. I had Dave sign a lightsaber and a Rolling Stone cover of Darth Vader. Margot and Lou each signed an 8x10. After an hour long wait, Ray Park arrived and signed an 8x10 photo and a book. By the way, he’s the coolest celebrity you’ll ever meet. At the end of the day I walked away with six great autographs and pictures of me with three of stars. (Lou wanted $30 extra to pose for pictures, so I passed on him.) And a few stories Ray Parks of the day I met Darth Vader, Darth Maul, The Hulk & Lois Lane to bore my friends with Margot for years! Kidder (left) with Ricky Housewright
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discovered there were some legends in the room. Out of all the people I met, my favorite guest was Larry Thomas. He is otherwise known as “The Soup Nazi” from Seinfeld. He was really nice. He not only gave me two free Josh Scramlin (left) with Dukes of Hazzard’s John Schneider autographs, but even added “No soup for you!” to his signature. Other guests I met were Scott Schwartz (Flick from A Christmas Story), Felix Silla (Cousin Itt from The Adams Family) and Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers). One other guest was John Schneider. He is best known for playing Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard. He also gave me a free autograph and took time to talk and pose for photos. I will definitely go back to Motor City Comic-Con in 2010. Allen Shock (left) with the bobblehead and McNair; McNair inspects his likeness
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noxville, Tenn. hosted the sixth annual AdventureCon Pop Culture & Collectors Show on June 12-14. For the first time together at a public event like this, Todd Bridges and Gary Coleman signed autographs and posed for pictures. Larry Thomas, Seinfeld’s “Soup Nazi,” must have talked to us for 10 minutes about Jerry Seinfeld and his inspiration for his famous character. William Katt from The Greatest American Hero treated us so well and welcomed each of us with a warm handshake. Margot Kidder was also especially nice and enjoyed looking through the People and Rolling Stone magazines I had brought for her to autograph. As an autograph collector for over 30 years, it The Webber is so refreshing and encouraging to find cefamily with William Katt lebrities who know how to treat their fans! (top right)
Todd Bridges, Gary Coleman and Kaylee Webber
Steve McNair (left) with Shock • Baltimore, Md. Allen Shock at training y favorite piece of sports camp
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memorabilia is my 3-foot bobblehead of Steve McNair that he signed for me. It was a Titans uniform but I had it airbrushed into a Ravens all Black Uniform and then I put on the decals. It was already to go for the first day of training camp 2006! I carried the bobble (weighing nearly 50 pounds) all the way from the parking lot to the field at McDaniel College. I actually got a great picture of Steve looking at it and smiling, along with fellow Ravens Jason Brown, Quinn Sypniewski and Chris Chester. I thought, “Yes! Steve is definitely going to sign it now!” Practice was over and Steve was coming my way, pointing at the bobble and smiling… But just as he almost got to me, Ray Lewis came over to look at it and the crowd went crazy. Fans were going nuts trying to get to them so the S.A.F.E. Management team took them both away! I was so dejected but I understood, and I waited patiently for another signing opportunity. Thank goodness for Castle Toyota on Eastern Avenue. They had a special appearance by Steve later in the season. I got there three hours early to guarantee my No. 1 spot in the line. As soon as Steve made his way in and saw the bobblehead, he smiled and apologized for not signing it at camp that day! He gave me an awesome signature in silver paint pen and he posed with me and the bobble. I have to give Steve McNair all the kudos in the world for how friendly he was here in Baltimore. From a hobby perspective, we lost an awesome fanfriendly man on July 4, 2009.
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The Magical 42
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he number 42 reverberates magically in the book collecting world, for it represents the number of text lines per page in the legendary circa 1450 Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed using moveable type. Now the number 42 may also reverberate magically in the autograph world, too, for it represents the number of known surviving signed copies of the 1860 volume Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858—thanks to David H. Leroy, author of Mr. Lincoln’s Book: Publishing the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. One of the Holy Grails in the world of Lincolniana is a signed copy of the book version of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Fifty-five years ago, Lincoln historian Harry E. Pratt attempted the first census of signed copies, itemizing 18 known authentic copies in the Summer 1954 issue of Manuscripts. Our colleague Dan Weinberg, proprietor of Chicago’s famed Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, introduces this exciting new addition to Lincoln literature. He deserves the gratitude of autograph collectors and Lincoln aficionados everywhere for copublishing this important study with Oak Knoll Press. The bulk of Mr. Lincoln’s Book consists of Leroy’s well-researched, well-written exploration of the circumstances surrounding the publication of the debates in book form. He recaps Lincoln’s original suggestion to Douglas that they debate, illustrating their correspondence. He elaborates at length the effort and expense Lincoln undertook to preserve newspaper copies of the texts—neatly mounted in two-column format in a large blank ledger book—his contacts with various publishers, concern with production aspects and other details. Leroy also duly notes Lincoln’s care in editing the texts in such a way that the book did not come across as a biased political endorsement of either candidate. “The only editing which Lincoln did,” he notes, “was to strike the crowd participation acts of ‘cheers’ or ‘laughter,’ in both
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candidates’ reported remarks, leaving solely the words of the debaters to vie for the reader’s attention. In a few places, injections or interruptions by the candidates or others also are deleted. However, Lincoln made no effort to improve his own readability or to disadvantage Douglas’ eloquence.” Leroy also places this in context by demonstrating this was truly Lincoln’s only real attempt at seeing a text through the publishing process—showing that other books appearing under his name are merely compilations of a couple of brief biographical statements he penned, usually combined with letters and speeches he gave. Leroy leaves no shadow of doubt that the debates were Lincoln’s sole foray into authorship. The fact that he signed and presented a goodly number of the 100 author copies he received gratis is further evidence of his pride of accomplishment. The closing chapter, “A Census of All Known Signed Copies of the LincolnDouglas Debates,” begins by describing the eight different printings, their distinguishing points, and sales figures that were exceptional for their day—roughly 50,000 copies sold in relatively short order. As for the copies signed by Lincoln, Leroy first refutes the common notion that all copies are signed in pencil. “Only four known inscriptions are in ink,” he points out. “All of the other autographed copies are written in pencil”—and for good reason, which Leroy spells out. “It is surmised, from the look of the known ink copies, that because the paper of the end pages was too soft and porous to take a fountain pen’s writing without ‘feathering,’ Lincoln switched to and used a pencil to inscribe most copies. In many cases, the pencil writing has become somewhat faint.” And indeed, if you’ve ever handled a copy of the Debates, you’ll be familiar with those soft
David H. Leroy’s Mr. Lincoln’s Book: Publishing the Lincoln-Douglas Debates— With a Census of Signed Copies. Oak Knoll Press and Abraham Lincoln Book Shop: New Castle and Chicago, 2009. Small 4to. Clothbound, dust jacket. xxxiv, 194 pp. Illustrations, CD-ROM supplement. $49.95 endpapers, which are unsized, unlike pages that are to be printed upon (“sizing” means treating paper with rosin or other chemicals to make a harder surface that ink rests upon). Leroy errs in stating “fountain pen.” I believe Lincoln used a steel-nibbed dip pen, fountain pens being crude and unreliable at that time, but his point about feathering is well taken. The 42-copy census that follows is a remarkable bit of sleuthing and compilation. A complete transcript of every inscription is given, together with whatever is known about the recipient, the history of that particular copy and its subsequent ownership up through the present. Fifteen of these are illustrated. He also lists some signed copies known to exist (mentioned in historical accounts) whose whereabouts have never been ascertained. Leroy also notes that “Additional census copies will without doubt be discovered in coming years.” We can only hope!
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Collecting Modern Vice Presidents
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he office of Vice President was written into the Constitution, but given little to do except preside over the Senate and wait for something to happen to the president. As Wilson’s vice president, Thomas R. Marshall, said, “Once there were two brothers, one went away to sea and the other was elected Vice President of the United States. And nothing was heard of either again.” Still, we’ve had a few brilliant vice presidents, as well as a few bad ones. Good, bad or indifferent, VPs have one thing in common: almost all have been good autograph signers. For his run for president in 1952, the popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower chose for his running mate Richard Nixon, a strong cold warrior and vicious opponent of the Democrats. He often used an autopen and secretaries to sign for him, but he authentically signed quite a bit, too. Post-presidency signed copies of his books are readily available. JFK’s election in 1960 brought Lyndon Johnson to the vice presidency and then the presidency. LBJ used autopens and secretaries thoughout his political career. One interesting piece in my collection is a letter from Senator Johnson’s longtime aide Walter Jenkins, who tells the recipient that he had the President sign the bottom of the letter. Amusingly, the signature was clearly Jenkins’.
Richard Cheney, 1976, as Assistant to the President
Richard Nixon Vice Presidential Autopen Al Gore
Walter Mondale Left: Spiro T. Agnew
When Nixon won the Republican presidential nomination he made the bizarre choice of Maryland Governor Spiro T. Agnew for VP. Nixon’s quick choice came back to haunt him when it was learned that Agnew had been on the take since his first office as a county executive, even accepting bribes in his White House office. As VP Agnew often used an autopen, but was a good signer as governor and after his resignation. After Agnew’s resignation, Nixon chose Minority Leader Gerald Ford and when Nixon resigned, Ford appointed Nelson Rockefeller VP. Ford is commonly considered the best autograph signer among presidents and vice presidents. Ironically, his VP, Nelson Rockefeller, may hold the record for being the worst signer, almost always using autopens as New York governor and as vice president. Rockefeller had good autopens, so beware! Ronald Reagan’s VP, George Bush, presigned vice presidential cards to be sent out for mail requests and carried cards in his coat pocket to give out. You can’t get any better than that! Bush’s vice president, Indiana Senator Dan Quayle, became a laughingPhoto inscribed and signed by Dan and Marilyn Quayle
stock and Bush was criticized for putting him so close to the presidency. But as an autograph signer, Quayle was always very good and still is today. His signature can be purchased for as little as $15-$20. Al Gore became one of the first VPs to take an active part in the administration. While in the Senate he both authentically signed and used an autopen. Since leaving office he has begun to sign again and his high profile makes his autograph more valuable than other modern vice presidents. George W. Bush’s VP, Dick Cheney, is one of the best autograph signers. Out of office, he has been a prolific signer, and his controversial tenure prices his autographs at $50 and above. Finally we have our new VP, former Maryland Senator Joe Biden, a man with vast experience, an itch for the presidency and a reputation for speaking too frankly. As senator he signed photos and items sent to him, but many of his letters are autopens. If you’re scouting a presidential collection, you’d do well to try to get the autograph of VPs. In the past 60 years, vice presidents have advanced to the Oval Office four out of 12 times. Not bad odds for politicians or collectors. AUTOGRAPH
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Signings at Anthology Rita Coolidge and Al Stewart
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nthology is a new jazz/ supper club that opened up in Little Italy, San Diego, with an amazing atmosphere for getting autographs—small and intimate. Here are just a couple of my favorite Anthology signing experiences:
Rita Coolidge
After a show for Rita Coolidge, I waited outside for 45 minutes. Finally, I went back inside, only to see that she had sat down for dinner and drinks with her family. There was no way I wanted to interrupt her, but I also really wanted her autograph. When one of Rita’s band mates said to his friend, “I want to say bye,” he went over and interrupted. I saw this as an opportunity. After they hugged, I asked her if she’d sign my albums and she graciously agreed.
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When I handed Rita an 8-track tape, I said, “I stole this from my aunt for you to autograph. I bet you haven’t seen one of these in a while.” She said, “Oh, I sign a lot of them. What’s your aunt’s name?” I realized she was going to personalize it, so I gave my girlfriend’s name. Low-down, I know, but the reason I stole the 8-track from my aunt was that she was going to throw it away and I didn’t want to tell Rita Coolidge that. Despite my interrupting her dinner, Rita Coolidge was a wonderful signer and I have to give props to the owners of Anthology for creating a venue cool enough that the headliners want to stay there to eat with their families.
Al Stewart
After an Al Stewart show, I was standing in line to get his autograph. I had five albums, which was breaking my rule of no more than three at a time. So when a couple in their late
50s in front of me complained they didn’t bring their albums, I said, “Here, have one of mine.” He said, “Oh no, I can’t do that.” I said, “Go for it. Just don’t take Year of the Cat or Time Passages. You can have any of the other three.” He looked at them and said, “Oh, this is a record I don’t have. Are you sure I can have it? Let me buy it from you.” I refused the money. I was happy to give it to them; they seemed like really sweet people. Just then a short guy behind me said, “What are you doing? You gave him an album?” I said, “Yeah.” “Give me one.” He had a stern voice. “I want one of those records.” Were we back in first grade? Was this the adult equivalent of stealing my lunch money? “No,” I said, trying to hold my ground. “Why not?” “Because…I don’t want to give away my entire record collection,” I explained. I turned around and ignored him, as he complained to his date, “That guy has an attitude.” Finally, Stewart came out and the line started moving. Stewart signs legibly, which is great. I noticed he puts a period after his name. He also gave me a bit of music history about the Modern Times album cover, explaining that the classic car he was in belonged to Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and that the attractive blond in the fur coat was the ex-wife of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. I walked back to my car thinking about the $125 I spent on dinner, the $20 on a CD, and the argument with the guy behind me. In all, I felt broke, belittled and irrepressibly happy: I had gotten the autographs. IMAGES COURTESY OF AUTHOR
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Alexander’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, Beatles & Entertainent Auction Jimi Hendrix owned Fender Stratocaster body Jimi Hendrix handwritten early draft lyrics of “If Six Was Nine”
Rolling Stones "It Must Be Hell" lyrics with Mick Jagger’s handwritten corrections
Michael Jackson handwritten lyrics with possible suicidal content
First state sealed mono ‘Livingston’ Butcher Cover
Bob Dylan handwritten set list
John Lennon signed “Two Virgins” album
Original handwritten lyrics to Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen”, 1969
1968 guest register with three sets of autographs of The Doors, and others
Bid on almost one thousand important properties, including Michael Jackson’s signed release of royalites for “We Are the World” plus many other important Jackson items, a one-of-a-kind Beatles Australian concert poster, two Jimi Hendrix-owned guitars, a Don Henley stage-used guitar, John Lennon's explicit taped interview with Yoko Ono, Scotty Moore's London Elvis tribute concert videos, Beatles autograph sets, Fillmore auditorium ephemera, a Yellow Submarine cel collection, a wide range of autographs and hand-written material, signed and group-owned guitars, a spectacular wardrobe collection together with photographs, posters, props, artwork, accessories, ephemera and original recordings.
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BOOK COLLECTOR BY JOHN E. SCHLIMM II
Joan Rivers
World Class Comic and Signer
“C
omedy should always be on that very fine line of going too far. It should always be on the brink of disaster.” So says Joan Rivers, and she should know. Joan Rivers has done it all. Despite the controversy over her husband’s suicide (she was off getting lipo at the time) and the very public rift with her daughter Melissa that ensued, Rivers is on top of the world: A world class comic, a Tony-nominated stage and screen actor, an Emmy Award-winning television host, a best-selling author, a playwright, a Red Carpet fixture, a first-class entrepreneur, and, as of last May, a reality show champion. With her legendary performance and win on Donald Trump’s The Celebrity Apprentice, Joan’s pop culture status has shot through the stratosphere. At 75, she showed the world she could outrun the best and do it with her signature humor and impeccable style. Not to mention, she charmed the pants right off the titan Trump and legions of new fans. Luckily for signed book collectors, Joan has also gifted us with a growing library of books that is eclectic to say the least. And while she doesn’t exercise (“If God meant for me to bend over he would have put diamonds Cover and inscribed title page of Joan’s tribute to jewelry, Jewelry By Joan Rivers
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on the floor”), and doesn’t do housework (“You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again”), she does sign autographs. My introduction to collecting Joan
Inscribed photo of Joan with her Emmy
Rivers began at a point-to-point horse race in Virginia where I met her for the first time. This was just as I was starting to collect autographs and didn’t yet know enough to always, always, always carry a Sharpie—you never know who you might run into! Instead of an in-person autograph, I got a handshake and a few unforgettable minutes of conversation. But as soon as I returned home I dashed off a letter to Joan, explaining how we met and asking her to send me a signed picture. A few weeks later, a now vintage portrait of Joan holding her Emmy arrived in my mailbox. A few years later, in the mid90s, that first encounter inspired my Joan Rivers Library of signed books. I started with Jewelry by Joan Rivers. This lavish homage to her passion for jewelry and the business empire she has built through her highly successful Joan IMAGES COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR
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Inscribed photo of Melissa Rivers
Cover and signed page of Don’t Count the Candles.
Rivers Classics Collection for QVC served as the perfect coffee table opportunity to acquire Joan’s John Hancock. I sent the book off, and as with the photo, a few weeks later the book was returned, personally inscribed. Then, in 1998, Joan wrote a charming book titled From Mother to Daughter, which was written as a gift on the occasion of her daughter Melissa’s wedding. While the book has lasted longer than the marriage, which ended in 2003, I sent it off to Joan to inscribe. After a rather lengthy wait this time, I received back not only the gift book, but also a signed copy of Don’t Count the Candles, Just Keep the Fire Lit! The latter was a complete surprise as I hadn’t sent that one to be autographed. Perhaps it was a gift from Joan to me as a fan, perhaps someone else’s book got mixed up with my request, who knows. I added the extra signed book to my collection and never looked back. Joan has long involved her daughter in
I advise asking her to sign a copy of Daughter. From Mother to Daughter Finally, one parting tip to all my autograph friends out there: Consider purchasing a piece or two of Joan’s jewelry and sending it to her to sign. You might want to start with a piece from her Boardroom Collection, each piece a collectible copy of the jewelry she wore on The Celebrity Apprentice. Talk about a marketing geApprentice nius! I am in complete awe. For Joan and Melissa Rivers’ mailing addresses, check Celebrity Addresses starting on page 64.
MORE JOAN RIVERS BOOKS her various ventures, such as teaming-up to interview celebrities on the Red Carpet and then critiquing their fashion sense or lack thereof, occasionally working together on QVC, and appearing as costars in 2009’s installment of The Celebrity Apprentice. During the years when Melissa was first coming into her own as a public figure, I wrote and asked her for a signed pic. Like her mother, she graciously responded with an inscribed portrait. Although Melissa has yet to pen her own book, if you’re intent on adding her to your signed book collection,
Having a Baby Can Be a Scream (1974) The Life and Hard Times of Heidi Abramowitz (1984) Enter Talking (1986) Still Talking (1991) Bouncing Back: I’ve Survived Everything ... and I Mean Everything ... and You Can Too! (1997) Men Are Stupid . . . And They Like Big Boobs: A Woman’s Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery (2008) Murder at the Academy Awards: A Red Carpet Murder Mystery (2009).
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CHARACTER ACTORS BY SCOTT VOISIN
James Karen
Signed and inscribed James Karen photo
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ou know James Karen. You may not know his name, but believe me, you’ve seen his face. With a career that’s spanned six decades, and with more than 170 film and TV credits under his belt, you’ve seen him somewhere. And you’ll continue to, because even though he’ll turn 86 in November, this veteran actor has no plans to slow down any time soon. When Karen began his career, he planned to work exclusively in the theater. His Broadway debut in 1947 was a small part in the original production of A Streetcar Named Desire with Marlon Brando. Despite success in the theater, financial woes forced him into taking a movie role in the 1965 cult classic, Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster. “I had just come back from London where I had been doing a play, and I was dead broke,” he explains. “I really had no plans to become a film actor, but I took the job because they paid $500 a week. I loved seeing movies, but I thought all of the breaking up of the performances—a short burst of work and then cut and then another short burst—I didn’t think that was acting. I’ve since learned that it requires much greater concentration.” Karen rapidly accumulated credits on popular TV shows (M*A*S*H, Dallas and Cheers), movies (The China Syndrome, Poltergeist and Return of the Living Dead) and commercials—for 20 years, he was the spokesman for Pathmark grocery stores. Along the way he became a favorite of director Oliver Stone, who cast him in several films, including Wall Street and Any Given Sunday. “I’m crazy about Oliver,” says Karen. “He’s difficult, he’s complex and he’s his own worst enemy, but he is a brilliant, talented man. He’s pushing you all the time and he encourages you to go beyond something you’ve done before. He writes and directs, but he’s not afraid to say, ‘You know, that’s a lousy line. Can you think of something better to say there?’ I think he’s a genius.” Although Karen has been acting for over 60 years, sometimes he’s still required
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to compete for roles. “I hate auditioning, it’s the thing I hate most in the world,” he says. “I read for the director of The Pursuit of Happyness. He said, ‘Oh, we love you,
we love you, we love you’ and I never heard from him after that. I figured it was over, and then two months later they called and said they wanted to make a deal. I love the process of the work, but I hate the process of getting the work.” “I have a lot of friends who are retired that say, ‘Come on, Jimmy, don’t you want to play golf and sit around and have fun?’ I cannot imagine just sitting around. To be able to continue working at something you love to do is one of the greatest gifts you can get.” James Karen signed photos, especially from Night of the Living Dead can go for $20, while signed cards can usually be found for under $5. Luckily, he is also an incredibly gracious through-the-mail signer. If you send him a photo, he will sign and inscribe it, but also often includes a signed 8x10 of his own as a bonus. Now, that’s class. For James Karen’s address check the Celebrity Address section starting on page 64. Vintage James Karen headshot
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Autographed Cards Rule the Hobby
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An Autograph in Every Pack!
Signature Rookies was the first card company to offer a signed card in every pack. Some of these “limited” autographs would be hand numbered to 7,750 cards! And many of the cards were signed by upcoming rookies and even college athletes. They also had a nice mix of legends that would sign a truly limited amount of cards. Two common autographs are shown from Tyrone Davis and Orlando Thomas. Two
A Fleer EX Checkmates insert featuring signed check cuts from Cal Ripken Jr. and Ozzie Smith
of the cards featuring legends are from the Hall of Fame Gold Standard subset. They are Celtics great Bob Cousy and Pirates icon Willie Stargell. Each is numbered to 2,500. Signature rookies experienced problems with their product, as several athletes admitted that their girlfriends or family had “helped out” signing their cards. (Sometimes they had 10,000 autographs to
sign.) I used to buy these packs constantly, but out of every 20 autographs, I was only familiar with one or two of the players. Somewhere there are cases and cases of college players, draft picks and prospects that never quite made it to the big show. The “Autograph in Every Pack” idea was revolutionary, though, and because of companies like Signature Rookies, the auto-
Mark Clayton card from the 2004 set with a signed sticker affixed to the card
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graphed insert is alive and well today, even if Signature Rookies itself eventually went out of business.
My First Lucky Pull
Like many collectors I have been in and out of the hobby several times in my life. After college, a coworker owned a card store and got me hooked on again. The new packs, though pricey, had really cool jersey and autograph inserts. I seemed to be the king of commons though, and just wasn’t landing any big signatures. I attended a local card show and was searching the tables for some cards. As I cracked open a few fresh ProLine packs, the imprinted seal on the card caught my attention. Finally I had scored an insert. What a rush! The card was New York Jets wide receiver Rob Moore, and it was signed on the back. That card’s probably only worth a few bucks today, but it will always be one of my favorite cards because it brings back the excitement of that day.
The First Upper Deck Legends
The year was 1997 and Upper Deck had just released a football product dubbed “Legends.” Now this was my kind of product. After collecting cards and autographs for 25 years, I had amassed too many cards, and way too many commons. This set featured all legends, many of them Hall of Famers. Even better, the ratio of autographed inserts was a solid one in five packs. They cost between $5 and $6 per pack, and I bought a few every chance I had. To this day I am still collecting this set. It seemed like every pack I purchased yielded another
Common rookie signatures from Tyrone Davis and Orlando Thomas
sweet signature. The $5 gamble was paying off, and even when it didn’t, I had a handful of cool base cards I could send out through the mail for autographs. I’m still on a quest to get the whole set signed, though the more expensive autographs (Unitas, Payton, Montana, Namath) don’t come cheap. If they even come up for auction, there is no shortage of bidders. A Unitas card recently sold on eBay for $1,500. Upper Deck is still doing the Legends product today. The pictured Mark Clayton card is an example of the 2004 set and features a signed sticker affixed to the card. The Drew Bledsoe card shown was one of my better pulls, as it is the gold version numbered to just 25.
Hall of Fame Gold Standard cards with Celtics great Bob Cousy and Pirates icon Willie Stargell
Stickers, Cuts, and Redemptions
Throughout the life of the autographed insert, several buzz words have evolved. It all really depends on how you like your ink. Collectors as a whole prefer the autograph on the actual card, as opposed to the sticker that is signed en masse, and affixed to the card at a later date prior to sealing the pack. The sticker obviously was used out of necessity, as it is very difficult to coordinate the printing of the new product and arranging for them to be signed and ready for the release. Sheets of stickers can be signed by an athlete and used later on cards. Redemptions cards annoy many collectors. Again, sometimes it is very difficult to get an athlete to sign his cards before the product launch. So several card companies started inserting redemption cards that must be mailed in after you find them to receive the signed card. Autographed “cuts” have become very popular in today’s collecting world. It’s basically a cut out autograph from an index card, check, scrap of paper, etc. A card is designed with a window in which the cut is set into the card. These look unique and also give the company the ability to produce autographed cards of deceased legends. Pictured is a Fleer EX Checkmates insert that opens up in a gatefold double autograph. It features signed check cuts from Cal Ripken Jr. and Ozzie Smith. Autographed trading cards are no longer just a kid’s domain. The money is too big and the history too great. But they sure can make you feel like a kid again, which is perhaps the most valuable thing of all. AUTOGRAPH
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Example 3: Signed and inscribed print of Demaret, courtesy of Mark Emerson
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Part 11 of a 12-part series
Masters of Golf
Jimmy Demaret
May 24, 1910 - December 28, 1983
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immy Demaret was born in Houston, Texas, began caddying at a young age and turned pro in 1927. Demaret was known for his colorful golf attire which the Houston Chronicle described as the “peacock-meets-plusfours look.” He himself admitted being “partial to brick red, mulberry, royal crimson, pale pink, purple, hunter green, Nile green, heather green and flaming scarlet.” Demaret was certainly a more serious golfer than he was a dresser. He was the first golfer to win the Masters three times; in 1940, 1947 and 1950. Demaret won an incredible 31 PGA tour events in all, and is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. Demaret teamed up with fellow golf Hall of Famer Gene Sarazen in retirement, as a commentator for Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf, a popular 1960s TV series. As a TV analyst, Demaret was known for his wit, sharp humor and his keen insight into the game. He coined the phrase “a white-knuckler,” and was reputedly the only man who could make “The Ice Man,” Ben Hogan, laugh. Demaret’s signature remained fairly consistent throughout his life and deviation of hand over time was minimal. Demaret’s signature evidences good flow, but letter construction is poor, with letters morphing together into indistinguishable lines. The end result is a signature that is hard to read and has substandard eye-appeal. Example 1 was signed in the 1940s. Note that the signature appears as a malformed scrawl with little display value. Example 2 was signed during his days as a golf broadcaster in the mid to late 1960s. Example 3 is one of the nicer Demaret autographs I have seen. The weak letter formation exhibited in Demaret’s signature also makes it a signature easy to forge. Most Demaret signatures that I’ve seen for sale are forgeries, and well executed ones at that, so caution is warranted. A genuine signature will evidence no shakiness of hand. One that does should be considered suspect and avoided. Demaret was a willing signer throughout his life, so while forgeries are common, many nice genuine signatures from his later years when he was a commentator are available from reputable sources. 34
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Example 1: 1940s Demaret signature Example 2: Demaret-signed check illustrates his signature in the mid to late ’60s.
They’re mostly found on index cards and album pages. Premium items such as 8x10 photos and letters are rare and highly prized. The supply of vintage signatures from his playing days is small. Over the past 20 years, I have seen many golf balls purportedly signed by Demarit, but not one that I thought was genuine. Demaret died suddenly of a heart attack in 1983 just as he was about to start a round of golf. For a player who died in the 1980s his autograph is pricey. A signature is valued at $300-$350. A government postcard, which is rare, sells for close to $500, as will a typed letter signed. Full-page handwritten letters are worth a minimum of $750, but golf content letters sell for in excess of $1,000. Signed photos of any kind are few and far between, especially 8x10 photos which are valued at $750 and up. I have seen superior specimens sell for up to $1,500. Like Walter Hagen, Demaret was one of the most colorful characters ever to step onto a golf course. His signature is a highly treasured part of the history of professional golf and makes for a welcome and significant addition to any vintage golf collection. IMAGES COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR
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ippi Hedren is a bit of an enigma. When she wanted out of her contract with Alfred Hitchcock in 1964 after filming The Birds and Marnie, he threatened to ruin her career. “And he did,” Hedren says. Yet she has gone on to appear in nearly 70 films and TV shows since. When Autograph interviewed her in May, I asked if she felt Hitchcock had prevented her from becoming the actress she might have become. After a slight pause, she replied, “I think that flipped through my brain every now and then.” But then she stopped and said, “It’s kind of cool to get older because you get to look back and say, ah, this happened, that happened. I feel like everything that has happened to me was a stepping stone to what I’m doing now.” What Hedren’s doing now is working passionately to pass a bill she co-authored with Congressman Ed Perlmutter of Colorado that would prevent the breeding of exotic felines for personal possession. She works feverishly to raise funding for her Shambala Preserve, home to more than 70 big cats who have been rescued from roadside zoos and private citizens. “We have to raise $75,000 every month to keep it going. So, right now, I’m quietly panicked about the whole thing. But, on the other hand, I know somehow that we will get through it. We’ve gotten through floods, we’ve gotten through impossible financial situations. It’s just been amazing what we’ve managed to get through.” Did you notice in that last quote how the actress focuses on the positive? That continued throughout our interview. Tippi Hedren is passionate, but she is also discrete and reserved. She is flawlessly groomed and stylishly dressed in every public appearance, yet she spends most of her time in khakis and hiking boots working at the Shambala preserve. She is diminutive and appears fragile, but has survived career exile, an attack by a lion during the filming of the documentary Roar and spent weeks under FBI protection recently while they investigated threats made against her by people who take exception to her animal rights activities. “I don’t scare easy,” Hedren says. “I may be a little thing, but
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Tippi Hedren was Daeida magazine’s April-May 2009 cover story. These remarkable images are from her photo shoot.
I’m definitely not wimpy.” Definitely not. I asked her what aspect of her personality might not be seen by her fans. “Probably that I really do have a sense of humor.” She does. Autograph: Larry Grobel wanted me to ask you to explain a comment your daughter (actress Melanie Griffith) made to him— that Hitchcock gave her a coffin when she was a child. PHOTOs BY GOR MEGAERA ©2009
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Hedren (Laughing): In all defense of Hitchcock, he gave her an incredibly unique doll that was an exact replica of me. It wasn’t like the Birds Barbie doll, which I think is rather fun and wonderful. Although you know, the look on her face is one of such placidity. She’s got these birds attached to her body ever y w here. Couldn’t they at least—maybe just a little bit of difference in the smile? Anyway the make-up man for Marnie, Bob Donne, was such a great artist. And he had me come in to make a mask of my face. I didn’t think anything of it. There’s always these masks—Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, everybody was up there on the wall in the makeup room. These faces with their eyes closed. So I didn’t think anything of it. Then Hitch invited Melanie and me to lunch and he placed this box in front of her. This wooden box. And it kind of looked, I guess…like a coffin. How old was she? She was about seven. The frightening thing was that the face on the doll looked exactly like me. It wasn’t like a doll, it was like a—it was me. Does she still have it? No, Melanie was so distraught that I asked my then-husband to just put it away. I don’t know what he did with it. That’s one of the reasons he’s my exhusband. But when I think of how valuable that thing would be right now! Larry also mentioned that Melanie slept with a lion as a child? (Laughing) Yes, we all did. We had an adult lion who would come over to the house every now and then. We thought we could use him in this movie we were doing. There are photographs of Melanie lying on her bed with this great big lion next to her. Honestly, I think about it now and I cringe. Absolutely cringe. What you don’t know actually can hurt you. And when we got into doing our movie we were hurt a lot. All of us were. You were injured during the filming of Roar? It was at the end of the film where I’m walking across this tree bridge to meet my husband. In the scene, all the lions are so happy to see him that they knock me flat, and they’re all jumping over me, stepping over me, whatever, and one of them, she saw the back of my head and, of course, we gave them bowling balls to play with, and I don’t know what her thought process was—if she was playing or just evil—but she put her paws on my shoulders and bit me in the back of the head. If she’d been just a little bit lower on my neck, I probably would have been dead. I went to the emergency room and they said, we have to shave your head and I said, no, you
don’t. No, you don’t and you won’t. They said, ‘You’re going to be scarred,’ and I said, who cares? It’s the back of my head! I have hair. In 1975, 20 women—former teachers, business owners and government officials who came to America after the fall of Saigon—landed in a tent city for Vietnamese refugees near Sacramento. Hedren visited them every few days, captivated by the stories they told of their homeland. And the women were captivated by her coralpainted fingernails. So Hedren flew in her manicurist once a week to teach the women how to trim cuticles, remove calluses and perform nail wraps. She persuaded a nearby beauty school to teach the women and helped them find jobs. How does it feel to be personally responsible for the fact that women in America can now get a manicure for $15? Isn’t that fabulous? I remember it and I just get this very contented little smile inside me that it all came out that way, because it gave such a wonderful future for so many Vietnamese people. You sign a lot for your fans. Is there anything they can do for you? What I would really appreciate is for people to go to our website. I have a letter explaining the reasons this bill is important to stop the breeding. If they can send it to their senators, the president, everybody. It’s a public safety issue. There are hundreds of people that have been hurt or killed by these animals. I make an analogy of putting a loaded pistol on your coffee table. Maybe nobody would pick it up, but would you take the chance? No. These animals are unbelievably beautiful. They have a great capacity for love. They have a sense of humor. They have inferiority complexes and dominance problems. And in a split second they could hurt you very badly or even kill you. And then forget about it completely. Tippi Hedren is an enigma to me, or at the very least, a series of contradictions; rather like the big cats she shelters and protects. Visit her website at www.shambala. org. A $25 donation will get you a photo, signed and inscribed by Tippi Hedren. When I asked her if she ever uses secretarials or preprints, she laughed, “Nobody can copy my signature! I sign them all.” Ms. Hedren was featured in the April/May issue of DAEIDA Magazine and publisher David Ybarra graciously allowed us to use pictures from that interview. “Hollywood’s People, Passions and its Past are to be found always in Daeida.” Check it out at www.daeida.com AUTOGRAPH
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Color 8x10 signed by 11 Hall of Famers: Bob Lilly, Dante Lavelli, Ray Berry, Gino Marchetti, Yale Lary, Floyd Little, Fran Tarkenton, Lenny Moore, Bob Griese, Chuck Bednarik, and Charley Trippi. Courtesy of RRAuction.com
Pro Football Hall of Fame Five Stars in a Galaxy By Jay R. Neill
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hile baseball is touted as “the great American pastime,” football has been America’s favorite sport ever since the Harris Poll began counting in 1985. The American Professional Football Association (APFA) was formed in Canton, Ohio in 1920, and in 1922, the league became known as the National Football League. In the nearly nine decades since, America’s love for the sport has only continued to grow. The Canton Bulldogs were one of the eleven founding clubs of the APFA, and with this rich football tradition the city of Canton successfully lobbied to have the Professional Football Hall of Fame built in their city. Since the HOF opened in 1963, there have been 253 greats of the game enshrined and honored with a bronze bust depicting their likeness. As the popularity of football continues to grow, so too has the demand for the signatures of the players. A HOF collection could begin with the class of 2009, which honored Bob Hayes, Randall
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McDaniel, Bruce Smith, Derrick Thomas, Rod Woodson and Ralph Wilson Jr. Or you could look to the charter class of 1963, which enshrined 17 members. With 150 living members, and many autographs from members who have passed away available at reasonable prices, now is the ideal time to begin or grow your collection of Football Hall of Fame signatures. Here are five of my favorite stars:
Jim Thorpe (1963-Charter Class)
Of Native American ancestry, JimThorpe earned Gold Medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Before he could leave the podium, Sweden’s King Gustav V grabbed his hand and said, “You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world.” Thorpe replied, “Thanks, King.” Sadly, his medals were stripped over controversy regarding his amateur status, but were restored posthumously in 1982. In 1913 Thorpe signed with the New York Giants baseball Images courtesy OF the author
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club and played outfield for three seasons before moving to the Cincinnati Reds in 1917. He ended his career in Major League Baseball with the Boston Braves in 1919. During much of Thorpe’s baseball career he also played professional football. He played for the Canton Bulldogs from 1915 to 1920 for the then hefty sum of $250 per game. Thorpe was instrumental in the formation of APFA and became its first president in 1920. Between 1915 and 1929, when he retired from pro football at the age of 41, Thorpe played with six teams, closing his career with the Chicago Cardinals. Thorpe retired from professional sports just as the Great Depression struck, and he struggled to support his family by working as an extra in several Westerns, as a construction worker, a bouncer and a security guard. He briefly joined the Merchant Marines in 1945. In 1950, Thorpe was admitted as a charity case by a hospital for treatment of lip cancer. That same year, an Associated Press poll of nearly 400 sportswriters and broadcasters voted him the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century. Thorpe died of a heart attack in 1953 at the age of 64. President Dwight Eisenhower played against Thorpe in college, and recalled him in a 1961 speech: “Here and there, there are some people who are supremely endowed. My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe. He never practiced in his life, and he could do anything better than any other football player I ever saw.” His signature is in high demand by Olympic, baseball and football collectors alike. While Thorpe was an accommodating signer in person and did sign through the mail, he moved often and finding him was a challenge. Signatures from his playing days are scarce, with most available material dating from the 1940s and 1950s. A frequent guest on the banquet circuit in the 1940s, Thorpe signed many programs, papers and ticket stubs. Most signatures from this period are rushed and crowded. Only a few signed footballs and baseballs are known. In 2008 Heritage Auctions offered his signed contract from the film The Man From Texas, which sold for $900.
The 1951 movie Jim Thorpe starred Burt Lancaster and focused on the triumph and tragedy of Thorpe’s Olympic win and the stripping of his medals. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions
Halas-signed index card courtesy of PSA/DNA
George Halas (1963-Charter Class)
George Halas was “Mr. Everything” to the Chicago Bears from their inception in 1920 until his death in 1983 at 88. Halas was a team founder, played wide receiver on offense, defensive end on defense, handled ticket sales and the business of running the club. If that weren’t enough, Halas also This classic photo of “Papa Bear” Halas coached the team. is available for sale on the Chicago Bears As a coach, Halas per- website: www.chicagobears.com fected the T-formation system, a style of play that drove the Bears to their 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. Halas pioneered daily practice, the use of film to analyze opponent weaknesses, placing assistant coaches in the press box and the radio broadcast of games. He compiled a lifetime record of 318 regular season wins, 148 losses and 31 ties, with his Chicago Bears teams winning six NFL titles. Nicknamed “Papa Bear,” Halas’ initials are still worn on the sleeve of every Bears uniform. He was a charter member of the HOF, Thorpesigned program, courtesy of PSA/DNA, shows the rushed, cramped signature commonly found in the 1940s.
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enshrined in 1963, and appropriately, the Hall of Fame is located on George Halas Drive. Halas was a great signer throughout his life, in person and through the mail, although he occasionally used a secretary to sign his items. His signature is abundant on cards, Government Postal Covers (GPC), football cards and postcards. Signed photos are not common, but not impossible to find. Single-signed footballs and baseballs are rare. Signed index cards can be purchased in the $100 range, while signed 8x10 photos run $250 or higher. As always, vintage autographs command substantially more. A signed Yankees postcard recently sold for $105 through Premier Auctions, and in 2008, a 1936 Chicago Bears team-signed football with 30 signatures, including Halas and fellow HOFer Bronko Nagurski, sold for $550 at Mastro Auctions.
Cal Hubbard
Cal Hubbard (1963 – Charter Class)
In the history of professional football and baseball, Cal Hubbard is the only man ever to be inducted into both the Football Hall of Fame (1963) and the Baseball Hall of Fame (1976). From 1927 to 1936, Hubbard dominated the NFL, spending the majority of his time with the Green Bay Packers. At 6-feet-4-inches and 250 pounds, Hubbard was considered huge by 1920s’ standards, yet was known for his speed. Fellow HOFer Red Grange called Hubbard “The greatest tackle I’ve ever seen or been pulverized by.” During summers in Green Bay, Hubbard began umpiring baseball games. In 1936 he began a new career as an American League umpire. In 1969 he was voted the greatest tackle of the NFL’s first 50 years, and managed to umpire four World Series and three AllStar games along the way. Hubbard died in 1977 at the age of 76, so his signature is relatively affordable and easy to locate. Signed index cards sell for $100 to $150, and signed checks are readily available for about $200. Signed baseballs and footballs are more difficult to locate and should be examined carefully for authenticity.
Lombardi signature courtesy of PSA/DNA
Vince Lombardi (1971)
Green Bay Packer Head Coach Vince Lombardi’s name has become synonymous with winning and motivation. From 1959 to 1967 he led the Green Bay Packers to five NFL championships, culminating in wins in Super Bowls I and II. With a career record of 96 wins, 34 losses and 6 ties, Lombardi earned his rightful place in Unsigned football notes on Lombardi’s personal letterhead Canton with his induction in courtesy of RRAuction.com 1971. After a brief battle with cancer, Lombardi died in 1970 at the age of 57. Just one week after his death, the NFL’s Super Bowl trophy was renamed the Vince Lombardi Trophy in his honor. Lombardi’s winning philosophy and attitude influenced American society as much as the football players he coached. Phrases like “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up,” and “Winning isn’t everything, but the will to win is everything,” provide insight into his character and leadership skills. Lombardi signed hundreds, if not thousands, of checks on behalf of the team. This is great for autograph collectors because Lombardi-signed checks can be obtained in the $500-$800 range with very few authentication issues. His signature is long and flowing, and commonly found on team-signed footballs from the 1960s, team correspondence and occasionally a signed photo. It’s questionable if Lombardi commonly signed his mail, as there are numerous secretarial, stamped and printed signatures originating from fan requests. Single-signed footballs are almost impossible to find and bring top dollar. In 2007 a personalized signed football sold at auction for $3,763 through AmericanMemorabilia.com.
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Living Legends
So what would happen if you wrote to every living Football Hall of Fame member? You’re going to to find out. In the July issue we published addresses for all of the living Football Hall of Fame members known to sign, and invited readers to write to these greats and share your results with us. In the November issue we will share some of your success stories with fellow readers—so keep sending your results! I mailed to every player on that list and in only 30 days I had 42 successful responses. I was surprised to see a quick response from Steve Young, Don Shula and Paul Hornung, so I’m excited to see what the next few months will bring. Sadly, Lou Creekmur passed away in June.
Through-the-Mail Tips
The Hall of Fame will forward mail to most of its members, and upon request will provide a list of the few members that don’t want mail sent to them. Many athletes today are unwilling to sign index cards through the mail, so sending something related to their career, former teams or the Hall of Fame is best. Vintage magazines with player covers are readily available and are great for display. Football cards can be relatively inexpensive and are nicely-sized for mailing. Swell produced sets of cards from 1988-1990 that included all enshrinees to that time. They’re available in the $10-$20 range. Handwritten letters bring the best results—just be sure to write legibly! I recommend that you don’t request more than one autograph per mailing. Some players will sign more than one item per request, but most will question your motive when you send several items. I have great appreciation for the athletes who love to show Ace Parker (1972) Clarence “Ace” Parker fans how much they appreciate them by sharing their signais not as famous as Thorpe, ture. Every one of these players sacrificed their bodies and Halas or Lombardi, but he often their future quality of life to play the sport that means so is professional football’s much to them. It’s important to let these men know just how Parker signature on an index card living link between the past much you appreciate them. The autograph requests you mail and present. At 97, Parker today are tomorrow’s memories. is the oldest member of the Football Hall of Fame and still one of Remember to keep sending your success stories to JayNeill@ AutographMagazine.com its best signers. An All-American tailback at Duke University in 1936, he also played baseball and basketball. He was drafted by the John Madden (Class of 2006) signed Sports Illustrated cover. Brooklyn Dodgers football club in 1936, where he remained until 1941. In 1940 he was the NFL’s Most Valuable Player even though Fran Tarkenton (Class of 1986) signed TCG he suffered a broken left ankle in a summer baseball game that year. Parker served in the Army during World War II. He returned to finish his football career with the Boston Yanks in 1945 and the New York Yankees in 1946. During his seven seasons in pro football, Parker completed 335 of 718 passes for a 39.5 average. Parker also played minor league baseball with Connie Mack’s 1937 and 1938 Philadelphia Athletics baseball teams, where he compiled a .179 lifetime batting average over 2 seasons. After his playing days Parker coached minor league baseball and became the head baseball coach and assistant football coach at Duke University on his way to induction into the Hall of Fame in 1972. Parker has remained a fast and willing signer. I recently sent him 2 football cards with a SASE and they were returned signed in just eight days. AUTOGRAPH
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John Madden (Class of 2006) signed 2002
Handwritten notes by Irwin for a speech at a realtors conference
An Astronaut’s Handwritten Reflections On The Earth and The Moon By Richard Jurek
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pollo-era astronauts have struggled to describe their unique experience of going to the moon: what it looked like, what it felt like, what it meant to them. After all, these weren’t Liberal Arts majors rocketing off into space, these were fighter pilots—the right stuff guys. At the time, their daily operative language was engineering vectorspeak and a cacophony of NASA acronyms.
Yet, in the ensuing years, some have turned to the arts in order to communicate and, perhaps, understand their experiences. Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Al Worden, who was an undergraduate English major, published his collection of lunar voyage poems titled Hello Earth. (Yes, I have a signed copy.) Apollo 12 Moonwalker Alan Bean picked up a paint brush. His art works are gaining an international audience, and have rare and precious flown relics of his mission—specs of actual moon dust or tattered shards of beta cloth—mixed in with the paint. Still, it is rare to find extended, handwritten reflections by the Apollo era astronauts concerning what it was like to experience one of the 20th century’s greatest adventures. I like searching the auction catalogs and dealer offerings for such period manuscript pages or handwritten letters. I own two such pieces, from the same astronaut. They reflect not only his feelings about the moon, but also about the earth as he looked at it from space. These pieces were written by the late Jim Irwin, who was the lunar module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing mission, and the eighth human being to walk on the moon.
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The Christmas Tree Letter
The first piece is known as Irwin’s Christmas Tree Letter. It was written to famed space collector Rick Boos on the back of an official, crew autographed Insurance Cover. It is a wonderful, poetic metaphor of the earth being as fragile as a Christmas tree ornament—a truly amazing and emotional piece.
Moonlight Acres
Contrast that with his handwritten speech, “Land Development,” Irwin’s notes for a keynote address he was giving at a realtors conference. He takes a humorous, free-verse approach, describing the
moon as one would a real estate listing. At the time Irwin wrote it, he and his fellow Apollo 15 astronauts were embroiled in a commercialization scandal over stamped postal covers taken to the moon. It generated a lot of negative press, including a biting satirical piece by syndicated columnist Art Buchwald in 1972 in which fictionalized astronauts sell the moon to a shady real estate developer who wants to open a place called “Moonlight Acres.” The irony of the Buchwald editorial and Jim’s speech to a realtors conference, presenting the moon as a real estate listing with terms that are “moon high” are priceless. And a heck of a lot of fun for a Space collector who is always on the hunt for something unique. AUTOGRAPH
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The Story Man: Brett Ratner Has Some Things to Tell You, Show You, Sell You By Lawrence Grobel
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rett Ratner’s got five stories that give you insight into what makes him tick. If you aren’t aware of how successful Ratner is, here are a few eye-opening stats: his eight movies have grossed over a billion and a half dollars. That’s billion with a B. His Rush Hour trilogy alone accounts for more than half that total. He was chosen to direct X-Men: The Last Stand, and Red Dragon,, the third film based on Thomas Harris’s chilling character, Hannibal Lecter. He’s been at the forefront of some of the best-known music videos (working with Madonna, Mariah Carey, Sean “Puffy” Combs, Jessica Simpson, Jamie Foxx, Miley Cyrus), he’s directed the Guitar Hero commercials, and he put Las Vegas mogul Steve Wynn on the roof of his Encore hotel to introduce it in a famous TV ad. He has a production company (Rat Entertainment) at Paramount Pictures, a TV company at Fox (Rat Television), a music company (Rat Records), a publishing company (Rat Press), and is a major investor in a cosmetic company (Jurlique). He published a book of all the famous people who have come to his house and taken pictures in his photo booth (Hilhaven Lodge: The Photo Booth Pictures). He is close friends with Robert Evans, Warren Beatty, Roman Polanski, Russell Simmons and James Toback. He’s dated some of the most beautiful and talented women in the world, including Serena Williams. He lives in a multi-million dollar estate in Beverly Hills and drives a Bentley. There is no one in Hollywood who won’t take his calls. He’s just turned forty.
Story Number 1: Say Hello to My Little Friend!
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thought he was an extra. “They put me in a scene in the pool,” he recalls, “where I’m lying in a raft with this girl. She was 18, six years older than I was, but she was beautiful and I fell in love. Steven Bauer, who played Manolo, Pacino’s buddy, came over to me and asked my name. I realized he was talking to me because of the girl on the raft. He asked me to get her number and because I was a cute kid, she IMAGES COURTESY THE AUTHOR
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gave it to me. I don’t know if he ended up going out with her or anything—he was married to Melanie Griffith at the time. But he liked me because I was a funny kid and I wasn’t shy, I’d talk to any girl. I didn’t see him again until I was on the set of Red Dragon directing Anthony Hopkins. Somebody came up behind me and started massaging my shoulders. He said, ‘Do you know who this is?’ And it was Steven Bauer! He hadn’t seen me since Scarface. e. When I was 12. It felt good that he remembered me. Even when I was so young, you don’t forget me.”
Story Number 2: Dressed to Chill
“When I was 13 I got bar mitzvahed at the Eden Roc in Miami Beach and I got like 15 thousand dollars in cash from relatives and my mom said, ‘What do you want to do with the money? One, you can save it in the bank for college; two, you can take all your friends on a trip to Europe or Israel; or three, you can buy whatever you want.’ Every cool black kid in the school wore FILA so I ended up buying the entire FILA line. A week later, some kid in my class was wearing a FILA outfit that I didn’t have; it was a new FILA outfit from the new season. I was like, ‘Where the f**k did you get that? I have the whole collection.’ I didn’t realize that fashion was seasonal. So my bar mitzvah money was invested in a dated FILA wardrobe, instead of in my education.”
Story Number 3: I Remember Mama
Brett’s mother was just sixteen when she got pregnant with him, so they grew up together as friends. Their proximity in age led to a closeness that some might consider suffocating. “I never left her side,” Ratner remembers. “And when I did, she would call me 15 times a day.” When he had a chance to spend part of his high school in Israel, he jumped at it. But he didn’t quite escape from his mother. “The first Sunday I was there I got a call. In those days, international calls would have a lot of static on the line, but this had a very clear signal. ‘Mom, why do you sound so close?’ ‘I didn’t tell you? I’m in Israel. I’m living in a town next to your school, in a
kibbutz. I’ll do your laundry; bring your laundry over here.’ I told her, ‘If you come to school ever, I swear I’m going to drop out and join the army.’ I forced her not to come near me the entire summer. But at the end of the summer, we traveled around Europe for three months and I missed school.” In Italy, they went into a jewelry store and a handsome Italian man put the moves on his mom. “He asked her to lunch and she agreed. She told me to say I was her brother, but I called her Ma anyway. He spoke broken English, and her name’s Marsha, so when we went for lunch he asked her, ‘Why does he call you ma? What does ma mean? Mama?’ And she said, ‘No, Ma is short for Maaa-rrsha.’”
Story Number 4: Backed to the Future
“There was a choice I remember making, when I was trying to get into NYU,” Ratner recalls. “I was told by the admissions counselor that there was no way I was getting in because I had the worst grades of anyone who had applied to this school, and that maybe I should go to a community college and get straight A’s for two years and then maybe they would consider letting me in. I was crying; I felt my life was over. But something came over me and I thought ‘I can’t let this person decide my future. I’m going to go to the dean’s office.’ That was a defining moment in my life because I ended up talking my way into the school, convincing the dean that he had to let me in. Martin Scorsese, the Cohen Brothers, Spike Lee all went to NYU Film School. I realized I wasn’t as talented as those guys, but what I had was passion, perseverance, drive. I wanted to become a director more than anything in the world. That’s what I tell students now: whatever you want to do, be passionate about it, love it, and if you don’t love it, then find something else to do that you do love.”
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Story Number 5: In a Rush
Once the story for Rush Hour came into his hands, Ratner saw it as a contemporary version of Beverly Hills Cop. He thought the chemistry between Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan would work. But he knew that Chan didn’t like working with American directors, especially after his experience on Cannonball Run, where he was treated more like an extra than as the biggest martial-arts star in Asia. Ratner found out that Chan was making a movie in South Africa and flew there. Chan graciously went to the airport himself to meet him. Ratner nervously told him the truth: the script sucked, but he knew how to fix it. To his surprise, Chan agreed to do the film. When Chan arrived on the Rush Hour set, Ratner asked him why he agreed to do the movie. “Because,” Chan told him, “every big producer who came to see me in Hong Kong—Jerry Bruckheimer; Michael Bay—every director, they all say the same thing: ‘This is the best script ever, and you’re gonna be the biggest star.’ They think I’m a dumb Chinese guy! You’re the first person to say, ‘This script sucks, but I know what to do with it.’”
Ratner’s Friends
Ratner’s confidence lifted after Rush Hour’s success, not only at the box-office, but from some of the calls he received. “The first call I got was from War re n B e att y who said it was the best movie he’d seen all year. And he won two Academy Awards for directing. Then I got a call from Roman Polanski. Directors aren’t snobs because they understand the craft and know how difficult it is to make a good movie, whatever the genre, especially a comedy. They understand pacing, composition, storytelling, and lighting. The fact that Roman Polanski recognized and admired my work was the greatest satisfaction I could ever have.” When Ratner calls Polanski his friend, he’s not exaggerating. I saw them together in Poland, at the CamerImage Film Festival in the city of Lodz, where Ratner and I were on the nine–member jury judging the main competition in 2007. After the festival was over, the 74-year-old director took Ratner to Krakow and to Auschwitz, to 46
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show him where he lost part of his family. It was in Lodz where Ratner also became my friend. We didn’t always agree on the films we were judging, but he had read my Conversations with Brando book and told me it was one of his favorites. “I’m starting a publishing company, Rat Press,” he said, “and I’d love to republish it.” I didn’t take Ratner that seriously, but I soon learned that when he has an idea, he’s like a pit bull. Not only did he want to republish the Brando book, but he read an interview I had done with his buddy Robert Evans and said he wanted to put that out as a book as well. I thought it was too short to be a book, but that didn’t derail him. “I’ll set up a meeting for you to go see Bob and update it,” he said. And he did. Brett Ratner is a very determined, very persistent, and very focused individual. When he wants something, he usually gets it. “Most people aren’t like him,” Robert Evans said to me. “His trouble is that he applies himself to too many things at one time. He’s got film projects, books, commercials, web sites; he takes care of his grandmother and grandfather who live with him….he’s all over the place. He’s perpetual motion.” Evans recalled when he first became aware of Ratner’s talent and his ability to connect with people. “We were sitting in my house and he told me they wouldn’t let him make Display of Rat Press Books from Brett Ratner’s Rat Press Launch Party At Book Soup
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Ratner invited the author’s UCLA class to his home for interviews.
The Family Man unless he got Nic Cage. Cage didn’t want to do it. Brett said, ‘I’ll get him.’ He went out and got him. And he got a performance from Cage that I thought was his finest to that time. Brett’s a terribly talented person. Whatever he’s touched, he’s done well. But he isn’t respected enough. The creative community sees him as a Player, he goes to the parties, gets the publicity. He’s not elusive enough. He’s seen everywhere, including the 7-11. He’s too nice that way. But his mind is very fertile.” What Evans admires about Ratner is that “he doesn’t speak badly about people. When you’re in an industry where 95 percent of the people are unemployed there’s a lot of jealousy. Brett is not that way. He doesn’t badmouth his competition. And he knows how to make his own deals very well, I’ll tell you that. He’s a very shrewd businessman.”
Three Circles of Friendship
Ratner credits Evans with giving him advice about friendship. “I learned from Bob that there are three circles, and in the first circle are your best friends. But you shouldn’t have more than five. No matter where I was in the world, no matter what I was doing, if they called me I would be there for them. Your family’s the second circle, which you can’t choose. The third circle–that’s the rest of the world, your acquaintances, the people you have lunch
Ratner, at the CamerImage Film Festival with directors Alan Parker, Roman Polanski and Mike Figgis
with, the people you say hi to. And maybe they’ll move into the best friends circle one day. Who knows?” In that outer circle, only a few have impressed Ratner enough to make him seek their autograph. “When I was seven I went to Las Vegas with my mom and she spotted Telly Savalas in Caesar’s Palace trying on a suit in a clothing store. ‘Go ask him for his autograph,’ she said. I didn’t want to, but I did anyway. He wrote, ‘Brett, who loves you baby? Telly.’ Then when I met Jerry Lewis I asked him to sign his book The Total Filmmaker which I love and would like to republish. He asked me my nickname and I told him, and he wrote, ‘Rat, You remind me of me when I was a kid. Thanks for taking me back forty years.’ I don’t really ask people I don’t know for autographs, but I do ask friends to sign their books. I asked Roman Polanski to sign his. And recently, for my 40th birthday, Hugh Hefner signed the first issue of Playboy to me, ‘To Brett
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who shares the dream, Hef.’ That’s pretty special.” Hef ’s dream is to see a movie made of his life, and Ratner’s his director of choice. “Doing Hefner is like doing a movie about Howard Hughes,” Ratner says. “You can’t cover his entire life so we’ll focus on the creation of the magazine and end it with the magazine’s peak, which was 1975.” At the moment, Ratner sees Robert Downey Jr. playing Hefner, but until the cameras are ready to roll, that could change. Brett has learned that nothing is set in stone, especially in the mercurial world of Hollywood. He long ago learned how to deal with people and their expectations. “I’m an artist, but I don’t make a fuss over it,” he says. “I actually hang out, go to restaurants, I’m interested in the newest music, gadgets. I’m interested in pop culture. Music videos, photography and commercials are an opportunity for me to experiment, develop my story telling skills and understand the tools of my craft. I feel like I’m in the zeitgeist. I did
music videos 16 years ago, and now a 15-year-old, [Miley Cyrus], is asking me to direct her video. It makes me feel like I’m still relevant. I try not to alienate myself from the rest of the world.” Rather than alienate, he tries to give back. He created a scholarship for NYU film students who can’t afford to pay for their student films. “The problem with film schools is that if you come from a wealthy background, you can spend $100,000 and some other kid can’t even afford the film. So I offer scholarships to even up the playing field.” He also puts his energy into serving on the board of trustees of the Simon Wiesenthal Foundation and Museum of Tolerance. “I’m very passionate about it. I keep discovering an incredible amount of hate and intolerance around the world, not only for Jews, but for minorities. I think the museum is great because it educates a lot of people.” If it seems like Brett Ratner has got it all, he almost does. What’s missing in his life is a partner who can not only share the ride, but give him the children he says he wants. “When it comes down to it, what makes me the happiest is not the millions of box-office dollars, it’s sitting in that theater when everyone is around me and they’re laughing or they’re crying, they’re feeling something. I have the know-how to make people feel a certain way. That’s my gift, my way of being able to express myself.” One of Ratner’s modes of expression can be seen the moment you walk into his house, where the photographs of stars he’s shot are mounted on easels in the living room. “See that picture I took of Al Pacino?” Ratner asks. “When I met him I said to him, “Thank God I didn’t want to be you.” Then I told him my Scarface story, about how I was on the set when I was twelve and watched Brian De Palma direct him. And I thought, ‘I want to be that guy—the guy telling Al Pacino what to do.’ That was my epiphany. Which I told to Pacino years later when I was going to photograph him. I said, ‘I didn’t want to be you, I wanted to be the guy telling you what to do.’ And he turned to me and said, ‘Now’s your chance. Where do you want me to stand?’ “I told him what to do, and I took that picture of him, and that’s my Al Pacino story.” Original copy of the first Playboy, signed and inscribed by Hugh Hefner
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Publicity shot of Darth Vader signed by Prowse and Jones
The Dark Side A U T O G R A P H ’ S B I M O N T H LY S T A R W A R S S E R I E S • P A R T 2 O F 6 B Y S T E V E G R A D
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he Force is a metaphysical power binding the Star Wars universe. Dark and light are both present in the Force, and George Lucas, in his six Star Wars films, introduced us to the power of The Dark Side. Collecting the Dark Side begins with the master of all villains—Darth Vader. When Sebastian Shaw was revealed in Return of the Jedi as the man behind Darth Vader’s mask, Darth Vader became the first recurring role in a movie series to be played by three actors at the same time: body by David Prowse, voice by James Earl Jones and face by Sebastian Shaw. Add to this, Hayden Christensen and Jake Lloyd, who both played versions of the young Darth (Anakin Skywalker), and you’ve got a lot of collecting to do.
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David Prowse: The Body
First and foremost is David Prowse, the man in the suit. Mark Hamill revealed in an interview: “They didn’t tell Prowse they wouldn’t be using his voice. But come on. Darth Vader’s not from Cornwall. He was doing all this dialogue with a strong rural accent. The meanest members of the crew called him Darth Farmer!” But Prowse had no idea his voice would not be used. When he expressed concern that the Vader mask was making his lines inaudible, Lucas told him not to worry, “We’ll rerecord all your lines.” Prowse didn’t find out until the film was released and his agent called him. Prowse isn’t always the man in the suit. He was barred from doing lightsaber duels after the first film because he kept breaking the poles that stood in for the laser blades. Prowse was a professional body builder— those flimsy little poles didn’t stand a chance. AUTOGRAPH
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For the sequels, Vader’s lightsaber duels were performed by Bob Anderson, the sword master and choreographer. But even in platform shoes, Anderson couldn’t come near the six-feet-fiveinch Prowse’s height and had to be shot from below. Bob Anderson is a difficult signer; he’s not getting any younger and is quite reclusive. He’s only done a handful of show appearances and isn’t known to sign by mail. Prowse, on the other hand, has been signing his name at conventions and appearances for years. His signature is beautiful and large. He also typically will add “is Darth Vader” under his signature.
James Earl Jones: The Voice
out of her. And there was controversy as to whether Mercedes should get credit. I was one who thought no, she was just special effects. So when it came to Darth Vader, I said, ‘No, I’m just special effects.’ But it became so identified [with me] that by the third one, I thought, ‘OK, I’ll let them put my name on it.’” Obtaining Jones’ signature isn’t as hard as you would think, but it isn’t straightforward either. You won’t find him at Star Wars conventions. He was quoted by USA Today as saying, “I am happy to be a part of the whole cult Time movement... [but] I don’t sign Magazine cover of autographs.” But sign he does— Darth Vader through the mail. He also regusigned by larly performs in Broadway plays. Jones While he typically won’t sign when leaving the playhouse, you can usually score an autograph if you wait by the stage door and send your item in for him to sign.
Sebastian Shaw: The Face
At his own request, James Earl Jones was originally not credited as the voice of Darth Vader for the first two films. As he explained to Newsday, “When Linda Blair did the girl in The Exorcist, they hired Mercedes McCambridge to do the voice of the devil coming
Publicity 8x10 of Darth Vader signed by Jones, Christensen and Lloyd Multi-signed 8x10 showing Vader and Commander Daine Jir, signed by Prowse, Jones and Lampert
In 1982, Sebastian Shaw was chosen for the small but crucial role of Anakin Skywalker, the unmasked Darth Vader, in Return of the Jedi. When Shaw arrived at the set for filming, he ran into his old friend Ian McDiarmid, the actor playing Emperor Palpatine. When McDiarmid asked him what he was doing there, Shaw responded, “I don’t know, dear boy, I think it’s something to do with science-fiction.” His presence during the filming was kept secret from all but minimal cast and crew, and Shaw himself was contractually obligated not to discuss the film with anyone, even his family. Shaw’s autograph is one of the most desirable in the Star Wars universe. A trained stage actor, The author with Prowse he was based solely in the United Kingdom and died in 1994. Signed headshots exist but are quite rare. Most of Shaw’s signatures
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are found on album pages he signed while exiting playhouses in the 1940s to 1960s. The holy grail of all Star Wars collectors is a Shaw-signed Star Wars poster, photo or action figure. While it’s possible that one exists, nothing has turned up. I have an extensive collection, but I still don’t have Shaw’s signature on anything Star Wars related. But I’m still looking!
Hayden Christensen and Jake Lloyd: The Darth Boys
In the prequel trilogy, Anakin is portrayed by then 10-year-old Jake Lloyd in The Phantom Menace, and by Hayden Christensen in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Now pursuing a career on the other side of the camera, Lloyd is enrolled in the film program at Columbia College Chicago. He attends some conventions but rarely signs through the mail. Christensen, who played the older Anakin, is a bit harder to acquire. He used to sign for fans at big conventions, but he rarely does these days. And signing through the mail? Forget it. Wonderful behind-the-scenes shot of an un-masked Prowse (Darth Vader) with Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) and Hamill (Luke Skywalker), signed by Prowse
The Emperor
Of all the memorable Dark Side characters, none was more menacing than the Emperor himself, played by Ian McDiarmid. The role of the Emperor was originally given to Clive Reville who provided the voice in The Empire Strikes Back. But in 1995, when Lucas rereleased the movie, he used McDiarmid, who also played the role in Jedi.. While McDiarmid has never appeared at conventions to sign, his signature can be found on signed insert cards and Signed note from photographs by Peter Cushing Official Pix. (Grand Moff Tarkin)
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McDiarmid has stopped signing Star Wars memorabilia in person, telling fans recently that if he signs for one person he will have to sign for everyone. I was fortunate enough to get his signature in person, in England in 2003, after going to his playhouse several times. There are persistent rumors that he’s going to make an appearance this fall in the United Kingdom where he will sign. This would be a major coup for collectors worldwide, who would flock to the U.K. for the signing. But I’m not holding my breath.
Grand Moff Tarkin
An equally challenging autograph is Peter Cushing’s, who passed away in 1994. He only appeared in the original Star Wars, but his autograph is one of the most sought after. A star long before he played Grand Moff Tarkin, Cushing was known for his work in Hammer horror films. A great through the mail signer his entire life, Cushing would occasionally be asked to sign Star Wars-related memorabilia. The most desirable Cushing items are color photos. Several are known to exist, but signed 8x10s are very rare. If you’re hoping for a signed Star Wars poster, better keep your fingers crossed. Only about 10 are known to exist (I have two) and probably another 10 are yet to be discovered.
The Henchmen: Stormtroopers, Admirals, Captains and Generals
The problem with Stormtroopers is—there are a lot of them! Scores of British actors were used as extras during the filming of the original trilogy and many donned the trooper gear. A small handful of them do shows throughout the country during the year. The only significant trooper signature is that of Peter Diamond, the stunt coordinator for the original trilogy. Diamond, who passed away in 2004, did a number of shows in the U.K. and also appeared at Star Wars Celebration 2 in 2002. His signature is the key piece in assembling a Stormtrooper collection and a great starting point. Adding more and more troopers to any piece is an easy task. Most appear at shows and conventions throughout the U.K. and Anthony Forrest is a frequent guest on the U.S. circuit. As an added bonus, several actors are still alive who voiced the troopers, including Terry McGovern (“These are not the droids we’re looking for.”) and Colin Kitchens (“Look sir, Droids.”). Both are still alive and live in the San Francisco area, graciously signing fan mail and doing private signings. The Dark Side also had its fair share of admirals, cap52
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Stormtrooper publicity shot signed by Richard Bonehill, Peter Allen, Colin Kitchens, Steven Fitzalan, Grant Hall, Mike Randall, Mike Houston, Alan Harris, Keith Swaden, Salo Gardner, Larry Sheppard, Don Bies, Chris Parsons, Laurie Goode, Terry McGovern, Anthony Forrest, Noel Hawkins, Nelson Hall, Syd Wragg, Barry Summerfeld, Mike Mungarven, Ted Gagliano, Frank Henson and Paul Bannon
tains and generals. Most were played by character actors and are still alive. Favorites include Ken Colley (Admiral Piett), Julian Glover (General Veers), Michael Pennington (Moff Jerjerrod), Michael Culver (Captain Needa), Al Lampert (Commander Daine Jir) and Richard LaParmentier (Admiral Motti). All of these bad guys are good signers either by mail or at conventions throughout the world. Signed photo of Julian Glover as General Veers
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General Grevious, signed by Matthew Wood
Ray Park signed photo as Darth Maul
The New Star Wars Bad Guys: Darth Maul, Count Dooku and General Grievous
The new trilogy also featured some real bad guys and some real fan favorites. The Phantom Menace featured Darth Maul, the epitome of bad. He was played by Ray Park, a frequent visitor on the show scene and a very easy autograph. In Attack of the Clones the resident evil was a combination of Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) and General Grievous (voiced by Matthew Wood). Lee is 87 and doesn’t make convention appearances, but he sells authenticated signed photos through his website starting at £50. Wood, on the other hand, has been a regular on the show circuit the last few years. He’s a great guy to meet in person and will recite lines from the movie, even going so far as to record cell phone voicemail messages. One of the biggest challenges in building a Star Wars collection is defining your goals. To help you select the characters you wish to include in your core collection, Autograph has compiled a Star Wars Cast Glossary, Christopher Lee as Count Dooku
providing character names, actors who played them and the films in which they appeared. Subscribe to the Autograph eZine at www. AutographMagazine.com and watch for instructions on how to get a copy of the Glossary! In the meantime, may the Force—and a Sharpie—be with you… Don't miss Part III of our Star Wars series in the November issue: Aliens, Oddballs and Bounty Hunters! See more of Steve's collection at www.starwarsgrapher.com and on Autograph's new community site, live. live.AutographMagazine.com. AUTOGRAPH
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Country Music’s Top Stars Sign at CMA Music Fest By Bill Conger
Reba McEntire performed at the Vault Concert Stage on the opening night of the festival.
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McEntire who signed up for her first meet and greet at the festival in 13 years. Reba is a veteran country music hit-maker with songs like “Whoever’s in New England,” “Fancy,” “How Was I To Know,” “Rumor Has It”, and her current top 40 smash, “Strange.” Her enormous achievements include Grammy awards, CMA wins for Female Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year and more than 50 million albums sold worldwide. She’s won critical acclaim as the lead in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway, in feature films and television movies like Tremors, The Man From Left Field, The Gambler Returns, and The Little Rascals, and for several seasons with her popular Warner Brothers sitcom, Reba. Images courtesy OF COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION
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“Yesterday when we got in line for Reba, there were people in line that had been there since 9:30 the night before,” Meyers said. Un for tu nately, she wasn’t early enough to get a ticket to Reba’s two-hour event the traditional way. Still, she persuaded another fan to sell her a ticket for her first time meeting with the country music giant. “She’s just so down-to-earth, and when I think of country music, that’s just what she is,” Meyers said. “I grew up listening to her. I grew up dancing to her.” Prior to Reba’s grand entrance at the signing, hundreds of people surrounded her booth waiting for a glimpse of the star. People held cameras, cell phones and video cameras at arms’ length above their heads hoping to get a picture of her. While some artists offered up pre-signed autographed CDs and memorabilia for sale, a smorgasbord of singers like Carrie Underwood, Wynonna, Montgomery Gentry, LeAnn Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Julianne Hough, Lady Antebellum, to name a few, chose to be there in person. Teen sensation Taylor Swift stayed for five hours on the last day of the four-day festival signing about 500 autographs, taking pictures and giving out hugs. Some admirers planted kisses and hugged the necks of artists like Blake Shelton and Aaron Tippin while they were signing. People bought a four-day ticket package in advance to see about 30 acts perform nightly. A ticket also entitled you to line up at the nearby convention center and get all the autographs possible. Top name artists are in high demand, so autograph aficionados should lace up their running shoes and bring a sleeping bag. Some people camp out the evening before. Maps of the booths are provided, but it’s not necessarily known or published in advance what hours and days the performers will sign. Check out the CMA’s Web site for more specifics on scheduling and ticket prices for next year’s festival. (www.CMAfest.com) “You never know who’s going to show up,” Andrew Gardea of Pennsylvania said, while waiting outside the door on day two. “Get in line, then run as fast as you can, but make sure not to trample anyone.” In 1996, when the festival was outside in the sweltering heat and humidity, Garth Brooks made
The author snapped this shot of two lucky fans leaving the McEntire signing.
a surprise appearance. Swarmed by fans, Garth began signing everything shoved in front of him without taking a break for a record-setting 23 hour marathon autograph session. Not everyone can meet a Garth or Reba at the event. If you don’t have a ticket voucher for the signing, then you can wait on stand-by in the hopes that there will be openings for additional artist signings. This event also gives autograph collectors a prime opportunity to rub elbows with other performers whose fame has waned or who may be the next big sensation. “It’s nice to be in the room with the bigger stars,” said Brad Brinkley of the new brother-sister duo, Mustang Creek. “The fans, they make no bones. [If they see a bigger star] they’ll just leave your line to go.” “Then, there are a lot of fans that come and Fans camp out for an early morning shot at autograph tickets.
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Hats off for super signer Aaron Tippin
Taylor Swift poses with fan Heather Rice from Brentwood, Tenn.
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they want to meet new artists,” adds Shelly Brinkley. “Maybe they’ve been here several times in a row and of course, they’re here to see the artist that they’ve followed for years, but they also take an interest in meeting new artists.”
Charlie Daniels
The Exhibit Hall isn’t the only place for fans to get up close and personal with their favorites. The partying continues at many of the performers’ private fan club shindigs, which are held each year at various locales throughout Music City during the festival for those who have club memberships (available on artists’ individual Web sites). I crashed three of the parties, dividing my time between contemporary stars Trace Adkins, Joe Nichols and legendary veteran Charlie Daniels. Daniels, who will be inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame this fall, is known for classic hits like “The Devil Went Down to
Georgia,” “In America,” and “The Legend of Wooley Swamp” to name a few. He celebrated his 20th fan club party or, more accurately, the “Family Reunion,” with a couple hundred of his diehard followers. Family is probably the best way to describe his relationship with his fans. Kicking off the fun with a personal performance, he called for requests from the crowd. Someone would throw up a hand, and he’d call on them by name. Often, he bantered back and forth with the crowd. It was obvious that Charlie has taken the time to get well acquainted with his fans over the years. “They’re just great people,” Daniels told Autograph. “They’re just great fans. They’ve been with us for a long, long time, and we appreciate them so much.” After delighting the audience with his music, Charlie set up in a room in the community center at the Mt. Juliet Park named after him, for picture taking and autographs. He willingly signed anything and everything that fans placed before him on the table. Carrie Underwood signed for fan Heather Scott from Champaign, Ill.
Wynonna Judd signs for Cathy and Charles Rogers from Elliston, Va.
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The following morning I went to the Belcourt Theater, a renovated movie house where Trace Adkins set up shop for some quality time with his fans. Over the course of 10 Adkins signed career CDs since 1996, this his Greatest Hits album six-foot-six-inch towering baritone has churned out an impressive collection of hits like “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,” “You’re Gonna Miss This,” and “I’m Tryin’.” Outside country circles, Trace is perhaps best known for his reality show appearances on The Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump. Trace began the morning by introducing his family on stage and giving fans a chance to take pictures of them. Then, with a bottle for his chaw juice handy at his side, Trace took a seat for a somewhat lengthy Q&A. From the size of his bus to how he met his wife, he read and answered fans’ questions. “What’s your favorite cartoon character?” “Foghorn Leghorn,” he replied. The room was filled with laughter as he talked about his personal life and the business side. “I’m not worried a lot about industry recognition because I don’t know if anybody in the industry has ever bought one of my records or paid for a ticket to one of my shows,” Trace told the crowd. “So, I worry much more about what you guys think.”
Joe Nichols
Around noon the same day, I dropped by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Nashville. Stars of yesterday and today dropped by the prestigious venue to sign autographs and deliver free musical performances near the lobby. It was in the museum’s Ford Theater that Joe Nichols hosted his annual fan club bash. Nichols, a traditionalist with a beautiful baritone voice and four Grammy nominations just announced that he is in preparation for a role on Broadway in a remake of Pure Country. Hits like “Brokenheartsville,” “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off,” and “If Nobody Believed in You” have endeared him to listeners, including the late Anna Nicole Smith who met the young heartthrob one night at the Grand Ole Opry. After her death, Joe was asked to perform a couple of songs at the funeral service. At his fan club party, Joe sat casually on a stool in front of his band. He would sing a song or two, then ask anyone if they had any questions or requests. One fan asked for a song that stumped the band. “Let me explain how this works,” Joe told the crowd with a smile on his face. Normally, he knows what to expect and is ready to belt out the song full force. But when the fan threw him the musical curve ball, he had to beg off. Still, he didn’t disappoint, singing tunes from his earlier days as well as introducing the audience to music from his upcoming CD. “I think the overall relationship with the fan club is actually more personal than a lot of my family relationships,” Nichols said in a backstage interview. “They show their appreciation for what I do and in turn, I show my appreciation for them giving me something to sing about. I think they’re great people. They come to shows in all conditions, and they’re excited about coming to see me play and that excites me.”
Joe Nichols signed 8x10 courtesy Universal Records South, © photographer Eric Welch
In fact, fan Connie Schmaltz, of Traveler’s Rest, S.C., has been to 100 of Joe’s concerts since 2002, and for that commitment, Joe gave her one of his favorite t-shirts. An admitted packrat, Joe reluctantly presented the prize after his wife encouraged him to lighten his wardrobe. Schmaltz first saw Joe during a show one night at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. “He just stood and sang with that beautiful voice, and it was mesmerizing,” Schmaltz recalled. “He just captured my heart. He’s a lot like one of my sons, same personality, very humble. From then on, I just got captured. It’s been a life changing experience, which sounds corny I know, but it’s really made a difference in my life.” Make your travel plans now! Scheduled for June 10-13, tickets are already on sale for the 2010 CMA Music Festival.
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EVA KOR, WHO AT THE AGE OF TEN WAS TAKEN TO AUSCHWITZ WITH HER TWIN SISTER TO BE USED FOR MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS BY DR. JOSEF MENGELE, WRITES: SIGNED PHOTO OF JACK LENGYEL, COACH OF THE MARSHAL UNIVERSITY THUNDERING HERD FOOTBALL TEAM, PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE, WE ARE MARSHALL
EUGENE KRANZ, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN DIRECTING THE SUCCESSFUL MISSION CONTROL TEAM EFFORTS THAT SAVED THE CREW OF APOLLO 13, LISTS HIS FAVORITES:
VIETNAM MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT NICK BACON DESCRIBES HOW IT FEELS TO BE PART OF HISTORY:
“Based on a True Story” is a project where students choose a favorite film that was based on a true story and then contact the people inthere, to encourage them to empathize with the players of history volved in the real event. “You Are There” focuses on historical events and to make them feel as connected to these people and events as experienced by a larger group of people, such as the Holocaust, I did, holding Hal Smith’s signed photo in my hands. the crash of the Hindenberg, the magic of Houdini, or World War I decided to develop a social studies curriculum that would I. I also have a project called “Hoosier Recollections,” where stugive students the ability to personally connect with the movers dents contact ceand shakers of hisJOHN WILLIAM CHARLTON MOFFAT IS THE ROYAL NAVY FLEET AIR ARMY PILOT lebrities from tor y. I wondered, WHO IS CREDITED WITH CRIPPLING THE BISMARCK DURING WWII. WHEN ASKED THE GREATEST THING HE HAS EVER SEEN, MOFFAT WROTE: Indiana. Students would people who may know David played a significant L e t t e r m a n or role in histor y be John Wooden, willing to share their but would they experiences through know Eva Kor or a written questionJerry Ross? Eva naire? I honestly had Kor is a holocaust surno idea, but when Gayle vivor who survived Auschwitz and the terrible experiments of Sayers, whose friendship with Brian Piccolo was the inspiration Joseph Mengele. She is now a successful real estate broker and the for Brian’s Song, took the time to write, I knew my class was in for founder of the Candles Holocaust Museum. Jerry Ross is a NASA an exciting ride. astronaut originally from Crown Point, Ind. He has the second most For each project we do, we choose a different theme and focus. hours in space in NASA STEVEN BREYER, AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, WHEN ASKED HOW IT FELT TO BE A history. Every state has a PART OF HISTORY WRITES: wealth of individuals to contact, and the project helps students feel connected to the place they live and excited to be a AUTOGRAPH
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HUNTER CAMPBELL ADAMS, WHO INSPIRED THE FILM PATCH ADAMS, WROTE A LONG LETTER TO THE STUDENTS, EXPLAINING HIS CURRENT WORK:
BELOW: SARAH JANE “SALTY” SANDS FERGUSEN WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL ALL AMERICAN GIRLS PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE, PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. SHE WRITES OF HER FAMILY’S REACTION TO THE FILM:
AT 110 YEARS OF AGE, JOHN F. BABCOCK IS THE OLDEST KNOWN SURVIVING VETERAN OF CANADA’S MILITARY IN WWI. DESCRIBING THE GREATEST THING HE HAS EVER SEEN, BABCOCK WRITES:
BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER CARL ERSKINE DESCRIBES BEING PART OF HISTORY:
member of their community. Next, students and teachers brainstorm questions that will provide insight into the background of the celebrity, with the goal of creating the questionnaire that will finally be sent off. Our questionnaires are usually between two and three pages, with questions that can be answered in one or two words, or even an entire paragraph. A couple of my favorites include: “Tell me about who influenced you the most,” and “Tell me about your hometown.” Both elicit a rich response from almost everyone. Then it is time for students to research those addresses! My primary source for addresses in the online database Star Tiger (www. startiger.com. It costs $5 per month and the addresses are remarkably accurate, kept up to date by its thousands of members who are primarily hobbyists themselves. The website allows you to browse lists or search specific names. Good research is important because it minimizes the risks that the students will get a low response rate. If the students mail out 20 questionnaires and get no responses, they may get discouraged and give up. So far, we’ve had a 25-30 percent response rate. With each questionnaire I also include an introductory letter explaining our project, talking a little about the school, 60
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the students and our mission to connect with history. Then the students and I handwrite the addresses on the envelopes we send and the self-addressed stamped ones we include, send them off and do what all through-the-mail collectors do: start watching the mail box! From the very first, the questionnaires we received back were nothing short of breathtaking. It is one thing to experience history by reading a textbook, exploring the Internet, or watching a movie. It’s a completely different perspective to read the words as they were written by the history makers themselves. In a small way, it’s like having the Declaration of Independence in your classroom. Just to give you the depth of some of the responses, here is a passage from Takayo Fisher, an accomplished actress best known as Mistress Ching from Pirates of the Caribbean: I feel that all of us are a part of history. When we are young you might feel that you are just another “ant,” but looking back from an older age, I feel differently. Why was I sent this questionnaire? Is it because I was in a few movies, TV shows, stage shows, etc.? Was it because I’m a Nisei—an American born citizen put into a concentration camp during WWII because my parents were from Japan? As a Nisei today, I’m proud of what we have accomplished and
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ABIE ABRAHAM SURVIVED THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH AND THREE YEARS IN A JAPANESE POW CAMP. AFTER HIS RELEASE, ABRAHAM REMAINED BEHIND FOR ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF YEARS, DISINTERRING AND IDENTIFYING THE DEAD AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO GIVE THEM HONORABLE BURIALS. HE WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED:
SISTER HELEN PREJEAN, AUTHOR OF DEAD MAN WALKING, DESCRIBES HOW SHE FELT WHEN SHE HEARD THAT A MOVIE WOULD BE MADE OF HER BOOK:
USS ARIZONA SURVIVOR DONALD G. STRATTON RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FAME ON HIS FAMILY: THIS IMAGE OF THE HINDENBERG WAS SIGNED BY ROBERT BUCHANON, ONE OF THE GROUNDS CREW. HE WAS WAITING TO HELP THE AIRSHIP LAND WHEN IT ERUPTED INTO A FIREBALL ON MAY 6, 1937.
HOOSIER, VIVICA A. FOX SENT THE CLASS THIS SIGNED PORTRAIT.
now am able to say I am an American. When I was young, I was behind barbed wires with machine guns pointed in towards us. When I was out of “camp,” I was shoved to the ground more than once being her how she would like to be remembered by future generations. She told, “The only good Jap is a said, “I would want everyone to think of me as someone who went dead Jap.” My dogs were poisoned because they belonged to a “Jap.” for the impossible in spite of past horrors. I would like you, as well, to When you are constantly being told you are not an American even remember to always maintain your physical and emotional strength, though I was born in this country... when it was not legal in many you mustn’t fall apart.” states to marry a white person, it’s hard to believe you belong and That is verstehen. History lost its remove and became part of are equal to everyone. Charles’ world. But so did hope and courage. You can’t imagine the impact responses like these have on a I have slowly accumulated some great autographed items for classroom. The magic is kicked to an even higher level when the my classroom and my students. Without our asking, celebrities have noteworthy figure agrees to a brief phone interview, usually 10 to often sent autographed photos, books, CDs, videos and other mem30 minutes with a small group of students. Since the project began orabilia. One donor sent a signed in the spring of 2008, there have LOOK IN CELEBRITY ADDRESSES, STARTING ON PAGE 64, FOR been over 30 such interviews. To CELEBRITIES WHO RESPONDED TO THE AUTOGRAPH CLASSROOM book for everyone in the class. A holocaust survivor sent a personsay the results have been amazing ally autographed photo for each student involved in the interview. would be an understatement. One of my best students, Charles J. Another celebrity sent an advanced copy of a chapter from a book Adams, writes: they were writing to get feedback from the students. Now tell me I had interviews with two Holocaust survivors, Marion Parkhurst those students won’t remember that project 50 years from now! and Magda Herzberger. It’s one thing learning about the Holocaust The classroom of 2009 is an amazing place. It may not be as in a history class or watching Schindler’s List, however, it is a comcrazy as has been depicted in such movies as To Sir, With Love or pletely other ball game when you are hearing about the horrors of the Freedom Writers, but thanks to projects such as “You Are There,” Holocaust from people who actually endured it. What is even more thousands of volts of electrical magic flow into a rural school in admirable is that fact that they are able to talk about these events. southeastern Indiana on a daily basis. I’ll forever remember what Mrs. Herzberger told me, after I asked AUTOGRAPH
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COMPILED BY JOE KRAUS Aleter, Frank, 83, cancer, May 13. Film, TV and stage character actor in the popular films Mister Roberts and Tora! Tora! Tora! and TV shows Bringing Up Buddy and The Cara Williams Show. Annakin, Ken, 94, heart attack, Apr.22. Film director for The Longest Day (1962), Battle of the Bulge (1965) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960) among others. Arthur, Beatrice, 86, cancer, Apr. 25. Actress whose career spanned seven decades but was best known for her TV role in Maude. Her film credits included Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) and Marne (1974). Bahr, Gunther, 87, natural causes, Apr. 29. German Luftwaffe ace fighter pilot who earned his country’s coveted Iron Cross in World War II. Ballard, J. G., 78, prostate cancer, Apr. 19. Novelist and short story writer who was a prominent part of the science fiction New Wave movement. He may be best remembered, however, for his autobiographical book, set in World War II and later made into a movie, Empire of the Sun. It starred a young Christian Bale playing Ballard. Begg, Heather, 76, leukemia, May 12. Operatic soprano who sang with Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo. Barnes, Ernie, 70, after a short illness, Apr. 27. Football player with the New York Titans, San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos, all in the 1960s. Blake, Ed, 83, after a long illness, Apr. 15. 1950s baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Athletics. Booth, Pat, 66, cancer, May 11. Writer of racy and glitzy romance novels partly inspired by her own glamorous lifestyle. Cardiff, Jack, 94, natural causes, Apr. 22. Seventime Oscar nominated cinematographer whose career spanned from silent films well into the 21st century. His credits included The African Queen (1951) and War and Peace (1956). Carroll, Mickey, 89, natural causes, May 7. Actor who was one of the last surviving munchkins in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. Chambers, Marilyn, 56, heart disease, Apr. 12. Pornographic film actress best known for her hard core 1972 film Behind the Green Door. Check, Lude, 91, natural causes, May 11. 1940s ice hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks and Ottawa Senators. Compagnoni, Achille, 94, natural causes, May 13. Italian mountaineer who became the first person to ascend K2. Cooper, Marilyn, 74, after a long illness, Apr.22. Actress mostly known for her work on the Broadway stage in such productions as Grease, The Odd Couple and West Side Story. Cornell, Robert John, 89, natural causes, May 10. Roman Catholic priest who served as a Democratic U. S. Congressman from Wisconsin from 1975-1979. Costello, Patty, 61, pancreatic cancer, Apr. 16. One of the best female bowlers of the 1970s and ’80s who earned 25 professional titles and a spot in the Bowling Hall of Fame. Daly, Chuck, 78, pancreatic cancer, May 9. Basketball coach who led the Dream Team to a Gold Medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and Detroit Pistons to two NBA championships. Dangcil, Linda, 66, throat cancer, May 7. Actress best known for her role in the TV series The Flying Nun (1967-1970) Deitz, Tom, 57, heart failure, Apr. 27. Science fiction author. DeLuise, Dom, 75, kidney failure, May 4. Actor 62 SEPTEMBER 2009
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and comedian in The Cannonball Run and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, among others. Dennis, Peter, 75, natural causes, Apr. 18. Actor on TV’s The Avengers and Star Trek: Voyager and films such as Sideways (2004) and Shrek (2001). Diggers, Deborah, 59, suicide by jumping from the bleachers of a football stadium, Apr.10. Author of four books of poetry and two memoirs. DiMaggio, Dom, 92, pneumonia, May 8. 1940s baseball player for the Boston Red Sox and younger brother of baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. Douglas, Kent, 73, cancer, Apr. 12. 1960s ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings. Evans, Ean, 48, cancer, May 6. Bassist for the southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. Fidrych, Mark, 54, suffocation while working under his truck, Apr. 13. Fan favorite 1970s baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers called “The Bird” for his resemblance to the “Big Bird” character on the Sesame Street TV program. Fischer, Harold, 83, complications from surgery, Apr. 30. U. S. Air Force Korean War fighter ace and noted POW who was tortured by the North Koreans and remained in prison long after hostilities ended. French, Marilyn, 79, heart failure, May 2. Author of 15 books. Gans, Danny, 52, drug toxicity, May 1. Singer and comedian who found success as a vocal impressionist on the Las Vegas Strip. Gansz, Frank, 70, complications following knee replacement surgery, Apr. 27. Head football coach for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1980s. Gash, Norman, 97, natural causes, May 1. British historian and author of nearly a dozen books. Gondrezick,Glen, 53, complications following a heart transplant, Apr. 27. Basketball player in the 1970s and ’80s for the New York Nicks and Denver Nuggets. Gosdin, Vern, 74, stroke, Apr.28. Country music singer nicknamed “The Voice” by his peers. He had 19 top ten solo hits from the 1970s through the early 1990s. Grubb, Kevin, 31, suicide by gunshot, May 6. Race car driver who was under suspension from NASCAR competition due to two violations of substance abuse. Handley, Gene, 94, natural causes, Apr. 12. Baseball player for the Philadelphia Athletics in the mid 1940s. Holst, Timothy, 61, after a short illness, Apr. 16. Former Mormon missionary who became the ringmaster with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Holzer, Hans, 89, after a long illness, Apr. 26. Author of more than 100 books on supernatural and occult subjects. Houston, James D., 75, cancer, Apr. 16. Author of nine novels. He also co-wrote his wife’s autobiographical memoir, Farewell to Manzanar, which became a best seller. Hunter, Jack D., 87, cancer, Apr. 13. Author of 17 books but best known for his novel The Blue Max which was later made into a film by the same name. Kelso, Bill, 69, undisclosed causes, May 11. 1960s baseball player for the Angels and Cincinnati Reds. Kemp, Jack, 73, cancer, May 2. Vice Presidential candidate, U. S. Congressman, U. S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former football player for the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers. Khan, Feroz, 69, cancer, Apr. 27. Indian actor known as the Clint Eastwood of the East who appeared in more than 50 Bollywood films. King, David S., 91, natural causes, May 5. Democratic U. S. Congressman from Utah (1959-1963)
and U. S. Ambassador to Madagascar and Mauritius from 1967-1969. Kirkup, James, 91, stroke, May 10. British poet and travel writer who wrote 30 books including novels and autobiographies. Kladis, Danny, 92, natural causes, Apr. 26. Racecar driver who started racing in 1935 and raced through the 1940s and ’50s, breaking only during World War II. Landon, Mark, 60, undisclosed causes, May 11. Actor and adopted son of the late actor Michael Landon who appeared in the 1997 film Goodbye America as well as made-for-TV movies. Lees, Alex, 97, natural causes, Apr. 22. During World War II and as a POW he helped plan what became known as The Great Escape portrayed in the popular movie. Lohrke, Jack, 85, stroke, Apr. 29. 1940s and ’50s baseball player for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies. Michell, John, 76, cancer, Apr. 24. Writer of some 40-odd titles over five decades. Much of his work centers on earth mysteries described as alternative archaeology and unacceptable to orthodox scholarship. Orton, Bill, 60, ATV accident, Apr. 18, Democratic U. S. Congressman from Utah 1991-1997. Ozark, Danny, 85, natural causes, May 7. Baseball manager for the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants in the 1970s. Page, Greg, 50, brain injury, Apr. 27. World Boxing Association heavyweight champion in the mid 1980s. Phair, Venetia, 90, natural causes, Apr. 30. 11-year-old English girl who in 1930 suggested the name Pluto be the name for the space object discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh. Pluto was the Roman God of the Underworld who was able to make himself invisible. Tombaugh liked the idea and adopted it for this on-againoff-again planet. Randolph, Jane, 93, natural causes, May 4. Actress in Cat People (1942) and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), among others. Rau, Samantha Rama, 86, cardiac arrest, Apr. 21. Author of several books and novels, but is best known as a travel writer. Rose, Buddy, 56, natural causes, Apr. 28. Professional wrestler for the past 30 years known as “Playboy” Buddy Rose. Scott, Clive, 64, stroke, May 10. Keyboardist and songwriter for the 1970s pop/rock group Jigsaw. Snyder, Bruce, 69, melanoma, Apr. 13. Head football coach at Utah State, Arizona State and the University of California in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. Taylor, Eunice, 75, natural causes, May 8. As a teenager she played for the professional all-girls baseball league, popularized by the film A League of Their Own. Her character was played by Rosie O’Donnell in the film. Varennikov, Valentin, 85, natural causes, May 6. Russian general best known for the Soviet coup attempt of 1991 and for being one of the planners and leaders of the Soviet War in Afghanistan. Wills, Viola, 69, cancer, May 6. Pop singer best known for her 1979 hit Gonna Get Along Without You Now. Wright, Timothy, 61, from injuries in a car crash nine months earlier that also killed his wife and grandson as well as the driver of the oncoming car, Apr. 24. Grammy-nominated Gospel singer who turned out more than two dozen albums since 1984. Zarchy, Zeke, 93, natural causes, Apr. 12. Jazz trumpeter of the big band and swing eras who played with Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey orchestras and recorded with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
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Autograph attempts to bring you the most accurate and up-to-date celebrity addresses available but cannot guarantee that contacting all addresses listed here will result in the return of autographs. For best results, follow these simple guidelines: 1. D o not send original or valuable photos, as they may not be returned to you.
Actors/Actresses Manuela Arcuri: Via Isonzo condominio L’orologio-int., 25, I-04100 Latina, Italy David Conrad: Ghost Whisperer, Touchstone Television, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521 Doris Day: PO Box 1008, Versailles, KY 40383 Zac Efron: PO Box 960, Avila Beach, CA 93424 Ian Abercrombie: 1040 N. Gardner, Los Angeles, CA 90046 Amy Acker: c/o Agency For The Performing Arts (APA), 405 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Rosanna Arquette: PO Box 69646, Los Angeles, CA 90069 Lauren Bacall: 1 W. 72nd St. #43, New York, NY 10023 Lauralee Bell: c/o On Sunset, 8711 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069 Julie Benz: Anderson Group Public Relations, 8060 Melrose Ave, 4th Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90046 Ann Blyth: Box 9754, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 Richard Briers: c/o RADA (Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art), 62-64 Gower St., London WC1E 6ED, UK Alex Carter: Shelter Entertainment, 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 715, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Julie Cialini: PO Box 55536, Valencia, CA 91385 Jude Ciccolella: McKeon/Myones, 3500 West Olive Ave, Ste. 770, Burbank, CA 91595 Tara Darby: c/o Dak Rasheta Productions, 606 Broadway Ave., Ste. 503, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Chris Daughtry: c/o: Deanna Daughtry, PMB 179, 2205 Oak Ridge Road, Ste. K, Oak Ridge, NC 27310 Dana Delany: 3435 Ocean Park Blvd. #112-N, Santa Monica, CA 90405 Bradford Dillman: 770 Hot Springs Rd., Montecito, CA 93108 Robert Duvall: c/o Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren & Richman, 450 N. Roxbury Dr., 8th Fl., Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Harrison Ellenshaw: 2060 E. Avenida De Los Arboles #D317, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 Phil Fondacaro: Fonolli Management, 11218 Osborne St., Lakeview Terrace, CA 91342 Joan Fontaine: PO Box 222600, Carmel, CA 93922 Edward Fox: 25 Maida Ave., London W2 1ST, UK Morgan Freeman: c/o Ground Zero Blues Club, Blues Alley Lane, Clarksdale, MS 38614 Ed Gale: Osbrink Talent Agency, c/o Ed Gale, 4343 Lankershim Blvd., Ste. 100, Universal City, CA 91602 Matthew Goode: c/o Dalzell & Beresford Ltd., 26 Astwood Mews, London SW7 4DE, UK Deborah Goodrich: 172 Indian Head Rd., 64
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2. Always include a SASE and an item you would like signed with each request. 3. To increase your chances of a response, write to many celebrity addresses. 4. Limit the number of autographs you request per submission. 5. Be patient! Responses may take weeks, months or sometimes even longer.
Riverside, CT 06878 Nickolas Grace: c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd., Haymarket House, 5th Flr., 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y, UK Bradley Gregg: 11551 E. Desert Willow Dr., Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Shelley Hack: 1208 Georgina Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90402 Marcia Gay Harden: c/o Framework Entertainment, 9057 Nemo St., Ste. C, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Melissa Joan Hart: c/o Hartbreak Films, 14622 Ventura Blvd. #102, Box 435, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Dustin Hoffman: c/o Punch Productions, 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Ste. 222, Los Angeles, CA 90049 Kathleen Hughes: 8818 Rising Glen Place, Los Angeles, CA 90069 Ashley Jones: c/o Cynthia Snyder Public Relations, 5739 Colfax Ave., North Hollywood, CA 91601 James Karen: 4455 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027 Anne Kimbell: Anne Kimbell Relph, PO Box 790, Westcliffe, CO 81252 Taylor Kitsch: c/o Rodgers and Cowan, Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave., 7th Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90069 David Koechner: c/o Mosaic Media Group, 9200 Sunset Blvd., 10th Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90069 Linda Kozlowski: c/o Crocodile Dundee In LA, Silver Lion Films, 701 Santa Monica Blvd #240, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Shia LaBeouf: c/o Teresa Dahlquist, Beverly Hecht Agency, 3500 W. Olive Ave., Ste. 1180, Burbank, CA 91505 Nick Lachey: c/o Little Nicky Inc., 2850 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90411 Jack Larson: 449 N. Skyeway Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90049 Rachelle Lefevre: c/o Pearl Hanan Management, 7775 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 118, Los Angeles, CA 90046 Joan Leslie: 2228 N. Catalina Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027 Jerry Lewis: Jerry Lewis Films, Inc., 2820 W. Charleston Blvd., Ste. D33, Las Vegas, NV 89102 Robert Loggia: 544 Bellagio Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90049 Ralph Macchio: c/o Rachel Sheedy, Don Buchwald And Assoc., 10 East 44th St., Ste. 2200, New York, NY 10017 Dewey Martin: 1430 Stonewood Court, San Pedro, CA. 90732 Rachel McAdams: Magnolia Entertainment, 9595 Wilshire Blvd. Ste. 601, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Edward James Olmos: Battlestar Galactica, c/o
Stanford Productions Inc, 3500 Cornett Rd., Bldg. C North, Vancouver, BC V5M 2H5 Canada Nancy Olson: 945 N. Alpine Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Bill Paxton: 1000 McNell Rd., Ojai, CA 93023 Sara Ramirez: Grey’s Anatomy, c/o ABC Inc., 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA. 91521 Harold Ramis: 452 Central Ave, Highland Park, IL 60035 Cliff Robertson: PO Box 940, Water Mill, NY 11976 Dale Robertson: PO Box 850707, Yukon, OK 73085 Katee Sackhoff: 8383 Wilshire Blvd. #500, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Kristine Sutherland: c/o Silver, Massetti & Szatmary/West Ltd, 8730 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 440, Los Angeles, CA 90069 Eriko Tamura: Magnolia Entertainment, 9595 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 601, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Burt Young: Higgins Harte International, 11 Pioneer Building, Ste. 4, Mesquite, NV 98027
Authors Joan Rivers: Attn.: Author Mail, c/o Pocket Books, 1230 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY 10020
The Autograph Classroom Abie Abraham: 142 Hoffman Lane, Renfrew, PA 16053 John F. Babcock: 1022 W. Beacon Ave, Spokane, WA 99208 Nick Bacon: c/o Medal Of Honor Society, 40 Patriots Point Rd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 Norman Borlaug: 15611 Ranchita Dr., Dallas, TX 75248 Stephen Breyer: c/o Supreme Court Of The United States, 1 First St., N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002 Norman Bridwell: PO Box 869, Edgartown, MA 02539 Jim Ed Brown: 7000 Cloverland Dr., Brentwood, TN 37027 Meg Cabot: PO Box 4904, Key West, FL 33041 Carl Erskine: 4031 Fallbrook Lane, Anderson, IN 46011 Jennie Finch: c/o Amateur Softball Association, 2801 N.E. 50th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73111 Vivica Fox: PO Box 3538, Granada Hills, CA 91394 Earl Hamner: 11575 Amanda Dr., Studio City, CA. 91604 Bill Hodges: William Fleming High School, 3649 Ferncliff Ave. NW, Roanoke, VA 24017 Eugene Kranz: 1108 Shady Oak Ln., Dickinson, TX. 77539 John Lattner: 8303 W. North Ave., Melrose Park, IL 60160
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Jack Lengyel: 16821 W. Oracle Rim Dr., Surprise, AZ 85387 Sister Helen Prejean: 3009 Grand Rte. St. John. #6, New Orleans, LA 70119 Jerry Ross: Astronaut Office, Mail Code CB, NASA, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058 Sarah Jane “Salty Sands” Ferguson: 338 Rohrsburg Road, Orangeville, PA 17859 Francis J. Sanza: 741 Seminary St., Napa, CA 94559 Donald Stratton: 3405 Sinton Rd., #85, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80907 David Thatcher: 440 Dearborn Ave., Missoula, MT. 59801
Children’s Book Authors William Joyce: 2911 Centenary Blvd., PO Box 4188, Shreveport, LA 71104 Chris Van Allsburg: H. Mifflin Children Books, 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA. 02116 Caroline Arnold: www.carolinearnoldbooks.com Marcia Joan Brown: 165 Avenida Majorca, Unit B, Laguna Hills, CA 92637 Bruce Coville: Oddly Enough, PO Box 6110, Syracuse, NY 13217 Tomie DePaola: c/o Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 Ian Falconer: c/o Simon and Schuster, 1230 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Natale Ghent: www.nataleghent.com Gail Gibbons: Goose Green, Corinth, VT 05039 Brent Hartinger: PO Box 720, Tacoma, WA 98401 Anna Grossnickle Hines: PO Box 1456, Gualala, CA 95445 Jane Kurtz: Jean@daytonbookings.com Bob McGrath: c/o Bob McGrath Productions, Inc., 295 Frances St., Teaneck, NJ 07666 Judy Schachner: www.judithbyronschachner.com Elizabeth Scott: Attn: Bookplate/Notecard, PO Box 638, Manassas Park, VA 20113 Cynthia Leitich Smith: www.cynthialeitichsmith.com Bernard Waber: 3653 Bertha Dr., Baldwin, NY 11510 Edgar Bennett: c/o Green Bay Packers, 1265 Lombardi Ave., Green Bay, WI 54304
Coaches Rick Adair: c/o Seattle Mariners, Peoria Sports Complex, 16101 N. 83rd Ave., Peoria, AZ 85382 Michael Adams: University of Maryland, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, PO Box 295, College Park, MD 20741 Darrel Akerfelds: c/o San Diego Padres, 16101 N. 83rd Ave., Peoria, AZ 85382 Jane Albright: Janea@unr.edu Luis Alicea: c/o New York Mets, Citi Field, 126th St. & Roosevelt Ave., Flushing, NY 11368 Rodney Allison: Rodney-allison@utc.edu Major Applewhite: c/o University of Texas, Football Office, Austin, TX 78712 Brad Arnsberg: 706 Chaffee Ct., Arlington, TX 76006 Elliott Avent: Elliott_avent@ncsu.edu Joe Avezzano: 1208 Lakeridge Lane, Irving, TX 75063 Howie Bedell: 1187 Crestwood Dr., Pottstown, PA 19464 Bill Belichick: c/o New England Patriots, Gillette Stadium, One Patriots Place, Foxboro, MA 02035 Rafael Belliard: c/o Detroit Tigers, Joker Marchant Stadium, PO Box 90187, Lakeland, FL 33804 Dick Berardino: 37 Emmeline Ave., Waltham, MA 02154 Mike Bianco: Mbianco@olemiss.edu Larry Bird: 4715 Ellery Ln., Indianapolis, IN 46250
Larry Blakeney: Troy University Athletics, 5000 Veterans Stadium Dr., Troy, AL 36082 Herman Boone: 5608 Hilldale Dr., Alexandria, VA 22310 Gregg Brandon: Football@bgnet.bgsu.edu Jeff Branson: Indianapolis Indians, Victory Field, 501 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis, IN 46225 Dexter Anthony Carter: Florida State University, Dept. of Athletics, Box 2195, Tallahassee, FL 32316 Dennis Erickson: Lora.Borup@asu.edu Jeff Fisher: c/o Tennessee Titans, 460 Great Circle Rd., Nashville, TN 37228 Al Groh: McCue Center, PO Box 400837, Charlottesville, VA 22904 Jim Harbaugh: c/o Stanford University, 641 East Campus Dr., Stanford, CA 94305 Chuck Long: c/o San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA 92182 Bill Lynch: c/o Indiana University, Assembly Hall, 1001 East 17th St., Bloomington, IN 47408 Les Miles: LSU Athletic Department, Attn: Coach Miles, PO Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Lovie Smith: c/o Chicago Bears, Halas Hall At Conway Park, 1000 Football Dr., Lake Forest, IL 60045 Rex Walters: University Of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA 94117 Dave Wannstedt: Vkline@athletics.pitt.edu Jim Wooldridge: Jim.wooldridge@ucr.edu Sam Wyche: PO Box 1570, Pickens, SC 29671 Ron Zook: Rzook@uiuc.edu
Country & Western Musicians Alabama: 818 19th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37203 Shelby Lynne: www.shelbylynne.com Jason Aldean: c/o Broken Bow Records, Cummins Station, 209 10th Ave. S., Ste. 230, Nashville, TN 37203 Gary Allan: c/o Lytle Management Group Inc., 24 Music Sq. W., 1st Fl., Nashville, TN 37203 Bill Anderson: PO Box 888, Hermitage, TN 37076 Matraca Berg: Universal Music Publishing Group (Nashville), 1904 Adelicia St., Nashville, TN 37212 Big & Rich: c/o Morris Management Group, 818 19th Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37203 Jim Ed Brown: c/o Grand Ole Opry, 2804 Opryland Dr., Nashville, TN 37214 Sawyer Brown: Fanmail@sawyerbrown.com Thomas H. ‘Slim’ Bryant: 3053 Earlsmere Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15216 Katie Cook: Katie.Cook@CMT.com Billy Ray Cyrus: The Billy Ray Cyrus Spirit, PO Box 1206, Franklin,TN 37065 Linda Davis: PO Box 767, Hermitage, TN 37076 Barbara Fairchild: PO Box 2287, Branson, MO 65615 Heartland: Info@loftoncreekrecords.com Alan Jackson: PO Box 121945, Nashville, TN 37212 Carolyn Dawn Johnson: c/o CAA, 3310 West End Ave. #500, Nashville, TN 37203 George Jones: Fan Club, PO Box 680009, Franklin, TN 37068 Toby Keith: c/o TKO Artist Management, 2303 21st Ave. South, 3rd Fl., Nashville, TN 37212 Blaine Larsen: c/o Morris Management Group, 818 19th Ave. South, Nashville, TN 37203 Little Big Town: LBT Photo Request, 24 Middleton St., Nashville, TN 37210 Charlie Louvin: 2851 Sainville Rd., Manchester, TN 37355 Susie Luchsinger: www.susieluchsinger.com Loretta Lynn: 44 Hurricane Mills Rd., Hurricane Mills, TN 37078 Leland Martin: www.LelandMartin.com
Kathy Mattea: Kathy Mattea Fan Club, PO Box 1776, Orem, UT 84059 Martina McBride: Director of Fan Relations, Martina McBride, PO Box 291627, Nashville, TN 37229 C. W. McCall: Box E, Ouray, CO 81427 Tim McGraw: c/o Curb Records, 47 Music Square E, Nashville, TN 37203 Willie Nelson: PO Box 2689, Danbury, CT 06813 Rascal Flatts: 49 Music Square West, Ste. 500, Nashville, TN 37203 Blake Shelton: PO Box 1511, Ada, OK 74821 Marthia Sides: Marthia Fans, 15864 Indian Draft Rd., Millboro, VA 24460 George Strait: c/o The Erv Woolsey Co., 1000-18 Ave. South, Nashville, TN. 37212 Aaron Tippin: Tip Top Entertainment, PO Box 41689, Nashville, TN 37204 Randy Travis: PO Box 121712, Nashville, TN 37212 Ricky Van Shelton: PO Box 111, Woodlawn, VA 24381 Phil Vassar: c/o Phil’s Phriends, PO Box 150704, Nashville, TN 37215 Kitty Wells: c/o Wright’s Enterprises, 240 Old Hickory Blvd., Madison, TN. 37115 Gretchen Wilson: GW Fans, PO Box 708, Lebanon, TN 37088 Lee Ann Womack: c/o Erv Woolsey, 1000 18th Ave S., Nashville, TN. 37212 Johnny Wright: c/o Wright’s Enterprises, 240 Old Hickory Blvd., Madison, TN. 37115 The Bellamy Brothers: 13917 Restless Land, Dade City, FL 33525
Directors Paul Abascal: c/o Ensemble Entertainment, 10474 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 380, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Jeffrey Abrams: Bad Robot, 5555 Melrose Ave., Sturges 100, Los Angeles, CA 90038 Woody Allen: c/o MBST Entertainment, Steve Tenenbaum, 345 N.Maple Dr. Ste. 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Pedro Almodovar: c/o El Deseo S.A., Francisco Navacerrada 24, E-28028 Madrid, Spain Paul Thomas Anderson: c/o Endeavor Talent Agency, 9601 Wilshire Blvd. 3rd Fl., Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Paul W. S. Anderson: c/o Impact Pictures Producer, 9200 W. Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Michael Apted: 360 N. Saltair Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90049 Darren Aronofsky: Protozoa Pictures, 104 N. 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211 John Avildsen: 2423 Briarcrest Rd., Beverly Hills, CA. 90210 John Badham: The Badham Company, 3344 Clarendon Road, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Reza S. Badiyi: c/o The Phoenix Organization, 1990 South Bundy Dr., Ste. 630, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Bob Balaban: c/o Chicago Films, 101 Fifth Ave. 8th Fl., New York, NY 10003 Peter Baldwin: PO Box 42, Pebble Beach, CA 93953 Richard L. Bare: 700 Harbor Island Dr., Newport Beach, CA. 92660 Andrzej Bartkowiak: c/o American Society Of Cinematographers, PO Box 2230, Hollywood, CA 90078 Walt Becker: c/o Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Jack Bender: c/o Lost, Grass Skirt Productions, 510 18th Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816 Robert Benton: c/o SRJ, Inc., 950 3rd Ave, 26th Fl., New York, NY 10022 Bruce Beresford: 85 Louisa Rd., Birchgrove NSW2041, Australia AUTOGRAPH
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Cliff Bole: 313 Tomahawk Dr., Palm Desert, CA 92211 Pieter Jan Brugge: Artist Talent Management, 881 Alma Real Dr. #317, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 William Butler: c/o Cohen & Gardner, 345 N. Maple Dr., Ste. 181, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 John Carpenter Carpenter: Storm King Productions, 1623 N. Vista St., Hollywood, CA 90046 Marvin J. Chomsky: 15200 W. Sunset Blvd, #299, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Roger Corman: c/o Concorde New Horizons, 11600 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049 Wes Craven: c/o Craven-Maddalena Films, 11846 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 208, Studio City, CA 91604 Jonathan Dayton: c/o Bob Industries, 1313 5th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401 Peter DeLuise: c/o Directors Guild of Canada, 1152 Mainland St., Ste. 430, Vancouver, BC V6B 4X2, Canada Pete Doctor: c/o Pixar Animation Studios, 1200 Park Ave., Emeryville, CA 94608 David R. Ellis: c/o Kapaa Entertainment, 31369 W .Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265 Steven Fierberg: c/o Montana Artists, 7715 Sunset Blvd, 3rd Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90046 Milos Forman: Hampshire House, 150 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019 Catherine Hardwicke: c/o Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Renny Harlin: renny@rennyharlin.com Rance Howard: 4286 Clybourne Ave, Burbank, CA 91505 Richard Linklater: c/o Detour Film Productions, PO Box 13351, Austin, TX 78711 Roman Polanski: 43 Ave. Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France Brett Rattner: c/o Rat Entertainment, 9255 Sunset Blvd, Ste. 310, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Star Wars Authors Roger MacBride Allen: Rmallen@attglobal.net Aaron Allston: www.aaronallston.com Kevin J. Anderson: AnderZone, PO Box 767, Monument, CO 80132 Rebecca Moesta Anderson: AnderZone, PO Box 767, Monument, CO 80132 Greg Bear: c/o Author mail, 7th Fl., HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022 Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff: c/o Author mail, 7th Fl., HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022 Terry Brooks: c/o Random House Publicity, 1 Toronto St., Ste. 300, Toronto, ON M5C 2V6 Craig Carey: c/o Bantam Dell Publishing Publicity, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 Marc Cerasini: c/o Author mail, 7th Fl., HarperCollins
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Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022 Dan Cragg: c/o Random House Publicity, 1 Toronto St., Ste. 300, Toronto, ON, M5C 2V6, Canada Elaine Cunningham: c/o Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010 Troy Denning: Del Rey Publicity, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 William C. Dietz: www.williamcdietz.com Dave Dorman: Rolling Thunder, PO Box 1094, Batavia, IL 60510 Tommy Lee Edwards: c/o DC Comics, 1700 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 Alan Dean Foster: Thranx Inc, PO Box 12757, Prescott, AZ 86304 Christopher Golden: 14 Orchard Hill Rd., Bradford, MA 01835 Barbara Hambly: PO Box 425, Venice, CA 90294 Elizabeth Hand: Editions Denoël, 9 Rue Du Cherche-Midi, 75 278 Paris Cedex 06, France K.W. Jeter: c/o Donald Maass Literary Agency, 121 West 27th St., Ste. 801, New York, NY 10001 Drew Karpyshyn: c/o Random House, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 Michael P. Kube-McDowell: PO Box 22066, Lansing, MI 48909 George Lucas: Lucasfilm Animation Ltd., PO Box 10037, San Rafael, CA 94912 James Luceno: c/o Spectrum Literary Agency, 320 Central Park West, Ste. 1-D, New York, NY 10025 Andy Mangels: PO Box. 3226, Portland, OR 97208 Vonda McIntyre: PO Box 31041, Seattle, WA. 98103 Ralph McQuarrie: 993 Spruce St., Berkeley, CA 94707 Karen Miller: c/o Ted Weinstein Literary Management, 307 Seventh Ave., Ste. 2407, New York, NY 10001 John Peel: c/o Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010 Steve Perry: 959 Cinnamon Dr., Lemore, CA 93245 Michael Reaves: PO Box 7956-119, Canoga Park, CA 91309 Kristine Rusch: PO Box 479, Lincoln City, OR 97367 R.A. Salvatore: c/o Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010 Steven J. Sansweet: PO Box 2009, San Rafael, CA 94912 Peter Schweighofer: c/o Bantam Dell Publishing Publicity, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 David J. Sherman: www.davidjsherman.com L. Neil Smith: c/o Baen Books, PO Box 1403, Riverdale, NY 10471 Michael A. Stackpole: PO Box 60333, Phoenix, AZ 85082 Sean Stewart: mseanstewart@gmail.com Todd Strasser: PO Box 859, Larchmont, NY 10538 Karen Traviss: c/o Author mail, 7th Fl., HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022
Chris Trevas: ctrevas@comcast.net Kathy Tyers: c/o Martha Millard Agency, 204 Park Ave., Madison, NJ. 07940 Boris Vallejo: www.borisjulie.com Tom Veitch: PO Box 479, Lincoln City, OR 97367 Daniel Wallace: 208 Ridgecrest Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Jude Watson: c/o Scholastic, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 John Whitman: c/o Author mail, 7th Fl., HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022 Walter Jon Williams: dubjay@walterjonwilliams.net Sean Williams: mail@shawnwilliams.com Dave Wolverton: c/o Bantam Dell Publishing Publicity, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 Timothy Zahn: PO Box 1755, Coos Bay, OR 97420
TV & Print Journalists Brooke Anderson: Brooke.Anderson@cnn.com Adele Arakawa: KUSA@9News.com David Asman: david.asman@foxnews.com Bill Boggs: 240 Central Park S., NY, NY 10019 Aaron Brown: 70 Greenacres Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583 Billy Bush: c/o Access Hollywood, NBC, 3000 W. Alameda Ave., Burbank, CA 91523 Alina Cho: www.cnn.com/feedback Bob Costas: 130 S. Bemiston Ave., Ste. 605, St. Louis, MO 63105 Katie Couric: c/o CBS EVENING NEWS, 524 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019 Judith Crist: 180 Riverside Dr., New York, NY 10024 Ann Curry: c/o NBC News, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112 Laurie Dhue: laurie.dhue@foxnews.com Sam A. Donaldson: 1125 Crest Lane, McLean, VA 22101 Dominick Dunne: 155 E. 49th St., New York, NY 10017 Thomas L. Friedman: NY Times Editorial Dept., 229 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036 Charles D. Gibson: c/o World News Tonight, ABC-TV, 47 West 66th St., New York, NY 10023 Chris Hansen: c/o Dateline NBC, NBC News, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Room 510, New York, NY 10112 Juliet Huddy: Juliet.huddy@foxnews.com Pam Huff: pamh@abc3340.com Brenda Ladun: Brendal@abc3340.com Christopher Lloyd: www.whatonearthhappened. com Rachel Maddow: c/o Air America, 641 Ave. Of The Americas, 4th Fl., New York, New York 10011 Cynthia McFadden: c/o ABC-TV News, 147 Columbus Ave. 10th Fl., New York, NY 10023 George Michael: c/o News 4, WRC-TV4, 4001 Nebraska Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Bill Moyers: 151 Central Park West, New York, NY. 10023 Michael Musto: c/o Village Voice, 36 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003 Jim Nantz: c/o CBS-TV, Sports Dept., 51 W. 52nd St., New York, NY 10019 Deborah Norville: Inside Edition, 555 West 57th St., Ste. 1300, New York, NY 10019 Soledad O’Brien: c/o CNN, 1 CNN Center, Atlanta, GA 30303 Maury Povich: c/o Studios USA, 15 Penn Plaza, Grand Ballroom, New York, NY 10001 Barbara Walters: 147 Columbus Ave., New York, NY 10023
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Arizona Sep 4-7 – Sci-Fi Convention: North American Discworld
Convention, Convention Honoring Terry Pratchett and his collected works, Phoenix, www.nadwcon.org
California Sep 1 – Booksigning: Jennifer Caloyeras, Urban Falcon: A launch party for the young adult novel by local author Jennifer Caloyeras, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 7:30 p.m. Sep 2 – Booksigning: Nicholas Meyer, director of Star Trek: Wrath of Khan and Time After Time, signing copies of View From the Bridge, Borders, Tampa Avenue, Northridge, 7 p.m.
Sep 5 – Space: Race to the Moon: A Celebration with Space Legends, “Meet the Space Legends”, Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11), William Anders (Apollo 8), Alan Bean (Apollo 12, Skylab 2), Scott Carpenter (Mercury 7), Eugene Cernan (Gemini 9, Apollo 10, Apollo 17), Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), Richard Gordon (Gemini 11, Apollo 12), Fred Haise (Apollo 13), James McDivitt (Gemini 4, Apollo 9), Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17), Russell Schweickart (Apollo 9), Thomas Stafford (Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project) and Alfred Worden (Apollo 15), San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego, 6 p.m.
Sep 5 – Space: Discussion and Booksigning: “Magnificent Desolation”, Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11), San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego, 6 p.m.
Sep 7 – Booksigning: Candacy Taylor, The American Coffee Shop, WaitressSkylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 7:30 p.m. Sep 8 – Booksigning: Margaret Coel discusses and signs Silent Spirit, The Mystery Bookstore, 1036-C Broxton Street, Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. Sep 8 – Booksigning: Matty Byloos, Don’t Smell the Floss, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 7:30 p.m. Sep 10 – Booksigning: Brent Ghelfi discusses and signs The Venona Cable, The Mystery Bookstore, 1036-C Broxton Street, Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Sep 10 – Booksigning: Kim Addonizio, Lucifer at the Starlite: Poems, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 7:30 p.m. Sep 11 – Booksigning: Peter Gadol, Silver Lake, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 7:30 p.m. Sep 12 – Football: Anthony Davis (LA Rams), Danny K’s Sports Bar, 1096 N Main St, Orange, TBA Sep 12 – Booksigning: William Kent Krueger discusses and signs Heaven’s Keep, The Mystery Bookstore, 1036-C Broxton Street, Los Angeles, 5 p.m. Sep 12 – Booksigning: Jaime Hernandez, Locas II: Maggoe, Hopey & Ray, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 5 p.m.
Sep 13 – Comic Books & Sci-Fi Convention: Juliet Landau from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, GI Joe writer Larry Hama, Shrine Auditorium – Expo Center, 700 West 32nd St., Los Angeles, www.comicbookscifi.com, 7-5 p.m.
Sep 13 – Booksigning: Frank Portman, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 6 p.m. Sep 14 – Football: Jerry Robinson, Killarney’s Pub & Grill, 209 Main Street, Huntington Beach, (714) 351-7316, TBA Sep 15 – Booksigning: Derek Fisher, Barnes & Noble, 189 Grove Dr, Los Angeles, (323) 525-0270, 7 p.m. Sep 15 – Booksigning: Derek Fisher, NBA star, signing copies of Character Driven, Barnes & Noble, Grove Drive, Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Sep 15 – Booksigning: Michael Ironside, star of Total Recall and Starship Troopers, and Anthony Zuiker, creator of CSI, signing copies of Level 26, Borders, Tampa Avenue, Northridge, 7 p.m. Sep 17 – Booksigning: Derek Fisher, Barnes & Noble, Tampa Ave, Northridge, 7 p.m. Sep 18 – Booksigning: Stefan Bucher, The Graphic Eye: Photos from Graphic Designers Around the Globe, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 7:30 p.m. Sep 19 – Football: Roger Craig, Sports Gallery Authenticated, 318 University Ave., Palo Alto, (650) 324-3355, 7-8 p.m. Sep 19 – Booksigning: Eileen Myles, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 5 p.m. Sep 21 – Booksigning: John Carerra, Pictorial Webster’s: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 7:30 p.m. Sep 22 – Booksigning: Lisa Lampanelli, stand up comedian and celebrity roast regular, signing copies of Chocolate, Please, Book Soup, Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, 7 p.m. Sep 23 – Booksigning: Jeffrey Ross, comedian & celebrity roast regular, signing copies of I Only Roast the Ones I Love, Borders, Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, 10 a.m. Sep 23 – Booksigning: Michael Bobelian, Children of Armenia: A Forgotten Genocide and the Century-Long Struggle for Justice, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, (323) 660-1175, 7:30 p.m.
Sep 26 – Booksigning: A Coffee and Pie Break with Sue Ann Jaffarian, signing Ghost A La Mode, The Mystery Bookstore, 1036-C Broxton Street, Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
Sep 26 – Booksigning: Stephen Jay Schwartz discusses and signs Blvd., The Mystery Bookstore, 1036-C Broxton Street, Los Angeles, 6 p.m. Sep 29 – Booksigning: Craig Ferguson, host of The Late Late Show, signing copies of American on Purpose, Barnes & Noble, Grove Dr., Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Oct 6 – Booksigning: Amber Tamblyn, star of Joan of Arcadia and The Unusuals, signing copies of Bang Ditto, Book Passage, Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 7 p.m. Oct 6 – Booksigning: Richard Belzer, star of Law & Order: SVU and Homicide, signing copies of I Am Not a Psychic, Borders, Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
Canada Sep 1 – Hockey: Brian Glennie, Red Berenson, Stan Mikita, A.J. Sports World, 2720 Steeles Ave West, Suite #1, Vaughan, (905) 265-7700, 6-7 p.m.
Sep 12 – Hockey: Gordie Howe, Yvan Cournoyer, Tony Esposito, Mayfield Trade Centre, 16615 – 109th Ave, Edmonton, (604) 465-9347, 12-2 p.m.
Sep 18-20 – Sci-Fi Convention: TWI/TOUR 2009 Twilight Convention, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center, 1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, www.creationent.com/cal/ twilight_van.htm
Sep 19-20 – Comic Book Convention: Montreal ComicCon, Place Bonaventure, Room 200-N, 800, Rue de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, www.montrealcomiccon.com
Colorado Aug 30 – Booksigning: Shawna Renee, author of God... Why?, Barnes & Noble Briargate, 1565 Briargate Road, Colorado Springs, 1 p.m. Sep 11-13 – Anime Convention: Nan Desu Kan, Marriott Denver Tech Center, Denver Sept 18 – Booksigning: Carol Sue Tombari, author of Power of the People, Poor Richards Bookstore, 320 N. Tejon St., Colorado Springs, www.poorrichardswebsite. com, 5:30-7 p.m.
Connecticut Sep 16 – Booksigning: Lisa Lampanelli, stand up comedian and celebrity roast regular, signing copies of Chocolate, Please, RJ Julia Booksellers, Boston Post Road, Madison, 7 p.m. Sep 16 – Booksigning: Lev Grossman, signing The Magicians, Just Books Bookstore, 28 Arcadia Rd., Old greenwich, 203-637-0707, www.justbooks.org Sep 16 – Booksigning: Julia Glass, signing I See You Everywhere, Wilton Library, Brubeck Rm., 137 Old Ridgefield Rd., Wilton, 7 p.m.
Florida Sep 1-11 – Space: Astronaut Encounter, John Fabian (STS-7, STS-51G), Kennedy Space Center, Florida Sep 4-6 – Anime Convention: Chibi-Pa, Crowne PlazaWest Palm Beach, West Palm Beach Sep 12-19 – Space: Astronaut Encounter, Sam Gemar (STS-38, STS-48, STS-62), Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Sep 20-25 – Space: Astronaut Encounter, Jack Lousma (Skylab 2, STS-3), Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Sep 26-30 – Space: Astronaut Encounter, Jon McBride (STS-41G), Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Georgia Sep 2 – Booksigning: Rev. Run, member of Run-DMC and reality star, signing copies of Take Back Your Family, Barnes & Noble, Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, 7 p.m. Sep 3 – Auto Racing: David Ragan FREE! Discount Tire, 11345 Tara Blvd, Hampton, (678) 479-1926, 4-6 p.m. Sep 4-7 – Sci-Fi Convention: Dragon*Con – science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film, Atlanta, www.dragoncon.org Sep 18-20 – Anime Convention: Anime Weekend, Atlanta Renaissance Waverly Hotel & Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta Sep 19 – Booksigning: Jamie & Bobby Deen, Paula Deen’s boys signing copies of The Deen Bros Take It AUTOGRAPH
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Easy, Barnes & Noble, Oglethorpe Mall, Savanahh, 7 p.m.
Vocke Rd, Lavale, (301) 689-5069, 1-3 p.m.
Oct 9 – Booksigning: Lisa Lampanelli, stand up comedian
Oct 3 – Booksigning: Madeline Albright, former Secretary
and celebrity roast regular, signing copies of Chocolate, Please, Outwrite Books, Piedmont Ave., Atlanta, 7 p.m.
of State, signing copies of Read My Pins, Barnes & Noble, Bethesda Ave., Bethesda, 2 p.m.
Illinois
Massachusetts
Sep 5 – Basketball: Al Harrington, K-Mart, 5050 S Kedzie
Sep 7 – Hockey: Gilles Gilbert, Forbes Blvd & Exit 7A, I-95,
Ave, Chicago, 3-5 p.m.
Sep 6 – Basketball: Al Harrington, FREE! Sears: Woodfield Mall, 2 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, (847) 330-2356, 3-5 p.m. Sep 6 – Basketball: B.J. Armstrong FREE! Sears: Woodfield Mall, 2 Woodfield Mall , Schaumburg, (847) 330-2356, 4-5 p.m. Sep 19 – Comic Book Convention: Windy City Comicon, Center on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted, Chicago Sep 23 – Booksigning: Craig Ferguson, host of The Late Late Show, signing copies of American on Purpose, Borders, North Michigan, Chicago, 8 p.m. Sep 26 – Baseball: Ron Santo Legends of the Field, Gurnee Mills Mall, 6170 Grand Ave, Gurnee, (262) 3671300, 12-1:30 p.m. Oct 7 – Booksigning: Madeline Albright, former Secretary of State, signing copies of Read My Pins, Borders, State Street, Chicago, 12:30 p.m. Oct 7 – Booksigning: Byron Pitts, 60 Minutes correspondent, signing copies of Step Out On Nothing, Borders, 16th Street, Oak Brook, 7 p.m. Oct 7 – Booksigning: Kathy Griffin, queen of the D-List, signing copies of Official Book Club Selection, Borders, North Michigan, Chicago, 7 p.m.
Mansfield, (508) 369-2471, 10:30-12:30 p.m. Sep 7 – Football: Irving Fryar, Forbes Blvd & Exit 7A, I-95, Mansfield, (508) 369-2471, 11-12:30 p.m. Sep 12 – Baseball: Bret Saberhagen, Hilton Hotel: Garden Inn, 5 Wheeler Rd, Burlington, (617) 569-1801, 12-3 p.m. Sep 13 – Baseball: Bill Buckner, Hilton Hotel: Garden Inn, 5 Wheeler Rd, Burlington, (617) 569-1801, 12-3 p.m.
Michigan Sep 12 – Baseball: Willie Horton, Comerica Park, 2100 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 5:30-6:30
Minnesota Sep 10 – Space: Institute of Technology Public Lecture: Reach for the Stars: My Life as an Astronaut, Duane Carey (STS-109), Van Vleck Auditorium, Tate Laboratory of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 7 p.m.
Missouri Sep 2 – Lecture: Rationale for a Return to the Moon, and Soon!, Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17), Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Iowa
Sep 9 – Lecture: Finding our Origins – The Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, Steven Hawley
Sep 19 – Baseball: Dale Murphy, Bob Feller Museum,
(STS-41D, STS-61C, STS-31, STS-82, STS-93), Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, 7 p.m.
310 Mill Street, Van Meter, (515) 996-2806, TBA
Kansas
Sep 16 – Lecture: Planetology – Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System, Thomas Jones (STS-59, STS-68, STS-80, STS-98), Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Oct 17 – 32nd Annual Wichita Postcard Club Show, 3313 Grand, Wichita, (316)-841-3273, 9-3 p.m.
Kentucky Sep 19 – Baseball: Tony Perez, Sports Depot, Newport on the Levee, 1 Levee Way, Newport, (513) 489-3400, 11-1 p.m. Sep 23 – Booksigning: Jamie & Bobby Deen, Paula Deen’s boys signing copies of The Deen Bros Take It Easy, Borders, Shelbyville Rd., Louisville, 9 p.m.
Maryland Sep 13 – Football: Chris Hanburger, Hooters, 3600 Crain
Sep 23 – Lecture: Lone Eagles – A Discussion of America’s First Orbital Spaceflights, Scott Carpenter (Mercury 7), Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Nevada Sep 3 -13 – Baseball: Pete Rose, Stars Live 365: The Forum at Caesars, 3785 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, (702) 792-8233, 12-6 p.m. Sep 17-20 – Baseball: Pete Rose, Stars Live 365: The Forum at Caesars, 3785 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, (702) 792-8233, 12-6 p.m. Sep 24-27 – Baseball: Pete Rose, Stars Live 365: The Forum at Caesars, 3785 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, (702) 792-8233, 12-6 p.m.
Hwy, Waldorf, (540) 419-3404, TBA
Sep 19 – Baseball: Jim Rice, Sports Legends Museum: Camden Yards, 301 W Camden St, Baltimore, (410) 3506226, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Sep 19 – Baseball: Koji Uehara Great Moments, 531-B Jermor Lane, 140 Village Shopping Center, Westminster, (410) 876-6906, 1 a.m. Sep 26 – Baseball: Bob Turley, Jay’s Great Moments, Fairgrounds Center, 2109 York Rd, Timonium, (410) 876-6906, 12-2 p.m. Sep 26 – Baseball: Mike Flanagan, Jay’s Great Moments, Fairgrounds Center, 2109 York Rd, Timonium, (410) 8766906, 12-2 p.m. Sep 26 – Football: Rocky Bleier, Country Club Mall, 1262 68
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New Jersey Sep 6 – Collectibles Show: The Wayne Collectibles Show, Company #1 Firehouse, 97 Parish Dr , Wayne, (973) 726-9897, 8-3 p.m.
Sep 12 – Hockey: Bill Barber, Elks Hall, 1815 East Broad St, Millville, (856) 327-0555, 10-3 p.m.
Sep 13 – Comic Book Convention: Clifton Comic Book Expo, Clifton Community Recreation Center, 1232 Main Ave, Clifton, www.njcomicbookshows.com
Sep 16 – Booksigning: Jeffrey Ross, comedian & celebrity roast regular, signing copies of I Only Roast the Ones I Love, Bookends, East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, 7 p.m.
Oct 6 – Booksigning: David Alan Grier, TV & film star, signing copies of Barack Like Me, Bookends, East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, 7 p.m. Oct 9 – Booksigning: Jamie & Bobby Deen, Paula Deen’s boys signing copies of The Deen Bros Take It Easy, Mendham Books, East Main St., Mendham, 7 p.m.
New Mexico Sep 25-27 – Anime Convention: Animeland Otaku, Mex Sandia Courtyard Hotel & Convention Center, Albequerque
NY Sep 1 – Booksigning: Wallace Shawn, star of My Dinner With Andre and The Princess Bride, signing copies of Essays, Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle, NY, 7:30 p.m. Sep 1 – Booksigning: Jackson Lears will be promoting Rebirth of a Nation, McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street, NY Sep 2 – Booksigning: Leslie Gilbert-Lurie will be promoting Bending Toward the Sun, Borders Books, 10 Columbus Circle, NY Sep 3 – Fighter: Matt Serra, NY State Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse, 1-3 p.m. Sep 3 – Booksigning: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s premiere primatologists, signing copies of Hope For Animals, Barnes & Noble, Union Square, NY, 7 p.m. Sep 6 – Convention: Excalibur Con 6, VFW Post 161, 47-51 Owen Street, Port Jervis, 570-588-3508, 10-4 p.m.
Sep 8 – Football: Darrelle Revis, Kerry Rhodes, Leon Washington, Last Licks, 104 South Ridge St, Rye Ridge, (914) 315-6687, 7-8:30 p.m.
Sep 8 – Booksigning: Kathy Griffin, Queen of the D-List, signing copies of Official Book Club Selections, Barnes & Noble, Warren Street, NY, 7 p.m. Sep 9 – Booksigning: Jamie & Bobby Deen, Paula Deen’s boys signing copies of The Deen Bros Take It Easy, Barnes & Noble, Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove, 7 p.m. Sep 9 – Booksigning: David Cross, star of Arrested Development and Mr. Show, signing copies of I Drink For a Reason, Borders, Columbus Circle, NY, 7 p.m. Sep 9 – Booksigning: Zoe Heller will be promoting The Believers, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, NY Sep 10 – Booksigning: John Calipari, head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, signing copies of Bounce Back, Borders, Broadway, NY, 12:30 p.m. Sep 10 – Booksigning: Nick Douglas will be promoting Twitter Wit, Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn Sep 10 – Booksigning: Michael Tonello will be promoting Bringing Home the Birkin, Borders Books, 10 Columbus Circle, NY Sep 12 – Booksigning: Frank Shamrock, Barnes & Noble, 1542 Northern Blvd, Manhasset, (516) 365-6723, 5 p.m. Sep 12 – Space: Discussion and Booksigning: Magnificent Desolation and Look to the Stars, Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11), Books of Wonder, NY, Noon Sep 14 – Booksigning: Anita Diamant, McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street, NY, 7 p.m. Sep 15 – Booksigning: LeBron James, Barnes & Noble, 555 Fifth Ave, NY, (212) 697-3048, 12:30 p.m. Sep 15 – Booksigning: Ronde Barber, Barnes & Noble, 150 East 86th St, NY, (212) 369-2180, 1 p.m. Sep 15 – Booksigning: Tiki Barber, Barnes & Noble, 150 East 86th St, NY, (212) 369-2180, 1 p.m. Sep 15 – Booksigning: Lisa Lampanelli, stand up comedian and celebrity roast regular, signing copies of Chocolate, Please, Barnes & Noble, Warren Street, NY, 7 p.m. Sep 15 – Booksigning: Tiki & Ronde Barber, Barnes &
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Noble, 150 East 86th Street, NY, 1 p.m.
Sep 15 – Booksigning: Jeffrey Ross, 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, NY, 8 p.m.
Sep 15 – Booksigning: Lisa Lapmanelli will be promoting Chocolate, Please, Barnes & Noble, 97 Warrant St., NY
Sep 15 – Booksigning: Alix Strauss will be promoting Death Becomes Them, Borders Books, 10 Columbus Circle, NY Sep 16 – Booksigning: Philippa Gregory, Barnes & Noble #2278, 150 East 86th Street, NY, 7 p.m. Sep 16 – Booksigning: Paul Rudnick signing I Shudder, Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center, 1927 Broadway, NY, TBA Sep 17 – Booksigning: Lisa Lampanelli, stand up comedian and celebrity roast regular, signing copies of Chocolate, Please, Book Revue, NY Ave., Huntington, 7 p.m. Sep 17 – Booksigning: A. J. Jacobs, Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway, NY, 7 p.m. Sep 22 – Booksigning: Bob Gibson & Reggie Jackson, Barnes & Noble, 555 Fifth Ave, NY, (212) 697-3048, 12:30 p.m. Sep 22 – Booksigning: David Byrne, formerly of the Talking Heads, signing copies of Bicycle Diaries, Barnes & Noble, Union Square, NY, 7 p.m. Sep 23 – Booksigning: Bob Gibson, Barnes & Noble, 100 Broadway, NY, (212) 964-1988, 12 p.m. Sep 23 – Booksigning: Reggie Jackson, Barnes & Noble, 100 Broadway, NY, (212) 964-1988, 12p.m. Sep 24 – Booksigning: James Brown, NFL host on both FOX and CBS over the years, signing copies of Role of a Lifetime, Borders, Broadway, NY, 1 p.m. Sep 24 – Booksigning: Craig Ferguson, host of The Late Late Show, signing copies of American on Purpose, Barnes & Noble, Union Square, NY, 7 p.m. Sep 25-27 – Anime Convention: NY Anime Festival, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NY Sep 28 – Booksigning: Madeline Albright, former Secretary of State, signing copies of Read My Pins, Barnes & Noble, East 86th Street, NY, 7 p.m. Oct 7 – Booksigning: David Alan Grier, TV & film star, signing copies of Barack Like Me, Barnes & Noble, Warren Street, NY, 7 p.m. Oct 7 – Booksigning: Christian Siriano, star of Project Runway, signing copies of Fierce Style, Borders, Columbus Circle, NY, 7 p.m. Oct 9 – Booksigning: Alton Brown, star of “Good Eats,” signing copies of Good Eats: The Early Years, Barnes & Noble, Union Square, NY, 7 p.m.
North Carolina Sep 12 – Sports: Billy Harris, Barry Foote, Donnell Woolford, John Bunting, Karl Noonan, Alex Mack, Brian Robiskie and James ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith, Independence Mall, 3500 Oleander Drive, Wilmington, (910) 392-8550, 10-1 p.m. Sep 13 – Comic Book Convention: Charlotte Comicon, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 201 S McDowell St, www.charlottecomicon.com Sep 17 – Booksigning: Jamie & Bobby Deen, Paula Deen’s boys signing copies of The Deen Bros Take It Easy, Barnes & Noble, SE Maynard, Cary, 7 p.m.
Sep 19 – Comic Book Convention: Smoky Mountain Comicon, National Guard Armory, Sylva, www.hauntedcomputer.com
Ohio Sep 5 – Football: Alex Mack & Brian Robiskie, Scoundrels Bar & Grille, 826 Front St, Berea, 5-9 p.m. Sep 9 – Booksigning: Dan Chaon, Await Your Reply,
Borders Bookstore, 30121 Detroit Rd., Westlake, (44) 892-7667, 7 p.m. Sep 14 – Booksigning: Sue Miller, The Senator’s Wife, Thurber House, 77 Jefferson Ave., Columbus, TBA Sep 18 – Booksigning: LeBron James, Borders, 30121 Detroit Rd., Westlake, (440) 892-7667, 7 p.m. Sep 19 – Booksigning: LeBron James, Barnes & Noble, 4015 Medina Rd, Akron, (330) 665-5199, 2 p.m. Sep 21 – Booksigning: Jon Katz, Izzy & Lenore, JosephBeth Booksellers, 24519 Cedar Rd., Lyndhurst, 7 p.m. Sep 23 – Booksigning: Holly Goddard Jones, Girl Trouble, Barnes & Noble, 1739 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus, (614) 298-9516, 7 p.m. Sep 26 – Booksigning: Diana Gabaldon, An Echo in the Bone, Books & Co., 4453 Walnut St., Beavercreek, 1 p.m.
Oregon Sep 5-7 – Anime Convention: Kumoricon Hilton Portland & Executive Tower, Portland
Pennsylvania Sep 11-13 – Comic Book Convention: Pittsburgh Comicon Monroeville Exposition Center, 209 Mall Blvd. , Monroeville, www.pittsburghcomicon.com Sep 12 – Football: Troy Polamalu, Pennsylvania Hot Corner Sports, Inc., Century III Mall, Route 51, West Mifflin, (877) 636-2915, TBA Sep 13 – Comic Book Convention: Philadelphia ComicCon, Ramada Philadelphia Airport, 76 Industrial Highway, Essington, www.philadelphiacomic-con.com Sep 17 – Booksigning: Jeffrey Ross, comedian & celebrity roast regular, signing copies of I Only Roast the Ones I Love, Free Library, Vine Street, Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Sep 24 – Booksigning: Howard Dean, former Presidential candidate, signing copies of Howard Dean’s Prescription for Read Health Care Reform, Free Library, Vine Street, Philadelphia, Noon Sep 26 – Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Bucks, County Technical School, 610 Wistar Rd., Fairless Hills, 1-4 p.m. Sep 26-27 – Space: Wesley Enhanced Living Foundation’s The Aging Revolution Summit, John Glenn (Mercury 6, STS-95), Park Hyatt Hotel, Philadelphia Oct 3-4 – Convention: The Ultimate Collectibles Show, 100 autograph guests each day, Oaks, www.mp-events.net
Museum, Fort Worth
Sep 27 – Space: Artist talk, reception and booksigning, Alan Bean (Apollo 12, Skylab 2), Caroline Wiess Law Building, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 p.m.
Virginia Sep 5 – Football: DeAngelo Hall, PS GameGear: Dulles Town Circle, 21100 Dulles Town Circle, Dulles, (703) 433-2204, 1-3 p.m. Sep 19 – Football: Raleigh McKenzie, The Card Cellar, 5047 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Fredericksburg, (540) 419-3404, TBA Sep 21 – Tom Chaffin, The Secret Hope of the Confederacy, The Mariner’s Museum, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, 11:30 a.m. Sep 26 – Booksigning: Craig Ferguson, host of The Late Late Show, signing copies of American on Purpose, Book Passage, Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, Noon Oct 4 – Booksigning: Madeline Albright, former Secretary of State, signing copies of Read My Pins, Barnes & Noble, Tysons Corner Ctr., McLean, 2 p.m. Oct 6 – Booksigning: Jamie & Bobby Deen, Paula Deen’s boys signing copies of The Deen Bros Take It Easy, Barnes & Noble, Tysons Corner Ctr., McLean, 7 p.m.
Washington State Sep 8 – Soccer: James Riley, Pro Shop Qwest Field, 800 Occidental Ave South, Seattle, , 6-7 p.m. Sep 11 – Booksigning: Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs, Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, FREE, 7 p.m. Sep 12 – Booksigning: Julia M. Usher, Cookie Swap, Borders Bookstore, Redmond Town Center, Redmond, (425) 869-1907, 2 p.m. Sep 14 – Booksigning: Frank Portman, Andromeda Klein, The Secret Garden, 2214 Northwest Market St., Seattle, FREE, 7 p.m. Sep 15 – Booksigning: Tony DiTerlizzi, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Borders Bookstore, Redmond Town Center, Redmond, (425) 869-1907, 7 p.m. Sep 16 – Booksigning: Jon Katz, Soul of a Dog, Village Books, 1200 11th St., Bellingham, 7 p.m. Sep 17 – Booksigning: Samantha Scholfield, Screw Cupid, Borders Bookstore, Redmond Town Center, Redmond, (425) 869-1907, 7 p.m.
Tennessee Sep 8 – Booksigning: Ethan Gilsdorf, Author of Fantas
Wisconsin
Freaks and Gaming Geeks, Rock Point Books, 401 Broad St., Chattanooga, 7 p.m. Sep 17 – Booksigning: David Magee, author of The Education of Mr. Mayfield, Rock Point Books, 401 Broad St., Chattanooga, 7 p.m. Sep 25-27 – Sci-Fi Convention: GameCon Memphis, Memphis, gameconmemphis.com
Sep 19 – Football: Chuck Mercein, Forrest Gregg, Paul Hornung, Waukesha Sports Cards, 821 Meadowbrook Rd.
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#9, Waukesha, (262) 544-0959, 10-12 p.m. Oct 7-11 – Booksigning: Wisconsin Book Festival, Downtown Madison, featuring Teres Allen, Will Allen, Lynda Berry, Wendell Berry, Harriet Brown, Bonnie Joe Campbell, Beth Finke, Lorrie Moore, Bich Minh Nguyen, Harvey Pekar, Michael Perry, David Rhodes, Laura Shaffer, David A. Taylor
Sep 4-7 – Anime Convention: AnimeFest, Hyatt Regency Dallas, Dallas
Sep 16 – Booksigning: Jamie & Bobby Deen, Paula Deen’s boys signing copies of The Deen Bros Take It Easy, Borders, Preston Road, Dallas, 7 p.m. Sep 19 – Football: Leroy Kelly Autographs Ink, 4709 Colleyville Blvd., Suite 560, Colleyville, (817) 577-4445, TBA Sep 19 – Space: Discussion and Booksigning: Magnificent Desolation and Look to the Stars, Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12, Apollo 11), American Airlines C.R. Smith
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