This little blog is designed to help and hopefully entertain autograph collectors and TV/Film lovers with my occasional insights into this great hobby. It is pretty laid back and readers are encouraged to have their say and to make suggestions as a forum to the pitfalls and joys of this fascinating hobby...
I almost forgot to add that I have also done an in person signing at the Sydney Hilton with Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman on their recent trip downunda. Also a terrific signing with Stefanie Powers. And young scream queen Suzi Lorraine, who is a total sweetie. And picked up a new lot of signed photos by Dita von Teese. Hopefully more grand signings in the coming months after the honeymoon Well if I survive the honeymoon, overlooking Sydney Harbour Bridge. I will be able to throw stones onto Russell Crowe's roof, but then he would throw them back even harder!!! Life is so much better when his team makes the Rugby League Play Offs!!!
It has been quite some time since my last update and a lot has happened in that time, including my impending marriage to my sweetheart on October 31, two weeks after Gigi arrives from LA. Getting ready for my baby has been my number one priority.
In the meantime I have been pretty busy with various projects including signings with Caroline Munro and my baby doing in person signings with Carla Laemmle, June Wilkinson, Sherilyn Fenn, Lana Wood and Kitten Natividad as well as lots of new stuff from the UK through the ODP charity and my suppliers in the USA. I will be donating some of the Carla signings to ODP to raise money for animal welfare and for our new World Vision child, Estefanny from Bolivia. After our marriage I hope to take my autograph business from a part time hobby to a fulltime business. But I still hope to find time to post addresses for everyone here who loves to write to actors.
Pickup, Ronald, c/o Diamond Mgnt, 31 Perry St, London W1T 2DD Dick van Dyke 23215 Mariposa Drive Malibu Ca 90265 Lady Diane Cilento PO Box 600 Spring Hill Qld, Australia 4004 Dwayne Hickman PO Box 17226 Encino Ca 91416 Margie Stewart 4205 Alcove Ave Studio City Ca 91604 (include $5 for photo but better to send your own photo and return shipping) Joan Fontaine PO Box 222600 Carmel Ca 93922-2600
So let me cover the good news first in celebrating the fact that Noel Neill enjoyed her 90th birthday in November because there has been plenty of sad news too since then. Over the last few months several of my signers and interviewees have gone to that silver screen in the sky including James Macarthur, Cammie King, Anne Francis and the totally lovely Ingrid Pitt. All of whom will be greatly missed. And we also lost Leslie Nielson and Kevin McCarthy too and both men were great signers and much loved by fans everywhere.During this period I also obtained interviews with great folk like Patrice Munsel, Barbara Shelley, Carla Laemmle, Coleen Gray, Margie Stewart, Sara Karloff and Michelle Lang. A rather eclectic group ranging from Michelle in her early 20s to the amazing Carla who is now 101 and whose father was born in 1859. Barbara, Coleen and Margie are also doing well too and Coleen was a pleasure to chat to leading into her 88th birthday. Not a lot to report in large signings apart from the beautiful Sandra Taylor and a small signing with Dana Hamm. Through the excellent offices of the UK charity, Our Disappearing Planet, I have also obtained some nice items from great folk like George Cole and Vera Lynn and Vera Day. Noel Neill did another lovely signing along with one I obtained indirectly with Karla Conway, a lovely 1966 PB babe.
Kirstie Allie-1801 Century Park E. #700, Los Angeles, CA 90067
Kevin Bacon-Endeavor Agency, 9601 Wilshire Blvd. 3rd Fl., Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Dakota Fanning-Osbrink Talent Agency, 4343 Lankershim Blvd. #100, Universal City, CA 91602
Zsa Zsa Gabor-1001 Bel Air Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90077
Samuel L. Jackson-Anonymous Content, 3532 Hayden Ave., Culver City, CA 90232
Matt LeBlanc-Fort Hill Productions, 4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg. 138 Rm. 1102, Burbank, CA 91512
Al Pacino-Creative Artists Agency, P.O. Box 240002, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Della Reese-Lett/Reese International Productions, 1910 Bel Air Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90077
Will Smith-Overbook Entertainment, 450 N. Roxbury Dr. 4th Fl., Beverly Hills, 90210
Uma Thurman-Creative Artists Agency, P.O. Box 240002, Los Angeles, CA 90024
The last three months have been devoted to spending time with my fiancee while she was visiting from California in the last trip before we sort out Immigration for her to live her full time in 2011. Next week she is doing a lovely in person session with the extraordinarily lovely and extremely talented Brinke Stevens, which should be a lot of fun.
In the meantime, I have been working on signings with Barbara Eden, which went well and hopefully I will have one with Stefanie Powers before the year ends. I have also been working closely with a great charity in the UK called Our Disappearing Planet which does great work raising money to help save animals across the globe. I have been obtaining a range of great UK signings with them including the lovely Barbara Shelley and a host of actors from classic British shows like Minder, Heartbeat, The Bill and many others, while at the same time they work hard to save habitats, which support fragile ecosystems.
Speaking of fragile ecosystems, Australia goes to the polls tomorrow and either way Australians lose out with two of the worst leaders of all time, leading parties with no other agendas than to line their pockets and continue the wastage that has been killing Australia for the last ten years.
I also got to chat to the lovely Coleen Gray for some 45 minutes, which was fun and I am now getting ready to finish writing interviews with Coleen Gray, Barbara Shelley, Margie Stewart and the amazing Carla Laemmle who turns 101 this year. And with luck my lovely Gigi will get up to see her in LA soon...
All the best and hopefully some more updates soon
Here are some possible addresses:
LeBron James, 25
c/o Leon Rose
Creative Artists Agency (CAA-LA)
2000 Ave Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tiger Woods, 34
c/o Mark Steinberg
International Management Group (IMG Sports) 1360 E 9th St Cleveland, OH 44114
Matt Lauer, 52
Today Show, The
30 Rockefeller Plz
#374E
New York, NY 10112
Val Kilmer, 50
Management 360
9111 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Kate Bosworth, 27
United Talent Agency (UTA)
9560 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 500
Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2401
Taye Diggs, 39
OTaye Productions
500 S Buena Vista St
Mail Code: 2290
Burbank, CA 91521
Mel Gibson, 54
c/o Ann Churchill-Brown
Shanahan Management
P.O. Box 1509
Darlinghurst, NSW 1300
AUSTRALIA
Richard Anderson, 10120 Clelo Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Ed Asner, 3556 Mound View Ave., Studio City, CA 91604
Lauren Bacall, 1 W. 72nd St. #43, New York, NY 10023
Scott Baio, 4333 Forman Ave., Toluca Lake, CA 91602
Ned Beatty, 2706 N. Beachwood Dr., Los Angles, CA 90068
Warren Beatty, 13671 Mulholland Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Ann Blyth, Box 9754, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
Matthew Broderick, P.O. Box 69646, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Sandra Bullock, 8581 Santa Monica Blvd. #1, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Lynda Carter, 9200 Harrington Dr., Potomac, MD 20854
Joan Collins, OBE c/o Charlesworth, 68 Old Brompton Rd. 2nd Fl., London SW7 3LQ UK
Tyne Daly, 405 E. 54th St. #12D, New York, NY 10022Dana Delany, c/o Paradigm, 360 N. Crescent Dr., No.. Bldg., Beverly Hills, CA 90210Olympia Dukakis, 684 Broadway #6E, New York, NY 10012Robert Duvall, Box 520, The Plains, VA 20198Eric Estrada, 3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd. #1167, Studio City, CA 91604Linda Evans, PO Box 29, Rainier, WA 98576