Succes 2010: Robert C. Merton, laureat al premiului Nobel pentru Economie (1997)

La trei luni dupa ce l-am contactat prin email pe laureatul premiului Nobel pentru Economie in 1997, Mr Merton a binevoit sa-mi trimita nu una, ci doua fotografii cu autograf. Ca un bonus total neasteptat, am primit si un flyer de la hotelul din Stockholm unde acesta a fost cazat cand a primit premiul Nobel. Pe hartia cu antetul hotelului, Mr Merton a notat ecuatia cu care a castigat voturile juriului Nobel. O piesa de colectie inedita si extrem de valoroasa pentru un colectionar - si nu numai...

Via Venue: Colorado

Gazde ale unor evenimente care va vor facilita transferul corespondentei catre cei carora le solicitati autografe:

-Boulder Theatre (foto)

-Cervantes

-Denver Coliseum

-Fiddler's Green Amphitheater

-Fillmore Auditorium

-Pepsi Center

-Red Rock Ampitheatre

-The Grizzly Rose

Gazde ale unor evenimente care e posibil sa NU va faciliteze transferul corespondentei catre cei carora le solicitati autografe:

-The Black Sheep

Ce-i scriem unei vedete? Epistola a II-a

Pentru a avea succes atunci cand solicitati prin posta sau e-mail un autograf unei persoane careia va adresati in limba lui Shakespeare trebuie sa ii trimiteti o scrisoare bine ticluita, care sa il/o convinga ca merita efortul de a va semna fotografiile, de a face un drum la posta, de a schimba cupoanele IRC (daca nu stiti ce-s alea, cautati postarea referitoare la acestea din ianuarie) pe care i le-ati trimis in timbre si de a expedia scrisoarea. Celor care nu si-au invins inca inertia/sfiala, le prezint un model-sablon de scrisoare verificat.

Pentru azi am ales sa va prezint un model schematic de scrisoare destinata unui actor, sau unei vedete din lumea muzicii:

Dear Mr/Miss/Mrs ...(numele adresantului),

I have been a fan of yours for years, and have enjoyed your many [movies, songs, etc.] My favorite is [mentionati cantecul/filmul favorit].

I was wondering if you would mind sending me your autograph. I have enclosed a self-addressed stamped envelope for your convenience.

I hope to hear from you soon, and deeply appreciate your generosity in fulfilling this request.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

(numele expeditorului)

Revin cu o precizare necesara. La formula introductiva, folositi Mr. pentru domni, Miss daca va adresati unei vedete necasatorite si Mrs in cazul in care nu stiti daca vedeta este sau nu casatorita.

Succes 2010: The Amazing Kreskin. Mentalistul de serviciu. Un Iosefini made in USA

George Joseph Kresge este un mentalist (cititor de gânduri) care a devenit popular în USA în anii '70, datorită showului The Amazing World of Kreskin Mentalistul este încă activ, apărând în fiecare an la Fox News şi CNN, în decembrie, pentru a face previziuni privind noul an. Popularitatea sa a fost atat de mare incat si-a schimbat numele in The Amazing Kreskin.

Kreskin nu pretinde că ar avea puteri paranormale sau că ar fi clarvăzător, ci spune că face predicţii.

Succes 2010: Gordon Ramsay, cel mai apreciat "chef" din lume

In luna martie am inceput un proiect referitor la cei mai apreciati 10 bucatari din lume la aceasta ora. Ineditul Top 10 - cu care sunt de acord mai toti specialistii in gastronomie -arata asa:

1. Gordon Ramsay - britanic, singurul chef caruia i s-au acordat 10 stele de catre ghidul Michelin


2. Paul Bocuse - parintele artei culinare franceze. Creatorul supei V.G.E (initialele fostului presedinte francez Valéry Giscard d'Estaing)

3. Bobby Flay - american, scriitor si personalitate TV


4. Anthony Bourdain - director executiv al renumitului restaurant Les Halles din New York City. Absolvent al Culinary Institute of America, titular a doua emisiuni TV faimoase: Travel Channel's cookery si Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.

5. Rocco DiSpirito - la 16 ani, Rocco intra la prestigiosul Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park. A absolvit in 1986 , iar apoi a studiat la Jardin de Cygne in Franta. DiSpirito a devenit faimos datorita meniurilor sale italo-americane ca si pentru fusion cooking.

6. Thomas Keller - proprietar al The French Laundry din Napa Valley, Yountville, California, Bouchon din Las Vegas, Per Se si Bouchon Bakery. Perla coroanei este restaurantul sau The French Laundry

7. Wolfgang Puck - american de origine austriaca, stabilit in LA. S-a constatat recent ca e cel mai bine platit chef din lume. Printre restauantele sale se numara: Spago, Cut, Chinois,Postrio, Wolfgang Puck Express si Wolfgang Puck Café.

8. Todd English - traieste in Boston, Massachusetts si este, printre altele, gazda emisiunii TV Cooking with Todd English. Proprietar al faimosului restaurant Olives, din Charlestown


9. Emeril John Lagasse - proprietarul a multe restaurante de top mondial, toate in USA, foarte apreciate de critica de specialitate

10. Charlie Trotter - licentiat in stiinte politice, s-a aventurat in lumea gastronomiei in 1982, la Chicago



Azi e o zi mare pentru acest proiect, pentru ca tocmai am primit fotografia purtand autograful lui
Gordon Ramsay, nimeni altul decat locul 1 in Top 10 al expertilor gastronomi. S-a completat astfel podiumul topului, Bocuse si Flay fiind prezentati deja in postarile anterioare.

Via Venue: California

Gazde ale unor evenimente care va vor facilita transferul corespondentei catre cei carora le solicitati autografe:

-Berkley
-Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (cunoscut si ca Coors Amphitheatre) foto
-Cox Arena
-The Fillmore
-Grammy Museum
-Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
-Hollywood Bowl
-Honda Center
-Humphrey's
-The Jumping Turtle
-Key Club
-The Konocti Harbor Resort
-Lestat's
-Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
-Pacific Amphitheater
-San Diego Civic Theatre
-Savemart Center
-Shoreline Amphitheatre
-Skriball Cultural Center (Los Angeles)
-Slims
-Soma
-Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (cunoscut si ca Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre)
-William Saroyan Theatre


Gazde ale unor evenimente care NU va vor facilita transferul corespondentei catre cei carora le solicitati autografe:

-Arco Arena
-Club Nokia at LA
-Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk
-The Grove at Anaheim
-House of Blues Anaheim
-House of Blues San Diego
-House of Blues Sunset Strip
-HP Pavilion
-ipayOne Center
-The Knitting Factory
-Mezzanine Theatre
-The Mint
-Oracle Arena
-Rabobank Arena
-San Diego Arena
-Staples Center
-The Warfield Theatre

Dicţionar de corespondenţe: TLS

TLS - acronim de la Typed Letter Signed: scrisoare redactata la computer sau la masina de scris, dar semnata olograf de subiect

Cine ne mai dă fiori de Halloween? Dracula, un vampir creştin. Cui i-e frică de Béla din Lugoj?

Unul dintre cele mai valoroase autografe ale unei vedete nascute in Banat este cel al actorului Béla Lugosi, faimosul Dracula de la Hollywood. Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (n. 20 octombrie 1882, Lugoj – d. 16 august 1956, Los Angeles) s-a nascut la Lugoj, iar in memoria orasului copilariei sale si-a luat pseudonimul Lugosi, pe care l-a facut celebru mai apoi in America. Autograful lugojeanului se vinde astazi, la 54 de ani de la moartea sa, cu sume pornind de la 500 $. Putini stiu insa ca Lugosi, temutul vampir de mai tarziu, a debutat in primul lui rol important pe scena teatrului, in anul 1909, in rolul lui... Iisus Hristos. Am in colectie mai multe fotografii infatisandu-l in diverse ipostaze in piesa respectiva. Recent am intrat in contact cu fiul sau Lugosi Jr, care este un reputat avocat in Statele Unite si, prin amabilitatea domniei-sale, sper sa pot posta pe blog o poza interesanta a actorului care l-a intrupat cu cel mai mare succes pe temutul vampir Dracula. Nu am (inca!) in colectie un autograf al lui Béla Lugosi, cele prezentate sunt doar cateva mostre scoase la vanzare recent de colectionari din toata lumea.

Succes 2010: Benny Golson, jazz living legend

Benny Golson is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger.

While in high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Golson played with several other promising young musicians, including John Coltrane, Red Garland, Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones, and Red Rodney. After graduating from Howard University Golson joined Bull Moose Jackson's rhythm and blues band; Tadd Dameron, whom Golson came to consider the most important influence on his writing, was Jackson's pianist at the time.
From 1953 to 1959 Golson played with Dameron's band and then with the bands of Lionel Hampton, Johnny Hodges, Earl Bostic, Dizzy Gillespie, and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
Golson was working with the Lionel Hampton band at the Apollo Theater in Harlem in 1956 when he learned that Clifford Brown, a noted and well-liked jazz trumpeter who had done a stint with him in Hampton's band, had died in a car accident. Golson was so moved by the event that he composed the threnody "I Remember Clifford", as a tribute to a fellow musician and friend.
Golson has composed several other jazz standards, such as "Stablemates", "Killer Joe", "Whisper Not", "Along Came Betty" and "Are You Real?", that have gone on to be performed and recorded by many musicians.
From 1959 to 1962 Golson co-led the Jazztet with Art Farmer. Golson then left jazz to concentrate on studio and orchestral work for 12 years. During this time he composed music for such television shows as Ironside, Room 222, M*A*S*H, and Mission: Impossible. During the mid-1970s Golson returned to jazz playing and recording. In 1983 he re-organized the Jazztet.
In 1995 Golson received the NEA Jazz Masters Award of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Golson made a cameo appearance in the 2004 movie The Terminal, related to his appearance in the A Great Day in Harlem photo. As of 2007, he tours regularly.
In October 2007 Golson received the Mellon Living Legend Legacy Award presented by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation at a ceremony at the Kennedy Center. Additionally, during the same month, he won the University of Pittsburgh International Academy of Jazz Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award at the university's 37th Annual Jazz Concert in the Carnegie Music Hall.
In November 2009, Benny was inducted into the International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame during a performance at the University of Pittsburgh's annual jazz seminar and concert.

Succes 2010: Valdis Zatlers, un chirurg ortoped ajuns preşedinte al Letoniei

Chirurgul ortoped Valdis Zatlers a fost ales presedinte al Letoniei in 8 iulie 2007. Autograf solicitat prin email.

Succes 2010: Marcia Barett (Boney M)

Marcia Barrett este una dintre vocalistele din formula originala a legendarului grup R&B, Boney M. Autograf solicitat prin email.

Succes 2010: Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama (Tibetan: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་; Wylie: taa la’i bla ma; simplified Chinese: 达赖喇嘛; traditional Chinese: 達賴喇嘛; pinyin: Dálài Lǎmā) is a Buddhist leader of religious officials of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word Далай "Dalai" meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word བླ་མ ་"Blama" (with a silent b) meaning "chief" or "high priest. "Lama" is a general term referring to Tibetan Buddhist teachers. In religious terms, the Dalai Lama is believed by his devotees to be the rebirth of a long line of tulkus who descend from the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. Traditionally, he is thought of as the latest reincarnation of a series of spiritual leaders who have chosen to be reborn in order to enlighten others. The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the director of the Gelug School, but this position belongs officially to the Ganden Tripa, which is a temporary position appointed by the Dalai Lama who, in practice, exerts much influence.

For certain periods of time between the 17th century and 1959, the Dalai Lamas sometimes directed the Tibetan Government, which administered portions of Tibet from Lhasa. From 1959 to 2001, the 14th Dalai Lama controlled the Central Tibetan Administration ("Tibetan government in exile"). He has indicated that the institution of the Dalai Lama may be abolished in the future, and also that the next Dalai Lama may be found outside Tibet and may be female.

The current Dalai Lama is often called "His Holiness" (HH) by Westerners (by analogy with the Pope), although this does not translate to a Tibetan title.

"Dalai" (Далай) means "Ocean" in Mongolian, and is a translation of the Tibetan name རྒྱ་མཚོ་ "Gyatso," while "Lama" is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit word "guru". Together, the terms literally translate as "Ocean Teacher," although there are several theories regarding the meaning of the title. One idea is that the title means a teacher who is spiritually as great as the ocean.[citation needed] The name is also often translated as "Ocean of Wisdom," as in the following extract.

"The Institution of the Dalai Lama" by R. N. Rahul Sheel in The Tibet Journal, Vol. XIV No. 3. Autumn 1989, pp. 19-32 says on pp. 31-32, n. 1: "The word Dalai is Mongolian for "ocean", used mainly by the Chinese, the Mongols, and foreigners. Rgya mtsho, the corresponding Tibetan word, always has formed the last part of the religious name of the Dalai Lama since Dalai Lama II [sic – should read Dalai Lama III]. The expression Lama (བླ་མ; Bla ma) means the "superior one". Western usage has taken it to mean the "priest" of the Buddhism of Tibet. The term Dalai Lama, therefore, means "Ocean of Wisdom.

According to the current Dalai Lama, however, the title originated with the third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso; the Mongolian term "Dalai" was nothing more than a literal translation of the Tibetan name "Gyatso," implying that later interpretations used poetic license in applying oceanic qualities to the name.


Before the 20th century, European sources often referred to the Dalai Lama as the "Grand Lama". For example, in 1785 Benjamin Franklin Bache mocked George Washington by terming him the "Grand Lama of this Country". Some in the West believed the Dalai Lama to be worshipped by the Tibetans as the godhead.