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...face of it, the Washington Capital Area Historical Autograph and Manuscript Show seemed like many such shows held around the country each year. Some 20 top dealers gathered at an Alexandria, Va., hotel on Dec. 9 to peddle thousands of autographs, letters and official papers of the famous - many of the more expensive items locked in glass cases. But among the customers wandering through the exhibits this time were two investigators from the National Archives. They passed out brochures on how to spot historical documents stolen from the government and chatted with the dealers to let them know that...
Their freshman year, Urban went to an autograph signing for Manny Ramirez and ended up doing an impromptu interview of Red Sox players, Jobbins recounted...
...choice,” Lockwood recalls. Over time, he became fascinated by Beethoven. “I discovered the field of Beethoven study was more wide open then people had thought,” he says. Although there had been extensive study of the many compositional sketches and autograph manuscripts Beethoven had left behind, Lockwood found that very little academic work attempted to reconcile the two. Piecing together his discoveries from the different types of documents, Lockwood distinguished himself among Beethoven scholars by gaining considerable insight into the composer’s complicated creative process. While establishing himself among academics...
Winslet has to work to keep her life in best-friend mode. She allows no glossy magazines in her home, although she's partial to the odd cooking periodical from Britain, and she tries to tell her kids that autograph seekers are people who want directions. (Her oldest, Mia, has stopped believing her, and nearly 3-year-old Joe can't be far behind.) She seems intent on establishing a sisterhood with her audience, particularly women. She won't go to physical extremes in prepping for a role and has not courted Oscar as many actresses have--by transforming herself...
...about it. And its kind of fun to walk by past it and think you are on the wall of a building. That’s probably something that will never happen again. Very few people can say that.15.FM: Do people bug you? What if I asked for your autograph?CD: I wouldn’t be creeped out. That happens a lot actually. Its kind of funny. Do you know who Edward Lee is? He said if I broke the record I could sign his Harvard-Yale ticket. People ask me pretty frequently to sign their tickets. That?...