Friday, May 13, 2022

Trina Parks

Trina Parks (born Trina Frazier; 26 December 1946 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress, vocalist, choreographer, principal dancer and dance instructor. She is best known for her rather iconic role of Thumper in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

Trina signed the photo below when she appeared at Covcon in Coventry on 7 May 2022. I used the convention's pre-order service to purchase her autograph.

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Laura Summer

Laura Summer (born 5 November 1965 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress. voice actress and producer. Her credits include the voice of Janine Melnitz in the cartoon television series The Real Ghostbusters (1986-87), a small part ('receptionis') in the comedy She's Out of Control (1989) and the role of Judy in the slasher flick Girls Nite Out (1982).

I met Laura at Ecto-Con Glasgow, a convention dedicated solely to Ghostbusters, on 7th May 2022. She signed an 8x10 from The Real Ghostbusters for me. She also had a region 1 dvd of She's Out of Control, a film that was not released on dvd in region 2. It received terrible reviews when it was first released in theatres but I have fond memories of watching it as a teenager.

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On-stage interview at Ecto-Con

Monday, March 7, 2022

Loren Avedon

Loren Avedon (born 30 July 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor and martial artist. I know him for his roles of Scott Wylde in No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (1987), Will Alexander in No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990), and Jake Donahue in The King of the Kickboxers (1990).

I sent the Germany lobby cards of No Retreat, No Surrender 3 (confusingly called Kick-Boxer 2: Blood Brothers in Germany) to Loren through the mail in September 2015 and he kindly returned all three of them signed.

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Also signed by Keith Vitali

Monday, February 21, 2022

Limahl

Christopher Hamill (born 19 December 1958 in Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire, England), known professionally as Limahl (an anagram of Hamill), is an English pop singer. He was the lead singer of the pop group Kajagoogoo beginning in 1981, before embarking on a brief solo career, garnering the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", the theme song for the film of the same name.

Limahl appeared at the 80s vs 90s Indoor Festival in Manchester on 29th January 2022. Monopoly Events, who were the organisers of this concert, also arranged private signings with all perfomers and this is when Limahl signed my The NeverEnding Story soundtrack CD cover.

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Limahl holding my CD cover

Sammy Hagar

Samuel Roy Hagar (born 13 October 1947 in Salina, California, USA) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and entrepreneur. Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose. He then launched a successful solo career and enjoyed further commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen in 1985, but left in 1996. He returned to the band from 2003 to 2005. On March 12, 2007, Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen. His musical style primarily consists of hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal.

Sammy Hagar performed 'Winner Takes It All' on the Over the Top (1987) soundtrack and I had been looking for an Over the Top related item signed by Sammy for a while. I purchased a signed 7" record sleeve from a seller in the RACC Facebook group. According to the seller he personally received this signature from Sammy when he was the opening act for an Aerosmith concert in the Detroit area, 'probably around 2012 or 2013', although I was able to confirm he opened for Aerosmith in 2010.

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

Neve Campbell

Neve Adrianne Campbell (born 3 October 1973 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress, who starred in The Craft (1996), Scream parts 1 to 5 (1996-2022) and Wild Things (1998).

Neve signed the Wild Things 8x10 below in July 2021 during a private signing organised by Monopoly Events.

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Martine Beswick

Martine Beswick (born 26 September 1941 in Port Antonio, Jamaica) is an English-Jamaican actress and model. I know her best for her roles in two James Bond films: From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965).

I purchased Martine's autograph from iNK 2 GRAiLS in January 2022.

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As Paula Caplan in Thunderball