2 Oscar winners, Ana Ortiz, Marlo Thomas, Tila Tequila IP

[devilson9991]

Big day autographing for me. It was freezing cold in NYC today. Went to Good Morning America in the morning and just as I got there, Philip Seymour Hoffman was walking out of his car. A grapher, Sheldon had him one on one, but Philip did not sign. I got an 8x10 printed at Duane Reade and when I got back, there were 15+ people behind the barricades. Philip came out and signed 5 or 6 with someone's black sharpie, but he didn't sign my photo. I walked to the end of the barricade where he was walking to his car. I asked him if he could sign my photo. He took my blue sharpie and signed my Capote 8x10! I've heard stories that he's not a friendly person, but he was nice today. Didn't try for Paula Abdul coming out of GMA.

After GMA, I walked with Sheldon to Mike & Juliet and very few graphers showed up. Ana Ortiz who plays Betty's sister, Hilda in Ugly Betty came out and signed+took pics with everyone (4 people). She is very friendly in person (very beautiful too! {thumb2} ). She signed an index card for me. One guy got her to sign like 12 photos . Marlo Thomas (That Girl) came out and was also very friendly. Got her to sign an index card. She signed 6 photos for the guy that got 12 Ana Ortiz autographs. We stayed around and Mike & Juliet had a post-taping. Tila Tequila (the myspace celeb/she had a MTV show, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila) walked in and took picture with 2 guys, but her publicist told her to sign on the way out. Tila is tiny in person, she's around 4'11". Tila came out after the post-tape and she signed a bunch. Her publicist told her to only sign 1 each and leave, but she signed multiples for a few people. Once again another extremely nice person. My first graphing experience at Mike & Juliet was a good one, but it was cold around 20 degrees.

Later in the day, I went over to Late Show with David Letterman where it was freezing cold. Surprising there were a lot of people today going for Jennifer Connolly and Meryl Streep. A band called The Duke Spirit walked in, but no one really cared. Anderson Cooper, the CNN anchor walked in and didn't sign anything. Jennifer Connolly arrived around 4 pm. She looks very very skinny. She signed for one side and didn't sign for the other side. I was on the side she didn't sign many for, but I got her to sign my 8x10. Didn't feel like waiting another 2 hours in the cold for Meryl Streep so I went over to Macy's and US Olympic gymnast, Nastia Liukin was making an appearance at 5 pm, signing autographs if you purchased any Vanilla Star clothes. They were only handing out posters if you bought something, but I wanted to get my magazines signed. So I left before Nastia arrived.

Good day, especially for the cold weather.

Philip Seymour Hoffman 1/1 Capote 8x10 (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role)


Ana Ortiz 1/1 IC (very nice signature)


Marlo Thomas 1/1 IC (she wrote M twice because the index card slipped when she was signing)


Tila Tequila 1/1 IC


Jennifer Connelly 1/1 8x10 (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie A Beautiful Mind)

[ne0ven0m]

Congrats on your huge day! I'm gonna have to use your post as a template when I go to NYC one day.

[candy60]

I had a quick question what time do you get to see the guests on david letterman so they can sign and where do you wait? thanks

[devilson9991]

I had a quick question what time do you get to see the guests on david letterman so they can sign and where do you wait? thanks

We wait at the side street of Letterman at 53rd street down past the CBS store. They have barricades set up, the one closer to the door is for paparazzi and the one closer to the deli is for autographers. Guests usually come in between 3:30-4:30, but musical guests come in earlier for rehearsals and sound check.

[candy60]

Thanks sooo much!!!