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   From: eat@joes.com   
      
   Last night my "signed" 8x10 photo of Charlize Theron arrived in the   
   mail, and I was stunned, because I was sure a hottie like her wouldn't   
   respond to my request.  This is the biggest coup in my tiny collection   
   of celeb head shots, and I want to share with everybody else how to do   
   it.   
      
   All you have to do is write a polite letter to her talent agency, with   
   an SASE, and they will send it to you.  The address is   
      
   Charlize Theron   
   c/o United Talent Agency   
   9560 Wilshire Blvd. #500   
   Beverly Hills, CA, 90212   
      
   Other sites that provide advice on how to do this suggest a brief letter   
   of no more than two or three paragraphs, but I do it slightly   
   differently.  I'm an excellent writer, so I compose as well thought out   
   a letter as I possibly can, and cover several topics.   
      
   The topics are -   
      
   1) All the cool touristy reasons why she should visit my state.  Of   
   course, she won't, but people like to be invited, anyhow.  Stars have no   
   idea what is outside NY and LA, since it's all flyover country to them.   
      
   2) My comments on her career, why she's super hot, what future moves she   
   might make, and how I'm sorry she hurts herself so much.   
      
   3) A brief description of myself, my work, my ambitions and why I'm a   
   good guy   
      
   4) A well-crafted proposition, which she also won't accept, but if you   
   phrase it correctly, she'll still be flattered.  I wouldn't recommend   
   this for anyone else, unless you're particularly expert in writing love   
   letters, but if you must try, be creative and subtle.   
      
   All told my letter came out to just under three pages, and it's getting   
   sufficiently polished that I can just change a few details and use it   
   for any star I want to get a photo from.   
      
   Important items I had to purchase were 8.5x11 in backing boards from a   
   comic shop, to reinforce the pic, 8.5x11 in manila envelopes, as an   
   SASE, and 10x13 in manila envelopes to hold the 8.5x11 in envelope.   
      
   That's all you need to know to do the job, which will hopefully work as   
   well for you as it did for me.  Good luck!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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