Blake LeVine

Blake LeVine is an author, film director, producer, psychotherapist and noted autograph collector. As a child, he was featured on Entertainment Tonight, Maury Povich, The Jon Stewart Show, CNN, The New York Post, Premiere Magazine, The Los Angeles Times and numerous radio programs about his experiences collecting autographs from celebrities including Princess Diana, Mother Teresa, Brad Pitt, Frank Sinatra and over 1,000 notables.

His book "Okay Dad You Can Take the Picture: A Young Man's Quest for Autographs of the Famous" was published when he was 15 years old. As a teenager he attended High School at Professional Children's School in New York City with child actors including Macaulay Culkin, Christina Ricci, Jordana Brewster, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Eden Riegel. Blake was engaged to his wife on The Dr. Phil television program in 2005. His work as a psychotherapist is the subject of his second book "Like Mother, Like Son: A Mom's Guide to Raising Healthy Children".

Blake has directed a feature length documentary titled Rap Therapy about helping foster children at the Salvation Army through the use of hip hop art, song, and dance. In the documentary are interviews with 50 Cent, Diddy, Reverend Run and several celebrities. [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/runs-house/runs-house-star-will-do-some-r-21072.aspx] [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231291/]

Blake challenged Eminem and Kid Rock to a televised million dollar rap battle for charity. This led to many fans wondering whether Kid Rock or Eminem would win. [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7362/title.kid-rock-eminem-offered-1-million-to-battle] [http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/eminemkid%20rock%20challenged%20to%20detroit%20rap%20battle_1074954] [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080722/ENT07/807220360/1046/ENT07]

Books

*"Okay Dad You Can Take The Picture: A Young Man's Quest for Autographs of the Famous;" BNLA Books (1995)
*"Like Mother, Like Son: A Mom's Guide to Raising Healthy Children;" SB Publishers (2007)