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The Economic Crisis and the Croisette: Penn Alumni Weigh in on the Current State of the Entertainment Industry

Posted on by in 2011

This week, our Penn in Cannes 2010 DT correspondent Chloe Castellon (C’11) reviewed some of the good and horribly awful films of this year’s film festival, talked about the badge system and how she conned her way into some of the better theatres. In her final post, Chloe shares with us inside info about the […]

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Penn Alumni Dish Advice in Cannes & What the Entertainment Industry is Looking for in Its Next Generation of Employees

All last week, I posted about Brian Tran’s (W’10) inside scoop of his time at the Penn in Cannes Program.  As our final “Cannes” post, Julie Blanc (W’12), another one of my great DT correspondents fills us in on advice given this year from Penn alumni:-Rick Hess (C’84, Head of Creative Artist Agency’s Film Finance […]

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Penn in Cannes: He Begs and Scores The Hottest Ticket in Cannes

Posted on by in 2010

Over this past week, our DT correspondent Brian Tran (W’10) has talked about how he got into screenings without too much begging, how tears welled up in everyone’s 3D-glasses-covered-eyes, and the hot and not-so-hot movies of Cannes. In today’s post, Brian sums up his Cannes experience, reveals something that made him squirm and scream, and […]

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DT HB&P: His Big Job Change, Their New Films, Shows & Channel, She’s a Broadway Doll

Some good Penn alumni Hollywood news in my roundup this week: Big Wig makes big job change Mogul announces new TV show Chairman debuts new channel TV and Film Producer with 2 new films in the work with big name attached Actress appears in Oscar nominated film and is now on Broadway Actress with new […]

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Penn in Cannes: Hobnobbing With Penn Hollywood Big Wigs

So far this week Felisha Liu (W’09) shared some of the good, bad and disappointing films she saw at Cannes, and how she managed to score tickets to films through the art of begging. Today, she tells us about the 2 Penn alumni and 1 Penn parent Hollywood power players she met in Cannes! Click […]

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His big Sundance announcement…

Which Penn alum just made a big announcement on Monday regarding the Sundance Film Festival? Click here to find out!Geoffrey Gilmore (C’74), Sundance fest director just announced that the film, In Bruges will open the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 17. Per Variety, “The film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two hit […]

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