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Penn Alumni You Should Know About Vol. 21

Welcome back to the wonderful world of Penn Alumni You Should Know About, where we feature the eye-popping, mind-blowing exploits of Penn Alumni in the entertainment industry. Before you read this edition, let’s welcome comedy writer Rafael Friedan (C’04, Phi Kap) to our Penntertainment blogger community. Rafael writes absurd, over-the-top comedy for film, TV, and […]

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LA Penn alumni & undergrads come out to Summer Happy Hour (photos)

Following up from our mid-July NY Penntertainment event,  last week 250 LA Penn alumni and undergrads met in West Hollywood at the Palihouse representing Film, TV, Publishing, Digital, Marketing & Music. A special thank you to Kiera Reilly, Akin Aliu, Kelly Diamond for helping me organize the event. Click large images to advance through slideshow: Penntertainment Events […]

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This Penn Alum’s TV Show Debuts Tonight! (and it stars another notable Penn alum!)

Back in May I posted about how a bunch of Hollywood alumni have TV network shows coming out this year. Well this week fall TV season starts and Executive Producer Todd Lieberman‘s (C’95, Mask and Wig, AEPi, Penn in Pictures panelist) “Detroit 1-8-7” debuts tonight on ABC, 10/9c to lots of great reviews. After the jump, find […]

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Who Knew?!: This Penn Alum invented my favorite snackfood (and probably yours too!)

Last week Kiera Reilly (C’93) sent me an obituary of a very notable Wharton alum who passed away a few weeks ago. The obituary revealed that this alum was the inventor of a food so delicious, you just can’t eat one… Find out more about this alum and the food he invented after the jump! […]

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Hey alumni, here’s a chance to go to the Venice Film Festival with Penn

Not sure if alumni know, but there is a Penn travel program for alumni and they go to some really cool places.  Next up is to Venice and Rome to see the Venice Film Festival (September 1 – 10, 2010) with Penn lecturer: Associate Director of Cinema Studies Nicola Gentili. More about why you should […]

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Who Knew?: Another TV Personality Who Graduated from Penn

Last week, I showed a video of Dr. Zach Lutsky (C’97) teaching Dr. Oz and us how to save a life. After I did that post Kiera Reilly (C’93) emailed me to let me know that Dr. Oz is also a Penn alum. Who knew! The very ambitious Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Oz actually graduated from […]

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