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This Spoken Word Artist is not going to Africa for Safari or Volunteering; “he’s just going” (VIDEO)
Over the past few years I have been amazed at the Penn alumni and undergrad talent that has come out of this new genre of entertainment called “spoken word“. Before there was Alysia, Aysha, Josh and Caroline, there was Carlos. And if you recall, Carlos Andrés Gómez (C’04) was my #2 pick of my then […]
Mask and Wig alum writes hot new Spiderman Broadway Show
Bono, Julie Taymor, Glen Berger and The Edge. Who knew that years after appearing as the lead role of Sir Rupert in Mask and Wig ‘s 100th production of “Lurline, Again!” Glen Berger (C’89) would go on to write the book for the hottest new show slinging onto Broadway on November 14… More after the jump! […]
Penn Alum victim of “The Streisand Effect”; appears in banned IPad viral video
Actor Neil Hellegers (C’99, Arts House Theatre, Pi Lam) has quite an interesting story here… Recently, Neil shot a commercial for Newsday (Long Island/NYC local paper) for their new IPad application. In the spot, Neil demonstrates that the new Newsday Ipad app is better than the newspaper in all kinds of ways, except for one… In a […]
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 […]
Breaking News: Penn Alum Joins Cast of Saturday Night Live! (VIDEO)
It has just been announced that Penn Alum Vanessa Bayer (C’04, Bloomers) is one of three new cast members of the upcoming 36th season of Saturday Night Live! (source) Like many SNL castmates, Vanessa comes from doing Chicago’s Second City. Per her bio on the Second City website, “The Cleveland native was director of Bloomers […]
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! […]
