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Penn Alumni You Should Know About: Vol. 11
[ssba] Check out these 16 Penn alumni making news in Hollywood! TV Joan Harrison (Bloomers) has just been named SVP Scripted Programming and Development at Asylum Pictures, according to Deadline. The former literary agent will be responsible for the production company’s miniseries and limited series projects. Congrats Joan! Mark Cronin (ENG ’86, Mask and Wig) […]
He’s a bitter lawyer and stand-up …and he’s telling all!
I’ve covered stand-up Matt Ritter (L’02) on DT before and all the great viral videos he’s created (my favorite one being THIS one). If you recall, like many Penn alumni making career changes, Matt has transitioned careers from being a lawyer to a standup. After the jump check out “Bottom Rung”, his new web series […]
15 years later, these Penn alumni return to their Quad dorm rooms to find THIS (video)
Earlier this week, we saw what a 1972 Penn dorm room looked like and how little dorms rooms have evolved since. After the jump, go on a journey with four 1996 alumni who return to Penn for their 15 year reunion and hunt down their freshman dorm rooms, only to learn something significant has changed… […]
From Soap Operas to THIS new commercial to Hangover 2!
The last time we saw Dr. and actor Roy Vongtama (C’96), he was a playing a bartender on “Young and the Restless”. After the jump, watch the new commercial he’s in and find out more about his role (sort of) in this weekend’s newly released Hangover 2! Roy is really killing it. In addition to this […]
This Penn Alum was the “hot Thai bartender” on “The Young and the Restless”
Over the past few years, I’ve been covering the progress of Roy Vongtama (C’96), a real life doctor who has also been “acting” as a doctor on TV. This week Roy appeared on CBS’s “The Young and the Restless”. After the jump, check the video clip starring Roy as what he calls “the hot Thai bartender”. […]
This Real Life Doctor Is “Acting” as a Doctor on TV Again (VIDEOS)
Did you catch doctor-turned-actor Roy Vongtama (C’96) on last Thursday’s “Private Practice”? Yes, another alum associated with ABC/Disney. Speaking of “Private Practice”, remember when actress Kate Walsh came to Penn for the Obama campaign? (Videos HERE) In last week’s episode, Roy plays a top notch psychiatrist. Roy tells me that his part is potentially recurring […]
