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He Wants Hollywood to Know How Much He Misses Rick Moranis
Funny man DJ Lubel (C’05) seems to juggle a whole bunch of creative jobs here in Los Angeles. His day job is working as an Associate Producer on the show fellow Penn alum Roy Bank (C’94) created, Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader?. He just finished working as an Associate Producer at “Kathy Griffin: […]
DT Hollywood Bits & Pieces
Lots of Penn news happening this week on-campus and off!… Marc Platt (C’79) has extended his contract with Universal Pictures for five years and has several projects of in the works, including a film version of the Broadway show Wicked, a remake of the 1973 Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice film “Jesus Christ Superstar” and a […]
He’s Giving Reality Contestants What They Really Want …No, Not Love
Last week my Penn reality-TV based posts had been centered around Roy Bank (C’94). Now I’ve got some news from another Penn reality TV big time producer Mark Cronin (Eng’86)… VH1 recently announced that they are prepping another spinoff to Flavor of Love called I Love Money. Per Variety, the new show will feature “past […]
Pennalicious Profile: You’ll Want To Tune Into His Next Show
Over the past few days, we’ve been talking about Roy Bank (C’94), reality head honcho over at Mark Burnett Productions and now President of Merv Griffin Television. I have mentioned that Roy oversaw such Mark Burnett shows as Apprentice, Survivor, RockStar and Contender… Before Roy left, he not only created and executive produced Are You […]
Pennalicious Profiles: His Hollywood Beginnings and His Biggest Piece of Advice
Over the past 2 days, we’ve been talking about Roy Bank (C’94), Reality head honcho over at Mark Burnett Productions and now President of Merv Griffin Television. The big question many aspiring undergrads and alumni want to know is “how did Roy get his start in television and how did he get to do what […]
Pennalicious Profiles: He’s Now Running This TV Empire
Yesterday, I introduced all of you to reality TV guru Roy Bank (C’94). After taking charge as the head of Development and Operations for Mark Burnett Productions, Roy has taken another step up and is running the TV Empire for a highly well-known worldwide company. Click to find out which one! Read Part 1: “He’s […]
