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Penn Producer Gets Self-Guided
Todd Lieberman (C’95, AEPi, Mask & Wig) will be producing a new film for Disney entitled Self-Guided. Per the Hollywood Reporter, “the story centers on a man who magically goes back to high school as a guidance counselor to give advice to his younger self.” The funny thing about this film is that Jared Stern, […]
Penn alumni make millions on holiday song
What better way to celebrate Christmas day than to give you some Penn alumni Christmas related entertainment news? While Ray Evans (W’36, Mask and Wig) and his songwriting partner Jay Livingston (C’37) wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals, TV and films (including the Mr. Ed theme song), they were probably best known for writing […]
The horrific results when 2 Penn creatives come together
What happens when a Penn alum film producer works with a Penn alum writer to produce a horror film? Hopefully it gets made and hopefully it gets good reviews. This is exactly what has happened in both cases when Todd Shotz (C’96, Glee Club, Penn Players), VP of Rifkin Eberts collaborated with writer Dan Kay […]
A 1986 Wedding Proposal on Franklin Field you’ll want to check out
Some of my favorite stories on DT have to do with Penn love. I’ve covered Penn alumni getting married on campus and have even covered some great Penn proposals. Well, I just discovered another Penn proposal from 1986 that was accomplished during the halftime show on Franklin Field with the help of the Penn Band. […]
Sigma Chi brother marries into her sweet, fashionable empire
As part of our ongoing Penn weddings series, there was a notable wedding announced last weekend in the New York Times. After the jump, find out which empire a Penn alum just became a part of! Last weekend, Paul Arouet (C’93, Sigma Chi) married Duke alum Dylan Lauren, daughter of Ricky Lauren and (fashion designer) Ralph […]
From Divorce Parties to First Husbands: Her new book
In my last post about Penn author Laura Dave (C’99, Writers House) her books The Divorce Party and London is the Best City in America were going Hollywood and being developed by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s production companies. Today, Laura’s new novel, The First Husband comes out and it’s another novel that I’m sure […]
