Some good Penn alumni Hollywood news in my roundup this week: Big Wig makes big job change Mogul announces new TV show Chairman debuts new channel TV and Film Producer with 2 new films in the work with big name attached Actress appears in Oscar nominated film and is now on Broadway Actress with new […]
It certainly is proving to be the time of Allison Winn Scotch’s (C’95) life. Her book The Time of My Life was optioned by the Weinstein Brothers, and last week was reviewed in People Magazine and made The Today Show‘s top 10 books for the fall. Now news that her book made the New York Times […]
A few weeks ago I posted that Allison Winn Scotch’s book The Time of My Life came out in bookstores all over! If you recall, this was the same book that the Weinstein Brothers optioned to make a movie out of. Now news of Allison’s coup of her book being reviewed in last week’s People […]
What if you had the opportunity to go back in time and choose a different path? It’s a question we all ask ourselves and author Allison Winn Scotch (C’95) wrote a book about it. Streeting today, The Time of My Life (per Allison) is about an unhappy housewife who has been “whisked seven years back, […]
Per The Hollywood Reporter, it’s been recently reported that married couple Elizabeth Banks (C’96) and Max Handelman (C’95, AEPi) are adapting the book Pitch Perfect, into a comedy set in the world of competitive collegiate a cappella“. …Apparently, the key to Elizabeth Bank’s success is to B sharp (sorry I couldn’t resist). Max and Liz’s […]
Earlier today, I posted about Allison Winn Scotch’s (C’95) novel The Department of Lost and Found. While the book’s story was intriguing, an even more intriguing story is how Allison actually became a published novelist. Like many creative careers, it’s a story of perseverance. I’ve been speaking with Allison over the past few weeks and […]