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Bethenny Frankel plays matchmaker to this Penn alum

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Over the past few years, we’ve seen a whole bunch of Penn alumni appear on Bravo shows. Last year, I did a post about Jake Spitz (C’96) appearing on “Bethenny Getting Married”. He’s back again this season and tonight Bethenny is looking to set him up. After the jump check out a preview from tonight’s […]

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Is this Penn alum trading his passion for grad school?

They graduated Penn and moved to Austin to pursue careers in music. Now, 18 months and 10 DT vlog episodes later, Ben Naecker (C’09, Water Polo) and Blake West (W’09, Jazz Combos) kept the faith and finally found someone “instrumental” to their progress in Austin. All the while, they’ve been preaching that “real jobs are […]

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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”. […]

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Yes, A Penn Alum Wrote “Hot Tub Time Machine” and Another Penn Alum Helped Produce It (and it’s awesome!)

You’ve been seeing the funny commercials for it on TV for months now and tomorrow, Hollywood screenwriter Josh Heald’s (W’00, Editor-in-Chief 34th Street Magazine (’99), Penn Jazz) Hot Tub Time Machine hits theaters nationwide. The film is about 4 friends who travel back to the 80s after they discover that their ski resort hot tub […]

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Writer’s House: Webcast w/ poet laureate Donald Hall

LIVE WEBCAST************ The Kelly Writers House Fellows program presentsDONALD HALL10:30 AM (eastern time) on Tuesday, April 17, 2007a conversation (with audience Q&A) conducted by Al Filreis To participate via webcast, simply rsvp to:[email protected] Anyone with an internet connection can participate. Participants in thewebcast will be able to pose questions to Mr. Hall by email ortelephone. […]

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