I cover lots of traditional entertainment career pursuits from alumni on DT like acting, filmmaking, and writing, but equally creative can be that of Marketing. After the jump, check out a promo spot for ESPN that Universal Media Promotions and Marketing manager Melisa Kirkup (C’01) worked on for the new movie Tower Heist (in theaters […]
Earlier, I posted an article about 2 Penn filmmakers that need your vote in an innovative film contest. Duc-Minh Nguyen (C’07, DP, M– USE, Dining Philosophers, VSA), another Penn alum with another great film just emailed in and he also needs your vote! After the jump watch his beautiful film! First about the contest: The “TenLegs […]
As you’ve seen on DT, I’ve covered lots of alumni who like singing covers of songs. A particular favorite from lots of Penn alumni over the past year has been doing Adele covers. After the jump, listen to two alumni covering Adele’s “Someone Like You” (and they’re really good!) 1) Jill Goldberg (C’04)Over the past year, […]
Recently at a Los Angeles Penn event, I bumped into Penn alum Rob Golenberg (W’87, ZBT). Rob has been in the Hollywood biz now for over 20 years now and is currently the VP and Head of TV Literary and Packaging at the Gersh Agency. (I’ve known about Rob for years now because some Penn […]
(l to r: ) Michele, Sabrina and Samantha
The news from “Glee” is not getting our starter actress Jess Garvey (C’09) down. Jess has already shot “Blowin Up”, a TV pilot described as “Entourage” meets “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” that is being shopped around for development season. Her role: “Camilla- bubbly, positive and spoiled. Sincere in her convictions which are usually 95% […]