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What Faye Dunaway told this Penn undergrad at the Cannes Film Festival
Over the past three years (2008 coverage and 2009 coverage and 2010 coverage) DT has given you an insider’s look at the films and politics of the Cannes Film festival from the perspective of our Penn in Cannes program correspondents. This year DT correspondent Jonah Stern (C’13) recently returned from the 2011 Cannes film festival […]
Penn Alumni Dish Advice in Cannes & What the Entertainment Industry is Looking for in Its Next Generation of Employees
All last week, I posted about Brian Tran’s (W’10) inside scoop of his time at the Penn in Cannes Program. As our final “Cannes” post, Julie Blanc (W’12), another one of my great DT correspondents fills us in on advice given this year from Penn alumni:-Rick Hess (C’84, Head of Creative Artist Agency’s Film Finance […]
Penn in Cannes: He Begs and Scores The Hottest Ticket in Cannes
Over this past week, our DT correspondent Brian Tran (W’10) has talked about how he got into screenings without too much begging, how tears welled up in everyone’s 3D-glasses-covered-eyes, and the hot and not-so-hot movies of Cannes. In today’s post, Brian sums up his Cannes experience, reveals something that made him squirm and scream, and […]
Penn in Cannes: Hobnobbing With Penn Hollywood Big Wigs
So far this week Felisha Liu (W’09) shared some of the good, bad and disappointing films she saw at Cannes, and how she managed to score tickets to films through the art of begging. Today, she tells us about the 2 Penn alumni and 1 Penn parent Hollywood power players she met in Cannes! Click […]
Penn Alumni You Should Know About Vol. 21
Welcome back to the wonderful world of Penn Alumni You Should Know About, where we feature the eye-popping, mind-blowing exploits of Penn Alumni in the entertainment industry. Before you read this edition, let’s welcome comedy writer Rafael Friedan (C’04, Phi Kap) to our Penntertainment blogger community. Rafael writes absurd, over-the-top comedy for film, TV, and […]
Testimonials
“Matt, you’re an absolute mensch. The tool you’ve built with Penntertainment is really valuable for alumni; thank you so much.” -Sam Goldberg (C’09) “Because of Penntertainment, I got scouted for Nickelodeon. I had such a great time talking with them. I may be a resource for a show on science, travel, geography, gender etc. […]
