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Norm Golightly (W’94) produces next Nicolas Cage film: The Wrestler
Norm Golightly (W’94, Mask and Wig) will be producing Darren Aronofsky’s drama The Wrestler starring Nicolas Cage. Per Variety, “the story centers on a a 1980s-era wrestling star, who scrapes by doing small-time matches in New Jersey’s backwaters.” Norm currently runs Nicolas Cage’s production company Saturn Films. I have known Norm since our Mask and […]
Penn Alumni You Should Know About Vol. 23
Welcome back. Summer’s practically here and as usual we’ve got some juicy news and some great upcoming networking events – so lets jump in! Use these new tabs below to easily navigate between sections of this issue:
Penn Alumni You Should Know About Vol. 22
By Rafael Friedan, Matt Rosler and Erini Mantis Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome. It’s another volume of Penn Alumni You Should Know About. Grab a comfortable chair and put on your reading glasses. It’s reading time. Before we dive in, we wanted to share this awesome video below from Penn’s Communications Office. We bet you’ve never seen […]
From the land of Oscars to the land of orphans
If you recall, last year I wrote a post about how Hollywood exec Norman Golightly (C’94, Mask and Wig) refocused his producing talents in the direction of an African orphanage. Norman lived at the rural Kenyan orphanage for a month last year, helping to raise funds for the development of the home which houses 50 kids who lost […]
Nicolas Cage Talks About Swimming with (Real) Sharks and THIS Penn Alum Film Producer (VIDEO)
Last week, Nicolas Cage was interviewed on Craig Ferguson promoting his film, Sorcerer’s Apprentice. During his interview, Nic talks about his experience great white shark diving with the film’s (Penn alum) executive producer. After the jump, find out who Nic was talking about …and other Penn alumni who have been affiliated wtih Craig Ferguson. At […]
Hollywood Exec’s New Mission: “Kenya Spare a Camera”
What happens when one Hollywood Exec has a spiritual awakening and decides to make a life change? Ask Norman Golightly (C’94, Mask and Wig) who used to run Nicholas Cage’s production company, Saturn Films…As Norm puts it: “small town kid goes to hollywood to make it big. instead, he makes it medium. pause. isn’t there […]
