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Penn alum crashes your party on “30 Rock”

One of our favorite singer-song writer’s music was recently featured on NBC’s “30 Rock“! After the jump check out Carly Greenberg‘s (C’05) song “CRASH YOUR PARTY” from the latest episode. The song was featured in the celeb-packed parody trailer of “Martin Luther King Day – The Movie!” (parodied after THIS Penn alum’s films). More Carly […]

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He’s a bitter lawyer and stand-up …and he’s telling all!

I’ve covered stand-up Matt Ritter (L’02) on DT before and all the great viral videos he’s created (my favorite one being THIS one). If you recall, like many Penn alumni making career changes, Matt has transitioned careers from being a lawyer to a standup. After the jump check out “Bottom Rung”, his new web series […]

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Classic: “Classless” Undergrad TV show Impresses

I’ve seen my fair share of student films over the years and am happy to report that these films have now also evolved into the first ever TV sitcom created by current Penn students. In the first episode of “Classless”, Steve, a student who has been shunned by the school newspaper goes on a mission to […]

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The touching reason why she’s not afraid of ghosts

I’ve covered singer-songwriter Jill Goldberg (C’04, Dischord A Cappella, Penn Choir, Wind Ensemble) on DT before and have been saving this great music video of hers for Halloween because I really like this song and there were some cool animated ghosts floating around in the video. However, what I didn’t know until yesterday was the […]

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The secret life of this 10th grade Penn alum English teacher

Another story in this week’s DT Halloween series for you… Matt Blackstone (C’03) is not only a 10th grade English teacher, but he is the author of a new young adult novel, A SCARY SCENE IN A SCARY MOVIE (FSG/Macmillan), which released this summer and Seventeen magazine put it on it’s Summer Beach Read list! […]

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Talent + Penn Networking Lands This Penn Author a TV Pilot with Fox (MUST READ STORY)

Recently, author Jasmin Rosemberg (C’02) got her book optioned by Hollywood big wig director/producer Brett Ratner to develop into a TV show for Fox. But there’s a bigger story here. Not only is Jasmin another example of an alum who made a bold career change and followed her creative passion, but she used some good Penn networking to […]

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