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Penn Alumni You Should Know About: Vol. 16

[ssba] Daylight savings means longer days, and these Penn alums are putting all that extra time to use. Check out the hardworking alumni who have been logging hours on all kinds of projects lately.

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This Penn alum won an Oscar for Best Documentary last night

Outside of John Travolta butchering Idina Menzel’s name, you may recall that another memorable moment from last night’s Oscars was a song performed in the acceptance speech for Twenty Feet from Stardom as “Best Documentary”. Turns out that Penn alum Morgan Neville (C’89, Daily Pennsylvanian) directed and produced the film!  The film examines the lives and […]

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Penn Alumni You Should Know About: Vol. 13

[ssba] Suffering from the winter blues? Check out what these Penn alumni have been up to in entertainment and let their successes keep you warm with pride, jealousy, or a little bit of both.

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19 Penn Alumni you should know about: Vol. 8

[ssba] This may be the juiciest “Penn Alumni You Should Know About” edition yet! After the jump, check out exciting news about the latest from 19 Penn alumni with projects in TV, film, stage, web, apps, and print. Plus, more stories of Penn alumni working together on entertainment projects ….an alum who dishes on what happens backstage […]

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12 Penn alumni you should know about

After the jump, check out my DT roundup of these 12 notable Penn alumni and some of their very cool projects ranging from new films, to Emmy awards, to great TV appearances. 1) Actress Elizabeth Banks (C’96) puts on her producer hat and releases a new trailer for her upcoming collegiate a capella movie. You’ll […]

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How this Penn alum turned his short film into a feature film in 17 steps

In years past, Ryan Levin (C’98, Without a Net, Theater Arts, Penn Players) and his writing partner Nye Warburton (C ’97, Without a Net) had co-created an animated Comedy Central web series and even helped roast Bob Saget at the Friars roast. Recently, Ryan wrote a new horror-comedy film that stars an iconic horror comedy […]

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