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Penn Alum John Legend’s Oscar Winning, Chilling Performance & Speech
You surely saw the Oscars last night and it would be irresponsible of us here at Penntertainment not to highlight one of the more memorable moments which centered around Penn alum (and former commencement speaker) John Legend (C’99, Counterparts) and Common’s powerful Oscar performance and acceptance speech. Congrats John Legend! You make us Penn alumni […]
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 […]
7 Penn Alumni you should know about: TV edition
After the jump, check out my DT roundup of these 7 Penn alumni making news in the TV worlds of reality, comedy and drama. Plus two more alumni nominated for Emmys! Have you been watching Penn alum and reality tv executive producer Justin Hochberg’s (C’91) “The Great Escape“? The show drops teams of ordinary people […]
Denzel Washington to Penn grads: “Fall Forward”
Photo Credit: University Communications Earlier today, I posted Dr. Gutmann’s Hollywood-movie themed 2011 commencement speech and mentioned that every year, I make it a point of listening to Penn’s commencement speech as a good dose of inspiration. After the jump, now listen to 2011 commencement speaker (and Penn parent) Denzel Washington talk about his career, […]
1 minute in, this Penn alum is spotted on Oscar’s red carpet
After the jump, check out The Fighter producer Todd Lieberman (C’95, Mask and Wig, AEPi) spotted on the red carpet within the first minute of tonight’s ABC’s “Oscars Red Carpet Live”. More DT stories about Todd HERE More Penn alumni at the Oscars in years past HERE Share Tweet Alumni Weekend May 13-16, 2011Available hotels here […]
Penn Alumni spotted at the SAG Awards
Another award show last night and more Penn alumni spotted in the audience! After the jump see who they were! Yep, that’s Todd Lieberman (C’95, Mask and Wig, AEPi) spotted below at The Fighter table. From having been at the Golden Globes and then having the film nominated for 6 Oscars, it’s quite the busy month for Todd! Another […]
