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Penn Alum Hollywood power couple’s Pitch Perfect film

I’m sure you’ve heard all about it by now, but today, Pitch Perfect, the hot, rotten-tomatoes highly rated film by Penn film producers Elizabeth Banks (C’96) and husband Max Handelman (C’95, AEPi) comes out! If you recall, in an interview she did promoting the film, Liz had referenced a Penn a capella group from her […]

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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 […]

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Listen to the Penn a capella song Liz Banks calls “amazing”

Recently, Liz Banks (C’96) has stepped behind the camera to produce a new film called “Pitch Perfect” (based off of this book) with her Penn alum producer husband Max Handleman (C’95, AEPi), all about competitive collegiate a cappella groups. After the jump, find out which a capella group Liz references from her time at Penn […]

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Why his muppet got cut from his own movie

Since the summer we’ve seen some great Muppet promos, but today Todd Lieberman’s (C’95, AEPi, Mask and Wig) 98% Rotten Tomatoes rated Muppet Movie finally hits theaters! After the jump find out what Todd shared with the NY Post about how he became a stand-in puppeteer for one scene in the film …and what caused his muppet […]

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Elizabeth Banks shows us her “Hunger Games” costume!

So far on DT, you’ve seen a Penn alum professionally modeling some great Halloween costumes. I now have another Penn alum wearing what will eventually be a great Halloween costume! After the jump, check out Elizabeth Banks (C’96) in a new movie poster as the flamboyant “Effie Trinket” in the upcoming Hunger Games film! More about […]

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Penn entrepreneur’s out-of-office reply you know you want to use

We’ve covered entrepreneur Josh Kopelman (W’93, AEPi) on DT before. Today, his brutally honest vacation auto-reply message is getting a lot of traction on the web. After the jump, get a good chuckle from what he has to say! “I am currently out of the office on vacation. I know I’m supposed to say that […]

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