I’ve been covering Penn alum and “Flavor of Love” reality star Schatar “Hottie” Sapphira (Arts House Resident, Inspiration, Penn Black Arts League, Penn Gospel Choir, Penn basketball manager) over the past couple of years and I get exciting updates from her from time to time (remember the Star Magazine and Jerry Springer stories?!). I love how she goes balls-to-the-wall and […]
Since the beginning of DT, I’ve been covering all sorts of stories about Penn alumni musicians, filmmakers, actors, plus dozens more entertainment professions. Then, over the past couple of years on DT, I’ve been covering stories about new young alumni trying to break into careers such as acting, more acting, and music. Now, this summer, […]
Last year, I did a post about how a Penn writer and Penn producer came together to create a big movie hit. Tonight that Penn writer wins for his screenplay and he accepts sporting an awesome blue tux. After the jump reacquaint yourself with the movie and check out a cameo in the film by […]
Earlier today I posted about a Penn alum with his own beer blog. Now, as I continue to celebrate St. Patty’s day and everything alcohol-related, there’s another Penn alum who has his own alcoholic drink you’ll want to know about which is “like beer, but not beer”. After the jump, more about this alum …and […]
If you haven’t seen the ads yet, tonight a whole slew of misfits roast Donald Trump (W’68) on Comedy Central (10:30/9:30c). I’m sure you can safely expect jokes about his hair, his marriages and all of the products he’s put his name on. At first I was a bit surprised Trump was such a good sport, […]
Between Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and Screen Actors Guild nominations and wins, it’s been quite the award season for producer Todd Lieberman (C’95, Mask and Wig, AEPi) and his film The Fighter. Yesterday, his film was nominated for the mother all of all awards: 7 Oscars including nominations for Best Picture, Directing for David O. Russell, Original […]