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His Movie Is The One To See This Weekend
Bullets that can bend around a corner. Non-stop action. Cool special effects. Clever, creative scenes. Funny dialogue. And of course, Angelina Jolie.These were all of the things that still have me thinking about the Producers Guild screening of Marc Platt’s (C’79, Glee Club) Wanted that I saw last night. I honestly think this film was […]
TV Writer and Animator Alumni Team Up for Comedy Central Series
(l to r): Ryan Levin (CAS, ’98) & Nye Warburton (C’97) And here’s another example of alumni who knew each other at Penn and continued working together to create some great projects… Ryan Levin (C ’98, Without a Net, Theater Arts, Penn Players) and Nye Warburton (C ’97, Without a Net) have co-created a new […]
Penn in Cannes: Begging and Tips For Scoring You Tickets & Access
Yesterday, Felisha Liu (W’09) shared some of the good, bad and disappointing films she saw at Cannes. She also mentioned that “Cannes is a private festival for industry professionals. As such, the only way to get tickets to premiere screenings is to beg. The industry insiders are penalized for not using their allotment of tickets […]
Graduation Gloom: Watch Him Run From The Future
Graduation. For most of us, it’s a bitter pill we all most swallow. We are forced to make career choices that will effect us for the rest of our lives. Back in 2005, Ben Rubenstein (C’05) created (and starred in) a poignant video about a college senior who is weeks away from his graduation and […]
Eye-Opening News: Penn Doctors Cure Blindness
We talked about Penn doctors curing baldness, now thanks to Drs. Al Maguire and Dr. Jean Bennett, there comes promising news of reversing blindness! “For the first time, researchers have shown that gene therapy can be used to improve vision for blind children and young adults. Two new studies document the treatment of six young […]
Her Early Morning Sword Play with Prince Caspian
Did you see Good Morning America’s Entertainment correspondent Taryn Winter Brill (C’00) battle it out with The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’s Ben Barnes the other day? She seemed to be pretty into it! Watch it here! Speaking of Prince Caspian, check out the The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian website I produced for teachers […]
