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They Gave Him a Shoutout on Last Night’s Fringe
Did you see JJ Abrams’ new show Fringe last night? If you did, you may have missed a quick shout out to Bad Robot (production company behind Fringe) exec Dave Baronoff (C’99, L’02, Mask and Wig, AEPi ). Watch the short clip above to check it out (minute 7:35)! The show is really well done […]
Some Classic Film and TV Actors You Didn’t Know Were Penn Alumni!
When I was an undergrad in Mask and Wig, there were a whole bunch of celebrity alumni whose caricatures were painted on the walls of our clubhouse that we always knew about, but you may not have… Click here to discover some actors you’ve been watching for years on TV and film that I bet […]
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon Want Her Stories
Author Laura Dave (C’99, Writers House) has a lot to celebrate. Not only did her second book The Divorce Party just get published last week, but both this book and her first book London is the Best City in America are going Hollywood. Both books are in development as feature films at Universal Studios. More […]
Tuesday Tips: Advice on Becoming a Published Novelist
Earlier today, I posted about Allison Winn Scotch’s (C’95) novel The Department of Lost and Found. While the book’s story was intriguing, an even more intriguing story is how Allison actually became a published novelist. Like many creative careers, it’s a story of perseverance. I’ve been speaking with Allison over the past few weeks and […]
She’s doing a Western
Image from cbs.com Actress Elizabeth Banks (C’96) has been doing everything from comedies, to dramas to horror films. Well, come this Sunday, she’s about to saddle up and do a Western in CBS’s Comanche Moon, the 3 part series prequel to the Pulitzer prize winning book, “Lonesome Dove”. Liz plays Maggie Tilton, a young prostitute […]
The horrific results when 2 Penn creatives come together
What happens when a Penn alum film producer works with a Penn alum writer to produce a horror film? Hopefully it gets made and hopefully it gets good reviews. This is exactly what has happened in both cases when Todd Shotz (C’96, Glee Club, Penn Players), VP of Rifkin Eberts collaborated with writer Dan Kay […]
