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Penn Alum Casting Director to Actors/Comics: Don’t Fall Into THIS Trap! (VIDEO)

Recently, comic, producer and casting director Lesley Wolff (C’93, Bloomers), appeared on the Laughing Matters Panel at the SAG Foundation and was dishing out advice about what actors and comics should do with what they send to casting directors. After the jump watch this clip where Lesley talks about a big trap actors and comics […]

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Glee and High School Musical Are Making This Penn Alum Actor Up His Game (VIDEO)

Last fall, we started our “An Actor’s Path” vlog series with Penn alum Alex Weber (C’09, Lacrosse). Throughout this year we’re tracking Alex’s journey as a new actor here in Hollywood. Recently, Alex debuted the commercial he was in with some of his idols. In this month’s vlog episode, after the jump, Alex talks about: […]

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Undergrads, you’ll never get an offer to get better grades as good as thi$$$! You can bet on it!

Posted on by in 2010

There’s a site out there created by a Penn guy that is giving students direct cash incentives for improving their grades and general academic standing. Hard to believe, I know. I wonder how much money the site will be dishing out to the extra motivated students at Penn?! More about how you can get involved […]

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If You’re a Sports Fan, You May Have Seen This Penn Alum’s New National Commercial (VIDEO)

Last fall, we started our “An Actor’s Path” vlog series with Penn alum Alex Weber (C’09, Lacrosse). Throughout this year we’re tracking Alex’s journey as a new actor here in Hollywood. Recently, Alex shared with us that he starred in a commercial with some of his idols.  In this month’s episode, Alex debuts the commercial […]

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Penn Alum Paul Provenza Brings Us Inside the Minds of These Celebrity Comics

A few years ago, Paul Provenza (C’79, Mask and Wig) showed us an inside peek of the comic world when he had his celebrity comedians deliver their own versions of the world’s dirtiest joke in his film, The Aristocrats. Starting this week, Paul serves up a lot more “celebrity insider” comedy that you’ll want to […]

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Their Chilling Documentary Debuts in Los Angeles This Week

Last year I wrote a post on two alumni who teamed up to create a very moving, “gave me the chills” film… Co-directors Michael Pertnoy’s (C’06) (left) and Michael Kleiman’s (C’06) (below left) feature documentary The Last Survivor focuses on genocide awareness, prevention, and survivor advocacy. The film follows the lives of survivors from The […]

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