[ssba] This may be the juiciest “Penn Alumni You Should Know About” edition yet! After the jump, check out exciting news about the latest from 19 Penn alumni with projects in TV, film, stage, web, apps, and print. Plus, more stories of Penn alumni working together on entertainment projects ….an alum who dishes on what happens backstage […]
Today was the 257th Commencement and honorary speaker Vice President Joe Biden had lots of advice for the new graduates. Some more fun highlights from his speech: apparently Joe’s son Beau went to Penn (C’91, Lightweight Football) and his granddaughter Naomi is a student there now. On a more comical note, in his speech, Vice […]
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 […]
Last week Los Angeles Penn alumni gathered in Hollywood to celebrate some great emerging Penn talent. The night was filled with some dirty good comedy from host DJ Lubel (C’05) and great original music, improv, inspiring monologues, some over the top characters, a belting rendition of The National Anthem, and of course, a must-see musical(!) […]
Being labeled as “the gateway between West Philadelphia and the rest of the city”, the $46.5M Penn Park has finally opened and it marks the beginning of Penn’s eastward expansion. After the jump watch President Amy Gutmann introduce us to this beautiful new addition to Penn’s campus. $46.5M! That’s about 6.2 million Pat’s cheesesteaks! How […]
Being a Mask and Wig alum, I thought I saw it all from: the video of the group performing on “The Ed Sullivan Show” to a great clip of the Mask and Wig Club being referenced in a 1937 Warner Brothers film. After the jump, check out another DT Blast from the Past in photos […]