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Penn Alumni Dish Advice in Cannes & What the Entertainment Industry is Looking for in Its Next Generation of Employees
All last week, I posted about Brian Tran’s (W’10) inside scoop of his time at the Penn in Cannes Program. As our final “Cannes” post, Julie Blanc (W’12), another one of my great DT correspondents fills us in on advice given this year from Penn alumni:-Rick Hess (C’84, Head of Creative Artist Agency’s Film Finance […]
Penn in Cannes: He Begs and Scores The Hottest Ticket in Cannes
Over this past week, our DT correspondent Brian Tran (W’10) has talked about how he got into screenings without too much begging, how tears welled up in everyone’s 3D-glasses-covered-eyes, and the hot and not-so-hot movies of Cannes. In today’s post, Brian sums up his Cannes experience, reveals something that made him squirm and scream, and […]
John Legend Sees Soul In All of Us at Penn Graduation (VIDEO)
Yesterday I shared with you video from the 2009 graduation from Penn President Amy Gutmann and Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt. Now, thanks to some of my twitter and facebook friends, check out Penn graduation speaker John Legend’s (C’99) very inspirational speech. Below is an excerpt from his speech which is especially moving: “I believe that […]
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Tells Penn Graduates to Turn off Their Computer and Phones (VIDEO)
On Monday (May 18), Eric Schmidt, Google chairman and chief executive officer, delivered the 2009 Commencement Address and talked about: his gratitude for Penn for the invention of ENIAC the quality of the Penn interns that work at Google this generation as the Google and Facebook generation how the future will have us walking around […]
Wharton Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Appearance on Late Night TV + Exclusive Tesla Info Elon Revealed to DT! (VIDEOS)
This past Wednesday night (4/29/09), Penn alumnus Elon Musk (W’95, C’95) appeared on a popular late night TV program and discussed his electric sports car company Tesla Motors. Find out: how much this car costs now(!) how the Tesla is environmentally friendly more about the electric car movement a preview of his sleek new, affordable […]
Penn in Cannes: Hobnobbing With Penn Hollywood Big Wigs
So far this week Felisha Liu (W’09) shared some of the good, bad and disappointing films she saw at Cannes, and how she managed to score tickets to films through the art of begging. Today, she tells us about the 2 Penn alumni and 1 Penn parent Hollywood power players she met in Cannes! Click […]
