As you’ve seen on DT, I continue to focus on juicy alumni journeys in entertainment. To recap, we’ve covered journeys in acting (from a guy’s and girl’s perspctive), music, TV and Film production and TV writing. And we even have advice on how to use DT in your entertainment career search. Today, I’ve got an interesting […]
Earlier this week, TV producer Roy Bank (C’94) launched his new NBC gameshow. Now there’s another show of his that got picked up for a second season and he’s looking for small business owners. The show is sort of “Apprentice” minus the celebrities and minus the competition. It’s called “The Mentor” and it hooks up small business […]
As we approach year 5 of DT, I continues to expand our arsenal of entertaining “insider-tip”-filled vlogs from Penn undergrads and alumni as they pursue the ups and downs of their entertainment career journeys: Alex taught us the 5 tips any actor should consider before getting into the business. We’ve been following Jess as she’s […]
A few weeks ago at the start of alumni weekend, Penn alumni working in reality TV from both sides of the camera came back to Penn to discuss what is “real” and what it takes to make it in the business. The “Getting Real: From Campus to Camera” panel was moderated by Katherine Sender, Associate […]
We first met Tom DiMenna (C’02) for this Valentine’s Day love week where he sang “the red and blue” as Telly Savalas to all my DT readers. Tom has continued milking his Telly character with a new “Telly Tips” episode he recently posted, as well as another Telly video which just landed him on the […]
As you know from reading DT, I love following the path of actors who come out to LA. No two journeys are ever the same. Cut to our first vlogger: Alex Weber (C’09, Lacrosse). We haven’t heard from Alex since November when he shared with us the 5 important pillars any actor should take to […]