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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 […]
DT’s B&P: 6 Reasons Why ABC Is Really Loving On Penn Alumni This Week
This week the “The Mouse House” (ABC/Disney) is all about the red and the blue. From news pertaining to studio heads, actors, producers, and writers, find out what sorts of waves Penn alumni are making this week! 6 Reasons Why ABC is Really Loving on Penn Alumni this week: #1:Continued speculation of Rich Ross (C’83) […]
The Remaining 21 Videos of Advice From our Hollywood Penn Panel
(l to r): Lew Schneider (C’83), event producer Reg Tigerman (C’07), Zach Lutsky (C’97), Sherri Cooper Landsman (C’94) and Jason Resnick (C’92) Back in February, I posted a whole bunch of videos from our LA Penn in Pictures 2008 panel including Jason Resnick (C’92) (Universal acquisitions), Sherri Cooper Landsman (C’94) (Brothers and Sisters Writer), Zach […]
Her 12 Year Relationship Nap (VIDEO)
While Fielding Edlow (C’95) is primarily a playwright, she recently collaborated on her first short The Long Nap (see above) with her director Adrian Fulle, in the writer’s group, Safehouse, in Santa Monica. The short is about “a woman who wakes up from a 12 year relationship nap.” Look out for Penn alum Jessie Schneiderman (C’05) […]
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 […]
Tuesday Tips: Advice for the Writer who Wants to Move Out to LA
Penn writers Phyllis Zimbler Miller (WG’80), Eric Barker (C’94), Hadley Davis (C’93), Josh Heald (C’00) In this week’s Tuesday Tips series, I have enlisted the help of my Penn alumni writer friends out here in Los Angeles to offer advice to the Penn undergrad or alum who has decided to move out to Los Angeles […]
