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Listen to this Penn alum ask Taylor Swift out on a date

The last time we checked in with Penn alum Hollywood actor Alex Weber (C’09, Lacrosse), he had a cameo on “The Young and the Restless”. Recently, Alex has starred in a commercial that needs your vote …and he made a music video for Taylor Swift that you’ll want to check out after the jump! Alex […]

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Their creative anti-twitter song

12 DT vlogs and 2 years later, it’s official. Ben Naecker (C’09, Water Polo) and Blake West (W’09, Jazz Combos), the Penn alumni friends who moved to Austin to pursue music and swore that “real jobs were not my forte” have split up because of “real jobs”. After the jump watch their final episode where: […]

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Penn alum’s promo with Ben Stiller, Mark Sanchez and LaDainian Tomlinson

I cover lots of traditional entertainment career pursuits from alumni on DT like acting, filmmaking, and writing, but equally creative can be that of Marketing. After the jump, check out a promo spot for ESPN that Universal Media Promotions and Marketing manager Melisa Kirkup (C’01) worked on for the new movie Tower Heist (in theaters […]

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Another Penn filmmaker’s beautiful film needs your vote

Earlier, I posted an article about 2 Penn filmmakers that need your vote in an innovative film contest. Duc-Minh Nguyen (C’07, DP, M– USE, Dining Philosophers, VSA), another Penn alum with another great film just emailed in and he also needs your vote! After the jump watch his beautiful film! First about the contest: The “TenLegs […]

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More Penn alumni who love singing Adele songs

As you’ve seen on DT, I’ve covered lots of alumni who like singing covers of songs. A particular favorite from lots of Penn alumni over the past year has been doing Adele covers. After the jump, listen to two alumni covering Adele’s “Someone Like You” (and they’re really good!) 1) Jill Goldberg (C’04)Over the past year, […]

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So you wanna be a Hollywood agent? Listen to this Penn alum’s advice

Recently at a Los Angeles Penn event, I bumped into Penn alum Rob Golenberg (W’87, ZBT).  Rob has been in the Hollywood biz now for over 20 years now and is currently the VP and Head of TV Literary and Packaging at the Gersh Agency.  (I’ve known about Rob for years now because some Penn […]

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