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$350,000 Netflix Competition: She’s In The Final 10 and Needs Your Vote! (VIDEO)
Kristin Fairweather (Penn Grad ’01, Masters in Government Administration, Alumni Relations) is in the running for winning a $350,000 production grant and a guarantee of a premiere at next year’s LA Film Festival. …and they need your vote! Once producer Kristin and writer/director Jenny Deller found out they were one of the top 10 semi-finalists […]
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 […]
She’s A FOX TV Producer By Day and a Jeweler By Night
There seems to be many Penn alumni with multiple careers. Just a week ago, I posted a story about THESE former college roommate lawyers with a jewelry business. Now news of another alum with a TV day job with a similar side passion for designing jewelry! When she’s not producing and writing for “On the […]
They’re Lawyers By Day, Jewelry Designers By Night
Another case of Penn alumni (lawyers) with other careers! Former college roommates (in photo to left: l to r:) Jessica Bohrer, (C’99 (technically graduated in ’98), SDT) and Rebecca Richards (C’99, Theta) were inspired by vintage pieces handed down from their mothers and grandmothers and fell in love with the idea of taking something old […]
Winning Thoughts From a Two Year Old
Woohoo! DT is two! This week we’re celebrating the second anniversary of Dueling Tampons! DT is now connecting the largest group of alumni, undergrads and pre-Penn peeps in one place. And this year we’ve also seen more people from high school reaching into the DT community as prospects interested in Penn. Maybe this year’s influx […]
She’s Giving Us The Latest Beauty and Style Tips on TV
She appears regularly on The Today Show, E! News, NY1, Fox, and the CW. I’m not talking about Paris or Lindsey… I’m talking about Jenn Cohn Falik (C’01, Theta) who has launched a career as a beauty and style expert, traveling the country talking about trends to the local media. Check out some of Jenn’s […]
