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This New Emmy-Award Winning Entrepreneur Knows How to Get To (and On) Sesame Street
After working in children’s television for nearly 10 years, most notably creating, producing and writing for: an award-winning series of animated shorts for “Sesame Street” Bill Cosby’s Emmy-winning Nick Jr. series “Little Bill,” and “Whoopi’s Littleburg,” (as lyricist) a series of specials also seen on Nick Jr., last month …Eric Weil (C’97. UTV-13 News, The […]
And the Award For The Most Enthusiastic Penn Undergrad Who Will Take Over The World Someday Goes To… (VLOG)
Usually one can tell within seconds of meeting someone that he or she is destined for greatness. And I just have this feeling about incoming freshman Ryan Villanueva (W’13). As you’ll see below, Ryan produces and stars in a dramatic, passionate and entertaining vlog series as he brings us on his “quest for victory” as […]
From “The Wizard of Oz” to “The Cheese Whizard” (VLOG)
Last year I wrote a post about DJ Gregory’s (W’03, Off the Beat) involvement in the (now San Francisco) company of Wicked as well as provided you a sample from his very tv-episode-soundtrack friendly music. Before he was a wicked awesome musician, DJ was actually a sports nut; he was a left-handed pitcher in baseball, […]
This Week, Vlogs R Us And We’ve Got Some Good Ones!
In an age where everyone has a voice on the internet, I have decided to dedicate this week to another alumni and undergrad filled new series I’m calling “Vlogs R Us”. Look out for some impassioned posts this week which include: alumni sports nuts one very enthusiastic undergrad a fascinating comparison of 2 Vlogs and […]
This Spoken Word Artist Has A New Book, A New Love and a New Target Named Bernie Madoff (VIDEO)
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. I LOVE these Excelano Project undergrads and alumni. Their form of art, the spoken word, is loaded with emotion and passion. Back in 2007, I reported on Caroline Rothstein’s (C’06, Excelano Project) powerful “They Call Me Granola” performance. Now almost 2 years later, Caroline’s still on […]
$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 […]
