Over this past week, Penn alumni were making the rounds at the snowy Sundance film festival. After the jump find out about these alumni and their new films! Liz Banks (C’96) was seen at a whole bunch of parties related to the 2 hot films that premiered at Sundance that the Weinstein brothers have acquired: […]
Back in September, I reported that Glen Berger (C’89, Mask and Wig) co-wrote the book to the upcoming “Spiderman, Turn off the Dark” Broadway show, with Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor (The Tempest, Across the Universe, The Lion King) …with music and lyrics by Bono and the Edge! Because of some onset injuries, the show’s opening […]
Penn folks seen in the Golden Globes audience: Disney President Rich Ross (C’83) (sitting at front table next to Jeff Bridges) Producer Marc Platt (C’79) and wife Julie Platt (C’79) (seen as Martin Scorsese walks up to stage to accept his award) Plus a L’oreal Commercial with Liz Banks (C’96) (seen right after her Seabiscuit […]
Last month, we started our “An Actor’s Path” vlog series with Penn alum Alex Weber (C’09, Lacrosse). One month in and he’s already playing around with changing his name. In his first vlog he talked about how acting classes and networking are key to pursuing an acting career in LA. This month, he talks about: […]
Some good Penn alumni Hollywood news in my roundup this week: Big Wig makes big job change Mogul announces new TV show Chairman debuts new channel TV and Film Producer with 2 new films in the work with big name attached Actress appears in Oscar nominated film and is now on Broadway Actress with new […]
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 […]