Friday, September 12, 2008

DT Hollywood Bits and Pieces

UPennLots of Penn Hollywood news happening recently in the movies, on TV, in music and on magazine covers...


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Jon Avnet's (C'71) film Righteous Kill starring Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro comes out in theaters today.

Logline: "Two Veteran New York City Detectives hunt a vigilante who may be one of their own."

Check out the trailer below!





My past posts about Jon here




Executive Producer for Saturn Films, Norm Golightly (C'94, Mask and Wig) debuted Bangkok Dangerous in theater's last week.

Check out the trailer below.




My past posts about Norm here




Merv Griffin Executive Producer Roy Bank (C'94) will oversee Lifetime "Lisa Williams" show (working title).  Per Variety, it will be "bringing the eponymous medium/clairvoyant back to the network for a week of half-hour episodes starting Oct. 27."


My past posts about Roy here




Elizabeth Banks (C'96) will be Women's Health's first-ever celebrity cover for the October 2008 issue. Click here to check it out

In a recent interview, it was revealed that it was Liz Banks' husband Max Handelman's (C'95, AEPi) idea for her to make THIS brilliant NSFW video:




My past posts about Liz here




Matt Kap's (C'97) band's (The Moving Picture Show) song "The Boy Who Lives Backwards" is featured in the season premiere of MTV's Road Rules Challenge: The Island. It was played at the end of the show when the cast decided to vote off one of their own. Check your local listings for the show's reairing.

Listen to "The Boy Who Lives Backwards" here:



The story behind the song?   Per Matt:


"The Boy Who Lives Backwards" basically came out of a regret. I was going to take some summer classes at NYU and met a girl the first day in the dorm through a friend. She'd had a bad day and her friend wasn't around so I decided to try and cheer her up. We had a really incredible night but I was so shy at the time and thought she had a boyfriend so I didn't ask her out. Years later I thought of that while singing a melody and began thinking about regrets we have in life - the person we didn't kiss, the bully on the playground we didn't stand up to, the clever comebacks that we wished we'd said in an argument and that's what the song is about. It also really reminds me of New York City in the fall which is my favorite time of year."

Check out Matt's performance at our very own Pennfest 2007:




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Morning News Covers Jordan Zucker's Female Fantasy Football League


upennHave you ever heard of an all female fantasy football league?

Jordan Zucker (C'97, Kappa Alpha Theta, captain of UPenn Equestrian team, Stimulus Children's Theater) has been running one for three years now and has just recently caught the attention of the morning news.  See her segment above.  (In the clip above, Jordan is actually video chatting with another Penn alum Jaime Herman (C'01) for her picks.)

Per Jordan, "We started out as all first timers and learned how to play together. Now we’re schooling the guys."



If you check out Jordan's site, you'll see that she does a weekly video/wrap up which includes:
  • Studs and Duds
  • Best Man Pile
  • Best Man Hug
  • Best Body Jump
Incidentally, Jordan is no stranger to TV.  A couple of years ago,  she was featured on close to 10 episodes of Scrubs playing the character of "Lisa" (click here to see her in action!)

Visit Jordan's site:  http://www.girlsguidetofantasyfootball.com


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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

They Gave Him a Shoutout on Last Night's Fringe


Did you see JJ Abrams' new show Fringe last night?

If you did, you may have missed a quick shout out to Bad Robot (production company behind Fringe) exec Dave Baronoff (C'99, L'02, Mask and Wig, AEPi ). Watch the short clip above to check it out (minute 7:35)!

The show is really well done and the characters and story are well developed.  The reviews also are great...
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The New York Times says:
"… as pilots go, this one is sensational, an artful, suspenseful mix of horror, science fiction, layered conspiracies and extended car chases. "Fringe" sets out to stretch the boundaries of conventional network series. …"

The Hollywood Reporter says:
"… What really makes "Fringe" so promising is that it is potentially reminiscent, in a small way, of the battle-of-the-sexes charm that once made "Moonlighting" the best hour of TV of its time. "

After I published this post,  Dr. Mark Milstein (C'97, Mask and Wig) notified me that he is quoted on the Popular Mechanics website regarding the scientific/medical accuracy of Fringe's Pilot episode.

Click here to see Mark's response to "Can LSD and probe-laden tanks connect your brain to the comatose?"

Watch the entire exciting episode below!:


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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

DT Job Alert: Producer's Assistant Wanted (LA)

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Check out this position posted by Michael Brawer (C'04), one of our alumni out here in Los Angeles.

The position is to be the assistant to the president of a major production company...

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Which Penn Alum said THIS in this week's People Magazine?


Which Penn alumna was recently quoted in People magazine talking about "the worst fashion crime a person can commit"?

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