Recently a Penn alum sent me an email about the heartfelt story of fellow Penn alum Emily Kramer-Golinkoff (C'07) and her battle with Cystic Fibrosis.
After the jump, watch an extremely touching video and find out how you can help.
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Over the past year, I've done stories on our very own "21st Century Girl" rocker, aka Carly Greenberg (C'05) and all the TV shows she's been singing the theme songs for.
After the jump, listen to a new theme song single she just launched for yet another new tv series!
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, Liz Banks (C'96) has stepped behind the camera to produce a new film called "Pitch Perfect" (based off of this book) with her Penn alum producer husband Max Handleman (C'95, AEPi), all about competitive collegiate a cappella groups.
After the jump, find out which a capella group Liz references from her time at Penn in an interview she just did with Entertainment Weekly...and listen to the great song this group did that she said was "the most amazing version" she's ever heard in her life.
Since the summer we've seen some great Muppet promos, but today Todd Lieberman's (C'95, AEPi, Mask and Wig) 98% Rotten Tomatoes rated Muppet Movie finally hits theaters!
Back in September, our DT correspondent Kelly Diamond (C'13), showed us exactly where Penn Park was on campus.
Recently she was walking down the Walnut Street Bridge in the rain and noticed a new athletic bubble that was built right over the park!
After the jump check out Kelly's 15 second clip of Penn's new indoor practice area!
In the first episode of "Classless", Steve, a student who has been shunned by the school newspaper goes on a mission to create a second student newspaper. In doing so it looks likehe'll be getting second-rate journalists as well. Laughter of course ensues. 
There's no stopping Penn alumni musicians who want to sing Adele's "Someone Like You".
After the jump, listen to another Penn alum who puts his great spin on it!
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:
One more day 'til Halloween and as part of our Halloween series, I've got a somewhat wrong, yet very funny treat for you all.So far on DT, you've seen a Penn alum professionally modeling some great Halloween costumes.
I now have another Penn alum wearing what will eventually be a great Halloween costume!
After the jump, check out Elizabeth Banks (C'96) in a new movie poster as the flamboyant "Effie Trinket" in the upcoming Hunger Games film!
Another story in this week's DT Halloween series for you...
Matt Blackstone (C'03) is not only a 10th grade English teacher, but he is the author of a new young adult novel, A SCARY SCENE IN A SCARY MOVIE (FSG/Macmillan), which released this summer and Seventeen magazine put it on it's Summer Beach Read list! Yep, this is another story about a Penn alum who is an educator and an author!
One liner is "It's about Rene, a male teen with OCD, and his lingo-inventing friend who tutors him in the art of playing it cool."
And if you're at Penn, you can meet him at the Bookstore at 2 pm tomorrow (this Saturday (10/29)).
After the jump, learn more about the book, Matt's perseverant path from Penn to becoming an author, and a great website for aspiring authors looking for agents!
I've covered entrepreneur Brian Yanish (C'95, Mask and Wig) and his Scrap Kins children's property on DT in the past. 
Halloween's right around the corner which always reminds me of our shaving cream business entrepreneur, model, and Halloween costume model (my favorite DT post!) Kyle Schroeder (W'01).
After the jump, learn how you can be entered to win a gift basket of Kyle's:
So you either just moved to LA or you're visiting and you're on a tight budget. Another Penn alum has a solution for you!
Ashley Wren Collins (C'98, Bloomers, Penn Players) is not only a talented actress who can awesomely teach you how to unleash your inner skank, but this Penn alum is also an author whose new book will bring out the cheap bastard in you.
After the jump learn more about her book and about all the LA places where you can save money ...and find out where you can see Ashley promoting her book next week in LA!
Plus, be entered to win a copy of her book just by clicking the facebook "like" button below and/or tweet about it with hashtag "#ashleypennbook"!
When I was watching the 2nd episode this week, a Penn alum's name in the opening credits surprisingly caught my eye. And she happens to have had a pretty big role in the show.
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!)
Last week I did a post about Penn's new $43.5 million dollar addition: Penn Park.
I will say that even after I posted the video and saw the pictures of this Park I had some problems understanding how one would get there on the Penn campus.
Rest assured alumni who haven't been back to campus in a while; after the jump, Kelly Diamond (C'13), our DT undergrad correspondent has provided another one of her famous"15 second clips" which will put everything in perspective for you!
Last week Los Angeles Penn alumni gathered in Hollywood to celebrate some great emerging Penn talent.
The night was filled with some dirty good comedy from host DJ Lubel (C'05) and great original music, improv, inspiring monologues, some over the top characters, a belting rendition of The National Anthem, and of course, a must-see musical(!) bit from the Bloomers alumni about what it means NOT to be Jewish at Penn. (hysterical!)
After the jump, check out some photos and videos from the night!
And congrats to Jeni Sue Birnbaum (C'08), Aimee Musil (C'06), Allison Karic (C'09), and EJ Baker (C'09) for putting together a spectacular event!
In the film Liz plays an NYPD crisis negotiator who tries to talk Sam Worthington's detective character off a ledge. Liz's character happens to have also had a relationship with Worthington who was framed for a crime he didn't commit (sort of like Liz's character in THIS film). The suicide attempt is actual a distraction for Worthington's brother (played by Jamie Bell) to commit a robbery across the street!
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 friends have had great experiences working for him.)
As you've seen in many of the Hollywood alumni I cover on DT, no one person's path is the same. In Rob's case, he made a big career change early on in his career to Hollywood and has had quite an interesting journey since!
After the jump, learn more about Rob's path from Penn to Hollywood agent and his solid advice to anyone looking to becoming an agent or getting into the entertainment business.
A must read for any Penn alum or undergrad looking to go Hollywood!
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