This may be the juiciest "Penn Alumni You Should Know About" edition yet!

After the jump, check out exciting news about the latest from 19 Penn alumni with projects in TV, film, stage, web, apps, and print.

Plus, more stories of Penn alumni working together on entertainment projects ....an alum who dishes on what happens backstage as a Jeopardy contestant ....and an alum who is body doubling for a major Hollywood star!

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In this Penntertainment roundup, I've got some awesome projects and cameos from more Penn alumni you should know about!

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I've got some more alumni who are blowing up in the world of entertainment that you should know about!

After the jump, learn about alumni who are appearing on, writing for and creating some great new TV shows.

...Plus one alum who is writing about his experience producing one very newsworthy Broadway show.

Happy new year everyone!

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I'm sure you've heard all about it by now, but today, Pitch Perfect, the hot, rotten-tomatoes highly rated film by Penn film producers Elizabeth Banks (C'96) and husband Max Handelman (C'95, AEPi) comes out!

If you recall, in an interview she did promoting the film, Liz had referenced a Penn a capella group from her time at Penn that she thought was "the most amazing version" she's ever heard in her life.

On a related Penn alum note, Melisa Kirkup (C'01), Universal Pictures marketing director shared a 60-second lip-dub Pitch Perfect video her team produced, featuring the hit Nicki Minaj song “Starships”!

Check it out after the jump!

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After the jump, check out my DT roundup of these 4 Penn alumni making news on stage, literature and the arts.

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After the jump, check out my DT roundup of these 12 notable Penn alumni and some of their very cool projects ranging from new films, to Emmy awards, to great TV appearances.

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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:

• new Cremo moisturizer, 
• Cremo Shave Cream
• Cremo Wash
• and Fog Free shave mirror!

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Not since we saw this "classy pimp", have we seen a Penn alum in front of the camera on any of HBO's hottest shows.

Now let's add one more to this "Penn alumni on HBO" list.

If you saw the first episode of "True Blood" this past week, and then had to go to your HBO GO app to watch the second episode ("You Smell Like Dinner"), you would have seen Penn alum Marcus McGee (C'01) make a cameo as "James".

After the jump, check out where in the episode he appeared (plus a screen grab of his appearance!) and find out about Marcus' day on the "True Blood" set!

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A few weeks ago at the start of alumni weekend, Penn alumni working in reality TV from both sides of the camera came back to Penn to discuss what is "real" and what it takes to make it in the business.

The "Getting Real: From Campus to Camera" panel was moderated by Katherine Sender, Associate Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication. Panelists included:

• Mark Cronin (ENG '86), writer and producer of "celebreality" shows such as "The Surreal Life" and "Flavor of Love"
• Kristin Haskin Simms (C'93), contestant on the eighth season of "Project Runway"
• Charlie Herschel (C'01), contestant on the seventeenth season of "Survivor"
• Greg Goldman (C'96), producer of reality television shows such as "Don't Forget the Lyrics", "Secret Millionaire" and "Shaq's Big Challenge"

Overall the contestants on the panel discussed the application process, the submission videos they created, the psych tests they had to take, how closely the edited version was to real life, and recognition in the real world.

The real juice on the panel however came from the producers (especially Mark Cronin) including what they look for in a contestant (and their casting tape) and the true "manipulating" roles they serve as producers on the show.

After the jump, watch the video and check out 10 juicy highlights I've boiled down from the panel that you'll be interested in for sure!

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In years past, Penn's commencement speakers included Jon Huntsman Jr (C'87), Google chairman Eric Schmidt, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

If you didn't plan on coming to Penn's Reunion/Graduation 2011 weekend, you may be enticed after you find out which big Hollywood star will be giving this year's commencement address.

After the jump, find out who and what other tv stars and producers will be speaking during the weekend!

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Sure you may remember your undergrad days celebrating at some UPenn Basement party or coming up with ingenious ways of transporting alcohol across Penn's campus like this man.

But now that you're a bit older and wiser on this St. Patrick's Day, you may have a bit more discerning taste in alcohol. That's why I thought I'd share with you a beer blog created by one of our Penn alums who loves himself a good beer.

After the jump, learn more about this Penn filmmaker's beer site, his top 4 posts and the craft beer he's been brewing.

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Because this weekend is the Superbowl, I thought you'd all appreciate a viral video created by the Penn alum who created a musical interpretation of The Godfather, Tom Dimenna (C'02, Quarterback for Varsity Football Team).

In Tom's film THE PURISTS, two football coaches speak out about what is truly, "Old School".

The video stars Tom as Walter "Gibbs" Branigan and and fellow Penn alum Jeff Hatch (C'01) as Kyle Rogers, a third round draft pick out of Penn State.

After the jump, watch the short and be sure to check out these old timer's reaction to "artificial turf"!

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Over the past couple of years I've done stories on shaving cream business entrepreneur and model Kyle Schroeder (W'01).

After the jump check out the new well produced marketing video featuring Kyle explaining more about his shaving creams, as well as his personal background and how he got into the business.

Martha Stewart and Oprah love this Penn alum's chocolates: Win them HERE (contest ends Friday, 11:59 pm!)

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DT Favorite Aaron Karo's (W'01, Pennfest 2006 performer, Penn in Pictures 2010 panelist) hates when bridesmaids conclude their speeches about how the bride and groom met with the tired phrase "and the rest is history".

Tonight, Aaron's first one-hour Comedy Central special kicks off with this complaint and then runs the gamut from drunken friends who always start fights, to couples who take pictures of their feet while on vacation, to the singles table at weddings being filled with people in relationships.

After the jump, watch the video clip of the first 4 very funny minutes of his special, airing tonight (November 19) at 11 pm on Comedy Central.

Update: Get the UNCUT album from the show HERE– a full TWENTY MINUTES longer, including Aaron's favorite joke, “Disconnected During Phone Sex” that got cut from the special!

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Another story of 2 alumni changing careers, and  working together after Penn.

Dana Kanze (W'01, Kappa Alpha Theta, Penn Fund caller) and Mason Sexton (C'01) founded Moonit.com, an online media property that offers relationship compatibility based on astrology.

After the jump, learn more about how this now engaged couple:

• met at Penn
• changed their careers 
• and how they came to find this new online business!

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There is only one thing more ridiculously funny than Matt Rittberg's (L'02) NSFW "Yeay O'Doul's" video you're about to see.

And that is the fact that apparently there was an ACTUAL PRODUCT like this on the market in the 80s called "Synth Coke".

Check out Matt's video and the horrendous 80's video after the jump!

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When he's not a film editor, there's a Penn alum who has a recurring role on a popular CBS show.

Check out his appearances after the jump!

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As part of my Valentine's Day Sampler Week, stand-up Aaron Karo (W'01) has some NSFW advice for all those post-coital "lingerers"...

Watch his video above to see what I'm talking about! Funny stuff!

More of my Aaron Karo posts HERE

More Funny Friday posts HERE

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News of another Penn alum filmmaker who not only produced a hot film, but is now getting his MBA at Wharton....

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To kick off our Winning Women Week, Round 2 series, I've got a good follow-up story....

While she didn't win $350,000 for her film in THIS contest (although came very close), Kristin Fairweather (Penn Grad '01, Masters in Government Administration, Alumni Relations) is still a winner...

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