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!)
Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Monday, October 3, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Recently on DT, I featured Rebecca Cook (C'11, Counterparts) a super talented new alum who did an awesome cover of an Adele song.
Turns out over the past 2 years, Rebecca has been involved in a friendly "pop song battle" with another super talented Penn (and Counterparts) classmate of hers.
After the jump, meet Johnny Lloyd (Mortar Board, Counterparts, iNtuitons '11) and check out his soulful cover of "Bills Bills Bills" by Destiny's Child.
Also, learn about how this recent grad is transitioning to life after Penn and keeping it in the arts with some other Penn friends of his.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Actually, you've got to watch this documentary that Jaclyn Gurwin (C'11), a Penn undergrad created for her senior honors thesis called "I Am Not My Body".
You'll get sucked into this because the film is beyond seeing "distortions" (we're talking split tongues, nose jobs, tattoos, piercings, and some more graphic items you'll just have to watch to find out about. And I'll be honest, the NSFW story told in the first 2 minutes is not for the faint of heart!)
Much of the gold about this 24 minute documentary has to do with the stories behind why people alter their body. Reasons having to do with relationships and self-worth.
After the jump, watch the stories of 7 unique personalities unfold, plus commentary by a "body modification specialist", a tattoo artist and a plastic surgeon ....and in minute 10, listen to the "pretty intense" request a tattoo artist actually completed!
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
It has become clear to me that Counterparts alumni love Adele:
A few weeks ago, we heard John Legend (C99, Counterparts) sing a great cover of an Adele song.
Now, I just stumbled upon a very talented recent alum's performance (also from Counterparts) of a cover of another Adele song.
After the jump watch her performance and listen to her unique voice!
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Over the years, Penn students have been pulling off some pretty creative flash mobs around campus from giant pillow fight on Locust Walk, to freshmen freezing on Locust walk for 5 minutes to the (original) silent dance party in the library.
Last night, in the middle of finals studying, the flashmobbers struck again with what was supposed to be another silent dance party!
After the jump check out the Rosenparty.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
A couple weeks ago, during her spring break, I met with Chloe Castellon (C'11), a senior about to graduate from Penn looking for advice on how to navigate through the Hollywood job market using Penn alumni.
That week, Chloe was on a mission to take as many meetings as she could with Penn alumni in anticipation for her post graduation move out to LA.blush
After the jump, take a lesson from Chloe and find out how she scored 50 meetings with some of the most successful Penn alumni in the industry.
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
It amazes me what sort of talent is coming out of Penn. And I'm talking about the students that are actually still at Penn.
After the jump, learn more about some very innovative apps that were built in 48 hours(!) focused around the theme of "serendipity" ...and submit your vote for the final award! (ends tomorrow, Sunday, 12:59 am EST)
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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And like the story we reported about HERE, this wasn't the only time Penn represented and advanced on the show.
After the jump, find out why Alex Trebeck told Siddharth that if he missed the question, he "couldn't go home again" (to Penn)!
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
The Economic Crisis and the Croisette: Penn Alumni Weigh in on the Current State of the Entertainment Industry
This week, our Penn in Cannes 2010 DT correspondent Chloe Castellon (C'11) reviewed some of the good and horribly awful films of this year's film festival, talked about the badge system and how she conned her way into some of the better theatres.
In her final post, Chloe shares with us inside info about the real reason why some production companies didn't allow Cinephiles in, and the unfortunate state of the film business ...from the mouths of 2 Penn alum entertainment big wigs.More scoopage from Chloe after the jump!
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Yesterday, our Penn in Cannes 2010 DT correspondent Chloe Castellon (C'11) reviewed some of the winner and horribly awful films of this year's film festival.
In today's post, Chloe talks about the badge system and how to con your way into some of the better theatres.
More insight (and photos of some of the theaters to avoid) from Chloe after the jump!
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Yesterday, I introduced Chloe Castellon (C'11), our special Penn in Cannes DT correspondent for the 2010 Cannes Film festival.
Today, Chloe give us scoop on:
- the winning films that kept her on the edge of her seat
- the "bitterly disappointing" films she saw
- and the surprisingly overall poor selection of films for this year's festival.
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Monday, June 7, 2010
This year Chloe Castellon (C'11) just finished her week in Cannes and is our DT Correspondent giving us the dish on some of the winner and loser films of the festival.
Chloe Castellon is a rising senior and an aspiring writer and filmmaker majoring in Cinema Studies and English, with a minor in Gender, Culture and Society. She has been Co-Publicity Chair of the Penn's Consortium for Undergraduate Women (PCUW), a managing, copy, prose, and poetry editor and writer for F-Word Feminist Literary magazine, has competed with Penn's debate team, and has planned Philanthropy events for St. Jude Children Research Hospital for Tri-Delta sorority. She has also worked for DDA Public Relations, and Inside Entertainment Talent Agency. She will complete an honors thesis in English in her upcoming senior year and looks forward to pursuing a career in film after graduation in May 2011. This will be her second time at the Cannes Film Festival. Check back this week when Chloe dishes about:
- the best and worst films of the festival
- the overall "lackluster" buzz about the films of this year's festival in general
- Begging, Bambloozling and B.S.ing: How to Cheat the Badge System at Cannes
- Penn alumni executives weigh in on the state of the industry
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Last weekend Mask and Wig came out to LA to perform its 122nd Annual Production "A Cheshire Catastrophe". And in case you missed it, DT has some exclusive highlight clips for you. Above, check out the show's finale number followed by Mask and Wig's traditional kickline (wait until you see their costumes this year!)
...And then, after the jump, check out my thoughts and some select moments from the night which include the show's opener, tap number, kickline and post-show floorshow!
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
In my facebook feed I saw that director Ben Grinberg (C'11) was staging a production of the popular viral video hit "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" for Penn's Fall 2009 New Student Orientation show.
Below, check out the "Laundry Day" clip that Ben sent me ...and then see the original clip below that starring Neil Patrick Harris!
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Friday, May 29, 2009
A bunch of Penn undergrads including some of the talented actors from Penn's improv group Without a Net as well as some Drexel improv group students partnered together to create Wizards of West Philly, a mockumentary that can be best described as Dungeons and Dragons meets the TV stylings of "The Office" and/or the film Waiting for Guffman.
Although instead of Dungeons and Dragons, this very well done short is about the followers of another (apparently) popular game called "Magic". Producer Dave Farber (C'11) describes the game to me as "a newer generation thing, though there are adults (some as old as 40 we found) who play the game."
Per Wikipdeia, Magic can be described as
"Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game created by a UPenn Mathematics Graduate Student named Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993. It is loosely based on the game Dungeons and Dragons, where each player is a wizard who utilizes the magical spells, items, and fantastic creatures depicted on individual Magic cards to defeat their opponents. The game is intended for a younger audience, but has a large following among young (and not so young) adults. There are Magic grand prixs and tournaments in the U.S. much akin to Poker tournaments where players compete for cash prizes. In 2006, over $3 million was doled out in Magic tournaments across the U.S.Watch the video above...it really is well produced! And is it me or does Anthony Levy (C'11) remind you of Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader?
Penn actors:
Anthony Levy (C'11), Molly Mitchell (C'11), Joe Lawless (C'12), Lucy Wolf (C'12),
Drexel's actors:
Jake Beckerman - Drexel '09, Luke Giordano - Drexel '09
The crew that worked on it were from Prof. Ellen Reynolds Video 1 class:
Dave Farber (C'09), Tom Fang (W'10), Aliza Fischer (C'09), Jason Rasmussen (W'12), Kirstin Snyder (W'12)
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
In February, these 4 created LendforPeace.org, a non-profit microfinance platform focused on the Middle East and was recently featured on Fox Business (see interview clip above featuring David Fraga).
LendforPeace.org was founded by these four Penn students (two Jews and two Palestinians) on the premise that grassroots economic development through microfinance may help increase stability in the Middle East. While the founders disagree about a lot of things, it is hard to disagree about a mission of poverty alleviation and job creation.
Supported by such institutions as the Clinton Global Initiative and Ashoka (the largest association of social entrepreneurs in the world), Lendforpeace.org was launched on February 5th at an event on Penn's campus.
Visit www.LendforPeace.org and their Blog HERE Other great Website Wednesday posts
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
In other words, it's Penn's hard sell.
Over the past 2 years the Wharton admissions committee wanted their presentation to be more fun so they had Brian Tran (W'10) produce some creative short films. The theme for this year was "A Day in the Life" so Brian created an exaggerated Disney-ish "first day of class" musical.
Some of my favorite highlights of this year's video (above) include:- choreography in Wharton and Locust Walk that you just won’t want to miss
- a girl’s hair being let down followed by a "hair toss" in Wharton before the big musical number
- harmony-filled interludes
- the "blackberry girls" (you'll just have to watch to find out about these girls!)
Music and Lyrics by Kevin McAleer (C'10)
Choreography by Jonathan Rivera (C'10, Penn Singers)
Artistic Design by Veronica Decker (C'11)
Learn more about what happened during Penn Previews from the DP here
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Monday, March 30, 2009
It's student election season at UPenn and my facebook feed is loaded with lots of "Vote [insert name] for [insert position]!" tweets.
As I mentioned in my posts from last year, some of the more proactive candidates are really getting creative with how they are promoting themselves. It is no longer enough to just canvas the campus and the kiosks with flyers.
It's now all about facebook election posts, groups and videos!
Check out 2 informative, creative and humorous campaign videos I've seen so far from Matt Amalfitano (C'11) for College Rep and Mo Shahin (C'11) for Treasurer.
More info and "more standard" videos from all the candidates on the DP site HERE
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
(l to r: Michael Yee (SEAS '11), Nick Madian (C'11), Mark Huerta (C'09), Greg Buchak (W'09),
Garrett Bruer (SEAS '09), Josh Eisenberg (C'11), Patrick Wolff (C'09))
As I did last year, the Glee Club was allowing people to place *orders here to send Singing Valentines to "that special someone."
...And this year the Glee Club is teaming up with the Penn's Chapter of Habitat for Humanity. All proceeds will benefit the mission of Habitat for Humanity to provide affordable housing to all those in need. So you're really spreading the love to those in need when you place your order!
Thanks to Fan Zhou (C'10) from the Glee Club, once again I placed my order to send a Singing Valentine to you and all of my readers... my "special someones". It comes from the Glee Club to you ... via video!
Thank you readers out there for coming back each day!
And I would also like to take this opportunity to dedicate this video to the memory of the Glee Club's former director, Bruce "Monty" Montgomery. (click here to see exclusive DT videos from when the Glee Club honored Monty on his 80th birthday)Get serenaded above!
Check back tomorrow for another Love Week '09 post!
*NOTE: Singing Valentines will NOT be sold for the next day after 4 PM the day before. PLEASE purchase your Valentines before then! NO MORE VALENTINES WILL BE SOLD FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009! SORRY!
Get your tickets to the Glee Club's next show "Back to the Future! The Musical!" here!
Showdates are Feb. 26, 27, and 28 at the Zellerbach theater
Check out some Glee Club performances and notable alumni here
Check out my Love Week posts from last year below:
- A Sweet Proposal
- Better Than Sending You Chocolates!
- She's a Cupid for Penn Alumni
- He's Celebrating 10 Years of Love
- They Really Love the Library
- She's Got the Opposite of Love
- He's Got Her Number
- His Unsatiable Flavor of Love
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
As Penn has just graduated another class into the world, I thought it would be fun to showcase Kabir Bedi's (C'11) fun little short class project "investigation" on how bright Penn students actually are ....or aren't? ;)
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