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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Over the years, we've had an assortment of Penn alumni win big on gameshows.

After the jump, watch former Los Angeles Penn Club President Melissa Wu (C'98) give her best "alluring" voice to Wayne Brady and make two (!) deals with "Let's Make a Deal" host Wayne Brady.

Find out what was behind the curtain she chose!

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Last night Penn undergrad Siddharth Chandrasekhar (Eng, W'11) qualified for the semifinals on Jeopardy! College Championship.

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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Did you see Harris Cohen (C'95, DTD, Penn Medical Scholar, West Philadelphia Tutoring Project) on Jeopardy last week?

This family physician won the first two nights (Game 1: $9400, Game 2: $8400) until he was defeated on the 3rd show.

Check out the edited clip above from Harris' first night's win and find out the "silly" question Harris asked Alex Trebek when he first tried out for the show as a teenager!

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