Rich Ross (C'83) spotted on the red carpet

Elizabeth Banks (C'96) in Hunger Games commercial (also presenter in yesterday's Spirit Awards Ceremony)

Octavia Spencer thanks Stacey Snider (C'82) for "changing her life".

Muppets producer Todd Lieberman (C'95) somewhere in the back of the first level of the Oscar auditorium. Song "Man or Muppet" from Todd's film wins best original song.

Donny Deutsch (W'79) appears on the TODAY show tomorrow morning at 9:15AM talking Oscar commercials.

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After the jump, check out The Fighter producer Todd Lieberman (C'95, Mask and Wig, AEPi) spotted on the red carpet within the first minute of tonight's ABC's "Oscars Red Carpet Live".

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Earlier this week, I covered THIS Penn alum's 7 Oscar nominations for producing The Fighter.

Turns out he's not the only Penn alum in the game this film award season!

After the jump learn about another Penn Producer's Oscar nominated film (also from the same Class of 1995 that Todd is from)

And it's this alum's second time at the Oscars!

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After his short film was nominated for an Oscar in 2006, Rob Pearlstein (C'95, DP) went on to create another funny film that caught our attention.

Now, Rob has created what seems to be a sure viral video sensation called "She Gotta Bump", a song as he says, "for all you beautiful pregnant ladies".

Watch this very funny video after the jump ...and his reference to pickle farts. (look out for Rob in minute 1:57)

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While this wasn't created by a Penn alum, I wanted to share this new Oscar winning "Logorama" film because it just came online and it is really super creative and super funny.

In the film where Los Angeles is made up entirely of corporate logos, Michelin Man cops pursue a criminal Ronald McDonald.

This really is brilliant!  It's no wonder why it won an Oscar!

Enjoy the film after the jump!

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Elizabeth Banks (C'96) sits next to husband
and Penn alum Max Handelman (C'95, AEPi)

Did you see Elizabeth Banks (C'96) present on last night's Oscars? Liz looked beautiful as she presented for the Sci-Tech awards (she hosted 2 weeks ago).

After the jump, watch Liz talk about "super nano cubic grain technology" and take a jab at James Cameron.  She's surely in her element!

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Oscar Nominated Alum Colin Campbell (C'91, President of Intuitons, Without A Net, Penn in Pictures 2001 panelist) has created a great 4 minute video he directed for Instant Films, a 48 hour Los Angeles film festival. Colin drew the script and then the cast out of a hat on Saturday morning and by Sunday night he handed in the finished film.

And Colin is no stranger to directing films by any means. In fact his short film "Seraglio" was nominated for an Oscar back in 2000. This was a great film that we showcased in our first Los Angeles Pennfest 2002 (photos HERE, program HERE) and am trying to see if we can get it posted on DT at some point soon.

"Delicious" is definitely on the not-safe-for-work side.  ...So much in fact that the video and the image I'm using for this post associated with this film can only be seen when you expand the post by clicking HERE.

*Besides Colin, we actually have two other Penn alumni whose short film was nominated for an Oscar in 2006.  Get the scoop HERE and watch their film!



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Even after 13 years since graduation two Penn filmmakers are still collaborating and doing some high level Hollywood projects together.

In between picketing during the big Writer's Strike, Rob Pearlstein (C'95, DP) wrote*, directed and acted in a new, very funny short MATUMBO GOLDBERG (Rob is featured far right in movie poster). Along with the film's producer and fellow classmate Loren Mendell (C'95, Class President, Friars) they produced this short which already has Hollywood buzzing about a potential series and feature.

MATUMBO GOLDBERG is about a trendy, none-too-bright couple who adopts an African baby, only to find their new son isn’t quite what they expected. The film stars Anthony Anderson (The Departed, Transformers, Law & Order) and J. Robin Miller (Andy Barker P.I., General Hospital)

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(*fyi, per the Writer's strike guidelines he was allowed to do this nonpaid video during the strike)

Update: Rob and Loren turned their original Matumbo short into a web series for Comedy Central/Atom.com, starring Anthony Anderson and Jenna Elfman. More here

Rob's path to becoming a Hollywood creative force went from starting as a copywriter at an ad agency to becoming a finalist in a HIGHLY reputable contest while Loren's path had him starting at a big Hollywood talent agency and going onto film school. Then in 2006 they came together to work on a short that was nominated OSCAR (featuring Kevin Pollak and LOST's "Hurley")!

Click here to learn more about each of their exciting beginnings!

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Did you catch Musician Gabriel Mann (C'95) on the Oscars last night? He was in the "Elements in Motion" ensemble.

At Penn, Gabe was prominently known as an extremely talented singer, composer and songwriter in Off the Beat. Since then he has been based in Los Angeles and has been touring the world with his band The Gabriel Mann Situation. More notably, he has toured with Alanis Morissette and his music has been featured on such shows as What About Brian and Arrested Development.

Check out Gabe's music at http://www.gabrielmann.com

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