Last night, Elizabeth Banks (C'96) stopped by The Tonight Show to promote her new People Like Us film. The conversation shifted from her sexy MTV movie award acceptance to her chatting about the time a policeman stripper was invited to the Tri-Delt house while she was at Penn.

Check out her appearance at minute 4:00 after the jump!

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As you know from reading DT, I love following the path of actors who come out to LA.  No two journeys are ever the same.

Cut to our first vlogger: Alex Weber (C'09, Lacrosse).

We haven't heard from Alex since November when he shared with us the 5 important pillars any actor should take to heart before getting into the business.

To catch you up, what started out as a good year for Alex, has gotten even better. He booked a commercial with some of his idols, won a meeting with a hollywood casting director and and he landed a commercial with Sprint.

After the jump, watch Alex's latest vlog and check out clips from his new appearances on a popular daytime tv show, and the fun new award-winning tv pilot he stars in about "bros" becoming activists about pressing national issues. (feels very MTVish and very marketable!)

Like many of the alumni I cover on DT, you gotta love Alex's perseverance!

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From newly announced films, to her appearances on "Scrubs" this past season, I've got the latest Liz Banks (C'96) updates below

• She appeared on Leno (see video above) recently and talked bats with Russell Brand

• A stunning Liz walks down the red carpet in Cannes last week (see pic on right)

• Liz will be starring with James McAvoy, and Laura Linney in “The Details”.  Per Variety, the story is about "a couple (McAvoy and Banks) who discover an infestation of raccoons in their back yard. Disagreements over how to deal with the animals lead to an escalating series of events."  Shooting for the film began last week in Seattle.

• Liz will star in and produce the workplace comedy "Forever 21." (source)

• The Uninvited came out on DVD.  Liz basically plays a wicked stepmother in this film.

• She will star in What Was I Thinking?, with actresses Leslie Mann.  Per Reuters the film will explore the comic side of bad relationships. The film is based on the nonfiction book What Was I Thinking?: 58 Bad Boyfriend Stories and centers "around a woman who gets dumped during her engagement party. Her friends spring into action and whisk her away on a ski trip for healing and hedonism. Threading through their adventures on the trip are four flashbacks dealing in "worst ex-boyfriend" tales. Mann (who happens to be married to Apatow) would play a woman who dates a lot but never seems to have serious relationships, while Banks is a woman on the rebound."

Catch up on what else Liz has been doing HERE



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Did your DVR catch Elizabeth Banks (C'96) on Leno last Friday night? She was featured on 2 segments and talked about:

• why LA is "wussy town"
• her childhood Halloween costume
• her favorite blog
• her husband Max Handelman's (C'95, AEPi) wig fetish 
• Her new hobby that is "fun", "unusual" and now a new addiction!
• A funny story about a reporter who confused Liz with another celebrity!

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A good couple of weeks have passed since I've blogged about Elizabeth Banks (C'96).

Today, Liz's new film, Meet Dave, starring Eddie Murphy comes out in theaters nationwide.

Per Yahoo Movies, the plot is as follows:

"A massive fireball from space hits New York's Central Park and an ordinary man emerges unscathed. The man turns out to be a spaceship operated by 100 human-looking aliens who are one-quarter inch tall and seeking a way to save their planet; complications ensue when their captain falls in love with an Earth woman [Elizabeth Banks] who's always picked losers for previous romances."

Watch the trailer here!


...And set your DVRs for tonight when Liz promotes the film with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show!

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