Actress Elizabeth Banks (C'96) seems to be everywhere ...doing everything these days!

• Last weekend she appeared at Comic-Con promoting her upcoming Kevin Smith film, Zack and Miri Shoot a Porno:

• She appears as Laura Bush in the newly released trailer for Oliver Stone's upcoming W film.

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Despite racial tension in the early 1970s, Michael Abramson (W'70) shot photos in the Chicago Southside nightclub scene which fueled his career as a successful photographer for numerous national and foreign magazines including Time, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Forbes and Sports Illustrated.

Michael has shot some prestigious subjects including former presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Jordan. Other photos subjects included workers in a recycling plant and wild mustangs in South Dakota.

His story has recently been told in the Chicago Tribune. (Read the article below!)


Check out more of his photos of Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard here!

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When I was an undergrad in Mask and Wig, there were a whole bunch of celebrity alumni whose caricatures were painted on the walls of our clubhouse that we always knew about, but you may not have...

Click here to discover some actors you've been watching for years on TV and film that I bet you didn't know were Penn alumni!

• Alumni such as the Ned Wertimer (C'49), who played Ralph the doorman in the Jeffersons.  
• Chip Zien (C'69), an accomplished Broadway actor who also starred as the title character in Howard the Duck and starred in Into the Woods.
• Another notable Mask and Wig alum is David Naughton (C'73) whom you would recognize from American Werewolf in London (see image above). While David has been doing lots of different projects since, last week a DVD of his came out called Brutal Massacre, "a mocumentary about a "a beleaguered horror director who sets out to make the movie that will put him back on the A list! Unfortunately for him, a quirky crew and penchant for mishaps don't make anything easier in this hilarious satire of low-budget filmmaking."  Check out the trailer below!
  

More Mask and Wig alumni doing cool things!


David Naughton (C'73) in Brutal Massacre
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David Naughton (C'73) in American Werewolf in London
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Chip Zien (C'69) in Howard the Duck
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Chip Zien (C'69) in Into The Woods (he's in the green cap):
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Ned Wertimer (C'49) as Ralph the doorman in The Jeffersons



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Another story of Penn alumni working together in Hollywood.

Thanks to a popular Penn publication, Adam Lebovitz (W'03) has now optioned Craig Boreth's (C'91, First male drummer in Bloomers pit band) (pictured below) book, "How To Feel Manly In A Minivan".

Craig's book is a survival guide for new dads, helping each guy facing fatherhood to make the transition with his masculinity, sanity and lower back intact. It's not really a parenting guide, but more a guide to fatherly self-preservation, covering such subjects as:

• How to have sex for procreation
• How to remain conscious during delivery
• How to see your wife as a MILF
• How to Get That #%&%$ Song Out of Your Head

Per Adam (pictured right), his story on how he found Craig's book is very much a "feel good" Penn alumni story:

"I actually found the book by reading about it in the Penn Gazette. The title was so funny that I immediately bought a copy and read it. The book was hysterical! Craig Boreth's writing has such a genuine and fresh voice. Even though the book was written from a guy's perspective, both men and women can appreciate the humor of finding yourself on the verge parenthood and then all of the comedy of being a parent.

I am in the early stages of development on it. I am exploring both paths of setting it up in television and features. Working on a comedy will be a much different experience than my last project I produced which was a crime thriller called Tortured, starring Laurence Fishburne and Cole Hauser. Sony recently bought it and will be releasing it in September."

FYI, Adam owns his own production company called "Five Star Pictures" where he is partnered with his brother Nolan Lebovitz.

Click here to read an excerpt from his book...+/-

Craig Boreth's "How to Feel Manly in a Minivan" Excerpt 

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Find out how Craig got his start and what advice he has for you to get published!
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Before "husbandry", Craig wrote a book on how wives can turn their husbands into the perfect husband: "How to Iron Your Own Damn Shirt: The Perfect Husband Handbook Featuring Over 50 Foolproof Ways to Win, Woo & Wow Your Wife"

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A new interview with Elizabeth Banks (C'96) with the New York Times just got released.

In the video she talks about:

• the first movie she remembers seeing in the theater
• which movie she really wanted to be in
• how many commercials she did in her first year of acting..and how many times she was a bride in them!
• how she got the part of Laura Bush in the upcoming Oliver Stone movie
• the key to playing Laura Bush

Also, find out something she did on camera 3 times! The answer may (pleasantly) surprise you! (Warning: not safe for work!)

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