Over the past three years (2008 coverage and 2009 coverage and 2010 coverage) DT has given you an insider's look at the films and politics of the Cannes Film festival from the perspective of our Penn in Cannes program correspondents.

This year DT correspondent Jonah Stern (C'13) recently returned from the 2011 Cannes film festival with coverage of this year's winner and loser films plus more! A local Philadelphian, Jonah aspires to one day enter the film industry and, hopefully, become a very successful filmmaker.

After the jump check out Jonah's coverage on:

• difficulty getting into movie screenings
• the good films
• some (highly marketed) big films to avoid
• hobnobbing with celebrities and what Faye Dunaway said to Jonah(!)
• advice from 4 Penn Hollywood alumni about the business

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In between shooting The Hunger Games, new mom and former latchkey kid herself, Liz Banks (C'96) speaks about her support for the LA's BEST After School Enrichment Program and spends time with the children at an LA's BEST site.

Nice!

After the jump check out the video from her visit!

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If you missed the Denzel Washington commencement speech video I covered HERE a few weeks ago, there is now a new, very entertaining remix someone did of the speech.

After the jump, watch this brilliantly produced version!

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Credit: ChristophrHiestr

As you know, there's always lots of construction going on at Penn.

Here's a real gem for you.

You've walked on it a million times and most probably even tripped on one of its crooked bricks, but did you know what Locust Walk was built on top of?

Recently, Locust Walk has been torn apart to reveal an old trolley tracks!

Who knew?!

Check out another picture of the torn up walk after the jump and learn more about the history of these Trolley tracks on campus!

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Here's another DT "blast from the past" story you'll all enjoy.

Alumni from the 90s and earlier might remember Murphy's Tavern (aka "Murphs") on the corner of 44th and Spruce streets. You'll remember the pitcher of alcohol, the jukebox, the basement and of course the "see you in church" greeting you got from Murph himself when you left the place.

And for those of you not in the know, after many years of surprising liquor-law violations, Murphs shut down in 1998.

But that doesn't mean our memories of the place have gone.

Or does it?

Recently, Noah Sferra (C'96) our 2011 alumni weekend DT correspondent hit the class of 1996 tents to see if after 15 years since graduating, Penn alumni would remember "what was in a Murph's Skylab". Remember? That big pitcher full of alcoholic goodness you'd get for $5 - $10 that you'd split with your table.

After the jump find out the various and entertaining answers we got from alumni.  Some may surprise you!

Also of note in these videos was Noah's response to a fellow alum, "I woke up your son and spilled a whole beer in your purse."  Some things never change.

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