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Becki Newton (C'00), and her Ugly Betty co-stars America Ferrera, Michael Urie join other Heroes, ER, and Grey's Anatomy TV stars to ham it up to benefit Local AIDS Charities for HotInHollywood.orgPosted by Matt at 9:01 AM 0 comments
Labels: 2000, Actor, Becki Newton, C'00, TV
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Labels: Jobs, Los Angeles
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Labels: 1997, Alum Produced Music, C'97, Contests, Matt Kap, Musician
Matt Johnson's (C'99) independent pilot, What She's Having, which he produced and directed, is an official selection in the New York Television Festival and will be screening in Manhattan the weekend after Labor Day. The pilot actually scores a Penn alum hat-trick, with Sarit Catz (C'86, Bloomers) writing and executive producing, and Rich Hollman (C'99, Mask and Wig, AEPi) starring."Posted by Matt at 10:45 AM 0 comments
Labels: 1986, 1999, Bloomers, C'86, C'99, Director, Emerging, Filmmaker, Mask and Wig, Matt Johnson, Rich Hollman, Sarit Catz, Videos, Writer
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Labels: 1997, Los Angeles, Mortgage Broker, New York, Seth Asher, W'97
Melissa Fitzgerald (C'87), former West Wing star, is helping to bring attention to Uganda through Voices of Uganda, a documentary she produced about a unique theater program from Los Angeles travelling to northern Uganda to work with youths who have been affected by 21 years of civil war.Posted by Matt at 8:01 AM 0 comments
Labels: 1987, Actor, C'87, Documentary, Film Producer, Melissa Fitzgerald, Videos
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Labels: 1979, Advertising, CEO, Chairman, Donny Deutsch, Videos, W'79
Kevin Misher (far left) on the set of The Interpreter. Kevin Misher (C'87) to produce an untitled action film.
According to comingsoon.net, the film is about:
"a rough-hewn heroic tale about realizing dreams of glory, putting audiences ringside at high-stakes underground street fights. Tatum [O'Neill] will star as Sean Arthur, a young man who scrapes up a living scalping tickets in NYC. With family tragedy in his past and his father keeping him at a distance, this outsider has little to motivate him. A chance encounter with a veteran street-fighting coach leads to a whole new career for Sean. The ensuing bouts get tough, especially with the criminal element horning in, so Sean gets tougher. He will fight to win, not only the prize money but also the unexpected new relationships that are strengthening him."
Kevin is currently in post-production on Christian Alvart's Case 39, starring Renée Zellweger and Jodelle Ferland, for release this winter. For you comic book fans out there, I also see on his IMDB profile that he'll be producing "Sub-Mariner". His earlier producing credits include The Interpreter and The Rundown.
When I first moved to LA around 1996, Kevin was part of a bunch of successful Penn alumni at Universal Studios including Stacey Snider (C'82) (former Chairman of Universal Pictures, now CEO/co-chair of Dreamworks), Ali Brecker Shearmur (C'89) (former Exec VP of Universal, now producing deal at Paramount) and Marc Platt (C'79) (Executive Producer). It's great to see that they've all gone on to great success. Stay tuned on DuelingTampons.com for future posts about what all of these alumni are up to!
Click to check out an article the DP did a while back on Kevin
Click to check out some of Kevin's and other alumni films
Check out some of my other Penn film producer posts
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Labels: 1979, 1982, 1987, 1989, Ali Brecker Shearmur, C'79, C'82, C'89, Film Producer, Kevin Misher, Marc Platt, Stacey Snider, W'87
Not exactly "entertainment", but entertaining nonetheless..Posted by Matt at 7:23 AM 0 comments
Labels: Ranking
David Loewy (Eng'10, Mask and Wig) balances more than just school work and extra curricular activities like Mask and Wig.Posted by Matt at 7:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: 2010, Contests, David Loewy, Eng'10, Mask and Wig
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