Alumni with New Films, TV & Music + His Recurring Role on a Popular Soap Opera!

Some Hollywood bits and pieces from our Alumni this week:

• New sci-fi film being produced.
• New reality TV show debuting in May.
• New music featured on a TV show.
• New TV guest appearances on 2 popular shows (one tonight!).

Dig into the details HERE.

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Reality honcho Mark Cronin (ENG'86), debuts his next VH1 reality show, "New York Goes to Work"

More details here
My past posts about Mark and all his reality shows here

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Todd Lieberman (C'95) will produce the film (based on the book) Grandma's Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast. Per Variety, "The story revolves around a boy who goes to visit his hippie grandmother for the first time and discovers that her inn caters to vacationing aliens, a secret that she has been able to keep from her small town."

My past posts about Todd and his films here

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Actor Roy Vongtama (C'96) will appear on tonight's "Dollhouse" (April 3) at 9 pm (playing a yoga instructor)!

Roy will also be recurring on "Days of Our Lives" starting April 21st and 22nd on NBC at 1pm as Doctor Richman! As you may recall from my earlier posts, Roy is actually a doctor in real life. How great is that!

My past posts about Roy here

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Matt Kap's (C'97) band's (The Moving Picture Show) song "The Boy Who Lives Backwards" was featured this season in minute 10 of "The Real World: Brooklyn" episode above.

Listen to "The Boy Who Lives Backwards" here:



The story behind the song?   Per Matt:

"The Boy Who Lives Backwards" basically came out of a regret. I was going to take some summer classes at NYU and met a girl the first day in the dorm through a friend. She'd had a bad day and her friend wasn't around so I decided to try and cheer her up. We had a really incredible night but I was so shy at the time and thought she had a boyfriend so I didn't ask her out. Years later I thought of that while singing a melody and began thinking about regrets we have in life - the person we didn't kiss, the bully on the playground we didn't stand up to, the clever comebacks that we wished we'd said in an argument and that's what the song is about. It also really reminds me of New York City in the fall which is my favorite time of year."

Check out Matt's performance at our very own Pennfest 2007:

My past posts about Matt here

More about The Moving Picture Show

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They Gave Him a Shoutout on Last Night's Fringe

Did you see JJ Abrams' new show Fringe last night?

If you did, you may have missed a quick shout out to Bad Robot (production company behind Fringe) exec Dave Baronoff (C'99, L'02, Mask and Wig, AEPi ). Watch the short clip above to check it out (minute 7:35)!

The show is really well done and the characters and story are well developed.  The reviews also are great...

The New York Times says:
"… as pilots go, this one is sensational, an artful, suspenseful mix of horror, science fiction, layered conspiracies and extended car chases. "Fringe" sets out to stretch the boundaries of conventional network series. …"

The Hollywood Reporter says:
"… What really makes "Fringe" so promising is that it is potentially reminiscent, in a small way, of the battle-of-the-sexes charm that once made "Moonlighting" the best hour of TV of its time. "

After I published this post,  Dr. Mark Milstein (C'97, Mask and Wig) notified me that he is quoted on the Popular Mechanics website regarding the scientific/medical accuracy of Fringe's Pilot episode.

Click here to see Mark's response to "Can LSD and probe-laden tanks connect your brain to the comatose?"

Watch the entire exciting episode below!:

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Eye-Opening News: Penn Doctors Cure Blindness

We talked about Penn doctors curing baldness, now thanks to Drs. Al Maguire and Dr. Jean Bennett, there comes promising news of reversing blindness!

"For the first time, researchers have shown that gene therapy can be used to improve vision for blind children and young adults. Two new studies document the treatment of six young people who underwent the potentially groundbreaking surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania and at Moorsfields Eye Hospital in London."

Watch the Good Morning America story here!



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This Penn Doctor is Prepping Celebs for Cannes

Last month Penn's Board Certified Plastic Surgeon to the stars Dr. Lisa (Benke) Cassileth (C'92, M'97) was talking boob jobs with Rachel Ray.

Last night she spoke to Entertainment Tonight about some of the best non-invasive treatments to help people look better. Her segment, in which she commented on celebrities getting ready for the Cannes Film Festival, featured the use of Sclerotherapy: an immediate, quick and painless way to eliminate "spider veins."

Perhaps our DT Correspondent Felisha Liu (W'09) should report on this when she's in Cannes? ...Or maybe not.

Dr. Lisa is currently filming a new episode of DR. 90210 today and tomorrow (she's already appeared on DR. 90210 twice!).

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Reduced Aerobics Shrinks Your Waist

Recently UPenn's Dr. Kathryn Schmitz talked with Today show's Ann Curry with new evidence that weight training twice a week can help women lose extra pounds as they get older.

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Boob Tube: Penn Doctor Chats with Rachel Ray! (Thurs. 3/6)

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Dr. Lisa (Benke) Cassileth (C'92, M'97) will be appearing on tomorrow's (Thursday, 3/6) episode of the RACHEL RAY show. She will be chatting with Rachel about breast augmentation. Check your local listings for time and station!

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Penn's Fluke Discovery to Put an End to Comb-overs

Thanks to a fluke discovery at Penn's medical center, there may be a cure for baldness afterall...

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He likes his Thai food like he likes his ladies...

..."Pretty spicy and pretty interesting."

That's what Roy Vongtama (C'96) told us on this week's episode of Style Network's Hot Guys Who Cook.

Roy showed us his Yoga moves and then cooked up a red curry spicy Thai dish ...all while he talked about the type of woman he's looking to date.

Attention Penn women out there ...he's a doctor, an actor, a cook and single!

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Roy gets in "the Bucket"

This Tuesday (12/25) Roy Vongtama (C'96) will be featured as "Dr. Yang" alongside Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in The Bucket List. (this film comes out in major markets December 25th and then nationwide on January 11th. Click here for the synopsis.)

This real life doctor's acting career is getting hotter and hotter by the week!

On another Roy Vongtama note, be sure set your tivos because Roy will be appearing on a show called "Hot Guys Who Cook" on the Style Network on January 2, 9:30 pm. He tells me he cooks and does some yoga. Oh, this is going to be fun...

Watch Roy on the red carpet from the film premiere and find out what's on Roy's bucket list! (minute 1:36)

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From the official Warner Brothers site, here is the film's synopsis:
"Corporate billionaire Edward Cole (JACK NICHOLSON) and working class mechanic Carter Chambers (MORGAN FREEMAN) are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover that they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do before they "kick the bucket" and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor. Each adventure adds another check to their list."

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He starred opposite Angie Harmon!

Did you catch this Penn alum last Friday night on ABC's Women's Murder Club?

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Roy Vongtama (C'96) played "Officer Han" opposite Angie Harmon on ABC's Women's Murder Club. Look out for Roy's second appearance on the show as Officer Han in early December.

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Roy Vongtama (C'96) on 24: Check out preview!

I just posted below about Roy Vongtama's (C'96) appearance on Friday, October 26th's Moonlight show on CBS.

If that's not solid enough, now check out minute 1:55 above to see a brief glimpse of Roy's appearance as an airplane pilot in this upcoming season's 24!!

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TiVo Alert! (10/26): Penn Alum plays necrophiliac morgue attendant on CBS Show!

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Catch Dr. Roy Vongtama (C'96) playing a "necrophiliac morgue attendant" on CBS his Friday night (10/26) on Moonlight!

Per Roy, his "character loves dead girls".

Well, yeah. Okay. ...I'm going to have to see this.

Check out Roy's performance this Friday night, 9 pm on CBS!

Roy also tells me that for those in the LA area,

"I am starting a nonprofit called Actors Helping Actors (A-HA), to benefit those artists who are uninsured. Our first fundraising event will be this Saturday, October 27th!! We are cosponsoring a night of the play Shadow Hour, at the Actor Space Theater on Magnolia and Hazeltine at 8pm. Half the door will go towards A-HA!! If this cause interests you and you would like to donate or simply attend, please let me know and just call their reservation line and reserve a seat, saying you are with our group (20$ ticket).

Reservation line: 818-462-5273
flyer for the show: http://theactorspace.com/shadowhour.html
more on Actors Helping Actors: http://www.royv.com/nonprofit%20work.htm

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Dr. Brett Levinson (C'97): Eye-yeye-yeye

I just found out that my friend Opthamalogist Dr. Brett Levinson (C'97, AEPi) was another doctor featured on a TV show.

A few years ago (better late than never!), Brett was featured on a Discovery Health Channel show called The Critical Hour. Filmed "on location" at the Shock Trauma Hospital at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

At the time, Brett was a senior resident on-call for trauma for Ophthalmology during the filming. According to Brett, he is now in private practice, and doesn't see much trauma anymore.

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TV Alert!: Dr. Zach Lutsky on TLC's Diagnosis X TONIGHT! (9/12)

Sorry for the last minute post, but I just found out that Dr. Zach Lutsky (C'97) will appear on Diagnosis X tonight (Wednesday, 9/12) on the TLC channel at 10 pm!

Tonight's epsiode:
Family Secrets
An active duty soldier returns from the Mideast only to fall mysteriously ill. After putting him in isolation, doctors race to solve the puzzling condition. Also, doctors must figure out what is making a healthy teen have vivid hallucinations.

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Dr. Zach Lutsky (C'97) consults with Hollywood!

Another Penn doctor hits Hollywood.

Dr. Zach Lutsky (C'97) will be (NBC) ER's new onset medical consultant. Zach has accepted the position in a part-time capacity so he can keep doing nearly fulltime emergency room shifts at Cedars-Sinai. Per Zach, "I will have an office at Warner Brothers Studios and will be on the set about 8-10 days a month."

Zach has also worked as a medical consultant on Diagnosis X which is now on TLC on Wednesdays, 9 pm. Zach is also in an episode sometime in September so stay tuned!

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Roy Vongtama (C'96) scrubs up for General Hospital Night Shift

I don't know how actual Dr. Roy Vongtama (C'96) does it. Doctor by day. Actor by day ..and now night!

This Thursday night, July 26, 11 pm, Roy appears on Episode 3 of General Hospital Night Shift (Soapnet) as the recurring character, Dr. Boyd!

From Roy, "for all you Star Wars fans, I met Billy Dee Williams at the table read. If you don't know, he played Lando Calrissian. ( Famous for lines such as "We won't get another chance at this, Admiral." or maybe you remember: "That blast came from the Death Star! That thing's operational!")"

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Roy Vongtama (C'96) plays "Tibetan" on History Channel show

Had this not been a busy week as well as me dealing with a (temporarily) disabled Facebook account, I would have said "Tivo alert!"

Dr. and actor Roy Vongtama (C'96) appeared on the History Channel's Decoding the Past: Tibetan Book of the Dead. He played a "spooked out Tibetan dude named Tenzin who dies and wakes up in the afterlife."

This already aired, but may come back in repeats. Check your local listings. Click here for more information

Also, watch out for Roy's appearance this summer as "Doctor Yang" in Warner Brother's The Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, directed by Rob Reiner!

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He's not just a Doctor, but Roy Vongtama (C'96) plays one on TV

You'd think after years of medical school, he'd be content with just being a Doctor.

Not so...

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