His New Production Company's Hot New Viral Videos You MUST See!

I've got another Penn alum filmmaker you all should keep your eye on who produced 2 viral hits I want to share --one a funny commercial for "Trojans2Go" and the other which brilliantly combines a Talking Heads song with the film American Psycho!

Last year, I did a post about how Jake Avnet (C'05, Co-Chairman of Undergraduate Film Advisory Board, Founder of the Lecture Series, "Talking Film") won two prestigious grants for one of his films.  Since then, Jake has co-founded his own production company called ENEMY Incorporated with director David Green whose focus is on commercials, music videos, and viral content, as well as film and television production.

As mentioned above, Jake sent me two great films his company has produced. And they're really creative and well done!

Click HERE to watch them!

Trojan2Go Commercial -"Sri Lanka": Watch this guy travel the globe in the name of love! (reminds me of my undergrad film).   I'm sure our Penn alum sexologist and Trojan spokesperson would approve!

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A semi-NSFW cover of the Talking Heads Song "This Must Be the Place" laid over shot-by-shot re-enactments from American Psycho.  ...Tell me that the star of this video, Miles Fisher (Harvard alum), doesn't look like Tom Cruise?!

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Their "Love Notes" Film and Why I Couldn't Wait To Show You This

I could have saved this post for another "Love Week" series I'll be doing in February 2010, but I just couldn't wait.

Why? Well, you'll see when you finish this very smart film called "Love Notes".

This film was created by Erin Sougstad (C'12), Kyle Olson (C'10), Luv Patel (C'12), Abhay Sharma (C'12) and Shreyans Goenka (C'12) for their Writing class in Cinema- Witness Spectators and Voyeurism (Spring 09).

This film reminds me of the 1996 student film I did where one man runs through campus all in the name of love!

Keep up the great work undergrads!


Other impressive Class Project films

More of posts from my "Penn's REEL deals" series

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Exclusive Video: Getting Mona Lisa's Clothes Off

Today, in honor of Valentine's Day, I want to share with you a special exclusive "love-themed" video preview from Mask and Wig's very funny spring show "Oh the Humanities" which just opened up on campus.

...This summer I had the opportunity to read an early treatment of Mask and Wig's 121st annual spring show "Oh the Humanities!" and it was great! I encourage everyone to see it if they can.

In the video above, a male artist woos a girl with a love song about painting her.

Here's the juicy synopsis:

In Mask and Wig's 121st Annual Production, "Oh, the Humanities!" The Mask and Wig Club takes its patrons back to one of the most inspirational, creative, and reasonable places in history: Florence, Italy during the Renaissance. 

Michelangelo is the new up-and-coming artist in Florence, while Leonardo Da Vinci is the perennial powerhouse Renaissance man. But Leo's girlfriend Mona Lisa smooches Mike in public, making the front page of the tabloids! Suddenly, Mike is widely successful and Leo has fallen from his perch. However, the political genius Machiavelli, seeing that Da Vinci is down and out, offers his help as an art agent. Almost overnight Da Vinci's paintings are selling for mega-florins again and Mike is just a passing fad. But all is not as it seems. What shifty business is Machiavelli up to? What is Mike up against? Paints, plots, and the classical beauty of our eight-"girl" kickline, all in this year's Mask and Wig masterpiece: "Oh, the Humanities!"

Want to see the show?

Due to continued delays in the renovation of our Historic Clubhouse, this year's production will be held at the Prince Music Theater (1412 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19102).

Schedule:

* Thursday, February 12th, 2009 (8:00 pm)
* Friday, February 13th, 2009 (8:00 pm)
* Saturday, February 14th, 2009 (8:00 pm)
* Thursday, February 19th, 2009 (8:00 pm)
* Friday, February 20th, 2009 (8:00 pm)
* Saturday, February 21st, 2009 (8:00 pm)
* Thursday, February 26th, 2009 (8:00 pm)
* Friday, February 27th, 2009 (8:00 pm)
* Saturday, February 28th, 2009 (8:00 pm) (Club Night)

Tour:

Friday, March 6th – New York, NY
The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College

Saturday, March 7th – Lancaster, PA
Roschel Performing Arts Center at Franklin and Marshall College

Sunday, March 8th– Washington, DC
Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Theater

Thursday, March 12th – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Theater

Friday, March 13th – Jacksonville, FL
University of North Florida, Robinson Theater

Get your tickets and more info at http://www.maskandwig.com

Check out some Mask and Wig performances and notable alumni here

Missed yesterday's Love Week '09 post? ....Click here to get serenaded from the Glee Club!

Check out my Love Week posts from last year below:

• A Sweet Proposal
• Better Than Sending You Chocolates!
• She's a Cupid for Penn Alumni
• He's Celebrating 10 Years of Love
• They Really Love the Library
• She's Got the Opposite of Love
• He's Got Her Number
• His Unsatiable Flavor of Love

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Love Week '09: This is Dedicated To The Ones I Love

(l to r: Michael Yee (SEAS '11), Nick Madian (C'11), Mark Huerta (C'09), Greg Buchak (W'09), 

Garrett Bruer (SEAS '09), Josh Eisenberg (C'11), Patrick Wolff (C'09))

As I did last year, the Glee Club was allowing people to place *orders here to send Singing Valentines to "that special someone."

...And this year the Glee Club is teaming up with the Penn's Chapter of Habitat for Humanity. All proceeds will benefit the mission of Habitat for Humanity to provide affordable housing to all those in need.  So you're really spreading the love to those in need when you place your order!

Thanks to Fan Zhou (C'10) from the Glee Club, once again I placed my order to send a Singing Valentine to you and all of my readers... my "special someones".  It comes from the Glee Club to you ... via video!

Thank you readers out there for coming back each day! 

And I would also like to take this opportunity to dedicate this video to the memory of the Glee Club's former director, Bruce "Monty" Montgomery.  (click here to see exclusive DT videos from when the Glee Club honored Monty on his 80th birthday)

Get serenaded above!

Check back tomorrow for another Love Week '09 post!

*NOTE: Singing Valentines will NOT be sold for the next day after 4 PM the day before. PLEASE purchase your Valentines before then!  NO MORE VALENTINES WILL BE SOLD FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009! SORRY!

Get your tickets to the Glee Club's next show "Back to the Future! The Musical!" here!
Showdates are Feb. 26, 27, and 28 at the Zellerbach theater

Check out some Glee Club performances and notable alumni here

Check out my Love Week posts from last year below:

• A Sweet Proposal
• Better Than Sending You Chocolates!
• She's a Cupid for Penn Alumni
• He's Celebrating 10 Years of Love
• They Really Love the Library
• She's Got the Opposite of Love
• He's Got Her Number
• His Unsatiable Flavor of Love

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Love Week: A Sweet Proposal

And what would a "Love Week" be on DuelingTampons.com without a marriage proposal?

Ross Levitt (C'97) recently proposed to his girlfriend Tracy Mitnick (C'03) and got the story covered on CNN!

Per Ross,

"My fiance Tracy is a big fan of cupcakes, so I proposed using a cupcake from the famous Magnolia bakery. I had M&Ms made that say, "will you marry me" on them. We talked about marriage a lot, so Tracy didn't know I was serious until I pulled out the ring. Then she slid off the couch and was literally floored! ...I'm a business producer at CNN. I sent pictures from the engagement to the producers in Atlanta. They surprised me by announcing the engagement on the air. I was beet red!"

Click here to check out Ross' sweet proposal

Click here to check out all my "Love Week" posts

And so ends the 2008 "Love Week" series. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Tune in next week for an exciting new contest!

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Love Week: Better Than Sending You Chocolates!

(from l to r) Mark Huerta (C'09), Andrew Leonard (C'09), Kyle Andrews (SEAS'09), and Patrick Wolff (C'09)

Last week I saw on Facebook that the Glee Club was allowing people to place orders to send Singing Valentines to "that special someone."

Thanks to Lee Crain (C'10) from the Glee Club, I placed my order to send a Singing Valentine to you & all of my readers... my "special someones". It comes from the Glee Club to you ... via video!

Thank you readers out there for coming back each day!

Get serenaded here!

Check out all my posts from the DuelingTampons' "Love Week" series

How awesome are these guys for doing this for me!

If you enjoyed that, then you should check out the Glee Club's "Miracle on Rice" show next week: February 21, 22, 23 at 8:00 PM in the Zellerbach Theater. Tickets Available on Locust Walk from Feb. 18-22 and at the Annenberg Center Box Office. Visit www.penngleeclub.com for more information.

Check out the Glee's Club's "Miracle on Rice" fun promo video here

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Love Week: She’s a Cupid for Penn Alumni

It's Valentine's Day and that means that we've reached our last day in our Love Week series. Before we end this though, I have 3 fantastic posts coming up today! First up...

Hey single NYC Penn alumni…Someone wants to set you up.

After reading my "Love Week" posts, Saryn Chorney (C’00) contacted me to let me know that she is working for a popular publication pairing people up (free of charge!). Did I mention that the meal is also free?

For you outgoing guys and gals looking for love in all the wrong places, click here for all the details! (this is great!)

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Love Week: Swapping More Than PB&J

For our next "Love Week" installment, Danish Rhythm's Spencer Crawford (C'05) wants to trade Gary Lundy (C'05) his PB&J for something a bit tastier....

Click here to check out this very funny video

Check out these other funny videos from Danish Rhythm

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Love Week: Celebrating 10 Years of Love

As part "Love Week", Mark Ayzenberg (C'09) sent me a sweet video of a song he had written and performed for his sister and brother-in-law for their their wedding.

Listen to "Ten Years Comin" here

Click to read the Mark's lyrics:...+/-

The Lyrics to "Ten Years Comin':

They met at golden slipper camp
Marc was a track star, Irene a badminton champ
Late October of 2005, Marc proposed;
I can't say it greatly changed their lives

Cuz it's been a 10 years comin'
They've been happy for oh so long
It's been 10 years comin'
And they're still goin' so goin' so strong

I had plenty of time to write this song

They went through so much together
Gave support and love no matter the weather
I know that for the rest of their lives
This love will continue to grow and thrive

From the weeklong business trips
To Marc cooking dinners throughout Irene's exam time flips
I don't know how they did it
Must be that Love of this kind is impossible to split

There's just one more thing I wanna to say
Their adopted kittens are great and fun for today
I'm all for family increase
But I'd rather it be a baby nephew or niece

Cuz it's been a 10 years comin'
They've been happy for oh so long
It's been 10 years comin'
And they're still goin' so goin' so strong

There's no better person
For Marc or Irene

Click here to listen to Mark's catchy instrumental song: "Time Lapse"
(Mark is encouraging users to give their feedback on his youtube page)

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Love Week: They Really Love the Library

Penn students, including me, seem to love to do entertaining videos in, at and about the library.

So, as part of "love week" on DuelingTampons.com, I wanted to show you the love a bunch of undergrads really seem to have for the library.

Check out this very entertaining short video highlighting the many features and functions of the Weigle Information Commons, located on the 1st floor of Van Pelt Library.

Do these guys love the library, or what?! It's great!

Starring Ryan Leonard (C'10), Andrew Abranovic (C'10), Will Xiong (C'10). Directed by Ryan A. Leonard.

Click here to check out this musical extravaganza

Check out my library video: "Stacked Competition"

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Love Week: She's Got the Opposite of Love

This week, I've posted Penn related stories about love on TV, love in the movies and today, I've got love in print.

Lawyer-turned-author Julie Buxbaum (C'99) just released "The Opposite of Love", a book that has some hot buzz around it.

Click to check out the synopsis:...+/-

Per Julie's website:
"With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.

When successful twenty-nine year old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can't explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado and her independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with…her. "You're your own worst enemy,” her best friend Jess tells her. "It's like you get pleasure out of breaking your own heart."

As the holiday season looms, and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: She is staffed on a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can’t keep his hands to himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone; and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn't last forever.

How this brave, original young heroine decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum’s marvelous first novel. Written with the authority, grace, and wisdom of an author far beyond her years, The Opposite of Love heralds the debut of a remarkable talent in contemporary fiction."

Get "The Opposite of Love" here

Julie's path to becoming an author is an interesting and inspiring one..especially for anyone who has dreamed of quitting his/her days jobs to pursue their passion.
Click here to learn about Julie's path from Penn undergrad to author

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Love Week: He's Got Her Number (Exclusive!)

To start "Love Week" off on DuelingTampons.com, this morning we covered a Penn related story on TV.

Now I've got some more Penn "love" related news coming to theaters this Thursday ...plus an exclusive film clip thanks to another one of our Penn alumni!

Click here for more!

Don't have plans for Valentine's Day yet?

Why not catch Elizabeth Banks' (C'96) new romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe? The film comes out on Valentine's Day and looks to be a winner.

This momma drama-dy has Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) trying to figure out who her mother is from the three women her father (Ryan Reynolds) once dated. Liz Banks plays one of the three girlfriends.

Check out this exclusive scene starring Ryan Reynolds and Liz Banks!
(A special thanks for the clip to Melisa Kirkup (C'01, Pennfest Music Chair), manager of Media Promotions at Universal)

More about the film here

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Love Week: His Unsatiable Flavor of Love

Is there a better way to kick off our Love Week than to promote one our alum’s shows about a man who despite two unsuccessful attempts at finding love will be going back for one final time?

Click here to find out more about this show which debuts tonight!


That’s right, your favorite bachelor, Flavor Flav is back for a final time to find a his love. The third and final season of "Flavor of Love", produced by mega-reality producer Mark Cronin (Eng’86, Mask and Wig) premieres on VH1 tonight (Monday, February 11) at 9:00 PM.

This time, the woman Flavor Flav's looking for will be all about sophistication…

Per Tradingmarkets.com:

“This season, every challenge Flav poses, from nursing his broken heart on a hospital gurney, to composing a hip-hopera about Flavor Flav's life, will be engineered to make those women, who truly have love for Flav, shine. Whether it's jumping out of a plane at 30,000 feet, or swimming with sharks, these women will constantly be put to the test. The last two remaining contestants will travel to the international city of love in a final showdown for Flav's heart. In the end, Flavor Flav will pick the girl he believes is the one true love that he can finally settle down with. Hopefully, this time it will stick.

To help Flav find true love, he enlisted the help of his fans. Last summer, women from across the country uploaded profiles to VH1's Flavor of Love casting site and five were chosen through online voting to vie for Flav's love.”

Check out all the other reality shows Mark Cronin has produced!

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This Week Love is In The Air, On The Air and On This Site

Starting today, I have 9 great Penn related stories coming up all having to do with all sorts of love to celebrate Valentine's Day Week. Stay tuned!

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