Which Penn alum TV Producer is talking reality show contestant remorse?

"Why are you on a reality show if you're worried about your kids back home?' We're not afraid to hit that kind of stuff head on."

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Freshman Feature: Drew Coblitz (C'11) has the need for speed

In honor of the incoming C'11 freshmen moving onto campus this week, I decided to do some stories this week featuring some notable undergrads...

First up... At the age of 18, Drew Coblitz (C'11), the racecar driver of a 2001 Porsche 996TT w/465 hp, is one of the youngest in the Porsche Club of America (PCA). His first clubrace for the PCA is in October at Summit Point, West Virginia. Per Drew it will be "both an enduro (1.5 hr race where pacing is the key) and a sprint race (30 minutes where its balls to the wall for the whole time)."

Drew may be the youngest in the clubrace program (not verified...but he thinks the youngest after him is around 20). While he's sponsored by various vendors, he's currently working on a big sponsorship in which he will be given a car to drive from the sponsor.

Although he's a freshman, from the looks of his schedule, with an occasional "skipped" class now and then, he plans on continuing to race.

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Mike Karz (C'89, W'89) saddles up with The Fourth Horsemen

Mike Karz (C'89, W'89) has set up a new film with Intrepid Pictures called The Fourth Horseman.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, "The film centers on a young priest sent by his church's secret order to kill a teenage girl. She is believed to be the future mother of the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, destined to join siblings War, Pestilence and Famine in destroying the world. But when the priest becomes romantically involved with his target and she becomes pregnant, he's forced to face the possibility that he may have spawned the child from hell."

Make sure to check out Mike's next movie Good Luck Chuck starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba, in theatres September 21.

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Elizabeth Banks (C'96) sends us a Bill

Image from Greenstreet Productions website

A slashfilm.com email I just received mentioned that one of the 65 "must-see" movies at the 2007 Toronto Film festival (September 6-15) is Bill, starring Penn alum Elizabeth Banks (C'96).

Here's the plot: "A guy fed up with his job and married to a cheating wife reluctantly mentors a rebellious teen."

From the images you see above, it looks like Liz may be playing the role of the cheating wife.

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Brian Yanish (C'95) inks Licensing Deal!

As a result of the June Licensing International tradeshow in which Brian Yanish (C'95, Mask and Wig) participated (check out our posts here), Brian emailed me to let me know that The Scrap Kins have made their first major Licensing Deal!

From Brian, "We just signed a contract with Mighty Fine, an excellent Los Angeles based apparel company to produce T-shirts, sweatshirts and tops using The Scrap Kins artwork and characters. ...I'll keep you posted on details where and when product will hit stores. (Should be in a few months.)This is the first flag on the map for The Scrap Kins and we've got exciting things in the works."

Stay tuned for the launch of his 2nd animated short online this fall.

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Class of 2011 moves in!

This weekend the class of 2011 moved in!

Sam Oldak, one class of 2011-er uploaded a picture of his Hill House dormroom (above) on facebook. ...A little smaller than my 5th floor-without-an-elevator lower Quad (Rodney 535)room, but same idea.

What was/is your dorm room like? Comment below.

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Camera phoning: Workday at UPenn

I just found this video on youtube which was filmed with a camera phone during the course of a guy's day at work at Penn. Check out shots on campus and around Philadelphia.

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