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I Use This For DT!

This is the better version (it's HD!) of the camera used to take videos you see on this site from Alumni Weekend 2007 and Homecoming 2007 weekend.

What's great about the Flip Video Camera? Click to show +/-

--it's easy to use
--it fits into your pocket
--it takes great video
--it's cheap for a good, portable video camera
--it has a USB port that pops up that plugs right into your computer
--at the push of a button you can easily upload videos to your computer and publish directly to sites like youtube.
--this camera now stores 120 minutes!

Gift Ideas:
--I got this camera for my cousin after she graduated from high school. I thought it would be great in college... and as I see on her facebook profile, she's certainly using it everywhere.
--my sister had a baby and since I live 2000 miles away, she and my brother-in-law video my niece and send me the videos weekly.

Click here to get the Flip Video Camcorder (120 Minutes)

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1) Submitting News:
Are you a Penn Alum with something to promote? Post it on the DT Boards or Calendar! ...Or send me the answers to THESE questions to be considered for a featured post.

2) Alumni & Undergrad Advice: Why We Chose UPenn

3) Some of my DT Video Favorites HERE

4) Video playlists are now featured in the dropdown menus in the blue strip above

5) How DT can advance your Entertainment career!

6) Our Video page interface has been cleaned up! Check it out HERE!

7) New Related Posts feature at bottom of each post

8) Transformers 2 Photos and Videos Shot at Penn!

Boutique talent agency seeking interns for the fall episodic season! (Los Angeles)

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Click here for the details!

While we're speaking of the message board, did you know that you can easily check out/post jobs by:

1) Using the "Jobs" pulldown at the top of this site

2) Going directly to http://lajobs.duelingtampons.com/ or http://nyjobs.duelingtampons.com/

3) Having DuelingTampons send you an automatic message about a new bulletin board posting (i.e. jobs) as soon as it's posted. All you need to do is just click the "notify" button on a specific board (see image below).

Campus structures: Gotta LOVE them!

All You Need Is
Originally uploaded by alterednate.

Something about seeing this campus structure makes me happy.

What structures on campus are your favorites?

Comment about it below!

Two jobs available at small marketing company (Los Angeles)

Click here to read about it on the message board!

While we're speaking of the message board, did you know that you can easily check out/post jobs by:

1) Using the "Jobs" pulldown at the top of this site

2) Going directly to http://lajobs.duelingtampons.com or http://nyjobs.duelingtampons.com

3) Having DuelingTampons send you an automatic message about a new bulletin board posting (i.e. jobs) as soon as it's posted. All you need to do is just click the "notify" button on a specific board (see image below).

Scott Glosserman (C 99) is Playing House

Photo by Ben Lipsey

Since his movie Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Scott Glosserman (C'99) is now about to direct another thriller called Playing House.

Per Variety, "the plot follows a young couple that gets more than they bargained for at an abandoned island mansion. They soon find themselves being followed, and must escape their evil pursuers."

Production is set to start before the end of the year.

Click to check out my other posts about Scott.

Seeking Promotions Marketing Manager for the Cartoon Network & Adult Swim Sales & Marketing Team (Los Angeles)

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Click here for details!

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!")"

Check your local listings!

Click here for more info about General Hospital Night Shift

Click here to read my past posts about Roy!

Mike Karz (C'89, W'89) strikes 2 year first-look deal with Warner Brothers

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

It's no surprise that Penn alumni have taken over Hollywood and today it was announced that another Hollywood established alum, Mike Karz (C'89, W'89) continues this trend with the news that he just stuck a 2 year, first-look deal with Warner Brothers.

Per Variety, "Karz already has several projects in the works at the studio [Warner Brothers] and has just sold his first pitch under the pact. The project, called "Blended," is a comedy about families coping with remarriages. ...Under the pact, Karz Entertainment will be based on the lot in Burbank and produce features and direct-to-DVD projects for the studio."

Other projects Mike has in the works include:

Good Luck Chuck - (per Variety) In the film, "Dane Cook plays a serial dater who gets a reputation that any woman dating him will rebound into meeting her soulmate. When the man meets his true love, he must find a way to end the streak and keep her." Click here to view the trailer!

Honeymoon with Harry - (per IMDB) "A man's fiancé dies 2 days before their wedding leaving the lover devastated. Oddly, he then goes on the honeymoon with his fiancé's father who despises him to scatter the ashes."
Click here to check out some of Mike's and other alumni films
Congratulations, Mike!

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