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Congrats to Yalies with Summer 07 news/movies
 - Ed Norton  - discussed his acting/writing Incredible Hulk at Comic-Con (July)
 - Claire Danes  - stars in Stardust (Aug release)
 - Rita Ryack   - did costume design for Hairspray
 - Seth Gordon - directed King of Kong documentary  (Aug release)
 - Montgomery Burns - stars in The Simpsons Movie

Yale in Hollywood Summer Interns get industry feet wet - Yr 4
In the fourth year of our program, about 2 dozen current and recent students worked at alums' entertainment and production companies this summer.   Thanks to internship coordinator Aaron Kogan aaronkogan@yahoo.com for pulling this program together again. 

Congrats to Yalies at Oscar nominations 2007
 - Meryl Streep (Yale) - nom Best Actress, Devil Wears Prada
 - Michael Beugg (Yale) - ex.prd, Little Miss Sunshine, nom Best Picture
 - Thomas Newman (Yale) - comp, Good German, nom Best Orig Score

Congrats to Yalies at Golden Globes 2007
Congrats to Ivy winners/nominees Golden Globe Awards on Jan 15:
- Meryl Streep (Yale) - Best Actress, Devil Wears Prada
- Michael Beugg, ex.prod, Little Miss Sunshine, nom for Best Drama

Yalies win Emmys 2006
Congrats to Yalies at the Emmys:
 - Tony Shalhoub for his three-peat Emmy win for Best Actor - Comedy. It's his third consecutive win, coincidentally, ever since he appeared on our Actors Panel
 - Patricia Clarkson, won the Emmy for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for her work on 'Six Feet Under '
 - Peter Liguori, Fox Entertainment head, was praised by both Kiefer Sutherland when he made his acceptance speech for winning  the Emmy for Actor - Drama for his work on 24, and by the winning team for 24, best Drama series. Peter was on our TV panel

Yale in Hollywood Summer Interns get industry feet wet - Yr 3
In the third year of our program, about 2 dozen current students worked at New Line, Red Wagon, and other production houses for the summer.   Thanks to internship coordinator Aaron Kogan for pulling this program together again. 

Yalies at the Box Office - Summer 2006

 - Jeremy Garelick is writer/co-producer of The Break-Up starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn.   The Break-Up has made more than $114M.
 - Meryl Streep has been getting great reviews playing a vicious magazine editor in The Devil Wears Prada ($63M).  She also voices a queen ant in Ant Bully with....
 - Paul Giamatti plays a building superintendent who rescues a mysterious young woman from a pool in the M. Night Shyamalan fantasy thriller The Lady in the Water (release date July 21).  He also voices Stan in the animated Ant Bully (July 28). And appears with...
 - Ed Norton in the Illusionist
 - Henry Winkler plays Adam Sandler's character's father in Click, which made $40M opening weekend and has made more than $100M.

Yale in Hollywood Festival of Film - Spring 2006
	The Second Yale in Hollywood Festival of Film had a great turnout Feb 2006 at the Directors Guild of America.  We screened Yalie films including a feature length film and four shorts.  If you are interested in submitting your film to or sponsorting the next YHFF, contact Kamala Lopez-Dawson at heroicafilms@mac.com

YALIES AT THE MOVIES - Winter 2005
Yalies are involved with TEN box office movies this winter 05. Let's count 'em up:

- PRIME stars Yalie Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman

- MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA and JARHEAD feature Yalie Doug Wick as producer with his wife Lucy Fisher

- 50 Cent's GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN's Yalie model-turned-actress Joy Bryant, who plays 50 Cent's love interest "says her Yale education kept her from the creepy
clutches of many a modelizer when she was a young catwalker. "It saved me when
I went over to Paris and there were all these playboys lurking about. I was
smart enough, old enough, with enough experience, to avoid them," Bryant tells
Complex magazine. "Thanks to Yale, I didn't wake up butt naked in a chateau
wearing handcuffs, thinking, 'Why am I here - with a headache?!' Who would have
thought an Ivy League education would have come in handy that way?"

- LEGEND OF ZORRO's producer is Yalie/Dreamworks head Walter Parkes

- FLIGHTPLAN, starring Jodie Foster, has made more than $88M

- SHOPGIRL stars recent grad Claire Danes with Steve Martin

- GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK. Patricia Clarkson stars with George Clooney.
Clarkson has appeared in several Sundance films, and was nominated for the
Oscar's Best Supporting Actress in 2004.

- NEW YORK DOLL. Yalie Seth Gordon is editor and co-producer

- CRY WOLF. Yalies Beau Bauman and Seth Gordon's teen thriller

Yale in Hollywood Summer Interns 2005:  24 Yale students interned with Yalie alums at entertainment companies summer 2005 in the second year of our Yale in Hollywood Summer Internship program.  If you are interested in hosting a student in 2006, contact Internship Coordinator Aaron Kogan at aaronkogan@yahoo.com

Congrats to Emmy Winners 2005
and Yalies in the news (fall 05)

• Yalie Tony Shalhoub won the Emmy's Best Actor for his lead role on Monk
• Everybody Loves Raymond won the Emmy's Best Comedy.  Congrats to Yalie Steve Skrovan, who has been writer and exec producer on the long-running comedy
• Jodie Foster's Flightplan is the #1 movie for a second wknd, grossing $46M
• Henry Winkler has his children's book signing at the Grove Oct 15.
• Beau Bauman's Cry Wolf film opened at #5.  See the Cry Wolf Chat 8/05

Congrats Golden Globes 2005 Winners
Congrats to Golden Globe best comedy Sideways, starring Yalie [undergrad/DRA] Paul Giamatti. Congrats to these Yalie Golden Globe nominees: Paul Giamatti (comedy actor); Tony Shalhoub [DRA] (TV comedy actor); Meryl Streep [DRA] (supporting actress).

Yalies in 2004 Awards Season

Who's says L.A. doesn't have seasons? Sure we do: Summer Blockbuster, Fall Drama, Holiday Tentpole, and Winter Awards! Congrats to the many Yalies nominated for Awards in 2004 (if we've forgotten someone, email kevin@kevinwinston.com):

• Tony Shalhoub, Golden Globe nominee for best TV-comedy actor. Tony appeared as a panelist on our Actors Panel.
• Patricia Clarkson, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee for Best Supporting Actress in Pieces of April. That's one of the 4 films Patricia was in at Sundance 2003.
• Nathaniel Kahn, Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, and Directors Guild of America Nominee for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary, both for My Architect.
• Jeff Bleckner, Directors Guild of America nominee for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies For Television for The Music Man which starred Matthew Broderick.
• Meryl Streep, Golden Globe winner for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie, for Angels in America.

Yale TV in 2004

Yale's been everywhere on TV this season, and Yale in Hollywood events have been right there to spotlight the Yale angle. The campus as set location is not just a coincidence, but part of the University's outreach to Hollywood to bolster Yale's image in mainstream media, which also gives students exposure to film. Read more in the Yale Campus Dressed up for Hollywood Sets article.

• A week after our Yale in Hollywood TV panel, panelist Steve Skrovan's (executive producer) Everybody Loves Raymond wins the Emmy's Best Comedy award. A few weeks later, panelist Jon Feldman's show Tru Calling premieres.
• Jeopardy! College Championship shows that were taped at Yale aired during sweeps weeks Nov 10-21. The Jeopardy! set featured replicas of Harkness Tower and HGS. We had a local LA taping of Jeopardy! where 2 dozen Yalies got a welcome from Alex Trebek and free frisbees.
• On Gilmore Girls, Rory chooses Yale over Harvard (excellent choice!) The Game episode even includes Yale caps, sweatshirts, flags, and even the Whiffs! We had a local Gilmore Girls
' WB Yale Set Tour to see the Burbank Yale.