Get the latest in entertainment news from Temple Talk Tuesday

Posted March 23, 2018

A new episode of Temple Talk, TUTV’s entertainment and pop culture talk show, premieres on Tuesday, March 27 at 1 and 9 p.m.

The hosts welcome local actress Morgan Turner from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to the set. Hailing from nearby West Chester, PA, Turner discusses her role in the Jumanji reboot as well as her musical career. Featured for the Temple Spotlight segment, Temple graduate student Andrew Sturt discusses his research project, which involved traveling to over 40 Major League Baseball stadiums across the country. Andrew’s work was recently featured on the PhillyVoice.

To watch TUTV, tune in to Comcast 50, Verizon 45 or watch online.

TUTV presents 2001: A Space Odyssey – 50 Years Later

Posted March 16, 2018

We invite you to join us for a mind-bending evening that will feature multi-media presentations, a panel discussion, film clips, and video about Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi masterpiece.

Without a doubt, 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the greatest and most philosophical science-fiction films ever made. It has provided some of cinema’s most famed icons—the monolith, the ape bone toss, the HAL-9000, the Star-Gate, and the strange hotel suite. 50 years later, 2001 is more relevant than ever as we organize our lives amidst a culture of technology and vast potential.

Produced by Barry Vacker and Brooke Storms of Temple University and presented by The Gershman Y, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, and TUTV-Temple University Television & The Rudman Media Production Center, our event will conclude with a complimentary reception and book signing with an opportunity to meet and mingle with guest panelists and authors.

Buy tickets for this event here!

Hidden City creators discuss Philly secrets

Posted March 16, 2018

Authors and urban observers Nathaniel Popkin and Peter Woodall, creators of Hidden City, discuss Philadelphia and its myriad communities at a presentation at Temple University. Their work explores a number of places that have almost disappeared―from workshops and factories to sporting clubs and societies, synagogues, churches, theaters, and railroad lines—and the neighborhoods connected to those places. They connect Philadelphia’s idiosyncratic history, culture, and people to develop an alternative theory of American urbanism, and place the city in American urban history. “In Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City,” published by Temple University Press, Popkin and Woodall uncover the contemporary essence of one of America’s oldest cities.

Watch this presentation on TUTV this Wednesday, March 21 at 4:30 p.m.

Documenting Puerto Rican life in America with “American Boricua”

Posted March 16, 2018

For 18 years, photojournalist Wanda Benvenutti has chronicled Puerto Rican cultural life in the United States. She visited Temple University’s Klein College, close to 5th and Lehigh where she grew up, to discuss her documentary photography project and reveal what she learned by interviewing Puerto Ricans from all walks of life for her forthcoming book, “American Boricua: Puerto Rican Life in the United States.”

Benvenutti is a freelance photojournalist, photo editor and writer. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, The National Press Photographers Association, and The National Hispanic Journalists Association. Wanda’s photographs are also featured in the book “100 New York Photographers” by Cynthia Maris Dantzic. She received a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and a Master of Science from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her book in progress, “American Boricua: Puerto Rican Life in the United States,” is the first national chronicle of Puerto Rican life in all 50 United States.

The presentation is available to watch online here on TUTV.

Live in Studio G highlights local musical artists

Posted March 9, 2018

Klein College’s Bell Tower Records presents an hour-long live performance by their recording artists from Annenberg Hall’s Studio G. DJ Dise hosts while musical acts Movies, Cavity Kids, Twin Beds, Xilomen, Eddie and KJ, King Nesh, and Christopher Walking all perform. DJ Dise also interviews some of the artists in the studio.

The show is produced by Temple students to highlight musical talent in the Philadelphia area. Tune in to watch these performances on Friday, March 16 at 2 and 10 p.m.

Lisa Bien sheds light on the difficulties of overcoming brain injury

Posted March 9, 2018

It started four years ago with a headache, progressed to migraines, and led to a hospital stay where she was diagnosed with severe inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. The inflammation resulted in brain injury, being put on life support and, eventually, paralysis.

However, Shani Pitts would later come out of the hospital and begin physical therapy to overcome the effects of brain trauma. Shani and her mother visit the set of Bouncing Back to tell Shani’s story of resilience and determination. Dr. Stephanie Nahas, Professor of Neurology at Jefferson Hospital, also joins the set to provide her expert advice and the physiological background of brain injuries.

Watch the premiere of this new episode of Bouncing Back on TUTV this Monday, March 12 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m.

Media Inside Out airs live at noon Monday

Posted March 9, 2018

Host Sherri Hope Culver discusses the unique challenges parents face in raising their children in the digital age in a new episode of Media Inside Out airing live this Monday.

How do parents make sure that their child’s digital diet of content is smart and safe, not harmful? Temple Professor Sherri Hope Culver, who heads the Klein College Center for Media and Information Literacy explores the challenges families face in dealing with the growing range of media platforms.

Tune in to TUTV (Comcast 50/Verizon 45/online) on Monday, March 12 at noon and 8 p.m.

#YearOfGrog: Reflections on a third grade masterpiece

Posted March 6, 2018

Not many people know that the sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Twister was produced by 3rd graders. Watch the two directors, Jake and Dave, reunite to reflect on their masterpiece fifteen years later. And don’t miss the official trailer to their later effort “Jack in the Box” at the end.

TUTV wins Best College TV Station at IBS Awards

Posted March 5, 2018

TUTV was named outstanding college television station at the 2018 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Awards in New York City, taking home the Best College TV Station award over the weekend. TUTV student reporters Cassie Semyon and Asad Bokhari won Best News Story for their coverage of the Pennsylvania budget stalemate in Harrisburg for Temple Update.

Season premiere of World at Temple airs Wednesday

Posted February 23, 2018

Host Katie Bandish takes viewers on a tour of Cuba and Japan, covers Saudi National Day, and participates in an in-studio tasting of Palestinian dishes on the 2018 season premiere of The World at Temple, TUTV’s talk show focusing on international students at Temple University. Watch it Wednesday, February 28 at 1 and 9 p.m. on Comcast 50, Verizon 45 or online.

6ABC’s Brian Taff to appear on TUTV Monday

Posted February 23, 2018

6ABC’s Brian Taff, reporter and co-anchor of Action News at 4 p.m. on 6ABC and Action News at 10 p.m. on PHL17, visited Temple’s Kal and Lucille Rudman Media Production Center to be interviewed on Temple People, TUTV’s continuing series focusing on the talented professionals who are shaping media in our region and across the nation.

Taff, who has been a member of the Action News team at WPVI-TV, the region’s leading news station, for almost a decade, was interviewed by Klein College Journalism student Jon Dowding on a wide range of topics, including Taff’s extraordinary career path, interviewing President Obama and the role of local news in the lives of media consumers.

Students of the Spring 2018 TUTV practicum class produced the episode, which will air on TUTV and online on Monday, February 26 at 1 and 9 p.m.

The Vibe brings you Black History facts this month on TUTV

Posted February 16, 2018

Have you caught any #BlackHistoryVibes from watching TUTV this month? To celebrate Black History Month, TUTV teamed up with The Vibe to highlight important African Americans. Check it out below:

First Temple Talk of 2018 premieres Tuesday

Posted February 16, 2018

TUTV’s entertainment talk show is back for a new season this year, starting Tuesday. For the 2018 debut, Temple Talk hosts meet with Amazon best-selling authors and Temple students Adam Gasiewski and Emily Beck, who wrote the parody e-book Milk and Vine in a week.

Watch the premiere on TUTV this Tuesday, February 20 at 1 and 9 p.m.

#YearOfGrog: February edition

Posted February 9, 2018

It’s the #YearOfGrog, folks, and for February we’ve got something short in honor of the shortest month of the year. Here, watch Karl talk about dreams on a roof in the cold:

Did you miss January? Watch it now.

New La Charla premieres this Valentine’s

Posted February 9, 2018

Don’t miss the new episode of TUTV’s Spanish-language talk show La Charla premiering this week!

The hosts discuss topics related to Latin American culture or news, including Trump’s handling of the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and the Disney animated movie Coco, which depicts events inspired by the Mexican holiday El Dia de los Muertos. They also discuss general topics like texting versus talking on the phone. Later, the hosts play two different games: Quién soy and Verdad o mentira?

This episode of La Charla premieres on TUTV (Comcast 50, Verizon 45 or online) on Wednesday, February 14 at 1 and 9 p.m.