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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/13/13 06:55 PM
We surveyed the Yeas & Nays alumni association -- Politico's Patrick Gavin, Urban Daddy's Jeff Dufour, Susan G. Komen for the Cure's Kiki Ryan, the New York Post's Tara Palmeri, Clyde's Restaurant Group's Katy Adams...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/13/13 06:35 PM
With the end of the column, here are some events we're missing but you shouldn't:
Capitol Hill guests next week include actors Dan Grimaldi ("The Sopranos") and Charlotte Rae ("Facts of Life") lobbying on Tuesday for...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/13/13 06:20 PM
In the fall of 2006, The Washington Examiner launched the Yeas & Nays column to cover the world of people, power and politics. In those almost seven years, the print column has entertained hundreds of thousands on...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/12/13 04:55 PM
Hillary Clinton's first reality show pitch is "a go," according to Bravo executive Andy Cohen. The former secretary of state hit it out of the park with the "Project Pantsuit" idea she joked about earlier this month.
"I...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/12/13 04:40 PM
Abbey Road was briefly in front of the Capitol earlier this month. On June 6, Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. brought George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to briefly walk the sidewalk there to...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/12/13 04:25 PM
The Newsbabes -- those pink-clad broads of broadcasting -- are back again this year with their annual breast cancer fundraising, this year raising money for the Howard University Cancer Center. The event, in its fifth...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/12/13 04:05 PM
Jennifer Lopez wants D.C. to know she's still "Jenny From the Block," seeing as the multitasking superstar mentioned growing up in the Bronx within the first three minutes of her interview onstage Wednesday at the Cable...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/12/13 03:25 PM
Rasika West End was overflowing with D.C. newsmakers Tuesday night. First, President Obama's nominee for national security adviser, Susan Rice, dined at one table with her family. Then, at another table, Supreme Court...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/11/13 05:05 PM
While "Scandal" has never been as bad as "Homeland" when it comes to portraying D.C. realistically, some of those scenes that are clearly green-screened in front of the White House are simply jarring. But perhaps season...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/11/13 04:50 PM
It turns out single Republicans like "Game of Thrones." And if you're in D.C., chances are you know one of them.
About a third of the 7,000 users signed up on politically oriented dating sites RedStateDate and...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/11/13 04:35 PM
"I think you're misunderstanding the perceived problem here, Mr. President. No one is saying you broke any laws. We're just saying it's a little bit weird that you didn't have to."
- British comedian John Oliver's...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/11/13 04:35 PM
Science and exploration "are the two things that I'm more excited about in the world," according to "Titanic" director James Cameron. "I do those movies to get a little money so I can go do exploration. That's the fun...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/11/13 04:30 PM
$12 million -- That's the whopping number of dollars Oprah Winfrey handed over to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the museum announced Tuesday, according to the Washington Post....
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/10/13 05:50 PM
After three Mai Tais syndicated "Savage Love" columnist Dan Savage gets a tad out of hand. "Because I'm a lightweight," he laughed. "And when I'm drunk and there's a microphone in front of me, I get in all sorts of...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/10/13 05:45 PM
Filmmaker James Cameron will demonstrate his other hobby -- deep sea exploring -- in the District this week.
Cameron's Deepsea America tour is making a stop in D.C. on its way to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/10/13 05:30 PM
Fans of "The Notebook" will be elated to hear that author Nicholas Sparks is due in D.C. in September. The best-selling author will be promoting his newest novel, "The Longest Ride," at the Sixth & I Historic...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/10/13 04:05 PM
Rapper Lil Jon was playing for the home team on Friday night when he showed up at the Huxley nightclub dressed in Redskins gear (and a very chunky gold chain). The hip-hop artist was sporting the name and number of...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/10/13 03:10 PM
Hillary Clinton finally sent her first personal tweet on Monday, and the people she made most happy were a couple of political communications professionals she surprised with a shout-out.
"Thanks for the inspiration...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/09/13 06:40 PM
It was 10 whole years ago that Lauren Weisberger became a breakout book author thanks to her first novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," a tome that may or may not be about Weisberger's time working for Anna Wintour at Vogue....
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/09/13 06:35 PM
Bristol Palin is swapping lives with Melissa Rivers for the upcoming season of "Celebrity Wife Swap," premiering June 23. Surprising no one, ABC's press release indicates the Palin household, in Alaska, is the one that...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/09/13 06:30 PM
The YWCA dubbed actress and activist Eva Longoria a "woman of distinction" Friday night at its annual gala at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. The women's justice organization awarded Longoria the Dorothy I. Height...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/09/13 06:25 PM
"One Night with Janis Joplin," a concert-as-theatre tribute to the iconic singer, is headed back to the District, where it sold out Arena Stage in its first run last fall. A few newbies joined the cast just in time to...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/09/13 06:20 PM
On Thursday, Sasha Obama was spotted dining at Serendipity 3 in Georgetown. The younger Obama daughter was joined by four girlfriends, a restaurant source tells Yeas & Nays. All the girls enjoyed the D.C. Chicken...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/06/13 06:10 PM
Superheroes is the theme of this year's Capital Pride celebration, which means throngs of costume-clad attendees are expected at Saturday's Capital Pride Parade, which winds through parts of Dupont Circle, Logan Circle...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/06/13 05:20 PM
Holly "Holly Hood" Veney and Tiffany "Muhla Green" Harris, sisters and Montgomery County natives, hope to be the next Wayans Brothers with their new D.C.-based sketch comedy "The Show," premiering Saturday on WDCW Channel...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/06/13 05:15 PM
Pinterest came into play Thursday as first lady Michelle Obama celebrated the second birthday of MyPlate, the Department of Agriculture's food group icon that replaced the food pyramid. FLOTUS pinned some recipes to a...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/06/13 04:55 PM
Jennifer Lopez is headed to the District next week to discuss her new cable venture. Lopez will speak on the final day of the Cable Show, an annual convention for digital media, entertainment and broadband industry...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/06/13 02:30 PM
For those who just can't get enough of shows like "Deadliest Catch" and "Mythbusters," Discovery Communications founder and Executive Chairman John Hendricks is headed to the National Press Club to talk TV success....
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/05/13 05:25 PM
As a student at Georgetown University, Jim Gaffigan once claimed to be a reporter for Washingtonian Magazine to get into a reggae concert for free. It worked, and he even met the band, the comedian confessed Tuesday night...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/05/13 04:35 PM
When Hamilton College professor Maurice Isserman heard there was a Walter Cronkite in his class he thought it was a joke. "It turned out it was Walter Cronkite IV," Isserman explained, realizing that he would teach the...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/05/13 04:35 PM
It was quite the Republican pow wow at Bistro Cacao on Capitol Hill on Tuesday night. A Yeas & Nays spy reported seeing Newt and Callista Gingrich at dinner, when, low and behold, Senate Minority Leader Mitch...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/05/13 04:35 PM
First lady Michelle Obama found refuge at Rasika West End on Tuesday night after talking down a heckler at a fundraiser. The FLOTUS arrived with a friend at the Indian place about 7:50 p.m. and dined there for about two...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/05/13 04:35 PM
Let freedom belt it out: Barry Manilow, "American Idol"-winning country singer Scotty McCreery, "Glee" star Darren Criss, "Smash" and Broadway star Megan Hilty and young classical singer Jackie Evancho will sing for the...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/04/13 04:45 PM
Get ready for more Maggie Gyllenhaal in the District. Not only will she be in town later this month to promote her new D.C.-set disaster movie, "White House Down," this week the actress officially joined the advisory...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/04/13 04:35 PM
$11,111 -- that's how much Bill Clinton will be paid -- per minute -- to deliver Israeli President Shimon Peres' birthday speech on June 17. The full dollar amount that the former American president will receive for...
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By ALICIA M. COHN | 06/04/13 03:55 PM
"[N]ow that I have some more time on my hands, I am going to be pitching Andy [Cohen] and others on a new show for Bravo, to sort of fill that gap that is so apparent to some of us. ... We could call it 'Project...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/04/13 03:50 PM
"Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet didn't just go to the Ford's Theatre Gala on Sunday night. He extended his stay in the District and spent time Monday night having fun at the Hamilton restaurant. Stonestreet tweeted...
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By NIKKI SCHWAB | 06/04/13 03:25 PM
What, exactly, does a jazz flute have to do with journalism?
Fans of the 2004 comedy "Anchorman" know that it was the jazz flute that was used by one Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) to attract his fellow news reporter...
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