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June 18, 2013

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  • D.C. warms up with summer events

    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 the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Friday, Redskins receiver Josh Morgan...

  • Andy Cohen: 'Project Pantsuit' a go

    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 thought it was hilarious," Cohen told Yeas & Nays. "10 episodes;...

  • Beatles in the District

    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 promote the museum's new Beatles exhibit, which opened Wednesday. If you're...

  • Jennifer Lopez pitches new TV project in D.C.

    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 Show taking place at the Washington Convention Center. "I grew up watching...

  • Like 'Game of Thrones'? Date a Republican

    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 BlueStateDate are from the metro area, and it seems those singletons have a lot in...

  • James Cameron directs Congress: Fund deep sea exploration

    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 stuff." The filmmaker brought his Deepsea Challenger submersible to the...

  • James Cameron brings his sub to D.C.

    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 in Massachusetts. Both Cameron and a semicradling Deepsea Challenger, the...

  • Hillary Clinton joins Twitter with 'Texts From Hillary' shout-out

    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 @ASmith83 & @Sllambe - I'll take it from here," wrote the former secretary...

  • Bristol Palin signs on for wife swapping

    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 lacks structure (in the episode, Rivers breaks out the trusty sticker chart)...

  • Eva Longoria awarded by women's activist group

    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 Award for Racial Justice. According to the YWCA, Longoria's activism...


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