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  • WikiLeaks draws a crowd to documentary

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

    One good way to rile up a District movie audience is to show them a WikiLeaks documentary. At the Landmark E Street Cinema on Tuesday night, a brief but heated argument broke out in the audience -- while the movie was still playing -- over the involvement of Adrian Lamo, the former hacker who...

  • Sightings: Cookie Monster on Capitol Hill

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Hopefully Cookie Monster didn't try to influence policy on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, because we suspect all his legislative ideas consist of "me want cookie!" Fortunately, it sounds like Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., was able to stand up to the fuzzy blue "Sesame Street" character. "Told him...

  • Carole King honored for pop music

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

    House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., showed off her knowledge of Carole King's discography at the Library of Congress award luncheon for the singer-songwriter Tuesday, dropping references to everything from "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" to King's most recent album, "Live at...

  • Aid worker retells SEAL Team rescue

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    Humanitarian aid workers Jessica Buchanan and Erik Landemalm will discuss their book, "Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six," on Wednesday at the National Press Club. Buchanan was held in captivity for 93 days starting in 2011 by pirates...

  • 'Saturday Night Live's' Obama impersonator approves of Arlington audiences

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

    According to "SNL's" Jay Pharoah, Arlington residents aren't "too sensitive" to enjoy his kind of comedy. "People in Arlington don't have sticks up their butts. It's great," the comedian told The Washingtonian. He is returning for his third time to the Arlington Cinema N Drafthouse for three...

  • Sightings: Schwarzeneggers hit The Palm for graduation celebration

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

    The Schwarzenegger family ate together downtown at the Palm on Saturday evening. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with estranged wife Maria Shriver and the rest of the family, were in town to celebrate daughter Christina Schwarzenegger's graduation from Georgetown University...

  • Lehrer reveals his favorite founding father

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

    Veteran news anchor Jim Lehrer is approaching 80 years old, but he wants to make one thing clear: He didn't know any Founding Fathers personally. He does have a favorite, though, and he's the reason the retired "PBS NewsHour" host read a few lines from his 2005 novel "The Franklin Affair" on...

  • 'Lean In' debate rages in D.C.

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

    Controversy over Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" movement drew a large crowd of mostly young, professional women from the D.C. area on Thursday. "We're not going to have a catfight" tonight, the Washington Post's "On Faith" editor, Sally Quinn, announced at the start of the Independent Women's...

  • Horton's Kids brings lawmakers, local celebs to Nationals Park

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

    Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., CNN host Jake Tapper and D.C. chef Spike Mendelsohn all donned Nationals helmets and swung a bat on Wednesday night for the annual Home Runs for Horton's Kids at Nationals Park. Organizers estimate the event raises about a third of the budget for Horton's Kids'...


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