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  • Michelle Obama plans to make a little dough

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/28/13 03:25 PM

    Michelle Obama, how does your garden grow? The White House garden already produced its first meal, harvested and eaten on Tuesday by the first lady and a group of elementary school kids. The first lady, dressed to kneel in the dirt wearing a casual yellow blouse and black pants, showed off her...

  • Rob Lowe to play John Kennedy

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/28/13 03:20 PM

    One of the political world's favorite actors, Rob Lowe, will become the latest to play former President John F. Kennedy in National Geographic Channel's upcoming TV movie "Killing Kennedy." The movie follows February's "Killing Lincoln," the channel's first-ever, full-length docudrama. Both...

  • WikiLeaks draws a crowd to documentary

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/22/13 03:00 PM

    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

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/22/13 02:55 PM

    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

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/21/13 05:25 PM

    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

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/21/13 05:10 PM

    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

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/21/13 03:40 PM

    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

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/20/13 02:30 PM

    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...

  • National Archives hosts Mary Tyler Moore fans

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/20/13 02:30 PM

    A few "Mary Tyler Moore Show" fans tried to out-trivia one another Monday at the National Archives.

  • Lehrer reveals his favorite founding father

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 05/19/13 04:45 PM

    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...


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