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  • Rodman plans more 'basketball diplomacy'

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    "We'll just hang and have some fun!" - Dennis Rodman on plans to revisit Kim Jong Un. The former NBA star told Florida's Gossip Extra he plans to return to North Korea Aug. 1. The State Department and White House stressed in February that Rodman does not represent the government. But Rodman...

  • America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama lobby for immigration reform

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Published: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    America Ferrera and Wilmer Valderrama joined a coalition of immigration reform activists and lawmakers at a news conference staged outside the Capitol on Monday morning. The two actors, who are co-chairs for the Vote Latino nonprofit, were in town for the Voto Latino's second annual Power Summit...

  • Speakeasy: Rubio schools Jay-Z

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Published: Sun, Apr 14, 2013

    "If they really wanted to know what was going on in Cuba, they should have met with some of the people that are suffering there, not simply smoke cigars and take a stroll down the street." - Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., criticizing Jay-Z and Beyonce on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday. The...

  • Two veeps exchange advice

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Published: Sun, Apr 14, 2013

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays the vice president on TV and now pals around with the real one offscreen. The star of HBO's "Veep," returning for its second season on Sunday, was at the White House on Friday for lunch with Vice President Biden. Louis-Dreyfus told Yeas & Nays the previous day...

  • 'Spamalot' aims to surprise D.C. audiences

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

    It's worth getting orchestra seats for "Monty Python's Spamalot," which opened at the National Theatre on Wednesday night. The Phoenix Entertainment production has written the District right into the show. Emily Croome sits facing the stage just like the audience does, but for much of the...

  • House freshmen bond over pizza

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

    It seems pizza crosses political divides: About 40 House freshmen gathered to eat at "We the Pizza" on Capitol Hill on Wednesday night. The event -- organized by Reps. Luke Messer, R-Ind., and Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., the freshman class presidents -- was designed to let the new members get to...

  • Sightings: Jessica Biel gets touristy

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

    Jessica Biel didn't just attend a White House concert with husband Justin Timberlake this week -- she stayed to do some sightseeing. On Thursday, she tweeted photos of the Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. memorials. The actress noted she "had a blast in DC," and got to hug both the president...

  • Tartan Day comes to Capitol Hill

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Wed, Apr 10, 2013

    Capitol Hill has its share of parties, but few combine cake, kilts and bagpipes. Celebrating a few days late, on Tuesday the visiting head of Scotland's government joined members of Congress and the Scottish Parliament for Tartan Day. Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, gamely joined...

  • Sonia Sotomayor loves Jaleo, Fran Drescher hits Georgetown

    Alicia M. Cohn and Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Wed, Apr 10, 2013

    Chef Jose Andres and ThinkFoodGroup partner Rob Wilder are celebrating the D.C. origins of their restaurant empire this month, with help from D.C. foodies such as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Jaleo hosted a 20th anniversary party Tuesday night for "special friends and family,"...

  • Sightings: Biden filming at Liberty Tavern in Clarendon

    Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Wed, Apr 10, 2013

    Vice President Biden noshed on some of Arlington's finest with MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on Wednesday morning. The three filmed for about an hour at Liberty Tavern in Clarendon, while enjoying homemade scones, muffins and poptarts from nearby Northside Social, according to...


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