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Lucy Westcott

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  • One secretary to another: Kissinger has advice, award for Clinton

    Updated: Thu, May 2, 2013

    The White House Correspondents' Dinner was less than a week ago, but the District isn't partied out yet. Hillary Clinton, who skipped last weekend's big event, was in town Wednesday to accept an award for Distinguished International Leadership from the Atlantic Council. The former secretary of...

  • 'House of Cards' producer used awkward Obama photo-op for inspiration

    Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    We've all heard the saying: D.C. is Hollywood for ugly people. On Wednesday night, experts from both realms came together to discuss the meeting of two worlds at the Bipartisan Policy Center's Sidecar Conversation Series. Beau Willimon, producer and developer of "House of Cards," is perfectly...

  • NPR's Peter Sagal takes a road trip with the Constitution

    Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    Peter Sagal is the familiar voice of NPR's "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" but he is virtually unrecognizable hurtling down an Arizona highway on a motorcycle with a group of ex-Marine bikers in a clip from his new TV series, "Constitution USA." Sagal jokes that the first segment of the...

  • Martin Scorsese gives new meaning to LOL cats

    Updated: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

    Director Martin Scorsese was in town Monday night giving the annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Kennedy Center. Even though his cinematic masterpieces include "Goodfellas," "Taxi Driver" and "Casino," he revealed to the audience that he finds inspiration in the most unlikely of...

  • Chris Matthews finds 'heaven' at JFK event

    Lucy Westcott

    Updated: Thu, Mar 21, 2013

    Never one to shy away from controversy (or John F. Kennedy), "Hardball" host Chris Matthews brought his acerbic tongue to American University on Wednesday night to head a panel discussion on Kennedy's legendary 1963 AU commencement speech. "I came a long way to get here tonight -- across the...

  • Part of freedom is wearing interesting hats, says Scalia

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Wed, Feb 13, 2013

    Sure, he talked about meatier issues too, but on Tuesday night Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia also settled the case of -- what the heck was that hat? "Wearing whatever hat you want is part of the freedom of justice," Scalia said, referring of course to his black inauguration cap. His hat...

  • Scientology author talks of church's presence in D.C.

    Lucy Westcott

    Published: Sun, Jan 27, 2013

    Scientology's newest foe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright, spoke at the Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington on Thursday about his new book, "Going Clear: Hollywood, Scientology and the Prison of Belief." It was 27 years to the day of church founder L. Ron Hubbard's death....

  • Lupe Fiasco gets booted from inaugural event after rapping anti-Obama song

    Lucy Westcott

    Updated: Mon, Jan 21, 2013

    Rapper Lupe Fiasco certainly lived up to his name Sunday night as he got booted off stage during his headline performance at the StartUp RockOn Inaugural Celebration at the Hamilton in downtown D.C. The rapper was already a controversial choice for such an affair, having called President Obama...

  • John Legend begins inaugural weekend at somber documentary screening

    Lucy Westcott

    Updated: Sun, Jan 20, 2013

    John Legend took to the piano in the Shiloh Baptist Church Saturday afternoon for a stirring performance of Frank Sinatra's song “The House I Live In” following a screening of the Sundance Award-winning documentary film of the same name. Legend, a co-producer of film alongside Brad Pitt,...

  • Ben Affleck calls on Congress to continue supporting the Congo

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Wed, Dec 19, 2012

    Staffers and members alike covertly snapped photos of "Argo" director Ben Affleck on Wednesday before he testified in front of the House Armed Services Committee on the continuing crisis in the Congo. But with the "fiscal cliff" looming, members wondered if U.S. aid money could not be put to...