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  • 'Veep' actress Anna Chlumsky presides over Will on the Hill

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Just like her role as chief of staff on "Veep," actress Anna Chlumsky was the glue holding together a merry band of misfits Monday night: the members of Congress and media personalities participating in the 11th annual Will on the Hill benefit for the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Chlumsky,...

  • Sightings: Billie Jean King, Michelle Kwan at NoPa Kitchen + Bar

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Tennis great Billie Jean King was in town Monday night and was spotted at Ashok Bajaj's newest eatery, NoPa Kitchen + Bar in the Penn Quarter neighborhood. King was attending an event for the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, we're told. Also spotted was Olympic figure...

  • Sen. Rob Portman discusses drugs and alcohol ... and sings

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Yes, yes, Sen. Rob Portman admitted (again) to smoking weed back when he was a "dirty hippy," as Buzzfeed's John Stanton described the Ohio Republican during their interview Monday night, but Portman also carried on quite a bit about beer, too. Portman was Stanton's guest at the third...

  • Chelsea and Hillary Clinton snuck out of the White House, too

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Just like Michelle Obama and her secret shopping trips, Chelsea Clinton and mom Hillary also occasionally escaped the White House. The former first daughter described their jaunts in a PSA she recently filmed for the Trust for the National Mall. "We would put on hats and sneak out for walks on...

  • Stars get serious this week in D.C.

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    A myriad of Hollywood types are heading to the District this week, but instead of the lighthearted nature of attending the recent White House Correspondents' Dinner, this week they'll be tackling much heftier topics. First to come through town was "Friends" alum Matthew Perry, who made a trip...

  • So much spinach at the White House Kitchen Garden

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    "Popeye would have a field day in the First Lady's garden!!" - A quote from "Sam" (meaning the White House's Sam Kass, of course) being tweeted from the @LetsMove account Monday. The tweet showed off the first yield of spinach from this spring's planting of the White House Kitchen Garden. In...

  • Isabella hosting popup at Graffiato for new restaurant 'G'

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    Mike Isabella fans can get a first taste of G, one of the "Top Chef" alum's forthcoming 14th Street eateries, as Isabella's Graffiato turns into a popup sandwich shop next week. The first floor of Graffiato will transform into G during the lunch hours of 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., from Monday, May 13...

  • Sen. Al Franken produces 'Hotdish' cookbook

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., can add "cookbook author," to his roster of achievements that also includes Capitol Hill lawmaker and "Saturday Night Live" comedian. On Friday, the Minnesota Democrat released, for download online, the book "Senator Franken's Minnesota Congressional Delegation Hotdish...

  • George Clooney thanks Tom Brokaw for WHCD criticism, Bob Schieffer doesn't

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Thu, May 2, 2013

    Bob Schieffer and George Clooney both had some feedback for Tom Brokaw and his criticism of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. It turns out Clooney was on team Brokaw, according to the actor's father, veteran journalist Nick Clooney. "My son, George, asked me to thank you," Nick Clooney...


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