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  • Bubba from 'Forrest Gump' heading to GI Film Festival

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    This year, Lt. Dan actor Gary Sinise won't be able to make the annual GI Film Festival. But, no matter. He's sending in a perfectly acceptable replacement -- actor Mykelti Williamson, probably best known for playing Bubba in that same famous movie, the 1994 hit "Forrest Gump." "Because his...

  • 'How I Met Your Mother' star coming to Sixth & I

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    "How I Met Your Mother" star Josh Radnor, who was in town this past weekend for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, will be making a return trip to the District on May 13, to speak at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. Radnor will talk about how his Judaism has influenced his career as an...

  • Jessica Alba to be special guest at Bethesda Row fashion event

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    Actress Jessica Alba is this year's celebrity guest at the Front Row, a three-day style event in Bethesda that kicks off May 16. Alba will be signing copies of her book "The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You" on May 17 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in front of the Redwood Restaurant and Bar....

  • Stargazers & cynics: The best and the rest from WHCD weekend

    Nikki Schwab and Alicia M. Cohn

    Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    The Nays » The line for the BuzzFeed BBQ party (and the fact that BBQ meant sliders and chicken on a stick). » Greta Van Susteren missing the dinner. The Fox News personality did dip into Friday night's Creative Coalition dinner and Saturday's Garden Brunch but, unlike in years past, didn't...

  • John Oliver of 'The Daily Show' has his eye on the throne

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    "Daily Show" correspondent John Oliver is getting thrust into the anchor chair in June, as host Jon Stewart briefly takes leave from the Comedy Central show to direct a movie. For his tenure, Oliver has his sights set on one very high-profile guest. "The queen," the British comedian told Yeas...

  • '1600 Penn' writer helped craft Obama's jokes

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    "1600 Penn" star Josh Gad let the cat out of the bag on who was (partially) behind President Obama's performance at Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner. "My buddy Jon Lovett actually contributed to the jokes tonight," Gad said at the MSNBC afterparty. Lovett is a former Obama...

  • Sightings: Washington and Hollywood collide during WHCD weekend

    Nikki Schwab and Alicia M. Cohn

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    It's not White House Correspondents' Association Dinner weekend without some strange Hollywood-meets-D.C. interactions. As party guests were heading to Atlantic owner David Bradley's Embassy Row home for cocktails Friday night, President Clinton was spotted taking a walk nearby with Secret...

  • Washington loves stars from Washington-based shows

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    In the "alternative universe" of the Garden Brunch, President Fitzgerald Grant reigns. "There's a president here?" party host Tammy Haddad gushed before introducing the "Scandal" star, actor Tony Goldwyn, to an excited crowd at the pre-White House Correspondents' Dinner event Saturday in...

  • Speakeasy: Al Roker cool about Conan using poop story

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    "It's always nice to be recognized." - Al Roker's response to comedian Conan O'Brien bringing back up Roker's infamous I-pooped-my-pants-at-the-White-House story, in a joke about former "Today" show anchor Ann Curry losing her job. "It's alright," Roker added about the "Today" dirt being...

  • Darrell Issa gets confused for who?

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

    While "Mad Men" fans attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner weekend parties really did get a glimpse of Megan Draper as actress Jessica Pare party-hopped through town. Other celebrity-gazers were clearly confused. "Last night they kept thinking I was Jon Hamm," said Rep. Darrell...