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  • Despite the political stuff, Redford a fan of D.C.

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    When Robert Redford arrived at the Motion Picture Association of America in Washington on Friday night, there was a tennis racket there waiting for him. Redford was in town to promote the new documentary "All the President's Men Revisited," which he did Thursday night at the Newseum, and then...

  • 'Girls Rising' gets celebrity endorsements at the World Bank

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    For once, the actress wasn't the biggest celebrity in the room. On Thursday, "Slumdog Millionaire" beauty Freida Pinto stopped by the World Bank to promote the documentary "Girls Rising" at the movie's D.C. premiere. Pinto was not only flanked by World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, but also Ban...

  • In Washington, Jennifer Hudson has Congress as her opening act

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Alicia Keys and the band fun. opened for Jennifer Hudson for her last big performance in Washington, as she sang standing next to a pair of dancing Obamas, during this year's set of inaugural balls. This time around, the songstress had to contend with a slightly less talented set of musicians:...

  • Buzzfeed throwing party during White House Correspondents' dinner

    Nikki Schwab

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    After hosting two packed parties at last summer's political conventions in Tampa and Charlotte, viral news site Buzzfeed is once again going to a presence on the party scene, this time over White House Correspondents' Association Dinner weekend. But instead of pre-gaming with the news outlet,...

  • Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich want to give peace a chance

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    They've left Congress, but these good friends are linking up to take the next step together. On Wednesday, former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, returned to Washington with his wife, Carol, to launch his Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. At his side was former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio,...

  • Yes, Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch will debate

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    The participants in the wackiest special election in recent years -- former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and comedian Stephen Colbert's sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch -- will be going toe-to-toe for an evening at a debate sponsored by a local Patch.com affiliate in South Carolina. The...

  • Sightings: '42's' Chadwick Boseman does another District screening

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    Actor Chadwick Boseman, who plays Jackie Robinson in the new movie "42," made a return trip to the District on Monday night for a screening of the film at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Boseman was joined by John Gray, director of the National Museum of American History,...

  • Rhoda from 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' giving book chat at National Archives

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    Actress Valerie Harper, known to most as the character Rhoda, first in the series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and then in the spinoff "Rhoda," will be speaking before a National Archives audience Tuesday about her new book that's -- not surprisingly -- entitled "I, Rhoda." The event will take...

  • Ken Burns becomes honorary National Press Club member

    Nikki Schwab

    Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    Ken Burns is a renowned documentarian, but he can now add "journalist" to his resume, at least according to the National Press Club. "I guess I'm a card-carrying journalist," Burns noted as National Press Club President Angela Greiling Keane presented him with a white card, indicating that he...


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