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People, Politics, and Power

by Nikki Schwab
01/31/12 8:05 PM

Brookings spices up defense news with themed emails

Because inboxes are often inundated with spam, the Brookings Institution's Peter W. Singer has found a way to get his project's emails -- the 21st Century Defense Initiative -- to stick out. The emailed newsletters are themed. "We do them monthly and each month they have a theme and they're almost always tongue in cheek," Singer told Yeas & Nays.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/31/12 5:04 PM

Speakeasy: O'Reilly goes easy on Miss Piggy

"Well we still like the Muppets, but they better watch it."

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by Nikki Schwab
01/31/12 4:36 PM

'Game Change' gets a trailer

"Game Change's" first trailer was released Tuesday, giving us a first glimpse of the made-for-TV HBO political flick which details John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin during the 2008 cycle.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/31/12 3:26 PM

John Legend makes Duke Ellington School's day

It's not everyday that a group of local teens gets to sing with a Legend. On Tuesday, singer-songwriter John Legend, dressed in a sharp suit and tie, crashed the rehearsal of a dozen or more students from D.C.'s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, who were working on a Marvin Gaye number to perform at the Kennedy Center.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/30/12 5:36 PM

Chef Ris Lacoste walking the restaurant weight off

Ris Lacoste, owner of the popular West End eatery Ris, is taking her New Year's Resolution to the streets.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/30/12 4:34 PM

Sightings: Lowe out again, this time at Founding Farmers

Actor Rob Lowe, who has been in town since this weekend working on some hush-hush film project, ate lunch Monday at Founding Farmers. The "West Wing" alum was joined by three guests and sat on the first floor, ordering the brown butter sage popcorn for an appetizer. Lowe tried the slow-simmered chili and sipped on a house made grapefruit soda.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/30/12 3:05 PM

By The Numbers: SOTU gives Obama tees a bump over Paul's

In politics, there's no fan base for a candidate quite like Rep. Ron Paul's. And the folks over at CafePress have illustrated that by showing the Texas Congressman gobbling up the biggest percentage of their t-shirt sales — week, after week, after week — since they began charting 2012 election sales in November.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/30/12 1:49 PM

Yamaguchi promoting Poppy the Pig book at Press Club

We always thought of Kristi Yamaguchi as a 1990s figure skater or a 2000s "Dancing with the Stars" champ, but little did we know that in 2012 she's a children's book author as well, using pigs — yes, pigs — to teach lessons like tolerance. Yamaguchi plans to discuss and sign her newest book, "It's a Big World, Little Pig!" at the National Press Club on March 10.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/30/12 11:52 AM

Sightings: Lance Bass dines at Old Ebbitt Grill

Former boy bander Lance Bass was spotted Sunday evening enjoying dinner with a gal pal at Old Ebbitt Grill. A Yeas & Nays spy reports seeing the former 'N Sync member sitting at the restaurant's back bar around 8 p.m. Earlier in the night, Bass snapped a photo of Union Station and uploaded it to his Twitter account, asking fans to identify the city he was visiting.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/29/12 8:05 PM

Rob Lowe really into the monuments

Actor Rob Lowe was in town this weekend filming something (no details on that, yet) and also playing the role of a good tourist. On Saturday, around dusk, Lowe tweeted a picture of two of his "heroes," a photo that showed the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in the foreground, with the Washington Monument sticking out in the background. Later in the evening he dined with a gang of influential Washingtonians at Bourbon Steak at the Four Seasons.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/29/12 8:05 PM

Sebelius sees 'The Iron Lady'

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was spotted at the Landmark E Street Cinema for a Sunday matinee showing actress Meryl Streep's latest, "The Iron Lady," which looks back on the life of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. We're told that Sebelius came to the movies with a male and female companion, and a plain-clothes security detail.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/29/12 8:05 PM

Joe Biden, Michelle Obama grab weekend eats

Vice President Joe Biden was at Pete's Apizza in Columbia Heights Friday night having dinner with his grandchildren, a Yeas & Nays spy reports. Biden visited the local pizza chain around 6 p.m.

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by Nikki Schwab
01/29/12 8:05 PM

Barney's fashion guru: Stop talking about FLOTUS' clothes

The fashionable Simon Doonan, author and the creative ambassador-at-large for Barney's department stores, loves Michelle Obama. But it's not because she sports J. Crew or glams it up in Jason Wu or Naeem Khan. Doonan thinks she's better than that. "She's a very accomplished person, we shouldn't be talking about her clothes all the time, I think it's insulting," Doonan told Yeas & Nays.

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by Andrea Shiell
01/27/12 4:36 PM

Ebert gives Paul a thumbs up

He may not be winning any primaries, but Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul is getting rave reviews from at least one critic: Roger Ebert.

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by Andrea Shiell
01/27/12 4:03 PM

By the Numbers: Obama's Al Green boost

490 perfect: Amount by which sales of Al Green's hit, "Let's Stay Together," spiked after President Obama sang a few bars at a Jan. 19 fundraising event. The president's unexpected crooning went viral the next day — drawing more than 4 million views while sending downloads of the song to more than 16,000 the week of Jan.

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by Andrea Shiell
01/27/12 3:47 PM

Washington is hot for 'Homeland'

Showtime's award-winning drama "Homeland" has its fair share of fans, but it looks like the show has also caught the eye of several high-profile Washington insiders.

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