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...

Nikki Schwab

Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

Cosmo Editor-in-Chief Joanna Coles isn't a gown person, so she decided to do something different for Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. "It's a Celine black catsuit, with no back, a very high neck and a big bow," she explained. "I thought -- let's hotten things up in...

Nikki Schwab

Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

Actor Gerard Butler thought it was "kind of cool" that reporters on Twitter were using the code name "Olympus" to refer to the White House last week, in the aftermath of the Associated Press' Twitter account being hacked. The "Olympus Has Fallen" star spent his weekend being stalked by fans, but...

Alicia M. Cohn

Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

President Obama took the stage to DJ Khaled's "All I Do is Win" at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner, kicking off the comedy with a little victory lap: "Rush Limbaugh warned you about this ... second term, baby," he said. Conan O'Brien, speaking after the president, compared the...

Nikki Schwab

Published: Fri, Apr 26, 2013

Well, how's this for a blast from the past? NSYNC's JC Chasez will be joining Fox News Channel at this Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Yeas & Nays has learned. In addition, the cable news channel is also responsible for a mini-British invasion, with "The...

Nikki Schwab

Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

Since only so many people can be crammed into the ballroom at the Washington Hilton to watch Conan O'Brien and President Obama live, the White House Correspondents' Dinner is being broadcast on TV and online, too. All Saturday afternoon, C-SPAN will be airing archival footage, with live coverage...

Nikki Schwab

Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

For those who have seen all 13 episodes of the Washington-based Netflix show "House of Cards," there are many gasp-worthy moments throughout the first season. But get this, Washington -- Kevin Spacey, who plays the nefarious House Majority Whip Francis "Frank" Underwood, has one major compliment...

Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

Did you hear the sound of congressional staffers' hearts skipping a beat Thursday? Miss America, Mallory Hytes Hagan, visited multiple House lawmakers to discuss preventing child sexual abuse, which is Hagan's title platform. Judging by the photos she shared on Twitter, it looks like most...

Nikki Schwab

Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

President Clinton will be in Washington on Friday, but not necessarily for White House Correspondents' Dinner stuff. Instead, he'll be kicking off the weekend with some wonk, speaking at the "Creativity Conference," an event being thrown Friday morning by the Motion Picture Association of...

Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

"Those bathroom sketches were wonderful, but at my age, I think I should keep my suit." - Bill Clinton to fellow former president George W. Bush, at Thursday's dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas. Clinton said he thought Bush's landscapes and animal paintings were...