Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

In a year of few buzz-getting attendees, CBN News might have the most unique table at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. They're bringing "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson -- who we fully expect to demonstrate the best way to pair a long beard with a tuxedo. Much has been written about...

Nikki Schwab

Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

Actor Mark Wahlberg was spotted having dinner at the bar at the Ritz-Carlton in Georgetown on Tuesday night. Washingtonian's Carol Joynt spotted the "Pain & Gain" star dressed casually in a T-shirt eating with a group of four or five people. "I asked Mark if he was in town working, filming...

Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

"Rhinestone Cowboy" singer Glen Campbell said goodbye to touring last year due to Alzheimer's, but visited D.C. this week. Campbell, a country music legend, attended the Alzheimer's Association National Dinner on Tuesday night, and then a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing Wednesday...

Nikki Schwab

Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

Organizers say there will still be a swag suite for celebrities taking place over White House Correspondents' Association Dinner weekend, but don't think for a minute that it's associated with Saturday's big event. Last week, the Los Angeles public relations firm GBK put out a press release...

Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

President Obama has a sneaky anti-tattoo agenda when it comes to daughters Sasha and Malia. "What we've said to the girls is, 'If you guys ever decided you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo in the same place. And we'll go on YouTube and show it off as a...

Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

It seems D.C. has adopted Hollywood's new code name for the White House. "Olympus has not fallen," Talking Points Memo's assistant editor, Igor Bobic, tweeted Tuesday, responding to a false report of two explosions at the White House that a hacker sent from the Associated Press' official Twitter...

Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

Iconic wigs once worn by stars in movies and onstage are headed to the District for a week-long exhibit at the Italian Embassy. The display turns 20 fake heads of hair -- including wigs, and some costumes, worn in Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette," the 1963 Elizabeth Taylor film "Cleopatra,"...

Nikki Schwab

Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

For White House Correspondents' Association President Ed Henry, a celebrities-only gifting suite was just too much. "I was just stunned because it sort of sounded like it took [the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner] to a whole new level, a disgusting level," Henry told Yeas &...

Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

Bill Clinton comes to the defense of Serena Williams in the new documentary "Venus and Serena." The former president, calling himself a "sports fan," reminisces on camera about first seeing the tennis star play at 17, when he said she exuded an "aura" that convinced him "once she mastered her...

Alicia M. Cohn

Updated: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

"Someone told me when I was elected president that politics was show business for ugly people. That was before Hillary got into it." - Bill Clinton, at a New York City event honoring Barbra Streisand on Monday night, according to Variety. The former president also reportedly invited...