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The tux-wearing national anthem singer at the Nats game is a maitre d’ at a Washington power dining spot

The guy belting out the national anthem at Monday night’s Nationals game might have looked familiar to some viewers. Let the tux and bow tie be a clue — that was Paul Reosti, better known as the maitre d’ at power dining spot Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab. The story of how Reosti —who has been performing the national […]

Kate Upton and fiance Justin Verlander get a tour of the Capitol from her congressman uncle

Hey, isn’t that … model Kate Upton and her fiance, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, getting a tour of the Capitol from her “Uncle Fred” — a.k.a. Rep. Fred Upton — on Tuesday? The trio — congressman in a suit and the young couple in casual dress — were spotted taking pics on the marble steps as the […]

Matt Damon likes Clinton’s stance on the ‘unsexy’ issue he cares most about

Matt Damon, single-issue voter? The A-list actor explained his backing of Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton in an interview with Town & Country magazine that focused on his philanthropic efforts to bring safe drinking water to people around the globe. “He feels she’s qualified for a lot of reasons,” the mag reports. But Damon, who has […]

Superlawyer David Boies had a cameo on ‘The Good Wife’ — and he says the show’s legal depictions are ‘pretty accurate’

“The Good Wife,” the CBS show that aired its last episode Sunday night, often wove cameos by real-life political types into its seven seasons of courtroom and campaign-trail drama. Top White House adviser Valerie Jarrett once played herself on the show. Democratic operative Donna Brazile had a recurring role — as Donna Brazile. And here’s plenty of name-checking on […]

Michelle Obama really likes Prince Harry

Michelle Obama is just like us: she shops at Target, and she’s got a soft spot for Prince Harry. On Sunday night, FLOTUS joined the British royal, along with a few of his famous friends, like Morgan Freeman and former President George W. Bush, in Orlando, Fla., at the launch of his Invictus Games for wounded […]

It’s a boy for Michael Phelps and fiancee Nicole Johnson

It’s a son — with the unusual name of Boomer Robert — for Maryland native and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and his fiancee, former beauty queen Nicole Johnson. “Healthy and happy!!! Best feeling I have ever felt in my life!!!” the gold medalist announced this weekend via Instagram — along with a pic of himself (inexplicably […]

Greta Van Susteren’s Annapolis home finally sells — for significantly less than listing price

After a little over a year on the market, Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren’s Annapolis home finally sold. The historic Annapolis abode, built in 1776, was first listed in April 2014, with an asking price that at one time exceeded $1.95 million. Despite local real estate agents raving about its charm, history, private courtyard […]

Kevin Durant called her his MVP. Now, Wanda Durant’s story is a Lifetime movie.

Wanda Durant, mom of area native and NBA superstar Kevin Durant, is getting a special gift this Mother’s Day: Her own movie. Who doesn’t remember those tear-jerking minutes during the tail end of Durant’s 2014 MVP acceptance speech when the Oklahoma City Thunder player recalled the sacrifices his mother made for him and his older brother […]

Add the Rolling Stones to the list of musicians who don’t want Trump to use their music

The list of musicians who don’t want their music associated with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is an impressive — and growing — lineup. The Rolling Stones just joined the club, telling the BBC that they’ve requested The Donald’s camp to stop using their tunes at campaign events. They join “Hello” crooner Adele, former Aerosmith […]

Florida congresswoman is no fan of Kardashian family visit to Cuba
So the United States hasn’t quite lifted its trade embargo with Cuba, but there’s already a controversial American export invading the country: The Kardashians. The first family of reality TV is touring the formerly off-limits communist country, apparently filming an episode of their E! show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” Khloe Kardashian has been posting holiday […]

Robert Redford’s D.C. agenda included meeting with the president, lunching with NYT columnist Maureen Dowd
Hey, isn’t that … Robert Redford, taking a spin through Washington on Tuesday as only an A-list actor and before-it-was-cool-environmentalist does: meeting with the president and lunching with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd? After social-media evidence emerged of the “All The President’s Men” star at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. (looking natty in a navy linen blazer […]

‘Cagney and Lacey’ actresses reunite for Hillary Clinton fundraiser

Chris Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey took down plenty of bad guys during their 1980’s reign as the crimefighting detective duo of the CBS show bearing their names. Now the actresses who played the New York cops — Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly, respectively — are teaming up for another mission: raising money for Democratic presidential […]

Will Fox News’s Ed Henry survive his scandal? There are plenty of reasons he will.

Any time your employer has to issue a statement explaining that you’re “taking some time off to work things out,” you know it’s bad. It’s certainly not good for for Ed Henry, the (married) White House correspondent for Fox News, who is dropping out of sight for a bit after a tabloid report on Wednesday claimed he’d had […]

A new line of D.C.-themed nail polish from OPI and ‘Scandal’ actress Kerry Washington has some weird shade names

What color is Washington?  Ask nail polish line OPI, which on Wednesday debuted its D.C.-themed collection of pun-nily named lacquer hues in collaboration with actress Kerry Washington. Big day with @opi_products to launch the #opiwashingtondc collection! This gorgeous red is one of my faves 😍 What’s it called? #WeTheFemale #NoFilter #kerry4opi A photo posted by […]

Ed Henry to take time off after tabloid affair report, Fox News says

Fox News Channel chief White House correspondent Ed Henry is taking an unspecified leave to deal with “personal issues,” a Fox spokesperson says. The announcement came just after a tabloid reported that the 44-year-old married newsman was having an affair with a Las Vegas hostess. “We recently became aware of Ed’s personal issues and he’s […]

The two U-Md. basketball players who started a viral dance craze show off their moves on ‘Ellen’
The two Terp basketball players who started a dance craze among pro and college athletes on Tuesday took their moves to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres’s show. University of Maryland players Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens sparked a social media phenomenon recently when they posted videos of themselves dancing to the 1990s hit “My Boo” by Ghost […]

Here’s why JC Chasez is always at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner

Every year, the White House correspondents’ dinner draws more than a few “huh?” guests — those of-the-moment scene stealers whose presence at the black-tie affair is meant to draw eyeballs and make headlines. Remember when Sanjaya showed up? Do you even remember who Sanjaya is? Kim Kardashian (before she broke the Internet)? And JC Chasez? But […]

Larry Wilmore on the n-word in his WHCD performance: It’s ‘a term of endearment’

“Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore has a clarification to make about his comedic performance at the White House correspondents’ dinner. It’s about the most controversial moment of his monologue, its penultimate line. Closing the barb-filled spiel with a more heartfelt reflection on the significance of having a black president, Wilmore ended the speech with a tribute […]

The Fox correspondent involved in the post-WHCD scuffle: ‘I regret that it happened’
A Fox News spokeswoman had assured us that Jesse Watters — a Fox correspondent and one half of the duo of reporters who got into a scuffle on Saturday night at an after-dinner party following the White House Correspondents’ dinner — would use Fox’s “O’Reilly Factor” as a platform to address the brawl. The other half […]

John McCain’s son to the ‘ignorant racists’ criticizing an Old Navy ad with an interracial couple: ‘Eat it’
Sen. John McCain’s son, Jack, had a blunt response to the people criticizing an Old Navy ad featuring an interracial couple: You are “ignorant racists.” The controversy began when the low-price fashion chain tweeted an ad on Monday featuring a good-looking, adorably dressed couple with their “child.” Dad’s white, and mom’s black. Oh, happy day! […]

A Wall Street Journal editor got glammed up for the WHCD, but wound up giving birth in false eyelashes instead

For almost anyone with a ticket, the parties surrounding the White House Correspondents’ Dinner are wouldn’t-miss-it events. But Wall Street Journal economics editor Becky Bowers had a pretty decent reason for ditching the black-tie fun at the last minute: She went into labor. Bowers, who wasn’t due for nearly another month, was in a suite […]

Joe Biden goes furniture shopping Sunday

Hey, isn’t that … Vice President Biden, browsing the furniture selection at Room & Board on 14th Street on Sunday? Just hours after President Obama poked fun at his post-presidential plans at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner by rolling a video titled “Couch Commander,” it seemed his number two might literally be sofa shopping. A spy […]

The many, many party fails of White House correspondents’ weekend

The classic recipe for this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner parties? A main course of glitz and glamour with a side dish of disaster. From starved celebs to overcrowding, we’ve recapped the biggest fails from this weekend’s most elite parties. Thomson Reuters’s Sunday morning brunch at the Hay-Adams: Fire marshals intervened when the party hit max […]

Ignore Kendall for a second. How did normal people dress for the correspondents’ dinner?

When you’re a normal person — say, a journalist, flack, or even a politician lucky enough to get into the White House correspondents’ dinner but lacking a stylist in your life — you have to work twice as hard to look maybe half as good as Kendall Jenner or Helen Mirren. Here are some of […]

Actress Carrie Fisher brought her service dog to the White House correspondents’ dinner — and he was a hit
There is a lot to to see (and overhear) in the ladies’ room at the Washington Hilton during the White House correspondents’ dinner. Look, there’s Sophia Bush reapplying red lipstick while having a conversation about military service. And clearly that MSNBC host did not like Larry Wilmore’s routine. Oh and look, there’s Carrie Fisher and her dog… Wait what?  […]

Other than Kendall Jenner, which celebs met the Obamas at the VIP reception for the White House correspondents’ dinner?

Here’s a secret that might fuel the FOMO (as in “fear of missing out”) tendencies among even the boldest-faced ticket holders at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner: There’s a pre-dinner reception, held well out of the way of the masses teeming the Washington Hilton, where a handful of VVIPs get to actually press some presidential flesh. […]

Malia Obama is going to Harvard — but taking a year off first

The wait is finally over. On Sunday, the White House announced that eldest daughter Malia Obama will attend Harvard University. But the Sidwell Friends senior, 17, will not be attending school this fall. In a statement released by the East Wing on Sunday, President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama announced that Malia “will take a gap […]

Nerdy fight breaks out at WHCD afterparty between Fox News and Huffington Post reporters
For an event held at the soaring U.S. Institute of Peace building  in Foggy Bottom, the swanky afterparty hosted by MSNBC following the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner sure saw some conflict. In the early-morning hours of Sunday, a scuffle broke out between Fox News correspondent Jesse Watters and Ryan Grim, the Huffington Post’s Washington bureau […]

The best lines from Obama’s White House correspondents’ dinner speech

Obama’s last speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday night was, like his previous years, packed with jokes. Targets included the media, the 2016 presidential candidates, and specifically Donald Trump.  There were a lot of Trump jokes. [Full story: For Obama’s final correspondents’ dinner, the obvious targets: Trump, Cruz and himself] On being […]

Larry Wilmore’s harshest burns in his White House correspondents’ dinner speech

Comedy Central star Larry Wilmore was the entertainer at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night, where he delivered a roast full of insults for everyone: President Obama, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and of course, the media. There were some audible gasps in the room at some of this material, and we’ll […]

The complete transcript of President Obama’s 2016 White House correspondents’ dinner speech

[“Cups” playing as Obama walks up. Audience can hear “You’re going to miss me when I’m gone…”] You can’t say it, but you know it is true. Good evening everybody. It is an honor to be here at my last, and perhaps the last White House correspondents’ dinner. You all look great. The end of the Republic […]

The complete transcript of Larry Wilmore’s 2016 White House correspondents’ dinner speech

Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you, thanks for keeping that applause going all the way, too, I appreciate that. Well, welcome to “Negro Night” here at the Washington Hilton, or as Fox News will report, “Two thugs disrupt elegant dinner in D.C.” That’s how they do us, right?. Nice to be here, though, […]

Did Larry Wilmore bomb or slay at the correspondents’ dinner? Yes.

It’s always the big question after the White House correspondents’ dinner: Did the comedian flop? Opinions vary wildly, but there’s no question some of Larry Wilmore’s jokes received a very frosty reaction inside the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. [Larry Wilmore’s harshest burns in his White House correspondents’ dinner speech] “You guys are tough, man!” […]

The details on Michelle Obama’s WHCD dress

For her final White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, Michelle Obama opted for a sexy yet elegant gold gown, featuring an embroidered neck and a sheer bedazzled cape-like overlay. Although Givenchy has yet to confirm, certain fashion-focused Internet sleuths quickly surmised that FLOTUS’ gown appears to be a custom creation of the French design house, bearing many similarities […]

How Helen Mirren won the White House correspondents’ dinner

Dame Helen Mirren showed up at the White House correspondents’ dinner with purple gown, a purple tattoo near her collarbone and a plan to honor Prince. The hand-drawn symbol is temporary, but the actress still wanted to honor the legendary singer, who died suddenly last week at age 57. “I admire great artists and he was […]