DC Gossip
-
Now I can sleep better knowing that Obama Speechwriter/Nerd Hot dude Jon Favreau and actress/sometimes incognegro Rashida Jones are knocking the boots. My world is complete now. From Page Six’s “Sightings” column: RASHIDA Jones, of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” with current beau Jon Favreau, President Obama‘s whiz kid speechwriter, in the lobby of Favreau’s swanky
-
Actor Kal Penn, now going back to his real name of Kalpen Modi (Represent!), started his new job Monday as Associate Director in the Office of Public Liaison. He will be working to facilitate relationships between the White House and Asia-American/Pacific Islander communities. Hat tip to Modi on both the new job. (Screw Hollywood! They
-
Stalking? Really, ex-mayor? STALKING? From New York Daily News: Former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was arrested Saturday night after a woman accused him of “bothering her” as the two traveled in separate vehicles in the capital’s Anacostia Park, police said. The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested
-
And the Washington Post has the pictures! Everyone go “squeee!” Melody Barnes, President Obama’s domestic policy adviser, married Marland Buckner on June 13. Buckner is a former chief of staff to Harold Ford Jr., back when he was in the House of Representatives. They got married in Washington, D.C. at the People’s Congregational United Church…
-
Following in the footsteps of Bravo’s “Real Housewives” series, MTV’s crusty ol’ “The Real World” is coming to Washington, D.C. Possibly because they need more drunks with STDs in D.C. running around like douche bags. The cable network announced Wednesday that the 23rd season of the reality series would begin production in the nation’s capital…
-
By Dot Johnson For years many have joked that Washington, D.C. is the place where fashion goes to die, with the politicos and contractors in their standard suits of blue, black and gray, where New York fashionistas eviscerated us for our tennis shoes with our suits as we walked from point A to point B…
-
The Washington Post’s Robin GivhanWell, at least The Washington Post thinks so as they’re moving their Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion editor/writer Robin Givhan back to Washington, D.C. after nine years in New York. “I’ll continue to write about fashion, but will focus most of my attention on covering the Obamas,” Givhan told Page Six. “Was it…