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Shirley Jones and The Music Man coming to the Kennedy Center

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Shirley Jones has led quite a lucky life. Her first film was Oklahoma! in 1955. She followed that up with Carousel in 1956. For what it’s worth,...
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Aubrey Plaza and Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation stars coming to D.C. for Bentzen Ball

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Two actors from NBC's Parks and Recreation will be in town this week to perform standup comedy as part of the inaugural Bentzen Ball. Aubrey Plaza...
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Lizz Winstead and Patton Oswalt to perform in D.C.'s Bentzen Ball comedy festival

Lizz Winstead (co-creator of "The Daily Show") and Patton Oswalt ("Big Fan", "Ratatouille", "The King of...
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Jane Krakowski excels in debut Washington, D.C., performance

Jane Krakowski made no bones about it. She called her performance at the Kennedy Center on October 3, "under rehearsed." A few times she...
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Bentzen Ball comedy festival bringing laughs to Washington, D.C.

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Michael Jackson had his Pretty Young Thing and Washington, D.C. comedy fans have BrightestYoungThings.com. The web site, has teamed up with comedian...
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White House Correspondents Dinner after party celebrity photos part two

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I was lucky enough to be granted press access to the Capitol File after party for the White House Correspondents Dinner. Below is a slideshow with...
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White House Correspondents Dinner after party celebrity photos

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Luckily I was granted access to the Capitol File White House Correspondents Dinner after party. There were a ton of celebrities there, but...
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Washington, D.C. has a "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" promotion

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I was forced to watch "A Night at the Museum" a year or so ago on board a bus coming back from New York....
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Dionne Warwick bringing Ludacris, Cedric the Entertainer and others to D.C. for two inaugural ball

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Dionne Warwick knows the way to San Jose and she knows the way to bring some of the biggest names in hip-hop, R&B and funk to D.C. for Obama's...
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Inaugural Purple Ball bringing stars to DC for Obama Inauguration

Like many Hollywood celebrities, Louis Gossett Jr. will be in Washington, D.C. for Barack Obama's inauguration. But unlike most, he will have a hand...
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