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Connie Mack and Mary Bono Mack are divorcing

Marie Elizabeth Oliver — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:11:56 GMT

Divorcing: Connie Mack and Mary Bono Mack. In the classic dump-bad-news-on-a-holiday-weekend, the former House members announced Friday that their six-year marriage is over. The couple released a statement saying they have “nothing but respect and admiration for each other,” reports … Continue reading →

First Lady and Kerry Washington’s scandal-free school visit

Veronica Toney — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:30:32 GMT

The real first lady and the woman who plays a woman having an affair with the president on ABC’s hit show “Scandal” shared a stage today. Kerry Washington’s complicated television character (a Washington “fixer” who can’t fix her own love … Continue reading →

The Scene: CulturalDC’s first annual member reception

Amy Argetsinger — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:00:43 GMT

Our photographer colleague Rebecca D’Angelo goes to a party every week and does her thing for a regular feature in the Sunday Style section called The Scene. This week it was the CulturalDC First Annual Member Reception on the downtown … Continue reading →

Briefly: Amanda Bynes, David Vitter, Jay Carney, Darius Rucker

Amy Argetsinger — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:54:44 GMT

Brief news from here and elsewhere: Showbiz fame is terrible: Amanda Bynes’s oddball behavior of the past year has received way more media attention than her teen-star career ever did. Is that fair? We would like to propose that unless … Continue reading →

Katie O’Malley stars in ‘artistic’ fashion shoot

Michael Livingston — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:32 GMT

Katie O’Malley always steered clear of high-fashion photo shoots until Baltimore Style finally persuaded her to pose. So Maryland’s first lady probably wasn’t quite prepared for the massive army of stylists and photographers who descended on Government House in Annapolis … Continue reading →

Olympia Snowe book party: Congress ‘doesn’t have to be this way’

Amy Argetsinger — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:31:50 GMT

There’s a powerful demand out there for the juicy personal-life stories of powerful women — the finding-my-voice stuff, the crying-in-the-bathroom memories, the overcoming-sexism journeys. So you have to admire Olympia Snowe for resisting that lucrative trend. The former Republican senator … Continue reading →

Quoted: Jerry Lewis still doesn’t like female comedians

Amy Argetsinger — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:09:49 GMT

“I cannot sit and watch a lady diminish her qualities to the lowest common denominator. I just can’t do that.” – Jerry Lewis on why he doesn’t still care for female comedians, when asked by reporters at a … Continue reading →

Quoted: Debbie Reynolds on hanging out with Liberace

Amy Argetsinger — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:33:46 GMT

“I have never had a better time than being Liberace’s date. We all knew he was homosexual. That was a friend: You know what they love and the people that they love, and what they are.” – Debbie Reynolds, who … Continue reading →

President Obama’s prom night photo: Wow, Hawaii in the 1970s!

Amy Argetsinger — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:15:54 GMT

How are we only just now seeing this amazing document, so many months into Obama’s second term? From 1979, the president of the United States’s prom photo. Wow. Look! Hawaii in the 1970s! Everyone got lei’d! Time has the full … Continue reading →

Briefly: Helen Mirren; Fake Psy; Ricky Schroder

Amy Argetsinger — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:12:59 GMT

Brief news from elsewhere: Aw, just give her the real crown already! Helen Mirren fulfilled the wish of a little boy with leukemia by visiting him for tea while dressed as Queen Elizabeth — after the real monarch couldn’t do … Continue reading →

James Cameron dives onto National Geographic’s cover

Roxanne Roberts — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:01 GMT

For only the second time in its 125-year history, National Geographic magazine is putting a big celebrity on the cover: Oscar-winning director James Cameron. “We’re not about celebrities, we’re about exploration,” editor-in-chief Chris Johns told us Wednesday. Cameron is “the … Continue reading →

German embassy launches new bus campaign: Find Durer and Wagner

Roxanne Roberts — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:40:58 GMT

Like a diplomatic version of “Where’s Waldo,” the German Embassy has launched its annual party game in Washington: Find Germany’s buses. Three Metro buses designed to promote German culture — one covered with art from the current Albrecht Dürer exhibit … Continue reading →

Aretha Franklin cancels more shows

Amy Argetsinger — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:16:35 GMT

Whatever is ailing Aretha Franklin appears to still be an issue. In addition to the concerts she cancelled in Chicago and Connecticut this week, she has now cleared her calendar for June, postponing two more shows. A rep told the … Continue reading →

Hey, isn’t that . . . ?: James Taylor and Billy Joel

Amy Argetsinger — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:20:49 GMT

– James Taylor and Billy Joel dining together at Cafe Milano Tuesday night. The singer-songwriters — both in town for the Gershwin Prize tributes to Carole King — caused quite a buzz when they showed up in the main dining … Continue reading →

Read this: Who picks the Kennedy Center comedy prize

Amy Argetsinger — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:45:30 GMT

Also in The Washington Post: Want to hear something funny? Guess who chooses the winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: A couple of investment bankers, that’s who! In fairness, comedy is hard to quantify, and a lot … Continue reading →

Reliable Source live discussion: Kerry Washington, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michelle Obama, Molly Ringwald, Chelsea Clinton

Amy Argetsinger — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:03 GMT

Please join the Reliable Source weekly online live discussion today at noon. Kerry Washington is having a moment — could there have been a better way to come back to her alma mater? The Schwarzenegger-Shriver family reunites for a Georgetown … Continue reading →

Hey, isn’t that. . . ?: Rob Lowe

Amy Argetsinger — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:16:20 GMT

– Rob Lowe dining at NoPA Kitchen in Penn Quarter Tuesday night. Lively group that included his wife Sheryl, lobbyist Jack Quinn and his wife Susanna (with whom Lowe partnered on the as-yet-unseen reality pilot “Potomac Fever”), and Fox News’s … Continue reading →

Briefly: Brad Pitt, George Michael, Jesse James, Jann Wenner

Amy Argetsinger — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:46 GMT

Brief news from elsewhere: Brad Pitt thinks he has prosopagnosia, aka “face blindness.” That’s why he doesn’t remember you. No, seriously, it’s very sad. “You meet so many damned people,” he says, “and then you meet ’em again.” (Esquire) Yikes: … Continue reading →

Chelsea Clinton’s new gig: A multicultural center at NYU

Michael Livingston — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:38 GMT

Chelsea Clinton has a new job — make that another new job. At the tender age of 33, the former first daughter has racked up an extensive resume: Management consultant, hedge-funder, broadcast journalist, education activist, doctoral student — now co-founder … Continue reading →

Hey, isn’t that . . . ?: Gloria Estefan

Amy Argetsinger — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:00:46 GMT

– Gloria and Emilio Estefan lunching Tuesday at the bar at Old Ebbitt Grill. Sitting with a young woman in her late teens — possibly their daughter. Turkey burgers, all around. The Latin pop stars were in town for the … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday, Al Franken — with love from the Senate Judiciary Committee

Amy Argetsinger — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:47:40 GMT

Hang on there, Sen. Chris Coons — did you bring enough for everyone? The Delaware Democrat lightened the mood at Day 5 of the Senate Judiciary Committee markup session on the immigration bill Tuesday by presenting his panel neighbor, Sen. … Continue reading →

Hey, isn’t that . . . ?: Billy Baldwin

Amy Argetsinger — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:33:47 GMT

– Billy Baldwin touring Mount Vernon Tuesday afternoon — as chaperone for his son’s grade-school class, a group of kids who looked to be roughly 10 or 11-years-old. The actor (No. 3 in the legendary Baldwin brothers lineup) seemed relaxed … Continue reading →

Quoted: O.J. Simpson’s ex-girlfriend on unhealthy communication patterns

Amy Argetsinger — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:29:27 GMT

“It was very hard to deal with that every day, comparing me to Nicole. ‘Nicole did this, Nicole did that. You should do this, that’s what she did.’” – Christie Prody, O.J. Simpson’s ex-girlfriend, on the disgraced star’s … Continue reading →

Justin Bieber’s monkey officially claimed by Germany

Amy Argetsinger — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:57 GMT

“The monkey belongs to Germany now.” – Judith Brettmeister, spokeswoman for the animal shelter that for two months has cared for “Mally,” the pet capuchin monkey confiscated from Justin Bieber when he flew into Munich without the proper monkey-having … Continue reading →

R.I.P. Ray Manzarek, the Doors keyboardist who got the big picture

Amy Argetsinger — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:24 GMT

“We were in love with being alive and wanted to spread that love around the planet and make peace, love and harmony prevail upon earth, while getting stoned, dancing madly and having as much sex as you could possibly have.” … Continue reading →