Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are in town today, thanks to Affleck having agreed to be the commencement speaker at Falls Church High School. The WaPo explains that the actor agreed to lend an unusual amount of starpower to the high school graduation ceremony thanks to his friendship with Falls Church senior Joe Kindregan. Kindregan and Affleck met when the actor was filming 1998's Forces of Nature at Dulles Airport. Kindregan has ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare... more ›

Perhaps the Representatives heard about it here - we posted on the event last Sunday. Sadly, we here at DCist couldn't pony up the $1,500 for a ticket to the event, but we hear that the coy twosome remained on opposite sides of the room all evening. more ›

(By DCist contributor Hemal Jhaveri) more ›