This movie definitely isn’t purrfect, but it will warm the heart of anyone who isn’t allergic to the charms of talking animal movies.

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…

The Names & Faces column in today’s Post has a delightful little tid bit about some welcome visitors to town: A stealth visit to Washington by Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner — whose unconfirmed relationship is being dubbed BenGar — went relatively unnoticed, but about 30 members of Congress lined up to ooh and aah over the superstars Tuesday night at Charlie Palmer Steakhouse. Perhaps the Representatives heard about it here – we posted on…

(By DCist contributor Hemal Jhaveri) DCist got an invite in the mail a few weeks ago to attend a big shindig being held on Sept. 21 for the AT Children’s Project, a nonprofit dedicated to, according to their web site, “finding a cure for ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare genetic disease that causes progressive loss of motor control, cancer and immune system problems” in kids. Now, we’re all for charitable works, but we’re on a budget here…