This post is brought to you by our advertiser, Paramount. Nebraska is nominated for 6 Independent Film Spirit Awards including Best Feature. After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father (Bruce Dern) thinks he’s struck it rich, and wrangles his son (Will Forte) into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Shot in black and white across four states, Nebraska tells the stories of family life in the heartland of America….
LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big — really freaking big — so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart of it lays in the city’s San Fernando Valley. A writer grapples with her food porn photography obsession, another gets censored on Flickr, one gets scooped by the LA…
>> D.C. Improv highlights students who spent a month at the Improv’s Comedy School. The evening, lead by MC Matt Kazam, could be a great way to catch one of Washington’s rising comics — 17 trainees will take the stage. [1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, $10, 8:00 p.m.] >> Local techno rockers Trans Am can be counted on to deliver an eclectic mix of music and fans. See the trio, together for over 10 years,…
Tom “Who needs Paramount Pictures?” Cruise just struck a deal that brings him a little bit closer to our neck of the woods, figuratively speaking: CNN reports the actor has signed a two-year development deal for his production company Cruise/Wagner Productions, with the investment partnership First and Goal, headed by Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. We think the name is catchy, Dan. Looks like the the firm will “provide development and overhead financing” for Cruise’s Cruise/Wagner…
We know realize why our 85 year-old great aunt has a tin of grease sitting under her kitchen sink. The chief judge of the D.C. Superior Court ordered a stop of all court proceedings yesterday when a clogged sewer line — grease from the courthouse cafeteria has been pinpointed as the culprit — rendered restroom facilities useless. With bladders filling up and lines to use the restrooms growing ever so long, the judicial process ground…
No, Angelina Jolie (seen here in a Paramount shot from “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”) is not in a blimp protecting the capital from an aerial attack (however wouldn’t it be interesting if she were on the payroll of the Military District of Washington), but if you look up, as the Post did this morning, there is a blimp hovering above the city. Apparently, the craft, which has been used in Afghanistan and…
The D.C. National Guard has temporarily moved floodlights to the Dupont Circle street where a popular local waiter was killed last week. In the neighborhood, other muggings have also occured recently despite increased police patrols. The Post reports the lights have been used “in areas known for heavy drug dealing” for years, and the move is apparently a temporary decision to increase lighting while city crews repair streetlights:Last night, crews were replacing broken lights at…
Dupont Circle residents are on edge after the fatal early morning shooting of a popular local waiter. Details as to what happened are becoming more clear. The Post reports that Adrien Alstad, “who often broke into song” as he worked at Annie’s Paramount Steak House on 17th Street, was pronounced dead at George Washington University Hospital after being shot on the 1800 block of R Street at 2:20 a.m. on Monday. Witnesses reported hearing Alstad…
