May 04, 2007
The Onion Jump Off at the Black Cat
Last night, satirical D.C. newcomers The Onion threw themselves a little D.C. fete to celebrate their recent local launch. Editor Joe Garden prefaced his welcoming remarks by relating that he had, on the previous evening, attended an event with “people from… Reuters and Bloomberg News” but that he was much happier spending his time with a few hundred of his new friends at the Black Cat. Well, of course he is! We all know what…
Apr 20, 2007
Dine With the Worst
Attending Saturday’s White House Correspondents dinner continues to get less and less appealing. First, it was announced that Rich Little, a comedian whose popularity peaked in the 1970s, would host. Compared to Stephen Colbert’s able hosting last year, we weren’t terribly excited about seeing Little’s famous Richard Nixon impression. Now it turns out that American Idol’s latest cast-off, the adorable yet dubiously talented Sanjaya Malakar, will be there too. In an apparent coup by People…