Aug 14, 2007
Go Home Already: Hook Shot
>> Media conglomerate Viacom announced that it will donate $1.5 million in cash and promotions to help build the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. [NBC4] >> A child described as a 20-month-old black boy was found adandoned in a stroller in Capitol Heights Tuesday morning. [NBC4] >> An improperly disposed cigarette was to blame for the fire that damaged Capitol Lounge and Trover Gift Shop last week. The fire began…
Aug 29, 2006
Cruise and Snyder Make a Deal
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…