Aug 18, 2017
White House Strategist Steve Bannon Is Out
Earlier, reports swirled that he would leave at some point.
Almost exactly a decade since West Wing aired its last episode, actress Allison Janney showed up at a real-life White House press briefing as press secretary C.J. Cregg.
The White House got a bath earlier this afternoon when a contractor working on a major renovation to the West Wing struck a water line, unleashing a skyrocketing torrent of water on the executive complex.
May 14, 2007
Morning Roundup: Oprah Was Here Edition
Good morning, D.C. It was an eventful weekend across the District, with big to-do’s tying up traffic in every direction. We hope you didn’t spend too much time stuck in it. While we’re genuinely thrilled to hear that Oprah Winfrey’s commencement speech at Howard University was a big hit and was reported on all over the world, we’re pretty disappointed to have it be Monday morning and still have zero reports from any of our…
Apr 30, 2007
DCist Takes You to the Movies: Civic Duty
We’re always trying to think of ways to offer you, our lovely readers, a shot at some free entertainment, and today we’ve got another great opportunity for you. We’ve paired up with Landslide Pictures to host a special preview screening of Civic Duty at the Landmark E Street Cinema on Tuesday, May 1 at 7 p.m.. Here’s a brief synopsis of the story: Angry and depressed over losing his job, accountant Terry Allen begins to…
Mar 30, 2007
Out and About: Weekend Picks
FRIDAY: >> If you still haven’t been out to a live show by The Lost Atoms, rock now or forever hold your peace. Shortly after tonight’s show at Velvet Lounge, guitarist Paul [] and bassist Keith will marry their beautiful and talented fiancees, and the band will be divorced. Explaining the breakup with a typically droll statement on the band’s blog, singer Matt Lame writes, “life happened, and there isn’t time.” It’s rumored the band…
Sep 05, 2006
Reader, Meet Author
TUESDAY Dreckifying The Shop Around the Corner notwithstanding, Nora Ephron has a solid track record of bringing the funny. Why so wistful, then, Nora? Find out tonight at Politics and Prose as she discusses I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman. 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW., 7 p.m. If you can’t make it, she’ll be making another D.C. stop Wednesday at the District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, 16th &…
Jun 27, 2006
Ready for Primetime
The Washington Post reports that TV shows based in D.C. consistently have the oldest viewers. Now, considering that we here at DCist are still lamenting the end of The West Wing, we might not be your average younger viewer. Nonetheless, we think D.C. has unexploited TV potential. What’s sexier than taking low-paying jobs that look good on your resume? Or spotting George Stephanopoulos at Starbucks? Not much. So TV execs in the readership, listen up!…
Jun 14, 2006
Commander, We Hardly Knew Thee
Another D.C.-based, political show bites the dust. We here at DCist (admittedly, somewhat apathetically) mourn the passing of “Commander In Chief”, which will air its last episode tonight on ABC. Born out of The Contender like “The West Wing” was inspired by The American President, “Commander In Chief” followed the battles faced by the first female president, played with class, style and authority by Geena Davis. Capturing a wide audience early in its run and…
May 21, 2006
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark “Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid.” Is that a promise? They also give us this week’s best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They’re biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That’s right, Mapquest says “Houston had the…