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Homegrown Horror Movie: Local Filmmaker and Skins Star Aim to Get Hollywood’s Attention

By Nicole Duncan

Washington might not be a spawning ground for movies like Los Angeles is or a default filming location like New York City, but that doesn’t matter to Aaron Goodmiller. The CEO and founder of 19th & Wilson, a film studio and production company based in Northern Virginia, has ten short films under his belt since the company’s inception in 2001. Now, with Redskins star player Chris Cooley on board as an executive producer for 19th & Wilson’s next film, Ghosts Don’t Exist, Goodmiller is ready to bridge the gap between the East Coast indie scene and Hollywood.

We contacted Goodmiller to get the latest on Ghosts Don’t Exist and working with Cooley.

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Overlooked: The Best Missed Connections of the Week

By Claudia Bahar

Every Friday, for some fun reading, we bring you the area's best Missed Connections on Craigslist.

You know what they say: love finds you when you least expect it. However, they fail to mention that sometimes love hops off the train at the next Metro stop faster than you can say, “What’s your sign?” 

Fortunately for us all,  Missed Connections has provided a last resort for reconnecting with our fleeting love—a modern-day message in a bottle of sorts. So let’s take a look at some of this week’s best...

Thanks for the Cupcake - m4w - 46 (Dupont)
Reply to: pers-814362206@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-08-26, 6:19PM EDT
You were generous enough to give me a cupcake on the Red Line between Dupont and CP. Kicked myself for not having a business card with me. Name the flavor you gave me and I’ll respond.
    Location: Dupont

Hold up, she gave you a cupcake and you still didn’t get her digits? Come on, man!

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Who Gets the “Most Boring Prof Ever” Award?

By Sonia Harmon

As the new school year starts up at presidential election time, you’ll begin to see the migration of departing government officials to academia and academics heading back to government in a new administration.

How have the officials of the Bill Clinton administration done in the ivory tower? Ratemyprofessors.com, an anonymous online resource for students, has collected millions of ratings on teachers and provides some insights.

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Top Blog Posts of the Week

Miss out on some of our blog posts from this week? Worry not—we're here to fill you in on what the most popular blog posts were from the past seven days. See below for our top five.

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The Morning Buzz

Good morning, Washington! Here's what we're reading around the web this AM.

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From the Archives: Great Dame: Derby-winning Filly Genuine Risk

With the news that Genuine Risk, one of only three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby, died Monday, we look back at our 2002 article on the extraordinary filly who ran against the best of the boys—and beat them.

Great Dame

by Kim Eisler 

In many ways, Jenny is a typical of the grandes dames in Middleburg's Hunt Country. She lives on a 400-acre farm with one of her two children, neither of whom quite lived up to expectations. She is surrounded by servants and attendants as well as newspaper clips from the days when she was the belle of the ball.

Even now, hardly a week goes by that an admirer doesn't appear at her driveway, asking for a moment of her time or a locket of her hair or to have a picture taken with her. Many bring gifts--often fruit baskets--although she'd rather have a peppermint.

As similar as she is to other well-to-do Middleburg matrons, one thing sets her apart: Jenny is the only resident of the Hunt Country who has won the Kentucky Derby.

In those days she went by her registered name, Genuine Risk. Looking at the mare today, one can only wonder what she makes of the 25 years of her life--a life of hope and triumph, controversy and lawsuits, frustration and disappointment.

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The Morning Buzz

Good morning, Washington! Here's what we're reading around the web this AM.

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