Jim Moran’s nascent beard on September 20. Now it’s nearly a full Santa Claus. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
A few of the stories you may have missed while paying too much attention to dreary
news that Congress and the White House continue to not be able to make a deal.
• Virginia congressman Jim Moran is growing an Edwardian mustache and beard, which
first appeared about a month ago and is now nearly full Santa Claus. You can catch
it on C-SPAN.
• Rielle Hunter, best known as “John Edwards’s mistress” from when he was a presidential
candidate, wrote an essay for Huffington Post called, “I, Rielle Hunter, Apologize.”
• Arianna Huffington may have made a bad deal with AOL, according to the Smoking Gun.
The sleuth site says it has a court filing
showing that when AOL paid a reported $315 million to buy the Huffington Post, Huffington
only scored about $21 million, some of it in stock options.
• Joe Biden found time to shop at Brooks Brothers, and
our own Melissa Romero caught
the action:
• A new restaurant opened on Capitol Hill, of all places.
What excellent timing, right?
We’re sending good luck wishes to Rose’s Luxury at 717 Eighth
Street, Southeast.
• Jim VandeHei, a cofounder of Politico, was promoted
to CEO.
• Washington’s own Katie Couric still has her talk show, despite hot rumors that the ax is
falling.
• Bob Costas and Glenn Beck both joined the Redskins name fray. The LA Times headline might say it best: “Bob Costas
versus Glenn Beck in Washington Redskins nickname
flap.”
We can’t help but wonder, who’s jumping into this debate next?
• An engaged couple robbed of a Jefferson Memorial wedding tied the knot on The Colbert Report.
• Twitter introduced more relaxed rules for direct
messages: You can now received
message from any followers (if you want).
11 Pop Culture and News Stories You May Have Missed During the Shutdown
The world keeps turning even as the government has ground to a halt.
A few of the stories you may have missed while paying too much attention to dreary
news that Congress and the White House continue to not be able to make a deal.
• Virginia congressman Jim Moran is growing an Edwardian mustache and beard, which
first appeared about a month ago and is now nearly full Santa Claus. You can catch
it on C-SPAN.
• Rielle Hunter, best known as “John Edwards’s mistress” from when he was a presidential
candidate, wrote an essay for Huffington Post called, “I, Rielle Hunter, Apologize.”
• Arianna Huffington may have made a bad deal with AOL, according to the Smoking Gun.
The sleuth site says it has a court filing
showing that when AOL paid a reported $315 million to buy the Huffington Post, Huffington
only scored about $21 million, some of it in stock options.
• Joe Biden found time to shop at Brooks Brothers, and
our own Melissa Romero caught
the action:
• A new restaurant opened on Capitol Hill, of all places.
What excellent timing, right?
We’re sending good luck wishes to Rose’s Luxury at 717 Eighth
Street, Southeast.
• Jim VandeHei, a cofounder of Politico, was promoted
to CEO.
• Washington’s own Katie Couric still has her talk show, despite hot rumors that the ax is
falling.
• Tom Hanks stopped by the Newseum for a premiere of his new movie,
Captain Phillips.
• Bob Costas and Glenn Beck both joined the Redskins name fray. The
LA Times headline might say it best: “Bob Costas
versus Glenn Beck in Washington Redskins nickname
flap.”
We can’t help but wonder, who’s jumping into this debate next?
• An engaged couple robbed of a Jefferson Memorial wedding tied the knot on The Colbert Report.
• Twitter introduced more relaxed rules for direct
messages: You can now received
message from any followers (if you want).
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