Famous Friday Round Up
#WEEKEND
Weather: Clouds and more clouds with a side of rain. And clouds.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Bust out the glow sticks at Landmark Music Festival; Sunday R&B Brunch at the Howard Theatre; Check out the Lunar Eclipse with Museum Moonshine.
#NATIONAL
Headline win – “swing” state; Author of Trump’s biography shares the “peculiar” experience; These inmates just schooled Harvard grads in a debate; Lena Dunham and Hillary Clinton discuss feminism; The Warhawks are tough, so here’s to hoping Alabama doesn’t lose two in a row this weekend; Good news: you can now have a Bernie Sanders stuffed doll; Volkswagen had some really unfortunate timing; Netflix Anonymous– when you’ve reached the point of no return; Teens weigh in on Trump; Not sure what to think about this weird depiction of what presidential candidates will look like in 2025; The Pope says paying attention to climate change is important #ugh.
#LOCAL
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah; Every Trader Joe’s beer ranked; Check out the jazzy vocal styles of Gracie Terzian; iHeartMedia partners with Rock the Vote; Time to bust out the glow sticks; Louisa Imperiale is running the game in DC tech; RIP Jake Brewer.
#ICYMI
What Do Ludacris and FamousDC Have in Common?; How to Move Into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Without Running for President; #PopeInDC; The Verdict is in- Candy Is Good for the Economy.
#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK
@maeganvaz; @JGreenDC; @moody; @KimKardashian; @peteschroeder; @xmasape.
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#BIRTHDAY
Famous birthday shoutout to Liza Marlette; Ranata DeGennero; Gigi Helliewell; Rob Holcomb; Rob Grosso; Esperanza Noel; Georgette Spanjich; Jordan Mueller; Scott McMorris; Ashley Ruggiero; Jennifer Matimore; Marissa Bruno; Clayton Hoyt; Brea Bates; Missy Edwards; Tom Gannon; Jeff Eshelman; George Alafoginis; Carly Llewellyn; Emily Heil; Poppy MacDonald; Anton Vuljaj; Shawn Pasternak; Frank Gunion.
#FAMOUSFORDC
SPOTTED last night The Kennedy Center for the Honoring the Promise Gala: Nancy Brinker, David Rubenstein; Ray and Kathy LaHood; Joan Lunden; Deborah Norville; Susan Ford Bales; Debbie Wasserman Schultz; Dr. Steven Rosenberg; Judy Salerno; Wilma and Stuart Bernstein; Rep Darin LaHood.
NJI Media has been named a finalist in PR News’ Digital PR Awards as Digital PR Firm of the Year. CONGRATS!; Give Emily Lynn a high five today; Bloomberg’s Betty Liu spoke to Doug Heye’s inaugural class at Harvard; A quick shout to the Connections Media and Herald Group teams!; Is Goody going with the man bun soon?; Congrats to Sarah Morgan – the first woman to hold the role of NRSC political director in recent memory; Happy 2nd anniversary to Casey and Sarah Phillips who didn’t celebrate at Denny’s; Anyone know if Court Lanio used his selfie stick this week in the ATL?; A huge congratulations to Robin Shultz on her amazing new job; Matt Lira knows all – and knows it well in advance of most;Tell Doug Thornell that we’re glad to see the Washington Redskins in mid-season form; Firm handshake and look directly in the eye h/t Ericka Andersen. Will we see you in Las Vegas for the DNC debates?
#BYE
We’re really going to miss that adorable Fiat.
