Famous Friday Round Up
#WEEKEND
Weather: Thought summer was over? Think again! This weekend is staying in the toasty 80’s and bringing a bright sky with absolutely no chance of rain.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Head to the National Portrait Gallery for their newest exhibition; Check out what the “After Hours” event is at the Hirshhorn Museum; Hit up the Bluebird Blues Festival for some great music; The H Street Festival is the place to be; Get your drink on at Oktoberfest; Celebrate Capital Bikeshare’s birthday with a free movie at Yards Park; Spend your day in Alexandria for their annual art festival; Enjoy a morning at the Eastern market.
#NATIONAL
Is it possible to “out-crazy” Trump?; Jimmy Fallon chats it up with Hillary; The Late Night Show is on point; Could we see another government shutdown?; Ahmed Mohamed is going places; Trumped; This is a STICK-UP; Ebola Zombies; NYC Fashion week is dazzling; Pluto continues to prevail; Cheers national cheeseburger day; Arrrr, Facebook; Clockmed the time traveling terrorist; Trump says “China”; Sex Robots…that is all.
#LOCAL
Pope Confessions; Bryce Harper hits his record of 40 homers!; Try out some new cuisine; You’ve been kiss cammed; Do you know your Pope facts?; The polls are in!; Carly Fiorina is calling you out, dems; Campaign brawls; One thing democrats and republicans have in common…the Nats; The National Zoo’s baby panda is putting on the pounds; Fiorina is pushing ahead; Apparently, height matters; Ben Carson is coming in hot; The Planned Parenthood debacle continues; There may be another pretty face in politics; Lessons from Cookie Monster; Labor Department Pirates; No selfie sticks near the pope.
#ICYMI
Kenny Loggin; What kind of world do you want?; Predict This.; Someone special just got Marie-D; Through the lens of Ben Timmins.
That’s right! We partied with Ludacris
#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK
TheFix; jimgeraghty; vicecanada; AlyssaRosenberg; dceiver; TVietor08
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#BIRTHDAY
Congrats on being born! PattiAnn Schultz; Meg Ryan; Tyler Carver; Alex Markousis; Sarah Henschel; Soo Kim; Diego De la Vega; Melissa Jacobs; Melissa Christine; Annalee Burkley; Jacob Price; Emily Mueller; Christine Martin, NRCC deputy general counsel; Monica Patel, digital intern at New Blue Interactive; Washington Nationals, Matt Thorton;
A huge birthday shout out to Morgan Gress, editor of 1776, former editor of FamousDC.com
#FAMOUSFORDC
Say what you will, but we like Donald’s hair; Elise Foley started a tweet last week that still has us laughing, “If I ever go to jail…”; Congrats to Matt Vriesema on his engagement to Jenny Tollefsrud; We’re jealous of Patrick Wilson’s travel schedule; Ted Prill + Austin = whoa!; Steven Moore needs a new tire; Pete Snyder range a farewell bell at the Wren Building; Ask Jessica Boulanger and Betsy Andres about their POTUS selfie; Jeff Lockard and Joseph Poduslo are the kings of DC real estate; Is David All is back in the political game?; Deana Bass is all in for Ben Carson; Dear Zac Moffatt, is Mitt gonna make a comeback?; Give Cody Simmons a high five when you see him; Leroy Nix is the man; Kevin Gannon finally met Amos Snead; We better see you all in Vegas; Morgan Gress is pretty awesome.
#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
CBS News has been making big moves! Kathleen Johnston moves up at CBS as an investigative producer. Kris van Cleave takes on the role of transportation correspondent. Christina Ruffini turns over to the campaign coverage team. Jake Miller and Elizabeth Hinson join Face the Nation. Julia Kimani Burnham has been promoted to the weekend producer for CBS along with Walt Cronkite who will be reportings on the hill; Cody Simmons joins the FamousDC team.
#BYE
It’s been real, Luda.
