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A huge congratulations to C-SPAN’s Jeremy Art. Imagine having dinner with reporters from The Washington Post, bumping into Arianna Huffington on the way to the same party, or touring the country in a C-SPAN bus. Those activities are just part of normal daily life for Jeremy Art, who will soon …

Ain’t no party like a Erika Masonhall Meet the Press Cupcake party, Rep Weiner is 6’5 and loves Tweeting with FamousDC, does Brody Mullins have balls of steel?, Charlie Sheen spent the week winning, we’re pumped for Jackie Kucinich & her new gig with USA Today (better late than never …

Kevin Burke Jian DeLeon Marcus Dowling Katie Harbath Corbin Haresnape Robert Jameson Modele “Modi” Oyewole Andrew Platt John Puskar Ryan J. Reilly

You can only hope to contain him. CQ-Roll Call’s Tom Williams & Bill Clark had a great showing this weekend at the White House News Photographers Association Photo Contest. Mr. Williams got first place in the “On Capitol Hill” category and Bill Clark took home first place in the “Portrait” …

Not only will Hill staff skip a paycheck – they’ll lose blackberry service, Chris Frates is on his A-game, do work D. Holley, Charlotte Kathryn Shoemaker popped a WSJ.com hit her first week of life, DC Mayor COS $ > WH COS $, tell the NPF why journalism matters, Diaz …

Meet Mark Knoller. The most interesting man in the world. Mark Knoller is an award-winning White House Correspondent for CBS News. He reports for CBS Radio News, as well as The Saturday Early Show. He also contributes to the weekend editions of the CBS Evening News and Up To The …

Ashton Kutcher has launched a search for the next vice president of pop culture. Who’s the president? Well, that would be Ashton, of course. Last year Popchips put him in the role, and he has been speaking for the brand — and pop culture — ever since. The requirements for …

It’s been a big week for Katie Harbath.  On Tuesday, video Harbath shot of her family at the Magic Kingdom was featured in a Disney Commercial.  Now, another exciting development:  She’s heading to Facebook. [Politico] The social networking giant will announce today that Katie Harbath, the former chief digital strategist …

Last night during a Chris Botti concert at the Kennedy Center, Madeleine Albright took to the stage to play the drums.  We knew the Madam Secretary was talented, but not this talented. [leather skirt] h/t Nathan Imperiale

FamousDC sends our congratulations to Jack Mahoney and Lauren Torlone. The happy couple got engaged Friday night and we hear their dog Tate played a critical role – the ring was around his neck!

Jesse Jackson has a a magic trick, Congressman Chris Lee is leaving Congress to “spend more time with his abs,” Congressional Press Secretary PSA, Secretary Lisa Jackson had a blast at the DC Mardi Gras party, OMG – Donald Trump is at CPAC!, fake DC Twitter accounts got the New …