Alessandra Stanley recently penned piece in New York Times calling Twitter a gateway drug.  But it’s beginning to look more like another gateway drug to full-blown media narcissism. Is it just us, or isn’t she contributing to the problem by writing this story? We’re certainly not trying to pass judgment, …

Good luck getting into the office today. The roads are terrible, plow trucks are slow and DC drivers are still jerks. If you do make it in, grab some coffee and jam to Bob Marley on Pandora and think of warmer times. Just to make us all feel better, here’s …

Week in Review This week the WH began its search for summer interns, Luke Russert’s blackberry broke, Sen. Claire McCaskill cheated on her diet,  Obama announced plans to stimulate a few Wizards, Paul Begala struggled to find parking at the NGA event, former CT Governor-turned-prisoner John Rowland (R) roamed around …

We know a few elected officials that could use some media training from these two. Note to CPS: No children were harmed during the making of this video.

It looks like Obama is off to go watch the Wizards attempt to dunk a ball.  [three point stimulation] From the DCist: The Chicago Bulls visited President Obama at the White House yesterday , and now word is that Obama might show up at the Verizon Center tonight for their …

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Rush Limbaugh thinks he has a stalker .  She’s described as white, blonde, between 30 and 40 and answers to the name Melanie. According to Jose Lambiet’s Page 2 Live , it’s unclear as to whether or not Ann Coulter is a suspect. What is clear is that the said …

Get ready DC Socialites, a brand new web series has hit the internet. The District Dish, hosted by popular DC celebs, Kate Michael, Pamela Sorensen and Ebong [no need for a last name], is a DC style gossip show that highlights local people, places, prostitutes , politics, parties and philanthropies. …

Dear RNC, We’d like to formally endorse Phillip D. Blake for Jr. RNC Chairman.  We have no idea whether or not he’s actually qualified, but since he had the sack enough to create a Facebook Group begging for a job – we figured that was worthy of our endorsement. If …

Dumbest Cop Ever?  ["I think we’re dead…"]

Readers, Thanks for hanging on while we improve things around here at FamousDC. We promise the improvements will be worth it. PS: For those of you Twitter fanatics, stay tuned – we’re about to roll out the FamousDC Twitter Bracket Buster Challenge.  It’s going to be blazing hot. Thanks, The …

Sometimes you gotta put the turd on the table and deal with the loss of appetite… It’s no mystery that we don’t like GoDaddy.  We tried to work with them.  We really did.  We even believed them when they called us over the weekend and told us to wait for …

On Sunday night, while most of us were anxiously anticipating Hugh Jackman’s next dance move, one DC based firm was fast at work. New Media Strategies, who happens to employ some pretty darn good social media experts, captured the Oscar buzz by following the action via Twitter. According to NMS …

Stimulus madness is still prevalent all over Capitol Hill. John and Joon at the Corner Market near Eastern Market on are doing their best to cash in on the stimulus madness. Spotted yesterday: Did you notice that The Corner Market has a myspace page ? It is only a matter …

Keith Olbermann, whether you love him or hate him, is a popular topic on the internets as of late.  Matter of fact, there are approximately 150 groups dedicated to Olbermann on Facebook alone. We’ve listed a few of our favorites: Keith Olbermann’s Stupidity is Surpassed only by His Ego Keith …