Trump made headlines again this week, and for once it’s not for something he said. After walking out on Monday night of the Republican National Convention to the tune of Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” Queen was, you could say, less than pleased about this song choice. Their rep released a …

If you’re in Cleveland and getting ready to head over to the Quicken Loans Arena, you might want to double check your bag. The city released a very long, very detailed list of what you can bring into the convention and what you can’t, and we’ve got to say, it’s …

  Poor Marco. He’s not even in the 2016 race anymore and he still can’t catch a break. And that ducking sucks. Yesterday the former presidential candidate misspelled the name of his own country in a letter sent to the Alaska GOP asking them not to release his delegates just …

#WEEKEND Weather: Thought winter was gone? Guess again! Temperatures in the high 30’s are literally raining down on DC. Expect lots of slush and possibly several inches of snow. Yayyyy. Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Check out the incredible “Kites of Asia” exhibit at the Air and Space museum; Brave the stormy weather …

Politico co-founders, John Harris and Jim VandeHei will receive the Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year award at the National Press Foundation Dinner next month on Thursday, February 11. We are pleased to know that they will also be speaking to the group about their vision for the future …

FamousDC is pleased to introduce you to Doug Thornell, managing director at SKDKnickerbocker. However, if you’ve worked in the D.C. communications industry over the past decade or so, there’s a good chance you may already know him. From public service into the private sector, the resourceful Mr. Thornell has troubleshot …

Famous Friday Round Up   #SNAPCHAT Hi, we’re on Snapchat. Let’s be friends. Open your app and aim the camera at this ghost. Or just add us by username: TheFamousDC.    #WEEKEND Sunday is the winner AGAIN this week: Saturday 90 °F and thunderstorms; Sunday 91 °F and partly sunny; …

The Skinny (No spoilers) Old school Disney was pretty simple: Good vs. Evil, love triumphant,heavy misogynistic undertones in splendid two-dimensional animation! You get my drift. Not too many shades of grey for old “Walt”. However since the release of the book and musical “Wicked”, where we learn that the Wicked …

Here’s a bust of President Barack Obama created by a Smithsonian team from 3-D scan data. Obama is the first sitting president to be scanned for this purpose. The bust was displayed yesterday at the White House Maker Faire, and the data and models will become part of the National …

We can’t talk for 21 hours – but we’ll try to take 21 shots this weekend Our party rocked; Click Clink; thank you to Microsoft, Resonate, The New Republic, Veronica, Marie, Stefanie, Kelly, Rebecca, Josh, Amos, Brian; We saw Lauren French, Ginger Gibson, Katie Harbath, Morgan Gress, Ashley Summers, Reid Wilson, …

Doug Heye was amazed by the cupcake line in front of the Capitol, we’re trying for the Crossfit games next year, Brendan Buck reached 10,000 followers on Twitter, this house could be yours for one US dollar, someone please send Sean Hackbarth a BuzzFeed t-shirt, Snowden got crushed on by Russian ladies, who is …

Like all good blogs, media outlets, YouTube celebrities and list makers, we’ve jumped on the bandwagon and decided to take a look back at 2012. It was a big year for us; new look, new writers, more parties, more ducks, same great features, our always amazing readers and, of course, the best city to live and work in made these past 12 months an adventure. Here’s the FamousDC Top 20 in 2012.

John Stanton is done with tricky subject lines, Paul Ryan has Mad Men style, there was a leak on Capitol Hill, Dear baby Jesus Flores – please beat the Red Sox, meet Lucas Giolito, Fred McClure is going to be spending a lot more time in Texas, Jaime Harrison is moving …

It’s that time again – for all you DCers to get out there and enjoy your weekend, which of course translates into brunching and dancing hard. I will be throwing down in the Big Apple so tweet me your fave picks and plans! Enjoy! Friday, June 8th Truckeroo – it’s …

From Roll Call’s release: We are sorry to announce that Christina Bellantoni is leaving Roll Call, though we’re proud to tell you where she’s going: Christina will be the new Politics Editor for NewsHour on PBS. It’s difficult to account for the impact Christina has had in just more than …