Overview: It’s the most wonderful time of the year. We are less than a week from Hot 99.5’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2018. This year’s Jingle Ball takes place on Monday, December 10, 2018, at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. Every Jingle Ball is a little different, but consistently …

Just because you’re not athletic enough to compete in the official 2016 Summer Olympics doesn’t mean you can’t be a good sport about it. Speaking of sport, we’ve turned Washington, DC into your own personal Olympic grounds. With our DC Olympics Challenge you’ll think you’re in Rio competing alongside some …

Winner Update: Congratulations to Alex Becker on winning the very first FamousDC t-shirt for the DC Intern Fashion-Fail Detector app. We think it would be a mandatory download for all the hill interns. — Read through descriptions for the top picks for the DC Dream App contest and vote for your favorite. Remember, the …

Tourists in your way, can’t find a happy hour? Ever wish you had an app for that? Or better yet, a FamousDC T-Shirt? Well here’s your chance for both. Win the first FamousDC  t-shirt by submitting your ideas to our DC Dream App Contest. Here’s just a few (hilarious) app …

UPDATE: And the winner is…Grassley’s Sweater Vest. Congrats to all that entered and thank you to the readers who voted. The response to the #DCderby twitter contest was overwhelming. Thanks to everyone who participated. Below are the top entries determined by reaction on Twitter. What’s Your Favorite #DCderby Racehorse Name?online …

Congratulations to Tommy Sheridan, a legislative assistant at the National Head Start Association for submitting the winning photo in our Virgin Mobile Free Fest Contest. Tommy took the prize of four tickets to Virgin Mobile’s Free Fest, along with four digital cameras and 2×3 printers from Polaroid, with 75% of …

UPDATE: Hundreds of votes have been cast.  Have you voted? Over the past week, we had dozens of photo submissions for our “Dog Days of Summer” photo contest.  The final three entries are below. Voting ends Friday at 3pm. [Poll below] “Shake It Out” [Photo: Ed Frank] The Grass Is …

Dear TMZ, We see your look-alike and raise you one. Cheers, FDC h/t “a source familiar with the situation”

Write a Biden Health Reform Haiku: [simple] Haiku, as you may know, is a 5-7-5 form of poetry: five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. Biden’s r-rated health reform headline from yesterday happens to contain seven syllables: Biden speaking to the President: “This is a big —-ing deal.” So we want …

Setting: a beautiful wedding ceremony, surrounded by your closest friends and family, on a luxury yacht set against the charming scenery of the Chesapeake Bay. Does this sound like your dream wedding? Well you are in luck, because Watermark Cruises is giving away a free wedding, worth over $20,000, on …

The photos have been submitted.  Now it’s up to our celebrity judges to boil it down to a Top 5.  Stay tuned. Roads to Walk On Photo by: Michael Hammond No S%*^?” Photo by: Justin Wilson Frozen Fan Photo by: Melissa Morales

This is round three of the FamousDC Snowmageddon Photo Contest. We are still accepting photos The photos will be narrowed down to five finalists as decided on by our celebrity judges. The ultimate winner will be voted on by the FamousDC readers Friday in an online poll. Click here to …

Anybody recognize this DC flack?  His friends know him as JB, but if he wins the Mad Men casting contest, you might have to start referring to him as sir.  Go here and vote for Jim.  [do it]

Capitol Lounge, which has experienced its fair share of "heat," is sponsoring a "Bring the Heat" giveaway while the Boston Red Sox are in town. The challenge: Get real drunk and then attempt to throw a baseball as hard as you can.  If your pitch is the fastest, you win …

Last week we posted about the DNC’s latest user generated contest.  Their hope was to get folks to send in their favorite Rush Limbaugh slogan.  The winning slogan will appear on a billboard in Limbaugh’s hometown of West Palm Beach, Florida.  [riveting ] The top 5 slogans likely submitted by …