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Zoe Barns Crashes Booker Reception, No Ribs Eaten

April 3, 2013 By WHC Insider

It may not be viral marketing, but House of Cards‘ Kate Mara showing up at a fundraiser is a reminder the spiritual successor to K Street is coming back. The original Netflix drama is set to start up production later this month while the White House Correspondents Dinner kicks into gear, so it isn’t strange that the stars are making their way back to Washington.

Politico caught the tweet that Mara, who plays upcoming new media gadfly Zoe Barns, sent out from a fundraiser for Trenton Newark Mayor Cory Booker last night:

Amazing night in DC hanging with Elaina, @maxminghella @corybooker and @teamvic! #Booker2014 twitter.com/_KateMara/stat…

— Kate Mara (@_KateMara) April 2, 2013

Does this mean Booker has secret plans to open a special BBQ joint in DC should he successfully take outgoing Senator Frank Lautenberg’s seat in 2014? Just to be safe, no one should tweet Booker if they happen to have an injured dog.

edit: our Trenton/Newark mistake came from a sudden case of wanting ribs. We regret the error! Sorry, Jersey!

Filed Under: DC, Entertainment Tagged With: Cory Booker, DC, House of Cards, Kate Mara

Insider Round-Ups: How To Fix Fox, Stephanopoulos Stays At This Week and D.C. Loves Zero Dark Thirty

December 11, 2012 By WHC Insider

It’s hard to figure out what’s worth your time with all the first reads, politico blasts and tweets that race by before your third coffee of the morning. So let us provide some curation to your otherwise blur of a morning before your second conference call.

  • Ana Marie Cox thinks less work for Rove at Fox is more of a “promotion” than a network reorganization.
  • TV Newser has George Stephanopoulos at ABC’s This Week through 2013.
  • The D.C. Metro area film critics love Kathryn Bigelow‘s Zero Dark Thirty (and The Master!)
  • Buzzfeed speaks to a Cory Booker backer betting big–to hell with alliteration–for a 2016 run.
  • Politico reports:South Carolina demands the good Dr. Stephen T. Colbert.
  • NPR lays out the differences in President Obama‘s second inauguration.
  • That should get you through at least your first lunch-that-gets-turned-into-a-coffee-break.

    Filed Under: Correspondents, DC, Entertainment, Insider Round-Ups, News Tagged With: Ana Marie Cox, Correspondents, Cory Booker, Fox News, George Stephanopoulos, Karl Rove, Kathryn Bigelow, Links, Media, News, Stephen Colbert, This Week, Zero Dark Thirty

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