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Darren Criss Took Over Bloomberg/Vanity Fair Afterparty In True Glee Fashion

April 29, 2013 By WHC Insider

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Every year after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, folks wait around at their various after-parties for ‘that’ to happen. Sometimes it’s a wardrobe malfunction, other times griping about long lines or how traffic slows to a crawl between the Hilton and Embassy Row. But this year during the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair soiree at the French ambassador’s residence it involved “Glee,” a piano and a collection of A-list musical talent standing nearby.

As the party went on with guests like Barbra Streisand, Katy Perry, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the cast of House of Cards and Morena Baccarin we’re told people noticed a piano off to the side. Soon Glee’s Darren Criss sat down and played an impromtu and acoustic set of whatever happened to tickle his fancy on the ivories. Guests standing around joined him on a few tunes and it established the sort of urban legends that the White House Correspondents Weekend is famous for having.

Filed Under: 2013 WHCD, DC, Entertainment Tagged With: After Party, Bloomberg, Darren Criss, Glee, Vanity Fair, White House Correspondents Dinner

More Stars to the WH Correspondents’ Dinner

April 13, 2012 By WHC Insider

The names keep coming!  CBS is bringing Homeland’s Claire Danes, Christine Baranski from “The Good Wife” and Daniel Dae Kim from “Hawaii Five-O”.  Also on CBS’ list is hero Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.

The Huffington Post’s list includes Georgetown Law Student Sandra Fluke; and Hollywood stars Dakota Fanning, Daniel Day-Lewis, Rebecca Miller, Anna Paquin, and Stephen Moyer, in addition to  “Glee” star Darren Criss, and Nasim Pedrad from “Saturday Night Live”.

NBC has Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix and The Atlantic/National Journal has actress Rosario Dawson, chef Jose Andres, and “Sex and the City” writer Darren Star.

And The Washington Times wins in the 4-legged category with Uggie, the dog from “The Artist”

Filed Under: 2012 WHCD Tagged With: Allyson Felix, Anna Paquin, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Christine Baranski, Claire Danes, Dakota Fanning, Daniel Dae Kim, Daniel Day-Lewis, Darren Criss, Darren Star, Jose Andres, Nasim Pedrad, Rebecca Miller, Rosario Dawson, Sandra Fluke, Stephen Moyer, Uggie, White House Correspondents Dinner

Matthew Morrison Releases First Solo Album & Will Tour in DC This Summer

May 11, 2011 By WHC Insider

Matthew Morrison with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (Left) and Rachel Goslins (Right), Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities at the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair WHCD After-party

White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch friends, Glee star and White House Correspondents’ Dinner guest, Matthew Morrison, has finally released his first album.

Morrison was profiled in USA Today where his broadway and TV show colleagues boast about his musical talent, calling him a “quadruple threat.”

The album is now available for purchase on iTunes.

One of Morrison’s Glee co-stars, Darren Criss, stopped by the studio for some impromptu jamming – check out the video below (PerezHilton.com).

Tickets are still available for his July 6 appearance at DC’s DAR Constitution Hall.

Filed Under: DC, WHCD 2011 Tagged With: Darren Criss, Glee, Jay Carney, Matthew Morrison, Rachel Goslins

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Exploring “behind the scenes” of the most powerful city in the world — Washington, D.C. — and those who cover it.

We track the White House Correspondents’ weekend and all the activities around it, from journalists and media companies to the White House and politicos.

Tammy Haddad is Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief of WHC Insider and CEO of Haddad Media.

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