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Beau Willimon and Kate Mara Discuss D.C. At House of Cards Premiere

January 30, 2013 By WHC Insider

House of Cards Premiere at Newseum

The ghost of D.C. and Hollywood’s last intense fling filled the Newseum at the premiere for “House of Cards.” As the press gaggle waited for series executive producer/director David Fincher (who slipped away before the red carpet) and Kevin Spacey (“Rep. Frank Underwood”) a question remained: how would this compare to “K Street,” the last premium program that brought us all together. Coincidentally, “House of Cards,” which premieres Friday on Netflix, has a great chance to surpass previous feelings for George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh‘s lobbying series because of Beau Willimon. The former Howard Dean staffer turned playwright handled adaptation duties for “House” from the original novel and 1990 BBC mini-series. Willimon previously dealt with Beltway issues and drama with 2004’s Off-Off Broadway “Farragut North,” which he would later adapt for Clooney into the Oscar-nominated Best Adapted Screenplay”The Ides of March.”

Talking to Huffington Post, Willimon commented on the nature of D.C. and how ripe it is for drama:

Check out the other video interview with actress Kate Mara below along with our slideshow of who else attended a night filled with Bobby Darin songs.
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Filed Under: DC, Entertainment, TV, Washington Events Tagged With: Ann Hand, Beau Willimon, David Haddad, Elizabeth Stevens, George Stevens, House of Cards, Joanne Horowitz, John Phillips, Kate Mara, Kevin Spacey, Kristen Silverberg, Linda Douglass, Lloyd Hand, Mignon Clyburn, Newseum, Photos, Premiere, Reggie Love

2010 Moynihan Prize Awarded

May 14, 2010 By WHC Insider

The 2010 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize was awarded to Robert Greenstein, founder and executive director of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, on Thursday evening at a dinner ceremony at the Newseum.

Over 100 guests from the world of academia, government, journalism, think tanks and non-profit organizations gathered for the annual ceremony hosted by the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Also honored was Rebecca Blank, Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce, who was inducted as the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow of the Academy.

The American Academy works to bring scholars and government officials together to improve the policy process. The prize is given to someone who is deemed to follow in the Moynihan tradition of drawing on data and evidence in making public policy that advances the human good.

Some of those helping to celebrate the honorees were MSNBC commentator Lawrence O’Donnell, Newsweek’s Howard Fineman, Mike McCurry, Jason Furman of the National Economic Council and his wife Eve Gerber, HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Greenberg, Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch, and OMB’s Katherine Wallman.

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Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: American Academy of Political and Social Science, Eve Gerber, Howard Fineman, Jason Furman, Katherine Wallman, Lawrence O'Donnell, Mark Greenberg, Mike McCurry, Moynihan Prize, Newseum, Rebecca Blank, Robert Greenstein, Tom Malinkowski

George Clooney, Nick Clooney Not Going to WHCD

April 17, 2009 By Tammy Haddad

George Clooney with WHC Insider Founder Tammy Haddad

George Clooney with WHC Insider Founder Tammy Haddad

Sorry Folks: Neither George Clooney or his father and American University visiting professor Nick Clooney, will attend the White House Correspondents Dinner reports WHCinsider.com.

Washingtonians have been delighted to have Nick and Nina Clooney as neighbors for the past seven months as he taught at American and thrilled Newseum visitors and media big wigs with a series of programs on TV, movies, and his international campaign on Darfur.

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Filed Under: Event Coverage Tagged With: American University, George Clooney, Newseum, Nick Clooney, White House Correspondents Dinner

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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.

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