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1. MSNBC and Rodale Fete Jeff Corwin's New Book and Documentary at the Occidental

2. 8 New Venues for Washington Holiday Parties That Won't Break the Bank

3. P.C.M.A. Honors Wardman Park, Fairmont at First Nighttime Annual Meeting

4. How Do You Make Staffers Feel Appreciated—at Little or No Cost?

5. Poll Results: Informal Nights Out Make Most Appropriate 2009 Holiday Parties

6. New Moon Premiere Beckons 10,000 People and 2 Live Wolves

7. MoMA Gets Suitably Whimsical and Macabre for Tim Burton Tribute

8. Masked Raconteurs Tell Tales at Moth Ball, and I Have a Blast

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Masked Raconteurs Tell Tales at Moth Ball, and I Have a Blast

Gap, Banana Republic, American Eagle Open Stores With Musical Performances

MoMA Gets Suitably Whimsical and Macabre for Tim Burton Tribute

3 New Hotel Restaurants for Business Entertaining, Private Groups

Nintendo Launches New Mario Game With Look Back at Franchise History

Scripted Models Play Up Key Notes at Victoria's Secret Fragrance Preview

Ad Age Looks to Boost Conference Interaction With Beer Tasting, Lounge Seating

More Photos From Louis Vuitton's Garden-Style Launch: Life-Sized Trees, Mounds of Mums

A Forest of Flora Marks Launch of Louis Vuitton's Saks Boutique

4 Made-in-New York Sweets for Gift Bags

FROM LOS ANGELES

Us Weekly Takes to Voyeur With Scantily Clad Models, Burlesque Feel

6 New Venues for Los Angeles Holiday Parties

New Moon Premiere Beckons 10,000 People and 2 Live Wolves

$4 Million MOCA Gala Breaks Fund-Raising Records

Chrysalis Benefit Cuts Ticket Prices in Half, Draws Same Crowd

MOCA Gala Spawning Arty Online Auction—Including Gehry's Hat for Gaga—Through November 30

Wende Museum Closes Wilshire for Cold War Anniversary Celebration

3 Ideas for Stylish, Eco-Friendly Events

3 New Restaurants for Autumn Alfresco Dining

With Help From Lexus, Cedars-Sinai Gala Breaks Fund-Raising Record

News Archive for Radio And Television Correspondents' Dinner

NEWS 06.24.09 3:00 PM

In the News: Radio and TV Correspondents Love John Hodgeman, Sundance Still Bringing in Bucks for Utah

John Hodgeman Wins Over Correspondents' Crowd: The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner may suffer from an annual inability to not offend some party with its divisive M.C.s, but that doesn't seem to be the case at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner. Host John Hodgeman—of Apple commercial and Daily Show fame—won over the audience at Friday's event by skirting an actual roast and opting to label Barack Obama the country's first geek president. Obama seemed to please the crowd with his own speech, and come Monday morning, nobody was licking wounded egos on cable news. [Wired]

Fests Like Sundance Still Boosting the Economy: Festival-town locals might bemoan the congestion and hullabaloo associated with their annual events, but they sure do benefit from them. Despite an 11 percent drop in attendance this year, a study by a group at the University of Utah calculated that the Sundance Film Festival brought in $92.1 million to the state this year. The numbers broke down to $34,579,698 on accommodations, $14,976,306 on food, $4,693,682 on transportation, and $4,015,870 on "discretionary items"—which we'll assume includes booze. [NYT] MORE >>

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TOP 100 EVENTS 09.26.08 1:54 PM

Washington's Top Political & Press Events 2008

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the Washington Press Club Foundation's Congressional Dinner
Photo: Courtesy of WPCF

1. The State of the Union Address
Each January, the entire government shows up en masse for the president’s annual address at the Capitol. A newly inaugurated president is not expected to deliver an address, but usually gives a speech to a joint session of Congress outlining his administration’s goals.

2. White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
The president and first lady are roasted by one of the nation’s top comedians each year. Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson took the stage at the Washington Hilton for the April dinner, organized by WHCA executive director Julia Whiston. After-parties included Bloomberg’s fete at the Costa Rican Embassy, and Vanity Fair’s exclusive soiree at Christopher Hitchens’s home. The 2009 dinner will take place in May.

3. Gridiron Club Black-Tie Dinner
Washington’s oldest journalistic organization held its 123rd black-tie dinner on March 8. President Bush entertained the crowd of 600 at the Renaissance Hotel with a country-and-western musical number, while White House correspondent Helen Thomas delivered a send-up of Condoleezza Rice. MORE >>

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NEWS 04.18.08 3:52 PM

Repubs Get Goofy at Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner

The CNN after-party for the Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner
Photo: Courtesy of CNN

The Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton may have felt like a warm-up to next week's White House Correspondents' Dinner, but the Wednesday night event did pack a punch—at least when it came to former presidential candidate Mitt Romney's surprise speech, where he listed the top 10 reasons why he left the race, according to Yeas & Nays (zingers included "Once my wife realized I couldn't win, my fund-raising dried up").

Guest of honor Vice President Dick Cheney also scored a few chuckles from the 2,000-person crowd, according to the Los Angeles Times, when he told the press to take it easy on Senator Clinton, as "she confused the Bosnia trip with the time I took her hunting." MORE >>

Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner, CNN

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