Category: Hollywood on the Potomac

13 Feb, 2017

Hollywood on the Potomac: Kennedy Center Honors

It was the eighth and final Kennedy Center Honors of the Barack Obama presidency, and the commander-in- chief, who has attended the show each year since taking office, and Gucci-clad first lady Michelle Obama received...

Hollywood on the Potomac

6 Dec, 2016

Hollywood on the Potomac: Cafe Milano Turns 25

A look back on years of refined cooking, warm hospitality and the best people watching. Cafe Milano keeper of the gate Laurent Menoud tells us that catering a birthday lunch for Pope Benedict XVI...

Hollywood on the Potomac

5 Oct, 2016

Hollywood on the Potomac: Hero or Traitor?

Oliver Stone hosts a private screening of “Snowden” followed by a reception in Georgetown. Don’t expect to see whistleblower Edward Snowden, currently residing in Moscow, walking on U.S. soil anytime soon. Many believe he...

Hollywood on the Potomac

7 Sep, 2016

Hollywood on the Potomac: Donors and Democracy

A new HBO documentary follows the money trail behind campaigns. There are two things that are important in politics,” Ohio Republican Senator Mark Hanna said in 1895.“The first is money and I can’t remember...

Hollywood on the Potomac

8 Jul, 2016

Hollywood on the Potomac: Spies Among Us

CNN’s new original series,“Declassified,” sheds light on old covert operations. A captivated audience listened as retired KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin recounted bugging a State Department conference room when he worked as a press...