Barbara Walters in DC (Don't Get Too Excited Now!)

05.08.2008 Trover Shop Bookstore, Capitol Hill - Barbara Walters signing her memoir Audition in where she wrote about her affair with former Senator Edward Brooke

Sate of Play is filming

Sate of Play is filming a night stunt scene now at the base of the Canal in G'town at Water Street.go watch some guy falling plus rainmaking

The State of Play crew was spotted setting up on I Street, NW between 18th and Connecticut...go visit if you get a chance and post your findings. Thanks, Julia for the tip.

Paul Abbott - Award winning writer and creator of STATE OF PLAY - at the Ritz Carlton DC M Street - West End Restaurant Bar. He has a very weird hairdo going on...must be a British thing...

Exclusive: Eels Invite President To D.C. Gig

March 13, 2008, 8:00 PM ET

Katie Hasty, N.Y.

Eels frontman Mark "E" Everett has high hopes that President George W. Bush and the First Lady can make it to the band's Washington D.C. concert on March 29; the singer/songwriter wrote a lengthy personal invitation to the pair.

"You may recall using our album 'Daisies of the Galaxy' as an example during your campaign for the presidency in 2000," Everett wrote in his invitation. "The album was supposed to be a bad example for the kids of America," he continued, referring to the statement the Bush camp issued when they found out DreamWorks reps were giving out promotional copies of the album at that year's Democratic National Convention. "Mr. President, I know that you're a Christian, and Christ taught forgiveness. So in the spirit of forgiveness and fence-mending, I'd like to let bygones be bygones..."

The show is "right down the road from you at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue," Everett's deadpan letter explained. "If you're more comfortable at a different house of worship, we're also doing concerts at church in Philadelphia and New Haven the nights before and after the D.C. show. In the name of tolerance, we are trying to represent many faiths on this tour."

E made a similar extension to the Queen of England Elizabeth II last month as he toured in the U.K. "We've played the Festival Hall several times and I've noticed that your royal box is usually empty. I'd like to change that," E said.

The notes to both the President and the Queen also mentioned his book "Things the Grandchildren Should Know," which hits stands in the U.S. this fall. The volume has already been released in the U.K. and it may be worth noting that, while Everett offered the Queen a signed copy, he made no proposition to the President.

Everett did however offer to send Bush signed copies of the Eels' two retrospective collections, "Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol. 1" and "Eels Useless Trinkets," both released in January by DreamWorks/Geffen/Ume. "These tracks can be loaded on to your Presidential iPod as well."

"lf you're busy, I understand, but I wanted to put it out there: Let's forgive and forget. lt's the only way to change the world," he finished.

Eels will be on tour in North America March 28 through April 17.

See the whole article at: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003725262#

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State of Play Exclusive..see Crowe

State of Play Exclusive..see Crowe et al at the SW Waterfront (green ln) by the fish market Phillips and Zanzibar starting at 4-5 am wed 3/12

Hail to the Chief! It's

Hail to the Chief! It's literally hailing in gallery place on the POTUS's entrance into the Marriott Rennaisance Hotel.

Prez. Bush arriving at the

Prez. Bush arriving at the Marriott Rennaisance on 9th st in dc.near Gallery Place between 6:15 and 9:00 p.m. Tonight. Thx to PS7 for the tip

WHERE IS STATE OF PLAY FILMING?...

The film is entitled "State of Play" and is from Universal Pictures will be filming in our neighborhood in March. It stars Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck and is a political thriller set in the nation's capital.

At the moment, the producers plan to film on Mt. Pleasant St. between Lamont St. and Park Rd and Lamont Street NW between Mt. Pleasant and 16th Sts.

This filming would take place starting at 6am on Friday, March 28th through 8am on Sunday, March 30th, 2008. Please note that the production team is still scouting locations and the dates, times, and streets are subject to change.

It may be old news for DC, but Jack never gets old....

Here's some archival SEENinDC footage from Kiefer and 24's visit to DC. Hopefully they will be back once (or twice more) this Spring/Summer.
Click the video to see a "sneak peek" seen from 24 Day 7. Hopefully we'll see it all in 2009 now that the Writer's Strike is resolved.

All photos and video are courtesy of Rob Kimmer. Copyright 2007, 2008 Rob Kimmer, SEENinDC, All Rights Reserved.

Russell Crowe is in DC for a month filming "State of Play" - post your sightings!

He was recently seen at Teatro Goldoni dc (K Street/Foggy Bottom) and at a Georgetown Harbour hot spot.

POST THE NEXT CROWE SIGHTING HERE!

Man Rams Car on I-95, Claims to be Jack Bauer

February 22, 2008 - 10:50am

BALTIMORE - A college student was given probation for repeatedly ramming his car into another man's vehicle, claiming the man was a terrorist and he was the character Jack Bauer, a federal agent on the Fox television show "24."

However, the victim, Marlon Cantoral, 30, provided a false address to police and did not appear in any of the court proceedings, prompting prosecutors to enter into a plea deal with the student, Edgar Sullivan, 23, of Elverson, Pa. The student faced up to 10 years in prison for second-degree assault, a charge that was dropped as part of the plea deal.

Cantoral may have been living in the United States illegally, and that may have caused him to provide the fake address, said Wayne Kirwan, spokesman for the Howard County State's Attorney's Office.

According to charging documents, Sullivan was driving his Ford Escape on Interstate 95 last February when he struck Cantoral's van. Cantoral left the highway and was struck a second time before he drove over a grass median strip and fled on foot into the lobby of the Patuxent Institution Correctional Facility.

Sullivan followed Cantoral inside and tried to assault him, shouting "he's a terrorist," according to charging documents.

"My name is Jack Bowers (Bauer) and I work for the FBI and the Secret Service. My wife and family was kidnapped by the president and terrorist," Sullivan continued, The (Baltimore) Examiner reported Friday, citing charging documents.

Officers contacted Sullivan's father who said his son was not married and the family was fine, authorities said.

In court Thursday, Sullivan apologized for the incident, telling Howard County Circuit Judge Richard Bernhardt that he has been attending alcohol treatment and plans to graduate in May.

Sullivan, a student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County who pleaded guilty in September to drunken driving, smiled but did not speak as he left the courthouse with his parents.

"This is rather embarrassing for him," Sullivan's attorney Charles Broida said after the court appearance.

"It was bizarre, but he doesn't remember it."

Information from The Baltimore Examiner

Richard Danzig-Naval Secretary under Bill Clinton- speaking at Karma in DC for an Obama rally.

Will Gartshore - dc actor famous for performances at the Signature Theatre also at the same Obama rally.

Hey Rob,

 

Hope all is well! Just wanted to give you some information - Duncan Hunter (R-CA) who is the ranking member of House Armed Services and a Republican Presidential candidate was on my jetblue flight from Boston (Logan) to Dulles Airport. My friend and I were the only ones to recognize him and we discussed a bit about the primaries and the "gorgeous New England weather" while waiting to board the plane.

 

My flight info is as follows:

 

Date: January 9, 2008

Departure: Boston, MA at 1:45 PM

Arrival: Dulles 3:26 PM

Flight number 1255

 

I think it's pretty humble for such a person to take a jet blue flight, but then again not sure how much his campaign funds can go towards flights.

 

Hope this helps!

When I asked Mrs. Gephardt

When I asked Mrs. Gephardt what she thought of the film she said "It was an excellent movie. I liked it very much."

Saw Mr. and Mrs. Dick

Saw Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gephardt at the 10:20 showing of Charlie Wilson's War at Regal Potomac Yards.

Affleck joins State of Play cast

Ben Affleck is to replace Edward Norton in the film version of BBC TV drama State of Play - the second major cast change for the political thriller.

Affleck will take on the role of a US congressman embroiled in a conspiracy after Norton asked to leave the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Actor Brad Pitt pulled out in November, to be replaced by Russell Crowe.

Shooting was scheduled to begin before the end of the year but has since been put back to January.

The delay led Norton to withdraw from the film so he could honour a prior commitment to appear in Leaves of Grass, a comedy directed by fellow actor Tim Blake Nelson.

Legal action

Directed by Kevin Macdonald of The Last King of Scotland fame, State of Play also stars Dame Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn and Jason Bateman.

The original TV series - about a team of journalists investigating the mysterious death of a political researcher - starred John Simm, Bill Nighy and David Morrissey.

Pitt's departure, reportedly due to script concerns, was said to have prompted distributor Universal to consider legal action against the star.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Macdonald flew to Australia to persuade Crowe to fill his shoes.

Saw Helen Thomas walking to work at the White House around 8:10 a.m.  She looked almost exactly as I would picture her looking.  She still either walks to work from her house or walks from the metro.

Sources tell me that Rachel McAdams is already in DC preparing for her role in State of Play.

Any sightings? Post them by emailing seenindc@gmail.com.

Rumor has it that Ms. McAdams is staying near the White House...

State of Play...

These celebrities should be in town between now and March, 2008:

Post your sightings to the blog by emailing seenindc@gmail.com

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Russell Crowe will likley be added to this project to replace Brad Pitt...

Robin Wright Penn ... Mrs. Collins

Rachel McAdams ... Della Jones

Edward Norton ... Stephen Collins

Jason Bateman

Helen Mirren

This one is filming in DC! (January through March)

Russell Crowe In Talks To Replace Pitt In Play

Russell Crowe is in final negotiations to replace Brad Pitt in State of Play, saving Universal and Working Title’s delayed political thriller from shutting down. Pitt pulled out of the movie last week, citing script concerns that made him uneasy about toplining the picture. That brought him to loggerheads with the studio, which was adamant about going ahead with the script they had. Even meetings with the movie’s director, Kevin Macdonald, proved fruitless. Macdonald spent the weekend in Australia talking with Crowe, who had to see if Play could fit into his schedule; Crowe is scheduled to shoot Universal’s Nottingham, the Ridley Scott-directed reimagining of the Robin Hood story.

Variety reports that Brad Pitt has pulled out of a pay or play deal on State of Play, putting the Universal Pictures drama in a state of flux. Pitt dropped out of the film early Wednesday, following two weeks of struggle and meetings with director Kevin Macdonald that prevented the film from making its original November 15 production start date. The trade says the studio will try to find a star to replace Pitt. If Universal doesn’t recast and get the picture going by November 29, it will begin losing the other actors in the film. Pitt was set to star with Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman and Robin Wright Penn in the Matthew Michael Carnahan-scripted adaptation of the British mini-series. Pitt was playing a politician-turned-journalist who spearheads a newspaper’s investigation of a murder, a trail that leads to the fast-rising pol whose campaigns were once masterminded by Pitt’s character. Universal said: “Brad Pitt has left the Universal Pictures production of ‘State of Play.’ We remain committed to this project and to the filmmakers, cast members, crew and others who are also involved in making the movie. We reserve all rights in this matter.”

Happy Thanksgiving. Keep the posts

Happy Thanksgiving. Keep the posts coming!

-Rob

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