Reliable Source: President Obama will attend the white-tie Gridiron Dinner this year

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg on that SOTU nap: ‘I wasn’t 100 percent sober’

We knew that the Supreme Court justices seemed like a fun bunch. Here’s more proof: Ruth Bader Ginsburg says her nap during this year’s State of the Union address was wine-induced slumber following a dinner with colleagues. ” I wasn’t — 100 percent sober,” she told a crowd during a program on Thursday night with Justice Antonin …  Read full article »

President Obama will attend the white-tie Gridiron Dinner this year

Along with the hokey musical numbers sure to be heard at this year’s Gridiron dinner, there will be another, familiar tune: “Hail to the Chief.” The president is set to headline the March 14 annual white-tie event thrown by the city’s elite representatives of the Fourth Estate, marking only the third time in his tenure …  Read full article »

Listen up, people. Monica Lewinsky is giving a TED talk.

Are you ready for 18 minutes of pure, unadulterated wisdom, doled out by one Monica Lewinsky? You are? Well, good for you. The scandal-scarred former White House intern — who’s remade herself as an anti-bullying advocate — is going to give a TED talk. So she says to Yahoo! Style, which caught up with her while …  Read full article »