D.C.'s 9:30 club was packed for a meeting of hip-hop masterminds Dizzee Rascal and The Streets. Eagle writers Daniel Longino and Grant Lazer describe the evening.
"We're poised to be the gay Matchbox Twenty," Del Marquis, guitarist for the rock band the Scissor Sisters, proclaimed in a phone interview. "It's weird because we're a little bit more of a cult pop act here in the U.K. and Europe, and in the States we're going to be one of those pop acts with a successful single, and then everybody realizes what you look like.
"Control Room" educates by showing audiences the process of reporting news - Al Jazeera style.
Kal Penn and John Cho are running late for their interview. It's easy to make assumptions about the people in the movie business but this is the first major press circuit for both of them. D.C. is the midway point on their 11 stop national press circuit and here in The Ritz Carlton Georgetown, they are set to sit for a brief last minute interview before they move on.
The overly simple dialogue, ridiculous appearance of the antagonists and unexciting plot twists in "The Village," released July 30, will not gain M. Night Shyamalan the same success as he had with "Signs" and "The Sixth Sense."
"Garden State," which "Scrubs" star Zach Braff wrote, directed and stars in, is a brilliant articulation of what it means to be stuck in your 20s, and how astounding it is when something comes along to free you.
Reviews of the latest CD releases from Lloyd Banks, Midtown, Black Dice and "Spider-Man 2."
Sally Field and her co-stars give audiences a fresh perspective on "The Glass Menagerie" in the Kennedy Center's production of the Tennessee Williams classic.
A multitude of documentaries, varying as widely in style as they have in subject matter, have been released in the past few years. Some credit digital filming for the explosion, while others say documentaries have become popular because people yearn for something authentic.
Zach Braff, the star of the NBC comedy "Scrubs" and now the writer, director and actor of the film "Garden State," shares his experiences making the movie and describes how feeling lost helped him find his way in screenwriting.
20, 2004 Earlier this year, southern California punk veterans Face to Face announced their retirement. But before it was to become official, the band wanted to do one more cross-country trek. Their final tour stopped at the 9:30 club Aug. 17.
While D.C. offers a wide variety of shopping, dining and social life, other areas nearby are worth a visit. Bethesda, located on the Metro's Red Line, is an upscale town that boasts an impressive milieu of restaurants.
Each college has its own set of slang words. Whether the words make fun of buildings on campus or are simply abbreviated versions of names, they're used by all. It's easy to pick AU slang, but here's a helpful guide.
Read reviews of the latest releases from Matt Pond PA, Rogue Wave and The Presidents of the United States of America, three bands that will play in D.C. before the end of August.
Polyphonic Spree, a band with more than 20 members that don robes before going on stage, will play at the 9:30 club Monday, Aug. 16. They are touring in support of their second album, which has more depth than their first release, the Spree's trombonist said in an interview.
A grand list and guide for new D.C. residents, giving you the top three places to go in a number of categories.
Rooney. They're on the "OC" entertaining little girls everywhere. And here I am, along with four pre-teen girls at their show at the 9:30 club. This California power-pop band, named after the principal from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," seems to have gotten a big push from Geffen Records.
Here's a list of D.C.'s best quality-to-price ratios, from panda-searching to club theme nights.
In a crowded summer with plenty of big-budget films with huge stars many teen flicks, sequels, prequels and remakes leave most viewers gasping for originality. Here to save the summer comes "Napoleon Dynamite," the most original and inventive film so far this year.
Short looks at four films now in theaters, including "Super Size Me," "The Stepford Wives," "Coffee and Cigarettes," and "The Chronicles of Riddick."
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