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D.C. Gets a Pee-View of The Paperboy

A  pre-screening of The Paperboy, starring Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman will take place at Landmark E Street Cinema next Monday (press only, not open to the public). When FishbowlDC got wind that there’s a scene in which Kidman’s character urinates on Efron, we got our names on the press list right away.

Paperboy tells the story of a reporter who returns to his hometown in Florida to investigate the case of a death-row inmate, according to IMDb. Though the movie is rated R for violence, language and “strong sexual content,” the pee scene in particular isn’t sexual and doesn’t include a bowel movement. (We understand this may mean WaPo‘s Gene Weingarten will have to seriously reconsidering his decision to see the film.) Lee Daniels, who directed the movie, told GQ the scene deals with a jellyfish sting.

“The Paperboy takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) and his partner Yardley Acheman (David Oyelowo) chase a sensational, career-making story,” states a release for the film. “With the help of Ward’s younger brother Jack (Efron) and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless (Kidman), the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack) was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.”

The movie officially releases in Washington on Oct. 5.

Also, click HERE for an awkward photo of Kidman dancing with Efron in his underwear.

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Fishbowl Summer Superlatives – THE RESULTS Part Deux

On Thursday, we began rolling out the results of our Summer Superlatives and today, you get to meet the rest of the winners. Thanks for voting.

Today’s results kicks off with the Best Dressed category. This cage match was between Politico’s Ken Vogel and Kate Nocerra, WaPo’s Jonathan Capehart, RCP’s Erin McPike, and CNN’s Kate Balduan. This contest wasn’t even close. While we had a feeling Capehart would be the clear winner, he was a very distant second to Kate Balduan! Congrats, Kate. Your prize is a $1 gift card to Fashion Bug!

Moving right along, we asked you to name Washington’s Best Writer. Your choices were The Weekly Standard’s Matt Labash, The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza, NJ’s Major Garrett, NYT’s Mark Leibovich, Ashley Parker and Maureen Dowd, WaPo‘s Karen Tumulty, HuffPost’s Eliot Nelson, and Washingtonian’s Luke Mullins. This one was a close one to call. It was a two-man race between Garrett and Labash, but in the end, Major Garrett came through and was voted the winner. It should be noted that today is Garrett’s birthday.

Which Washington journo is Most In Need of a Salad? We asked you to choose between Politico’s Jonathan Allen and Jonathan Martin, Slate‘s Dave Weigel, HuffPost’s Peter Cherukuri and Jason Linkins, FNC’s Bob Beckel and Bret Baier, and author and former TWTer Rich Miniter. This was another category where it wasn’t even close. The FNC team of Bob Beckel and Bret Baier were the heavy favorites and waddled walked their way to an easy victory.

Next up, we had the category that saw more votes than any other, Sexiest. Your sultry selections were AP‘s Steve Peoples, Atlantic Publisher Justin Smith, Washingtonian‘s Kate Bennett, Real Housewives of D.C.’s sassy stylist Paul Wharton, CNN’s Brianna Keilar, NBC4′s Doug Kammerer and Maynard Institute’s Richard Prince. The winner by a slim, sexy (and consenting) majority was Brianna Keilar.

On the other side of the coin, we have Who is Most In Need of a Makeover? Your choices were CQ Roll Call (the entire publication), The Daily Caller’s Matthew Boyle, TWT’s Stephen Dinan, Publicist Wendy Gordon, DCRTV’s Dave Hughes and Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher. Once again, this was a two-man race between Christopher and Boyle. While Christopher just looks generally disheveled, the overall train wreck that is Matthew Boyle was voted the winner. Congrats, Matt. We hear that Paul Wharton may be available to help turn you into a beautiful swan.

Last, but certainly not least, is the Best On-Air Personality. The heavy-hitters on this list were ABC’s Jake Tapper, The Daily Caller’s Tucker Carlson, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd, CBS’s Bob Schieffer and Nancy Cordes, HuffPost‘s Sam Stein, and WaPo’s Nia-Malika Henderson. At the end of the day, the experience of Schieffer couldn’t keep up with your winner, Jake Tapper!

Congratulations to all of our winners.

 

Fishbowl Summer Superlatives – THE RESULTS!

Now that everyone has had a chance to vote, the results are in for the FishbowlDC Superlatives. We’ll be rolling out the results today and tomorrow, so be on the lookout to see how your nominees did.

Biggest Self Promoter– This was the closest vote that we had in the whole competition. It was between Former Daily Caller reporter Michelle Fields, ABC News White House Correspondent Jake Tapper, The Daily Beast and CNN’s Howard Kurtz, WaPo’s Chris Cillizza and Publicist Tammy Haddad. The photo finish saw Tammy Haddad beat out Fields by only five votes! Congratulations Tammy!

Worst Temper– The candidates were Mother Jones’s David Corn, Politico’s Jim VandeHei, Politico’s Tim Grieve, Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher, and Slate’s Matt Yglesias. The people have spoken and they say Tim Grieve has the worst temper in Washington! We’d congratulate him, but we’re afraid it might set him off.

Favorite Flack– We asked you to choose between POTUS campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki, Mitt Romney spokesman Brendan Buck, House Maj. Leader Eric Cantor’s Deputy Chief of Staff Doug Heye and NRCC’s Brian Walsh (pitched as Drama and Turtle), C-SPAN’s Howard Mortman, and House Maj. Whip Kevin McCarthy spokeswoman Erica Elliott. Despite a last minute push by Mortman, the winners were Doug Heye and Brian Walsh!

Most Likely to Wind Up in Jail– The suspects choices were Politico’s Joe Williams, PR Exec. David Bass, BuzzFeed’s John Stanton, The Daily Caller’s David Martosko, The Daily Caller’s Neil Munro, Reason‘s Mike Riggs and freelancer Moe Tkacik. The overwhelming winner was Joe Williams.

Class Clown: This category was a joke. The results were the most lopsided in all of the superlatives. The contenders were Sirius XM’s Julie Mason, Roll Call HOH’s Neda Semnani, Yahoo! News’ Olivier KnoxReuter‘s Sam Youngman, The Atlantic‘s Scott Stossel, Wonkette and The Guardian‘s Jim Newell and The Drudge Report’s Charlie Hurt. Julie Mason walked away with this category with a crushing 46 percent of the vote.

Most likely to end up with a reality show– In D.C., there are PLENTY of options, but we narrowed them down to Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher, ABC7’s Stephen Tschida, TWT‘s Emily Miller, Susanna Quinn, Publicist Wendy Gordon, Publicist and blogger Janet Donovan, NBC’s Luke Russert, Current TV’s David Shuster,and CNN’s Roland Martin. The winner of this category was…  Emily Miller! (Our advice would be to make sure you get the lighting right on her reality show or she might shoot the bulbs out.)

Thanks to everyone who voted, but we aren’t done yet with the big reveal. Check back tomorrow to find out the winners of all of our other categories, which include Best Writer, Sexiest, and Best On-Air Personality!

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers

QUOTES of the DAY


Hugs, not Drugs

“Is it me or do more people agree that FB is all well and good, but is not a replacement for human contact? A computer doesn’t hug you back.” — D.C. Publicist Wendy Gordon in a Deep Thoughts Tuesday Facebook update.

Admission

“Cocaine’s a helluva drug” — Human Events Editor Jason Mattera in a Tuesday tweet.

Journo-Nasty

“The kind of insight you look to WaPo for.” — TBD Community Engagement Director Steve Buttry in a Tuesday tweet in reaction to this: @washingtonpost Arnold and Maria aren’t the first political breakup, & they won’t be the last.

Scribe gets clean shot of Sen. Reid’s black eye

Harry Reid arrives at presser with gnarly shiner on left eye. From a spill he took last week.” — The Daily Caller‘s Chris Moody in a Tuesday tweet with the accompanying photograph.

The Good Son

“Heading over to the nursing home to make sure mom eats something, then on to a Republican get-together.” — Chairman of Accuracy in Media Don Irvine in a Tuesday tweet.

If the genders were reversed this would be an unfortunately worded exchange: ABC’s Rick Klein: “Just provided smart soundbite service to @karentravers. So yell at her later if I don’t wind up in her package.”

Question to ponder

“What’s the limit on saying, ‘You’ve got to be f****ing joking” in one day?’ — Washington Post Express News Editor Sara Schwartz in a Tuesday Facebook update.

Watch out…

“I just became the mayor of Majority Leader Eric Cantor Office on @foursquare!” — TWT‘s Emily Miller in a Tuesday tweet.

Journo on verge of something bad

“The rage I’m feeling at my broken Blackberry roller ball = very, very high.” — Politico Pro health care reporter Sarah Kliff in a Tuesday tweet.

 

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers

GQ’s Ana Marie Cox shares her legs with the world. You be the judge. We’re just glad they were allowed to emerge from their blogger pajamas to see the sunlight.

QUOTES of the DAY

Media chairman disturbed by liberal approval

“For the second time in the last few months I have earned the praise of a liberal. This is disturbing.” — Don Irvine in a Monday tweet. Irvine is chairman of Accuracy in Media. Website description of the D.C.-based Accuracy in Media: “A non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media that critiques botched and bungled news stories and sets the record straight on important issues that have received slanted coverage.”  He’s not kidding. He abhors slanted coverage – even, especially his own.

Hayes’ reaction goes nuclear

“Haven’t felt this chronically anxious and nauseated since the financial meltdown three years ago.” — The Nation‘s Washington Bureau Chief Chris Hayes in a Monday tweet opining on the Japan nuclear crisis, because it’s all about his feelings.

Did she really write PAWkage?

“Subject: Sex & Violins. OK–I lied about both. But there will be basses & guitars & drums & vocals & cocktails & dancing & hot dogs & pizza and more….all wrapped in a SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE.” — D.C. Publicist Wendy Gordon in a Monday Facebook update. She’s talking about something she calls “Suspicious PAWkage,” a fundraiser for dogs that includes the journo band Suspicious Package. Proceeds will be donated to Fashion for Paws. The event is $20. Sign up here.

‘Middle class’ Anonymous Tipster razzes Maison Rose

“Being middle class I’m not sure I can afford that $3000K weekly fee…but I liked the story anyway.” — Anonymous tweet to FishbowlDC Monday regarding the travel story in WaPo by Steve V. Roberts about spending a week in southern France with wife, Cokie. The home they rented, Maison Rose, cost $3,000 for the week.

Tschida travels by bus

“On bus. It’s like last lifeboat off the titanic! So crowded when it rains!” — ABC7 Reporter Stephen Tschida, among our favorites, in a recent tweet. He tends to get a tad emotional when he travels whether it’s cross country or across town. We love him. Please take a ride today, Stephen — can be a taxi, a train, a bus. We’ll even be ecstatic if you take a bike ride.

Y&N’s Katy Adams Toasted at Teatro

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Vino flowed for Katy Adams at Teatro Goldoni on Friday evening. The newest writer to take the reins of the Examiner‘s “Yeas and Nays” column was celebrated by nearly two dozen media types with a lovely three-course dinner hosted by Janet Donovan. In attendance were WBJ‘s Jennifer Nycz-Conner, Hisaoka Communications’ Wendy Gordon, Nick Massella, Brendan Kownacki, Human Events editor Emily Miller, Roz Plater and Maureen Ume of Fox 5, Roll Call‘s Beth Brotherton and Ali McSherry, Examiner’s Jacque Bland, Mary Bird, Amy McLean of CTIA and of course, Katy’s partner in crime – Nikki Schwab.

The hot topics: Glenn Beck’s weekend rally (Schwab and Miller hashed it out), Donovan’s consumer electronics woes (TiVo, DVD TV setup), and Nikki Schwab’s new “do,” as in hairdo – Schwab treated herself to a little makeover at the Red Door Salon that day.

Journos Get “Social” at Safeway

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L: Tim Burger, Kiki Ryan, Christine Delargy and Glenn Ballard hit the red carpet with their swag bags full of goodies. R: Kiki Ryan gets acquainted with the fruit.

Cocktails flowed to live music while waiters carried flutes of Cristal and Dom through the crowd. Politicos and media types, dressed in cocktail attire nibbled on shrimp, creme puffs and other culinary delicacies…

While this might sound like an exclusive cocktail on Embassy Row, it was actually the scene at the new Georgetown Social Safeway last night. Media types such as WaPo Publisher Katharine Weymouth and Washingtonian Publisher Cathy Merrill Williams joined WaPo’s Amy Argetsinger, Carol Joynt, Politico’s Kiki Ryan, CBS’ Christine Delargy, Tammy Haddad, 9 News’ Angie Goff, Janet Donovan, Politics Daily’s Annie Groer, Georgetown Dish’s Judith Beermann, Tim Burger, Wendy Gordon, Marlene Hall and Linda Roth for free run of the uber-chic grocery megastore.

The fete, planned by event guru Philip Dufour (the mastermind behind MSNBC’s WHCD & RTCA parties) was actually a blast. Who knew grocery stores could be so much fun?

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Tammy Haddad and Cathy Merrill Williams say cheese (ha, grocery store – get it?).

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Carol Joynt and Judith Beermann.

Journos Fete Kournikova and Cap File

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CBS’ Christine Delargy with Anna Kournikova.

Capitol File Magazine’s Jason Binn, John Colabelli and Sarah Schaffer feted this issue’s cover star Anna Kournikova at Oya last night. The event brought out media types such as Politico‘s Kiki Ryan, WBJ‘s Jennifer Nycz-Conner, CBS News’ Christine Delargy, CNBC’s John Harwood, Examiner‘s Tara Palmeri, CNN Political Director Sam Feist and Michelle Jaconi, new EP for CNN’s John King, USA.

Fishbowl caught up with a very dolled-up Jaconi who told us that she and King are “thrilled by the feedback and support” they received from the launch of John King, USA.

“We received dozens of flower arrangements and gift baskets on the day the show premiered – many from competitive networks,” said Jaconi.

Other guests spotted were Wendy Gordon, Winston Lord, Jessica Gibson and Fingerprint DC’s Jayne Sandman and Barbara Martin.

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CNN’s Michelle Jaconi and Sam Feist.

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UrbanDaddy’s Pimp Party

urbantoplessresized.jpgSugar daddies, baby daddies, cool daddies and big daddies all feted the official launch of UrbanDaddy DC at the W Hotel last night. Snowed out on Thursday evening, last night was “take two” for the schwanky shindig and a much needed break from Blizzard-palooza 2010.

Celebrating with Washington editor Jeff Dufour were a roster of over-the-top entertainers like a rockin’ deejay, bad-ass electric violinist, topless (body painted) models, dancers and notable guests such as WaPo’s Amy Argetsinger, WBJ’s Jen Nycz-Conner, Politics Daily’s Emily Miller, Matt Cooper, Washington Kastles owner Mark Ein, Winston Lord, Daily Caller’s Becca Glover, Victoria Michael, Project Beltway’s Rachel Cothran, Daily Caller’s Moira Bagley, Examiner’s Nikki Schwab, MTP’s Betsy Fischer, Politico’s Jonathan Martin, White House heartthrob Jon Favreau, TWT’s John McCaslin, Amy Holmes, Elizabeth Thorp, Wendy Gordon, Equinox restaurant owners Todd and Ellen Gray, The Hill’s Christina Wilkie and the party’s planners – Barbara Martin and Jayne Sandman Dufour of Fingerprint DC.

Despite a heinous hangover, I can vouch that a good time was had by all – especially the ladies of Qorvis who dominated the dance floor.

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WBJ’s Jen Nycz-Conner, WaPo’s Amy Argetsinger, UrbanDaddy’s Jeff Dufour and Politics Daily’s Emily Miller

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Daily Caller’s Becca Glover and Project Beltway’s Rachel Cothran

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Morning Reading List 11.09.09

Good morning FishbowlDC! SNL spoofed Fox News’ Election Day coverage with Greta Van Susteren, Shepard Smith, Glenn Beck and Karl Rove.

Happy Birthday to John Harris (h/t Playbook). And Kaylee Hartung who celebrated at Cleveland Park Bar & Grill Saturday with CBS friends, including Bob Schieffer, who sported a TCU “Schieffer” football jersey. Last night Wendy Gordon hosted a “Hooked on Mad Men” party at Hook in Georgetown.

What we know and what we’re reading this Monday morning…

NEWSPAPERS | TV | MAGAZINES | BOOKS | NEWS NOTES | WEST WING REPORTAGE | AWARDS & EVENTS

NEWSPAPERS

WaPo has launched a new series “The Elephant in the Room– Examining the state of the Republican Party.” Opening story is by Dan Balz.

WaPo ombudsman Andrew Alexander again on anonymous sources.

TV

The House passed the health care reform bill late Saturday- what it looked like on cable.

Jake Tapper will sit down with the President this afternoon. The ABC White House correspondent’s interview will air on “World News” and “Nightline,” as well as ABCNews.com. Tapper tweeted his “television exclusive” this morning asking: “What would you ask him?”

Reuters also has an interview with the President.

Margaret Warner had an exclusive interview with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, which will air on “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” today.

Watch President Obama fake-out CNN’s Elaine Quijano in the Rose Garden this weekend.

NBC’s Tom Brokaw discussed the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Newseum with PBS’ Robert MacNeil.

We missed it in the Sunday Show Preview, but Gen. George Casey also joined ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” Sunday.

And ABC’s Cokie Robertscomments on actor Jon Voight.

MAGAZINES

Dr. Jill Biden penned “A Veterans Day message” in this weekend’s USA Weekend Magazine.

BOOKS

“Going Rouge,” the Sarah Palin coloring book.

NEWS NOTES

LAT: At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.

WEST WING REPORTAGE

Howard Kurtz in WaPo on the Obamas, the first family next door.

AWARDS & EVENTS

Sarah Palin will be the GOP speaker at the Gridiron Club and Foundation’s annual winter dinner. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) will rep the Democrats.

CQ-Roll Call Group and Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard will host an “Early Election Preview” next Tuesday from 8:30am-10:30am at the Columbus Club at Union Station. Register here.

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