Reliable Source - Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts share gossip from inside the Beltway and beyond. - March 14, 2010

President Obama set to host second state dinner on May 19, honoring President Calderon of Mexico

The Obamas are ready to host their second state dinner. It will take place on May 19 and the guest of honor will be Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

By The Reliable Source | March 19, 2010; 1:03 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: 44: Obama's Washington , Parties , Politics , White House State Dinner , White House crashers
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Love, etc.: Sandra Bullock moves out; husband Jesse James apologizes for "poor judgment"

Jesse James has apologized for "poor judgment" that brought "pain and embarrassment" to wife Sandra Bullock and his three kids.

By The Reliable Source | March 19, 2010; 1:02 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Love, Etc.
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Quoted: Lance Armstrong doesn't appreciate Tony Kornheiser's remarks about cyclists

Lance Armstrong takes to Twitter after hearing Tony Kornheiser's comments about cyclists who ride their bikes on the street.

By The Reliable Source | March 19, 2010; 1:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Quoted
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Elizabeth Edwards "disgusted" by Rielle Hunter pictures, interview (wait, should we be surprised by that?), but "at peace"; Hunter takes responsibility for photos

The ugliest soap opera in America moved from GQ and "The View" to People and "Today" on Thursday morning.

By The Reliable Source | March 18, 2010; 11:55 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (13)
Categories: Politics
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Kathy Griffin wears lobbyist hat for a day, urging repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

In town to urge lawmakers to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, Kathy Griffin was honored at a dinner at Ris restaurant on Tuesday night.

By The Reliable Source | March 18, 2010; 1:04 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)

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Joe Biden subs for Obama with some executive humor at Radio & TV Correspondents' dinner.

Joe Biden took President Obama's place at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner Wednesday night, and delivered some typically veepish humor.

By The Reliable Source | March 18, 2010; 1:03 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (10)
Categories: 44: Obama's Washington , Parties , Politics
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Quoted: Gilbert Arenas tells Esquire he owns "four to five hundred" guns

In an interview with Esquire magazine, the falling NBA star says he "wasn't using longevity thinking" when he brought guns into the Washington Wizards locker room.

By The Reliable Source | March 18, 2010; 1:03 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Quoted
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Hey, isn't that: Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett celebrate friend's birthday at The Source

Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett celebrated the birthday of Chicago pal Kelly Dibble at The Source on Tuesday.

By The Reliable Source | March 18, 2010; 1:02 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Hey, Isn't That...?
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This just in: DMX sentenced to six months in jail; Ronald Reagan's "GE Theater" tapes restored

Rapper DMX is sentenced to six months in jail in Arizona for drug use; tapes of Ronald Reagan on "GE Theater" have been restored to broadcast quality for use in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

By The Reliable Source | March 18, 2010; 1:01 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Read this: "Glee," Terra Cotta Warriors, Janelle Monáe

What we're reading today: "Glee" fans will spare little expense for a glimpse of the Fox show's stars. National Geographic extends the hours for its blockbuster Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit. And Janelle Monáe does not disappoint at the Black Cat.

By The Reliable Source | March 17, 2010; 12:05 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Peter Graves's White House state dinner adventure, lost luggage and all

In 1976, actor Peter Graves and his wife attended a state dinner at the White House at the invitation of then-President Gerald Ford. But lost luggage nearly prevented them from making the party.

By The Reliable Source | March 17, 2010; 1:04 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)

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This just in: Michael Jackson's estate inks record-breaking deal, Johnny Weir not participating in Stars on Ice

Sony has cinched history's most lucrative music deal with the Jackson estate for distribution rights through 2017; organizers of the Stars on Ice tour deny Johnny Weir's claim they excluded him for not being "family-friendly."

By The Reliable Source | March 17, 2010; 1:03 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: This Just In...
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Quoted: Miley Cyrus wants you to get off the Internet, kids

Miley Cyrus says she realizes her Twitter habit was causing her to lose her own privacy.

By The Reliable Source | March 17, 2010; 1:02 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Quoted: Gary Busey continues awkward red carpet interview tradition

Once again, actor Gary Busey puzzles red carpet interviewers on Oscar night.

By The Reliable Source | March 16, 2010; 3:44 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Quoted
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Chris Cooley's movie screens at D.C. Independent Film Festival, likely headed straight to DVD

"Ghosts Don't Exist," the low-budget horror flick financed by Chris Cooley and his brother Tanner, will likely go straight to DVD, the director tells us.

By The Reliable Source | March 16, 2010; 1:03 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Hey, isn't that: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia celebrate birthdays at Inn at Little Washington on same night

The Inn at Little Washington played host to two different Supreme Court justices Saturday night -- and both were celebrating their birthdays.

By The Reliable Source | March 16, 2010; 1:02 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Hey, Isn't That...?
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Rielle Hunter pictures in GQ are "repulsive," made her cry -- but now see video of the photo shoot too!

On Monday's episode of "The View," Barbara Walters says Rielle Hunter told her over the phone that she had cried for two hours over photos of her that accompany an interview in GQ magazine.

By The Reliable Source | March 15, 2010; 5:52 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (79)
Categories: Politics
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Love, etc: Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split

After seven years of marriage, Kate Winslet and director husband Sam Mendes are calling it quits.

By The Reliable Source | March 15, 2010; 3:50 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Love, Etc.
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Rielle Hunter speaks for the first time in GQ interview about John and Elizabeth Edwards, Andrew Young, and the big-money donors

After two years of silence, Rielle Hunter speaks out in an extensive new GQ interview: She's still in love with "Johnny," who she slept with the day they met. She thinks his marriage was "toxic" and "abusive." And that it was Andrew Young's idea for the cover-up in which he claimed paternity.

By The Reliable Source | March 15, 2010; 12:01 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (287)
Categories: 44: Obama's Washington , Politics
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