Last week's Congressional Black Caucus, or CBC, is always a glitzy week in the district--not just for politicos, but also for Who's Who on the DC scene. This annual meeting of black leaders in Washington comes with a great deal of partying, too. Our Ebonie Johnson Cooper was on the ground, and even hosted a CBC party of her own with other DC socialites... More»

• An attempted robbery by an ex-employee of a Marina Del Rey medicinal marijuana dispensary turned into a thorough whupping when the martial-arts trained owner opened a can on the would-be robber and his friends. [LAist]
• Looking to answer the successful buzz of Google's recently-shipped mid-sized Nexus tablet, Apple is reportedly looking to come out with a smaller-sized (7.85-inch, according to the report) model of the iPad to supplement (but not replace) their full-sized, 9-inch screen models. [NYT]
• Think Lakers fans are excited about Steve Nash coming to town? Check out these videos (taken both from Nash's perspective and the other car's) of some ecstatic fans passing a can of Keystone Light to a taxi-riding Nash at full speed on the freeway. There's some skepticism that it's viral marketing for Keystone, but that would suggest that they have a marketing budget that can accommodate famous people. [LAist]
• Occupy LA representatives assert that the clashes that occurred with police during last week's DTLA "Chalk Walk" amount to police brutality and misconduct and claim to have videos to support their claims. [LA Weekly]

Minka Kelly is Maroon 5's latest video girl in the band's video for "One More Night" She plays the baby mama to a boxer (Adam Levine). [MTV]

Just what you ALWAYS hoped for. The mathematically correct way to cut your morning bagel [BuzzFeed]

Beginning Monday, Google will provide free Wi-Fi for a select 6 NYC subway station until Sept. 7th. Go here for the list of stations! [NYTimes] More»

- Want to know how 22-year-old Barack Obama bagged the ladies? It involves Brut spray deodorant and an orange bean bag chair. [Gawker]

- Ashton Kutcher is still pushing the whole 'I'm funny" thing. [NYD]

- In what can only be described as horrifying, an innocent California college student was arrested after a house party raid, and left in a DEA holding cell for 5 days.  Officers reportedly forget about him, forcing the student to drink his own urine and attempt suicide. [HuffPost] More»

[LAST UPDATED: 4/27 3:07 PM] This weekend is the White House Correspondents' Dinner, which means a tornado of beautiful celebrities and media moguls will descend upon Washington to attend the dinner and its dozens of before- and after-parties.

Who all is coming? Rumor has it George Clooney and his girlfriend Stacy Kiebler will be coming as guests of TIME Magazine, Sofia Vergara and Elizabeth Banks as guests of ABC, Daniel Day-Lewis as a guest of Huffington Post, Claire Danes as a guest of CBS, Stevie Wonder as a guest of American Urban Radio Networks, and Reese Witherspoon and Viola Davis will be guests of Newsweek--just to name a few.

[GofG's Rachelle Hruska and Bradley Cooper]

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Everything is improving in fashion: Vogue.fr will be available in english soon; Vogue UK jumps on the festival band wagon; there might be a new Nordstrom Rack on 42nd Street soon; Youtube is investing in providing us with a fashion channel; the latest photo shoots of Kate Moss and Penelope Cruz and so much more in today's Fashion Files! More»

• A man wakes up to find a four-foot-long California Kingsnake in the toilet of his Staten Island apartment and truly horrifying man vs. snake battle ensues to give me a rich source of material for my nightmares and snake phobias for many, many years... Gonna go throw up now. [KTLA]
• Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina may or may not be engaged to her adopted brother Nick Gordon following their decision to go public with their relationship after a video of the two making out surfaced this week. [TMZ]

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