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Last night, the Kennedy Center buzzed with energy and emotion as The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa hosted a screening of Jeta Amata's powerful political film, Black November. More»

Between HBO's "Veep" and last weekend's WHCD, the connection between DC and Hollywood continues to ebb and flow. While the White House and Pentagon have shown up in many films, we must not forget that DC has been the location for many movies through the years. For you film buffs out there, here are some filming locales where Tinseltown met the District. More»

Last night was the premiere of HBO's Veep, a scripted comedy that follows the life of a fictional senator-turned-vice president and her staff, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the starring female vice president.

The all star cast includes "chief of staff" Anna Chlumsky (remember her from My Girl?) and Tony Hale (aka Buster from Arrested Development). All three were at the premiere last night at the stunning US Institute of Peace. More»

Last night was the DC premiere of the muchanticipated political film, Game Change, held at the Newseum and attended by Julianne Moore and other VIPs.

Game Change portrays the Republican side of 2008 election, and stars Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin. Moore wore an emerald green dress with velvet sleeves by Tom Ford and her hair in an updo. More»

"Fishing Without Nets" is a short narrative film about Somali pirates directed and produced by Washington-area natives Cutter Hodierne, Raphael Swann and John Hibey. The team put their lives on the line when filming the piece in Africa on a 3-month journey that was only supposed to take a month.

The film made the cut for Sundance, the touted independent film festival happening later this month that has been spearheaded by Robert Redford since 1978. Only 200 films were accepted out of about 9,000 submissions. [View the Trailer] More»

We got to thinking, and realized some of our favorite movies have had some really memorable scenes in D.C. in the past couple decades. As an ode to the classic spots of D.C. that made it into the films we decided to compile a (condensed) list of some of our personal faves... These are just a few of examples of many epic movies that have put D.C. on the map... What is your favorite D.C. moment in film history? More»

The scene at Monday's Screen on the Green was fantastic with the picture-perfect sunset, purple skies, scattered lightening and the slightest amount of rain to cool down the night. Everything for the making of a perfect night until utter confusion spread throughout the crowd. More»

Do you know the fastest way to Georgetown Cupcake in rush hour traffic? Have zero qualms about shucking edamame for some starlet's puggle? If either of these fit your qualifications, consider yourself a contender for the DC Office of Motion Picture and Television Development's (MPTD) newly launched Production Assistant training program. More»

Transformers 3, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg, is set to begin filming in the District this September. There have been plenty of camera crews around D.C. recently, but this Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks film is allegedly causing much more commotion around town with their production requests than ever before. More»

Hattie McDaniels's 1940 Oscar statuette for Gone With The Wind is missing, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is not exactly helpful. This isn't the first little gold man to cause problems, however. . . More»