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Box-office eclipse: Hollywood has worst weekend in years 08/27/2017 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood effectively took the weekend off, resulting in one of the most dismal box-office results in 16 years. An already slow August came to a screeching halt at the multiplex, where no major new releases were unveiled. That left the Samuel Jackson-Ryan Reynolds action-comedy "Th First lady appears to borrow from Michelle Obama's playbook 08/27/2017 08:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Bare arms and a belted waist, a White House vegetable garden and parents in the residence: Melania Trump is borrowing pages from Michelle Obama's playbook. From public policy to high fashion to family ties, Mrs. Trump is keeping alive parts of the former first lady's legacy ev Renaissance Festival: Crownsville becomes fictional 16th-century village 08/26/2017 02:28pm • WASHINGTON — The Maryland Renaissance Festival will transform Crownsville, Maryland, into the fictional village of Revel Grove in Oxfordshire, England for nine weekends until Oct. 22. The annual family-friendly fair runs on weekends for almost two months and promises feasting, fun and fantasy Locals' 8 Favorite Bars in Orlando 08/24/2017 08:00pm • If you seek perfection in nightlife, then you'll find nirvana in Orlando, Florida's extensive bar and club scene. Local Orlando experts suggest you sidle up to the bar at these top-notch music venues, dance clubs, speak-easies, lounges and themed drink joints. House of Blues Orlando House of Blues 'Foxy Brown' star Pam Grier hits DC to launch streaming service 'Brown Sugar' 08/24/2017 01:14am • WASHINGTON — Her "Foxy Brown" rivaled "Shaft" and "Super Fly" as 1970s action heroes. This weekend, Golden Globe nominee Pam Grier hits a pair of D.C. events, first to be honored at the "Salute Her Awards Luncheon" at the Marquis Marriott at 11 a.m. Friday, then a meet-and-greet at the Ubiq Quantico Tri: Hundreds to swim, bike, run through Va. Marine Corps base 08/23/2017 12:59pm • WASHINGTON — This weekend, about 1,300 participants will swim, bike and run their way through the Quantico Tri and 12K events at the Officer Candidates School on the Virginia Marine Corps base. The Quantico Tri, a “sprint triathlon” on Saturday, Aug. 26, challenges about 600 participants in DC’s first urban winery opens Aug. 30 08/22/2017 01:01am • WASHINGTON — If your idea of the perfect weekend involves hanging out in a tasting room at a local winery, your commute to do so is about to get a whole lot shorter. This month, D.C. will welcome its first commercial urban winery at 385 Water St. SE along the Anacostia River. District The 10 Best Austin Brunch Spots -- Locals' Picks 08/20/2017 08:00pm • From decades-old staples to brand-new joints, Austin, Texas' brunch scene is bubbling more than a mimosa. But when so many plates and cocktails abound, how do you narrow down which hot spots fit your fancy and your funds? Local experts weighed in on delicious dishes at top midday eateries to help y Lewis' MDA telethons were full of emotion, star appearances 08/20/2017 04:54pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, whose career as producer-director-writer and movie star peaked in the 1960s, may be best remembered by younger generations for the muscular dystrophy telethons he conducted every Labor Day weekend. While he had done earlier fundraising specials, Lewis appeared in Colleges grappling with balancing free speech, campus safety 08/19/2017 05:25pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — When Carl Valentine dropped off his daughter at the University of Virginia, he had some important advice for the college freshman: Don't forget that you are a minority. "She has to be vigilant of that and be concerned about that, always know her surroundings, just be Charlottesville mayor seeks removal of Confederate monuments, calls Lee statue 'magnet for terrorism' 08/18/2017 05:19pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Almost a week after deadly violence on the streets of his city during a white nationalist rally, Charlottesville mayor Mike Signer is asking Virginia's governor and lawmakers to call an emergency session, with the goal of enabling localities to remove Confederate statues. Manassas cancels its planned ‘Civil War Weekend’ 08/18/2017 04:21pm • WASHINGTON — A Virginia city is canceling a planned “Civil War Weekend” in the wake of last week’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. The city of Manassas issued a statement Friday announcing the Civil War Weekend planned for Aug. 25-27, has been canceled. The city said its leaders ar One week later: Charlottesville tries to heal as U.Va students move in 08/18/2017 09:39am • WASHINGTON — A week after a deadly white nationalists rally that rocked the country, life in Charlottesville is slowly returning to normal. Students are beginning to move in to the University of Virginia, along with some help from their parents. Classes are set to begin on Tuesday. But with As 1 Beach Drive closure is set to end, new major detours will begin 08/18/2017 09:31am • WASHINGTON – The part of Beach Drive that has been closed for nearly a year is due to reopen in just over a week, but that doesn’t mean commuters itching to cut through Rock Creek Park to Montgomery County will be able to jump right back in. The National Park Service plans to reopen Beach Dri Vice Media's immersive Charlottesville report gets traction 08/18/2017 01:13am • NEW YORK (AP) — For all the words flowing since last weekend in Charlottesville, the most striking television reporting has been Vice Media's insider account of the white nationalist movement and what it has wrought. Correspondent Elle Reeve's initial story of the weekend violence took up the e