All posts containing the tag: "washington"
Posted Sep 15th 2009 10:30AM by TMZ Staff
The war over the Washington Redskins -- the most offensive team name in professional sports -- might finally go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A group of American Indians is asking the highest court in the land to cancel the trademarks on the Redskins team name and logos -- due to the fact that they're extremely defamatory toward Native Americans.
The American Indian group has been fighting this battle since 1992. They won a ruling in 1999 ... but the decision was defeated soon after by judges who decided they waited too long to bring their case to the courts.
The Redskins -- worth a reported $1.5 billion -- have been using the name since 1933.
Now, the Native American group wants SCOTUS to review the lower court decision -- and finally force Washington to understand why naming an NFL team after the color of someone's skin could be offensive.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: Redskins, Supreme Court, SupremeCourt, Washington
Posted Jun 3rd 2009 11:23AM by TMZ Staff
... there isn't a lot going on today -- and we got this awesome footage of 87-year-old Nancy Reagan being cool to the paparazzi on her way out of her hotel in D.C., so ... enjoy!
Filed under: Politix
Tags: DC, first lady, FirstLady, Nancy Reagan, paparazzi, Ronald Reagan, the gipper, TheGipper, video, Washington
Posted May 1st 2009 1:30AM by TMZ Staff
Senator Arlen Specter (D, PA) is one big, giant ape -- at least in his own mind.
We asked the Republican-turned-Democrat which movie character he most resembles -- hint ... crawls up Empire State Building and has mad crush on Fay Wray.
We would have gone with a different mammal -- Flipper.
Filed under: Let's Get This Party Started, Politix
Tags: arlen specter, ArlenSpecter, DC, democrat, political humor, PoliticalHumor, politics, republican, video, washington
Posted Mar 5th 2009 3:00PM by TMZ Staff
Rockin' a three-piece suit, Brad Pitt hit the U.S. Capitol for his hot date with Nancy Pelosi today.
The 45-year-old superstar is in D.C. meeting with members of Congress to discuss Angelina, his movies charity efforts in New Orleans.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Brad & Angelina, Politix
Tags: Brad Pitt, BradPitt, charity, Congress, DC, washington
Posted Feb 9th 2009 2:23PM by TMZ Staff
Everybody thinks Jon Favreau is writing all of Barack Obama's speeches -- and they're right.
Turns out there are two famous Jon Favreaus -- one is 42 and writes for Vince Vaughn ... the other is 27 and writes for Barack Obama ... as his official Director of Speechwriting. Dude is even credited with coming up with the "Yes We Can" slogan. Not too shabby...
Not only have the two Jon's met, but yesterday at LAX "Hollywood Favreau" claimed the other one was a "nice kid."
So the real question...
Filed under: Barack Obama, Politix
Tags: barack obama, BarackObama, dc, hollywood, jon favreau, JonFavreau, speech writing, SpeechWriting, washington
Posted Jun 25th 2008 4:18PM by TMZ Staff
Don't mess around at a Tim McGraw concert -- or he'll pull your ass out of the crowd and have you tossed out!
At his concert last night, Tim spotted a over-sized, rowdy fan in the front row -- and proceeded to grab a hold of him, pull him on stage and threaten to punch him with a cocked-back country fist!
UPDATE: Tim's rep tells us "While Tim was performing at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Washington last night, he watched a man rush to the front of the stage. This overly aggressive fan attacked a female fan and Tim witnessed this incident. Tim called for security, but when they could not respond quick enough Tim and several crew members removed the fan from the audience where he was then turned over to the local authorities."
Filed under: Music, Fights
Tags: concert, fatty bowknuckles, FattyBowknuckles, fight, tim mcgraw, TimMcgraw, washington
Posted Jan 18th 2007 5:46PM by TMZ Staff
Katherine Heigl has had more than enough of the F-word (the gay slur), and thinks her co-star Isaiah Washington should quit using it, forever.
Once again defending her "best friend in the whole world," T.R. Knight, in an interview with 'EXTRA,' Heigl says that the "Grey's Anatomy" dirty laundry needs to be dealt with "in-house" and that it's "discouraging." While she says she's hopeful that a proper detente can be reached, Heigl is "not cool" with Washington's hurtful comments.
Neither, for that matter, is ABC, which said today that it was "greatly dismayed" by Washington's outburst.
Filed under: TV, Celebrity Feuds
Tags: Grey's Anatomy, Grey'sAnatomy, ISAIAH, KATEHRINE HEIGL, KatehrineHeigl, WASHINGTON
