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A century of natural
For D.C. couple, an unexpected first
history, still evolving
for the U.S. National Museum
Smithsonian marks
Building, now the National Mu-
seum of Natural History, when it
centenary with new opened in 1910.
slate of enterprises
Flash forward a hundred years,
and it’s now the most popular
museum in the country, having
by Jacqueline Trescott hosted 7.4 million visitors in 2009
and passing the Air and Space
You could say that it was a Museum. Indeed, it was the sec-
hunting expedition that captured ond-most-visited museum in the
the whole world: In 1909, Theo- world last year (after the Louvre)
dore Roosevelt embarked on an and the most popular museum
East African safari, with financial devoted to science on the planet.
help from the Smithsonian Insti- No small part of the museum’s
tution, and ended up collecting continuing appeal is its subject
more than a thousand specimens, matter, which has meant that the
including several hundred big Natural History museum has had
game. to strive constantly to evolve as
This hunting expedition would advances in science are made.
cause an uproar these days, but Since 2000, for instance, the mu-
back in Roosevelt’s time these seum has updated several halls
trophies were objects of un- without ever closing, and on
abashed public curiosity. At March 17, the anniversary of its
about the same time, the Smith- opening, the museum will unveil
sonian was building a new mu- its brand-new Hall of Human Ori-
seum to house its expanding col- gins. Adjacent to the newish
lections. The Roosevelt bounty, Mammal and Ocean halls, Hu-
including several Atlas lions, be-
came one of the first exhibitions museum continued on C5
82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS
PHOTOS BY TRACY A. WOODWARD/THE WASHINGTON POST
PERFECT MATCH: Angelisa Young, left, and Sinjoyla Townsend have complementary tattoos.
A historic love
by Monica Hesse
hey met in grad school. Angelisa Young and Sin-
T
joyla Townsend were assigned to debate oppos-
ing sides of the same issue in a constitutional
law class at the University of the District of Co-
lumbia, and both were so nerdily over-prepared — typ-
ical Washingtonians — that the other members of their
PHOTOS BY CRAIG BARRITT/GETTY IMAGES; BRIDGES AND GESTON BY PETER KRAMER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
group decided the debate was a draw.
TOWERING FIGURES: The turnout at Vanity Fair’s after-party
Young felt the attraction first. Throughout the semes-
included, clockwise from above left, Mark Boal and Anthony Mackie
ter, she found excuses to pass Townsend fliers for the po-
of “The Hurt Locker,” Pete Docter of “Up,” Jeff Bridges of “Crazy
litical activist group that she belonged to on campus;
Heart” with wife Susan Geston, and Suzanne Somers.
she was devastated when she later found those fliers left
behind after class. She would go to watch Townsend
shoot hoops, even though she hates sports.
The statuesque crowd
“She would be reading books at the game,” Townsend
teases. Young would come into the gymnasium in her
girly high-heeled boots, in clothes completely ridiculous
stands up for star power
for a basketball court.
ALMOST WED: Young, left, and Young protests: “I was trying!”
Townsend, with dog Milliano. Townsend One night Townsend called Young, having recently re-
has filled their home in Southeast with
creeping in the corner, biting
her paintings; Young is the bubbly one. marriage continued on C9
by Amy Argetsinger into an apple, alone? Yes. Did Ja-
and Dan Zak mie Foxx’s velvet-blazered shoul-
ders caress our chest as he inched
hollywood — The stars are in his way past us? Yes. And yes,
high-def 3-D smell-o-vision to- that is Jane Fonda perched on a
night, reeking of tobacco, sport- suede settee, and, yes, she has
ing a sweaty sheen, squirming in just peeled off her fake eyelashes
a pileup of breasts, buttocks and and dropped them into her hand-
best wishes. In the Terrace Room bag. Pluck, pluck. Plunk, plunk. Fashion:
of the Sunset Tower Hotel, actors Don’t need special glasses to see
and show-biz types mosh toward the exquisite, unexceptional de-
the champagne, hoping to recap- tails of soft-partying stars. A spot
In Paris,
ture whatever twisted high on the guest list for Vanity Fair’s
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ON POST
comes from watching their peers after-party will do.
win and lose chunks of gold- Oscars are so plentiful here in
designs for
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SHING
plated hardware. In the dimness, the Sunset Tower that they might
it’s hard to tell what’s real and as well be party favors. They rest
what’s a special effect engineered on tabletops like abandoned
OR THE W
a shifting
by one’s addled, over-Oscared cocktails. They’re clutched and
mind. smooched by random people
cultural
Did both Macaulay Culkin and who weren’t even nominated. In-
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one of the Jonas brothers just terlopers worship stars. Stars
spew cigarette smoke directly in
mood.
our faces? Yes. Is that Kid Rock party continued on C9
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