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UPDATE Comedian D.L. Hughley sued D.C.’s Zanzibar
Ed Rogers, top, in 2007 and wife Edwina, above, last fall during a “Real Housewives” shoot. The couple, at right in 2003, are breaking up.
who have filed for divorce after 20 years of marriage. Ed Rogers, an Alabama native in his early 50s, was a young foot soldier in the Reagan revolution who came to prominence as Lee Atwater’s top deputy on George H.W. Bush’s 1988 campaign. After working in the White House, he founded what became known as the lobbying giant BGR Group with Haley Barbour, now the governor of Mississippi. In 1989, he married Edwina, a fellow University of Alabama alum who worked for the National Republican Senatorial Committee during the GOP takeover in 1994, and later for then-Majority
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nother D.C. power couple is calling it quits: Republican lobbyists Ed and Edwina Rogers,
partisan split
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Leader Trent Lott. She, too, transitioned into lobbying, most recently with the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative. They did well for themselves professionally: The tricked-out seven-bedroom mansion they built in McLean several years ago — site of charitable and political fundraisers — drew joking comparisons to Versailles. (“In this house, you’re never too far from a drink or a TV screen,” Ed told our colleague Al Kamen in 2003.) Edwina, now in her mid-40s, turned heads last fall when she was trailed around town by TV cameras filming “Real Housewives of D.C.”; though she was said to be in contention for a central role, she’s only made guest appearances in the Bravo reality series.
Court documents filed in Fairfax
County suggest their split could get ugly. He filed for divorce last month, citing “no hope or probability of a reconciliation.” He claimed she was frequently absent from home without explanation; she said that any absences were because of her job, and that he simply never bothered to ask about her schedule nor inform her of his. She countersued, alleging desertion — that he ignored her birthday, refused to give her a ride when she needed surgery, kept her in the dark about his finances. Each claims that the other had affairs. Both want the house, and both want custody of their two young children. Lawyers on both sides declined to comment.
nightclub earlier this year for promoting him as a headliner at an event he says he knew nothing about — and now Zanzibar is suing back. In court papers filed in Maryland, the waterfront club denied Hughley’s fraud and misappropriation-of- name allegations — insisting Hughley had, through a promoter, indeed agreed to attend that night in March. The club also countersued for alleged defamation and commercial disparagement, citing statements Hughley’s Bowie-based attorney, Jimmy A. Bell, made to this column when announcing Hughley’s suit. Donald M. Temple, an attorney for Zanzibar, told us Wednesday that “the promoter had a deal with Hughley, and Zanzibar had a deal with the promoter.” Bell told us he has documents showing the club knew it never had a Hughley contract. “Their case will get dismissed easily,” he said.
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Kathy Ireland and Patrick Kennedy. CELEBVOCATE
Another day, another celebrity in the
nation’s capital to shine a light on her favorite cause. Wednesday’s boldface name: Kathy Ireland. Occasion: The Global Down Syndrome Foundation’s awards honoring outgoing U.S. representative Patrick Kennedy. Site: Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Bona fides: Former Sports
Illustrated swimsuit model, multimillionaire entrepreneur, health-care advocate. Personal connection: Her
D.L. Hughley
3-month-old niece, Polly, was born with Down syndrome. What she wants: Increased NIH funding for services, education and inclusion for people with this genetic difference. “I’m really angry that the funding is so low for people with Down’s syndrome while it’s the most frequently diagnosed developmental condition.” How she looked: Fantastic — clearly can still rock a bikini at 47. Not that she did on Capitol Hill; instead, tight taupe knit dress, lioness mane of hair with blond highlights, majorly green eyes. Oh, and taller than you’d expect; almost 5-11 without heels. Quote: “Some people talk about people with Down’s syndrome as having challenges. I see it as a difference. . . . We need to fight for the most vulnerable.”
WILL HART
“I was actually sort of looking forward to my role as stepmom.”
— Elizabeth Edwards on how things might have been if she and John Edwards
had salvaged their marriage, in a “Nate Berkus Show” interview airing Friday. Of his daughter, Quinn, from his affair with Rielle Hunter, the wronged wife says: “It’s hard for me to think of a child as anything but a wonderful gift.”
GOT A TIP ? E-MAIL U S A T RELIABLESOURCE@WASHP OST . COM. FOR THE LA TEST SCOOPS, VISIT WA SHINGTONP OST . COM/RELIABLESOUR CE Phillips moves ahead with events after fire damaged galleries by Jacqueline Trescott
The Phillips Collection is bouncing back from its damag- ing fire. In the two weeks since a fire destroyed offices and damaged galleries in its original house, the Phillips has managed to open a new exhibition, keep to its origi- nal date for a string quartet con- cert later this month and pro- ceed with another major exhibi- tion in October. It has also launched two small-scale fund- raising appeals. As a result of the fire on Sept.
2, which was contained to the roof and uppermost floor of the historic mansion, the oldest sec- tion of the museum has been closed and admission charges to the entire facility lifted for the month. “Almost everything had some- thing damaged,” Dorothy Kosin- ski, the director, said Wednesday
about the 1897 building. “The fire was contained in the fourth floor offices, but the water cascaded from the fourth to the basement.” All in all, about 12 galleries were damaged to some degree. The art, including masterpieces by Renoir, Monet and Cézanne, was carried out by the staff when the fire broke out and no work was damaged, Kosinski said. No staff member was injured. The Phillips, located in the Du- pont Circle neighborhood, is a block of three buildings, the most recent of which, the Sant, just opened in 2006. The art, as well as 40 staff members, was moved into the two annexes. “We have lots of staff sharing offices and working from home. That is disruptive, because people are creatures of habit,” Kosinski said. The Phillips, despite its price-
less art and historic luster, is not a rich institution. Its endowment hovers around $34.5 million, and its annual budget is $11.5 million.
IMOGEN QUEST by Olivia Walch Winner of The Post’s “America’s Next Great Cartoonist” contest.
The exterior restoration that had already been underway on the original building was estimated to cost $1.5 million. Museum offi- cials did not know how much revenue was lost because of the free admission and fewer rentals and purchases in the gift shop. The cost of the damages has not been determined because of negotiations with insurers and “some layers of complexity,” she said. The new fundraisers, Kosinski said, were responses to inquiries from the public, patrons and mu- seum colleagues about how they could help. The museum started a “give by cell” campaign for sup- porters who want to give $5 or $10 through text message. The mechanism was already in place as part of the collection’s projects to mark its 90th anniversary next year. The second appeal, in a letter from Kosinski to members and donors, thanked people for their “patience and support” and
directed them to an online dona- tion site. “It was an efficient way to reach out to those people and acknowledge their concerns,” Ko- sinski said. The first reclaimed space will be the Music Room in the man- sion, where a string quartet from the Oberlin Conservatory of Mu- sic will appear in conjunction with the exhibition “Side by Side: Oberlin’s Masterworks at the Phillips.” That show opened Sat- urday in the Goh Annex. The mu- seum’s major fall exhibition, “TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845- 1945,” is scheduled to open in the Sant Building on Oct. 9. The museum will resume charging admission in October. The staff has not decided when the entire house will be repaired and reopened. “Our goal is to get back into those galleries as quickly as possible,” Kosinski said.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
KYLE GUSTAFSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST OUT FRONT: Justin Jones will perform tonight at the 9:30.
Jones, from behind the bar to behind the microphone
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Justin Jones has been part of the 9:30 Club family for a while but now he’s taken on the role of favorite son. After eight years of slinging drinks while also pursuing his own music career, the 31-year-old singer-songwriter is the first artist signed to 9:30 Records, the label recently launched by the iconic local concert venue. “The Little Fox EP” — a
collection of rustic alt-country songs that aren’t lacking for memorable melodies — is available now and Jones will play
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an RSVP-only release show at the 9:30 Club on Thursday night. This new venture isn’t being done to position Jones as a chart-topping superstar — 9:30 Club owner Seth Hurwitz has freely admitted as much. But Jones is ready to step out from behind the bar and hit the road. Not that his current job is all bad, but dealing with the drunks can wear on you a bit. “It’s like communicating with a child, almost,” he says. “When you’re telling a kid not to do something and you have to tell them 10 times and each time you say something, your temper escalates. And eventually you’re just like, “I SAID YOU CAN’T [EXPLETIVE] DRINK ANYMORE!!!” Click Track talked to Jones about the new label, life on the road and whom he’d like to join him on 9:30 Records. To read David Malitz’s interview with Jones visit
washingtonpost.com/ clicktrack.
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