Wednesday, May 6, 2009

News: Parks & Rec, The Webbys & a party in Washington

TELEVISION

Some good news came out this week - Parks and Recreation will be back next season! NBC officially announced the renewal but not how many episodes or what timeslot they will air in. That info will be in the full schedule released on May 19th.

Image via Parks and Recreation Official Site
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AWARDS
Funny Or Die's Prop 8 - The Musical has picked up two prizes at the 13th Annual Webby Awards. Rashida plays a Scary Catholic School Girl From Hell in the video.


It won the official Webby Award and the publicly-voted People's Voice award for Best Individual Short or Episode (Comedy).

*Web Therapy also gets a mention with Lisa Kudrow winning for Outstanding Comedic Performance. (Rashida guest-starred in the series as Hayley Feldman-Tate)

The awards ceremony is on June 8 in New York and will be hosted by Seth Meyers.

Info via Webby Awards
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UPCOMING APPEARANCE ALERT
Rashida will be in Washington D.C. this weekend to celebrate the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner:

Party Guide | Friday
More exclusive: The very high-hush party thrown by FunnyorDie.com and Impact Arts and Film Fund. The location is undisclosed, but it will be jam-packed anyway with celeb baby daddy DJ Benji Madden, Rick Schroder, Ed Westwick, Rashida Jones and more.

Info via Politico

*The Politico picture had nothing to do with Rashida so here's some old ones with fellow invite Ed Westwick

June 2008, Gucci Dinner honoring Rihanna, with "guest" (aka Robert Pattinson)
Images via WireImage