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Former Rep. Bob Inglis, South Carolina Republican, founded the Energy and Enterprise Initiative to seek out free market and conservative answers to problems of energy and climate. (Associated Press)

Bob Inglis advocates action to fight climate change in break from Republican Party

Former Rep. Bob Inglis' conservative bona fides were about as solid as they come, earning him a 93.5 percent lifetime approval rating from the American Conservative Union over his two tenures in the House — from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011. George H.W. Bush went to bat for him in campaigns in 1992 and in 1994. Rep. Jack T. Kingston was one of his closest friends on Capitol Hill.

March 24, 2015
FILE — In this Feb. 28, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the first White House Student Film Festival in the East Room at the White House in Washington. Student filmmakers pictured, Miles Pilchik, left, and Gabrielle Nafie, second right, second-graders, SciTech in New York, Kids; Kyle Weintraub, second left, seventh grade, from David Posnack Jewish Day School in Davie, Fla.; and Shelly Ortiz, high school senior at Metropolitan Arts Institute, from Phoenix, Ariz. Obama hosts the second annual student film festival on Friday, March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

White House shows children’s films about ‘giving back’ to society

President Obama delivered opening remarks Friday at the second annual White House Student Film Festival in the East Wing. The theme this year was "the impact of giving back" — a clarion answered by thousands of youths, 15 of whose projects ultimately were selected for the event.

March 22, 2015
Sean Penn portrays an assassin forced out of hiding in "The Gunman." Director Pierre Morel explains that he is a conflicted, flawed character with multiple layers. (Associated Press photographs)

Pierre Morel directs Sean Penn in ‘The Gunman’ as complex action character

French director Pierre Morel may well have reinvented — or at least reinvigorated — the action genre. His 2008 film "Taken" earned nearly $230 million worldwide and single-handedly transformed star Liam Neeson from a critic's darling into cinema's go-to middle-aged angel of vengeance.

March 17, 2015

#SheDrivesWeDrive shows female Ford engineers breaking gender role barriers

For this year's International Women's Day — and as part of Women's History Month — the Ford Motor Co. took a unique approach to the sex disparity by unveiling the hashtag #SheDrivesWeDrive to shed light on female engineers working to churn out the next generation of Detroit automobiles.

March 11, 2015
Judi Dench (left) and Maggie Smith joined Director John Madden in London for the world premiere of "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," a funny look at old age. (Associated Press)

John Madden’s ‘Marigold Hotel’ sequel casts old age in comedy, reality

British director John Madden finds old age not just amusing but also downright comedic. His latest film, "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," extracts levity from the tales of English expatriates in the later chapters of their lives in India — the sequel to 2011's "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."

March 3, 2015
"Kid Victory," running through March 22 at the Signature Theatre, is the latest musical from "Cabaret" composer John Kander and lyricist Greg Pierce.

THEATER REVIEW: ‘Kid Victory’

Having a child go missing is every parent's worst nightmare, but the anguish in the child's return home has received scant, if any, thought in the artistic world — at least not until "Kid Victory" opened at the Signature Theater in Arlington Feb. 17.

March 1, 2015
Lady Gaga, left, and Julie Andrews speak at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

Oscars recognize best in 2014’s films

Host Neil Patrick Harris alternately celebrated and lampooned Hollywood heavyweights Sunday night from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

February 22, 2015