Inside the Premiere of Patrick Gavin’s Must-See ‘Nerd Prom’ Movie

This week saw the release of the film Nerd Prom: Inside Washington’s Wildest Week, and as a White House reporter and one of the film’s stars, I attended Thursday night’s premiere with a mix of anticipation and trepidation. At last year’s dinner, I had agreed with the film’s director, former Politico reporter Patrick Gavin, to appear in the film in a capacity that I won’t spoil for you (since I know you’re already ordering your copy right now), but was prepared for a film that I might not enjoy, and might not even make it into.

Coming from the villager-minded Politico, I expected the same haughty rant about the dinner that someone makes every year (either because they couldn’t get in or they’ve already had their fun, Tom Brokaw), delivered by a novice filmmaker with the cinematic eye of a CNN iReporter. Color me pleasantly surprised on both counts…READ MORE

By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.