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Working on Pennsylvania Ave. between Congress and the White House can be pretty interesting. For instance, many movies and TV shows are filmed in the area and I occasionally get to watch them film. This morning, the corner of 7th and Indiana was dead still, with no cars moving and dozens of people standing and watching, a sure sign of a movie set. I know that Angelina Jolie’s “Salt” is filming in DC so I figured that’s what it was.

When they started filming, the cars and some pedestrians started moving and then a blonde woman rushed across 7th Street. I couldn’t tell for sure that it was Angelina Jolie; it could have been a stand-in. But a few seconds later the woman was followed by a guy I was pretty sure was Leiv Schreiber. If the guy was Schreiber, then it’s likely that the blonde woman was Jolie. I looked it up when I got into the office and sure enough, Leiv Schreiber stars with Jolie in Salt.

So, I saw Angelina Jolie this morning.