Erin Mechanic, Spike TV’s new development producer on the original series team, tells us she’s obsessed with pop culture. Random trivia is her specialty, a skill Erin “gleefully employs at game nights with friends.” From Nicolas Cage to the Golden Girls, from Britney Spears to Grindhouse cinema, Erin knows the inside scoop. In the pic above, you can see her new friend from “Halloween Horror Night” at Universal Studios Hollywood.

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C-SPAN Keeps Filming at WHCD

While there was obviously plenty of press at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner to share their perspective on what went down, it’s worth reminding folks that every television camera in the hotel ballroom was a C-SPAN camera.

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