Edward Norton, a.k.a. the Hulk, Flexing His Muscles on Capitol Hill

How about this for a "Jeopardy!" answer: " Christian Bale, Robert Downey Jr., Edward Norton."

If you guessed "Actors we never imagined would end up playing superheroes," well, dingdingding!

Norton came to testify on Capitol Hill yesterday, but the fact that the two-time Oscar nominee will soon appear on-screen as the Incredible Hulk wasn't the only reason to haunt his hearing room. He also has impeccable local-boy-makes-good credentials -- a graduate of Columbia's Wilde Lake High who now brings his Hollywood star power as a trustee of Enterprise Community Partners, the affordable-housing nonprofit founded by his grandfather Jim Rouse, the guy who built Columbia and Baltimore's Harborplace.

Last night, Norton presented his grandmother Patricia Rouse with an award at a Leadership Conference on Civil Rights dinner. We tracked him down earlier as he advocated for "green" building practices in low-income housing before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (he figures the government should spend $5 billion a year over the next 10 years on this).

"My grandparents' generation rose up, faced a great war against fascism, totalitarianism; my parents' generation carried the torch of civil rights and social equality," said Norton, who wore a black pinstripe suit and surprisingly long-ish, fluffy hair. "The legacy of my generation is going to hinge on how we respond to these revelations that we're not living sustainably, and that we're altering the environment."

After the hearing: Not quite so chatty! Norton lingered in conversation with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom while a couple of reporters waited. Finally, he told us that he took his grandmother to see a ballgame the night before. But no, not the Nats: "We saw the Orioles dismantle the Red Sox."

So, uh, did his Wilde Lake classmates vote him most likely to portray a superhero in a major motion picture? "Ha. No."

She Was in Deep Even Before the Wedding

You thought we were done? So did we. Then People came out with, well, the same old photos of Jenna's wedding you've already seen (she's on the cover!) but with a few new details:

· The bride "jumped in a creek at her bridal luncheon" Friday and playfully splashed around with one of the "hot pink and yellow parasols" used as decorations.

· She and her attendants did a half-hour of yoga before the rehearsal.

· At the wedding, grandparents George H.W. and Barbara took turns reading from 1 Corinthians ("Love is patient, love is kind").

· The bride broke tradition by giving a toast (telling how Henry kept her warm through that first cold D.C. winter they were together) at the reception.

LOVE, ETC.

· Doubly expecting: Angelina Jolie yesterday confirmed widespread rumors that she and Brad Pitt are expecting twins. Actually, the news was confirmed by Jack Black during a "Today" show interview, which apparently is the way things are done these days. (Black, her voice-over co-star in the new "Kung Fu Panda," joked that the couple will "have as many as [the] 'Brady Bunch' when you have these," and Natalie Morales did the math and was like, ohmigod, twins! And then Jolie piped up and said yes, it's true.)

UPDATE

Conservative legal scholar Robert Bork has reached an out-of-court settlement with NYC's Yale Club for an incident in which he tumbled off the podium during a speaking engagement there in June '06. The former Supreme Court nominee, 81, of McLean, sued last year for $1 million, claiming the club negligently erected a platform with no stairs or handrail; Bork got up after the fall and gave his speech but said he was left with horrible pain and a limp. Lawyers on both sides are no-commenting about the settlement.