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"Actor Seth Rogen is a lazy, pot-smoking man-child. We can say that, because that&amp;apos;s how he described himself while testifying before elected leaders in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.\r\nThough you might think the 31-year-old star of &amp;quot;This Is the End&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Pineapple Express&amp;quot; was paying a visit to Capitol Hill to discuss the legalization of marijuana, he actually wanted to talk about his personal experience with Alzheimer&amp;apos;s at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.\r\nRogen and his wife of two years, Lauren Miller, started Hilarity for Charity in 2011 to help educate Americans and raise money for Alzheimer&amp;apos;s research after Miller&amp;apos;s mother was diagnosed with the disease several years ago at the age of 55.\r\nDuring the testimony, Rogen proved not only that he&amp;apos;s a super supportive husband, but also that he can&amp;apos;t help but be funny. Even talking about something incredibly serious and close to his heart, the actor got plenty of laughs, mostly at his own expense. When the &amp;quot;Superbad&amp;quot; star jokingly chided Iowa Senator Tom Harkin -- the Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education -- for not seeing &amp;quot;Knocked Up,&amp;quot; Harkin retorted: &amp;quot;I want the record to note that this is the first time -- I will wager, this is the first time in any congressional hearing in history that the words &amp;apos;knocked up&amp;apos; have ever been spoken.&amp;quot;\r\nRogen wasn&amp;apos;t the only Hollywood heavy hitter to show up in D.C. today. Ben Affleck met with Secretary of State John Kerry and appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The 41-year-old actor and director spoke on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a cause that he&amp;apos;d been passionate about for years. He founded the Eastern Congo Initiative, an advocacy and grant-making organization to support the creation of a sustainable and successful society in the impoverished African nation.\r\nLooks like Kerry has seen Affleck&amp;apos;s Oscar-winning flick, &amp;quot;Argo.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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