The stars that once decorated the White House Correspondents’ dinner now dominate it, and the free-form mingle has been velvet-roped into submission.
attends the Bloomberg & Vanity Fair cocktail reception following the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the residence of the French Ambassador on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC.
The weekend of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner raises the fault lines of insideriness to the surface.
attends the Bloomberg & Vanity Fair cocktail reception following the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the residence of the French Ambassador on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC.
Obama self-deprecated, referencing his flagging poll numbers and running a medley clip of his own speech flubs, and dinged a host of GOP stalwarts.
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PHOTOS | Plenty of stars turned out for the correspondents’ dinner, including actress Mila Kunis, Olympian Shaun White and even TV personality Donald Trump.
Actor Sean Penn arrives for the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, Aprill 30, 2011. The dinner raises money for WHCA scholarships and honors the recipients of the organization's journalism awards. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Sean Penn
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