White House Correspondents’ Dinner expected celebrity guests

The association’s annual dinner attracts flocks of celebrity guests, invited by media outlets that cover the executive branch. The old joke used to be that Hollywood’s elite would show up once and then never again, but this year many faces look familiar.

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Media Bistro’s Fishbowl DC reports that Greta Van Susteren of Fox News and her husband, John Coale, are bringing actress Lindsay Lohan to the annual celeb-political event at the Washington Hilton on Saturday.

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Televison personality Kim Kardashian, a guest of Fox News at the dinner, arrives at Valentino Rodeo Drive Flagship store opening in Beverly Hills.

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Actor and film producer Pierce Brosnan has been invited as a guest of The Washington Post.

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Actress Kate Hudson, shown here with her fiance Matthew Bellamy, will be a guest of The Washington Post.

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Former secretary of state Colin Powell will be a guest of The Washington Post.

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Martha Stewart is expected to attend the dinner as a guest of USA Today.

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George Clooney has been invited as a guest of Time, and will most likely repeat the sensation he caused while in attendance in 2006.

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Actress Viola Davis, nominated for best actress for her role in “The Help,” is expected attend the dinner with the correspondents from the Daily Beast.

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Darren Star, writer of “Sex and the City,” has been invited as a guest of Atlantic Media.

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Celebrity chef Jose Andres has been invited as a guest of Atlantic Media.

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Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, who will be starring as Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s film “Lincoln,” has been asked as a guest of Huffington Post.

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Actress Diane Keaton has been invited by People.

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Actress Rashida Jones will likely attend the correspondents’ dinner for the third time, this year with Fortune.

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Actor Eric Stonestreet of “Modern Family” has been invited back for a second year to attend the dinner with ABC.

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Actor Paul Rudd of “I Love You Man” and “Knocked Up” has been invited by ABC.

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Actress Elizabeth Banks of “The Hunger Games” and “30 Rock” is a guest of ABC.

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Steven Spielberg is expected to attend the correspondents’ dinner with Time for the third time since 2009.

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Actress Rosario Dawson, who has become somewhat of a staple at the dinner, has been asked back this year by National Journal.

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Actress Reese Witherspoon will likely be joining Viola Davis at the Daily Beast’s table.

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John Legend, who attended with Politico last year, has been asked to join the group from NPR.

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Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson is expected to join his “Modern Family” co-star Eric Stonestreet at ABC’s table.

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Actress Anna Paquin will be joining Daniel Day-Lewis and the group from the Huffington Post.

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