Jedidiah Jenkins, Constance Zimmer, second left, Sophia Bush, third left, Aasif Mandvim, center, and Connie Britton, third right, and Azita Ardakani attend the Bloomberg Vanity Fair White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner afterparty in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, April 25, 2015. Carla Gugino is second from right. Photographer: Drew Angerer/Bloomberg
In an interesting role-reversal, Donald Trump declined his invitation to the glitzy event while Bernie Sanders has decided to take a night off the campaign trail to dine with Washington’s elite (wait, we thought he doesn’t even own a tux?)
Sanders will be joining the requisite Kardashian (well, a Jenner, anyway), the stars of Comedy Central’s cult hit “Broad City,” and even an aristocrat: Lady Mary Crawley (er, that would be “Downton Abbey” actress Michelle Dockery) at the April 30 dinner. The correspondents’ dinner — an intimate affair for a few thousand black-tie-clad pols, celebrities, and journalists — often makes for strange table-mates.
It’s not every day that Lindsay Lohan dines alongside the nation’s commander-in-chief, but at Washington’s most anticipated social event of the year, hey, anything can happen.
[Reliable Source How to score a White House Correspondents’ Dinner ticket: It’s complicated.]
ABC:
Kerry Washington, actress, “Scandal”
Scott Foley, actor, “Scandal”
Katie Lowes, actress, “Scandal”
Guillermo Diaz, actor, “Scandal”
Jeff Perry, actor, “Scandal”
Bellamy Young, actress, “Scandal”
Cornelius Smith, Jr., actor, “Scandal”
Shonda Rhimes, executive producer, “Scandal”
Anthony Anderson, actor, “black-ish”
Tracee Ellis Ross, actress, “black-ish”
Kenya Barris, EP, screenwriter, “black-ish”
Priyanka Chopra, actress, “Quantico”
Connie Britton, actress, “Nashville”
Christian Broadcasting Network:
Candace Cameron Bure, actress, “Fuller House”
Wall Street Journal:
Ed Burns, actor, “Saving Private Ryan” and wife Christy Turlington Burns, supermodel
Chris Coons, senator, Delaware
CBS News:
Aretha Franklin, singer
Morgan Freeman, actor
Damian Lewis, actor, “Homeland”
Lori McCreary, film producer, “Invictus”
Democratic presidential candidate Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Ash Carter, White House, secretary of defense
Valerie Jarrett, White House, senior advisor to the president
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX)
Amb. David Thorne, former Ambassador of Italy and Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State
Walter Isaacson, writer, “Steve Jobs”
The Boston Globe:
Mark Ruffalo, actor, “Spotlight”
Rachel McAdams, actress, “Spotlight”
Mike Rezendes, Boston Globe spotlight reporter
Sacha Pfeiffer, Boston Globe spotlight reporter
Walter Robinson, Boston Globe editor at large
Matt Carroll, Boston Globe spotlight reporter
Tom McCarthy, director, “Spotlight”
Josh Singer, screenwriter, “Spotlight”
John Henry, Boston Globe, owner and publisher (and owner of Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC)
Linda Pizzuti Henry, Boston Globe, owner and Managing Director
Tracy Jan, Boston Globe, national politics reporter
Annie Linskey, Boston Globe, national politics reporter
Victoria McGrane, Boston Globe, national politics reporter
Christopher Rowland, Boston Globe, Washington D.C. bureau chief
Matt Viser, Boston Globe, national politics reporter
The Washington Blade:
NeNe Leakes, reality TV star, “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”
Melissa Harris-Perry, writer/political commentator, former host of MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry”
People:
Jenna Fischer, actress, “The Office”
Nyle DiMarco, model, winner of “America’s Next Top Model” and current contestant on “Dancing With the Stars”
[A ‘Dancing With the Stars’ contestant is vying for a White House Correspondents’ Dinner invite]
USA TODAY:
Gabrielle Union, actress, “Being Mary Jane”
John Wall, athlete, Washington Wizards
Kendall Jenner, model
Miles Teller, actor, “Divergent”
Wendi Mclendon-Covey, actress/comedian, “The Goldbergs”
Rosario Dawson, actress, “Daredevil”
Neve Campbell, actress, “House of Cards”
Thomson Reuters:
Liz Allen, White House, deputy communications director
Kristie Canegallo, White House deputy chief of staff
Deesha Dyer, White House, social secretary
Cecelia Munoz, White House, assistant to the president and director of the domestic policy council
Michael Kelly, actor, “House of Cards”
Illana Glazer, creator, executive producer and actress, Comedy Central’s “Broad City”
Abbi Jacobson, creator, executive producer and actress, Comedy Central’s “Broad City”
Michelle Dockery, actress, “Downton Abbey”
Von Miller, Denver Broncos linebacker, Super Bowl MVP
Odell Beckham, Jr., New York Giants wide receiver
FOX News:
Vivica A. Fox, actress, “Independence Day 2 Resurgence”
John Cena, athlete, WWE, and Nikki Bella, athlete, WWE diva
Ryan Kwante, actor, “True Blood”
Sela Ward, actress, “Independence Day 2 Resurgence”
Jeff Goldblum, actor, “Independence Day 2 Resurgence”
Cheryl Ladd, actress, “Charlie’s Angels”
Howie Long, studio analyst, FOX Sports
Gladys Knight, singer/songwriter
Chris Dodd, Motion Picture Association of America CEO and former Democratic senator
Toks Olagundoye, actress, “Castle”
Kyle Schuneman, designer, Apt2B
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Tony Romo, athlete, Dallas Cowboys quarterback, and wife Candance Crawford
Matthew Morrison, actor, “Glee”
JC Chasez, singer, NSYNC
Greta Van Susteren, anchor, Fox News Channel
Bret Baier, Fox’s “The Special Report”
Megyn Kelly, Fox’s “The Kelly File”
Chris Wallace, Fox’s “Fox News Sunday” host
Bill Hemmer, Fox’s “America’s Newsroom” co-host
Maria Bartiromo, Fox’s “Mornings with Maria”
Ed Henry, Fox News Channel, chief White House correspondent
Steve Doocy, Fox’s “Fox & Friends” co-host
Brian Kilmeade, Fox’s “Fox & Friends” co-host
Ainsley Earhardt, Fox’s “Fox & Friends” co-host
Harris Faulkner, Fox’s “Outnumbered” co-host
Sandra Smith, Fox’s “Outnumbered” co-host
Kimberly Guilfoyle-Kennedy, Fox’s “The Five” co-host
Eric Bolling, Fox’s “The Five” co-host
Juan Williams, Fox’s “The Five” co-host
Rich Edson, Fox News Channel D.C. correspondent
Howard Kurtz, Fox’s “MediaBuzz” host
Mike Emanuel, Fox News Channel, chief Congressional correspondent
Peter Doocy, Fox News Channel, D.C. correspondent
Jennifer Griffin, Fox News Channel, national security correspondent
Alicia Acuna, Fox News Channel, Denver correspondent
Eric Shawn, Fox News Channel, senior New York correspondent
Adam Housley, Fox News Channel, L.A. correspondent
Angela McGlowan, Fox News Channel, political contributor
Santita Jackson, Fox’s “The Santita Jackson Show”
Atlantic Media:
Hope Solo, U.S. women’s soccer goalie
Josh Stamberg, actor, “The Affair,” and a DC native (he’s the son of NPR’s Susan Stamberg)
Gene Sperling, former director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy
Jeff Zients, director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy.
Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and terrorism
Travis Kalanick, co-founder & CEO, Uber
Brad Smith, president, Microsoft
Larry Merlo, CEO, CVS
John Chambers, CEO, Cisco
NBC News/MSNBC:
Jaimie Alexander, actress, “Blindspot”
Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC/MSNBC
Phil Griffin, president of MSNBC
Deborah Turness, NBS News president
Janelle Rodriguez, NBC News SVP of editorial
Noah Oppenheim, SVP of “Today” at NBC News
Peter Alexander, NBC News White House correspondent
Ron Allen, NBC News correspondent
Mika Brzezinski, MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host
Tom Costello, NBC News correspondent
Savannah Guthrie, NBC News “The Today Show”
Tamron Hall, Co-Host, NBC News’ TODAY and anchor of” MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall”
Chris Hayes, MSNBC “All In with Christ Hayes” host
Kasie Hunt, MSNBC political correspondent
Hallie Jackson, NBC News correspondent
Steve Kornacki, MSNBC Host and Political Correspondent
Chris Matthews, MSNBC “Hardball” host
Cynthia McFadden, NBC News senior legal and investigative correspondent
Ari Melber, MSNBC chief legal correspondent
Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent/anchor
Natalie Morales, NBC News “Today Show” host
Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent
Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC “The Last Word with Laurence O’Donnell” host
Joy-Ann Reid, MSNBC national correspondent
Thomas Roberts, MSNBC “Live with Thomas Roberts” host
Luke Russert, NBC News correspondent
Joe Scarborough, MSNBC “Morning Joe” host
Al Sharpton, MSNBC “PoliticsNation” host
Kate Snow, NBC News National Correspondent and MSNBC anchor
Katy Tur, NBC News correspondent
Kristen Welker, NBC News White House correspondent
Peter Williams, NBC News correspondent