WHCD: Stars Speak to Ordinary Humans

Hollywood power couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were super good sports at the White House Correspondents Dinner. When they entered the ballroom a horde of camera wielding folks asked for pictures with the stars--and both very pleasantly obliged. They seemed in no hurry, posed for all comers, and chatted with strangers.

President Obama and his speechwriters knew going in that heavy doses of self-deprecating jokes make the best type of political humor. Even so, Obama was at ease poking at others: the press, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joe Biden and Rahm Emanuel, among others. Obama's speech-writing team for Saturday's gig included David Axelrod, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and some outside writers.