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White House Correspondents Dinner Weekend: It's a Wrap
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyPresident Obama used the glitzy White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night to take a few shots at himself, his staff, the press and, of course, the Republicans. In turn, many of the 2,700 guests from the increasingly overlapping worlds of media, politics and celebrity used the annual black-tie dinner to anchor more than a dozen other weekend parties with heavy groupie overtones. Obama, who by many accounts upstaged the headliner, Jay Leno, spoke first. "There are few thing in life that are harder to find and more important to keep than love," he deadpanned. "Well, love ...
Jay Leno Bombs at White House Dinner: Take This Comic, Please
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyDeath be not proud -- especially when it is on stage in Washington in front of 3,000 reporters, government officials and B-list celebrities. Not since Jay Leno moved to prime time has there been a comic disaster to rival ... well ... Jay Leno's performance Saturday night at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Maybe Leno's problem was his position on the night's lineup as the closing act following Barack Obama, a president whose natural humor is not so much understated as dehydrated. Obama -- whose arsenal clearly includes witty writers as well as predator drones -- proved to be the master ...
White House Correspondents Dinner: Breathless Update No. 1
By Annie Groer - Politics DailySaturday evening..... Colin Powell is the owner of five cars, his favorite being a Corvette. But for the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in a Volt, GM's electric plug-in car. Mere mortals cannot acquire one of the green machines until November, when they debut in Detroit, L.A. and D.C. They'll cost in the low $30,000s' once you deduct a $7,500 government eco-rebate. The ride was "great," Powell said, "exciting new technology." Chauffeuring Powell and a rotating cast of celebs to virtually every WHCA-related party ...
Jay Leno to Host White House Correspondents' Dinner
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe week's most unpopular stand-up comic -- NBC's Jay Leno -- will host the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on May 1, the Washington Post reports. The association had asked Leno to host weeks ago, before a high-profile conflict with NBC and fellow late-night host Conan O'Brien took his public approval rating south. Leno has been hosting a prime-time show that has not performed well in the ratings. NBC recently announced that it would move his show to later at night, effectively ending O'Brien's stint hosting "The Tonight Show" after only seven months. "I have chosen to stay on ...
Chris Hitchens Has More Advice for 'Black Dyke' Wanda Sykes
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAuthor and uber-contrarian Christopher Hitchens couldn't leave well enough alone when it came to his offensive and bigoted assessment of Wanda Sykes' performance at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. While some folks cut him slack by surmising that he was probably drunk when he called Sykes "the black dyke," Hitchens "cleverly" wants us all to know he meant it by referring to her twice as "the sable Sapphist" in an article at Slate. Funny stuff, you fornicating little pink star.As if that wasn't insulting enough, the premise of Hitchens' piece was to school Wanda, and any other ...
Video: Code Pink Protesters Call Donald Rumsfeld 'War Criminal' at Press Dinner
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAt Saturday's White House Correspondents Association Dinner, some Code Pink protesters, including founder Medea Benjamin, answered the timeless question, "How do you make people feel sorry for Donald Rumsfeld?"This has got to be the most clownish protest since the NYU "takeover" in February. My favorite part is when the first one says "I wish I had some handcuffs!"Really? The only thing standing between you and slappin' the cuffs on Rummy ...
White House Denounces Wanda Sykes' Limbaugh Joke
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAt Saturday night's White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Wanda Sykes got a decidedly mixed reception for this joke about Rush Limbaugh:The White House, today, made no bones about the President's reaction, reports Jake Tapper: ...
WHCD: Have Camera, Will Make New Best Friends
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailyNormally, I am one of those people who would rather eat glass than approach a celebrity. But put a notebook or a camera in my hands and poof, I have no shame at all. ...
WHCD: Stars Speak to Ordinary Humans
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyHollywood 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 ...
WHCD: Snark after Dark
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyMaybe it was my imagination but it seemed like the White House Correspondents Dinner, aka the D.C. prom, had slightly more to do with journalism last night than usual. Not that there was a shortage of glitz – at one point I realized Steven Spielberg was next to me, one of many close encounters with celebs throughout the evening . But the scholarships, internships and awards that are the mission of the correspondents' association got a lot of attention because Michelle Obama and Brian Williams were involved in presenting them. And President Obama had supportive words for an industry ...
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