White House Correspondents' Dinner Live Blog

White House Correspondents' dinner banquet is being broadcast on MSNBC, C-Span and also online at c-span.org. So far I have seen Newt, Al Sharpton and Wolf Blitzer on the red carpet. What's not to love? "Wolf Blitzer brought Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore so we assume that the Twitter feud between Ashton and CNN has left no hard feelings," observes Huffpost.

Wanda Sykes will be the featured entertainer.
Wanda Sykes has been called "one of the funniest stand up comics" by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. Her smart-witted stand up has sent her career in many different areas.

The guest list of the White House Correspondents' dinner includes:

Bloomberg: Capt. Richard Phillips and wife Andrea Phillips
NY Daily News: Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
Fortune: George Lucas and Glenn Close
Houston Chronicle: Alberto Gonzales
CNN: Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore
People: Sting and Trudie Styler, Miranda Cosgrove, Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, Jon Hamm, Eva Longoria Parker

The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the President of the United States. The WHCA was founded in 1914 by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a Congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson. Among the issues handled by the WHCA are press access to the President and physical conditions in White House press briefing rooms.

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