White House Correspondents' Dinner: Who's coming?
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Every year around this time, Washington puts up with jokes about how it is 鈥淗ollywood for ugly people,鈥� and this year is no exception. That鈥檚 because the annual White House Correspondents鈥� Dinner is Saturday night, and the list of 鈥渂eautiful people鈥� on the guest list keeps growing.
The latest entry is reality TV goddess听Kim Kardashian, coming as a guest of Fox. More important, she鈥檚 also thinking of getting into politics. OK, Ms. Kardashian recently floated the idea of听running for mayor of Glendale, Calif., which actually isn鈥檛 an office one can run for, as Monitor colleague Gloria Goodale points out. But let鈥檚 go with it. Here in Washington, ever-mindful that we have a bad rap in the looks department, we鈥檙e hopeful that a run for Congress can鈥檛 be far behind. 听
Kardashian鈥檚 date is her 鈥渕omager,鈥澨�Kris Jenner.听听
础肠迟谤别蝉蝉听Lindsay Lohan听is also on the Fox News guest list. We鈥檙e not sure Ms. Lohan qualifies as beautiful, given her personal problems, but we appreciate the gesture by Fox anchor Greta Van Susteren, who invited her.
"I love comebacks, and I'd like her to succeed," Ms. Van Susteren told the celebrity website TMZ.
Time Inc. scored actor听George Clooney, who in some ways qualifies as both Hollywood and Washington (or maybe we鈥檙e flattering ourselves). After all, Mr. Clooney is deeply political, as is his father, who lives here and teaches journalism at American University. Just last month, both Clooneys got themselves arrested for protesting at the Embassy of Sudan over the actions of the country鈥檚 strongman president, Omar al-Bashir.
Before we reveal who else is coming, a quick reminder that the 98-year-old dinner accomplishes more than just star-gazing 鈥� and a chance to see the president and a top-flight comedian (this year, Jimmy Kimmel) deliver some one-liners. It also raises funds for scholarships to aspiring young journalists. Since 1991, the White House Correspondents鈥� Association has awarded nearly $600,000 in scholarships. This year鈥檚 recipients are three students from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Now, back to the red carpet. According to the New York Daily News, here鈥檚 a list of bold-face names:
鈥� 础肠迟谤别蝉蝉听Zooey Deschanel,听guest of Bloomberg News.
鈥� The stars of TV鈥檚 鈥�Modern Family,鈥� including听Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Eric Stonestreet,听guests of ABC News.
鈥⑻�Elizabeth Banks, who played Effie Trinket in 鈥�The Hunger Games,鈥� and听Paul Rudd, also guests of ABC News.
鈥⑻�Josh Hutcherson, also in 鈥淭he Hunger Games,鈥� as Peeta Mellark, at People magazine鈥檚 table.
鈥⑻�Uggie,听the Jack Russell Terrier who won everyone鈥檚 hearts in 鈥�The Artist,鈥� joining The Washington Times.
鈥⑻�Anna Paquin, husband听Stephen Moyer, and听Dakota Fanning, guests of Huffington Post.
鈥⑻�Rashida Jones, guest of Fortune magazine.
鈥⑻�Aziz Ansari,听at the New Yorker鈥檚 table.
鈥⑻�John Legend听and his supermodel fianc茅e,听Chriss Teigen, guests of NPR.
鈥⑻�Reese Witherspoon听and听Viola Davis, guests of Newsweek/The Daily Beast.
鈥⑻�Stevie Wonder, guest of American Urban Radio Networks.
鈥⑻�Pierce Brosnan, guest of the Washington Post.
Also coming:听Claire Danes, William Levy, Charlize Theron, Rosario Dawson, Mary J. Blige, Eva Longoria, Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas, Goldie Hawn, Steven Spielberg, Christine Baranski, Darren Criss, Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen, Daniel Day-Lewis, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, Diane Keaton, Kelli Garner and Johnny Galecki, Colin Hanks, Jason Schwartzman.
