- Title: Making an entrance at the White House Correspondents dinner
- Date: 1st May 2022
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (APRIL 30, 2022) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** KIM KARDASHIAN AND PETE DAVIDSON WALK ON TO RED CARPET AND POSE ACTRESS DREW BARRYMORE BEING INTERVIEWED ON RED CARPET U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN ON RED CARPET ZOOM IN TO COMEDIAN AND ACTOR CHRIS TUCKER ZOOM IN TO CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY BENJAMIN CRUMP WITH A RAISED FIST 6 U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS ON RED CARPET MARTHA STEWART ON THE RED CARPET REUTERS TV PRODUCER KIA JOHNSON MAKING HER WAY THROUGH CROWD REUTERS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT JEFF MASON WITH HIS TWIN BROTHER BRIAN MASON RAPPER FAT JOE ACTRESS FRAN DRESCHER ZOOM IN TO MAN IN WHITE DINNER JACKET GAYLE KING TALKING WITH PEOPLE REUTERS CORRESPONDENT DAVID LAUDER WALKING ACROSS ROOM GUESTS COMING DOWN ESCALATOR ZOOM OUT FROM COUPLE POSING ON RED CARPET MAN ON RED CARPET TAKING OFF SUNGLASSES WIDE PAN OF EVENT
- Embargoed: 15th May 2022 01:27
- Keywords: Biden Blinken Drew Barrymore Fat Joe Fran Drescher Kim Kardashian Mayorkas White House Correspondent's Dinner
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,United States
- Reuters ID: LVA001503630042022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson made a splash on the red carpet as U.S. President Joe Biden will resume a Washington tradition of speaking at the White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday night, the first president to speak at the annual event since 2016.
After being canceled for two years due to COVID-19 pandemic and boycotted by Donald Trump during his presidency, the event returns this year with gusto, featuring remarks by comedian Trevor Noah.
More than 20 WHCA-related parties are being staged around Washington before and after the major event on Saturday night and multiple senior administration officials will attend as well as a smattering of celebrities from the entertainment world.
However, a recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Washington, in particular an outbreak at the journalists' white-tie Gridiron dinner early in April, has brought an undercurrent of caution to the White House dinner.
Organizers are requiring every attendee be tested for the virus, and some top officials, including infectious disease expert Dr. Antony Fauci, have dropped out.
The White House said Biden will take extra precautions at the event - skipping the dinner portion and attend only the speakers program, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday. He may opt to wear a mask when he is not speaking. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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