Celebrities, journalists, and politicians arrive for White House Correspondents Dinner

Record ID: 1722392

  • Title: Celebrities, journalists, and politicians arrive for White House Correspondents Dinner
  • Date: 30th April 2023
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (APRIL 29, 2023) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** WNBA STAR BRITTNEY GRINER, WHO WAS IMPRISONED IN RUSSIA, ON THE RED CARPET WITH HER WIFE CHERELLE GRINER / GRINER SHAKING HANDS WITH CBS JOURNALIST GAYLE KING AND POSING FOR CAMERAS WITH HER KING POSING FOR CAMERAS ON RED CARPET WIDE OF GUESTS GATHERED AT RED CARPET U.S. SE
  • Embargoed: 14th May 2023 01:05
  • Keywords: Biden Dinner Roy Wood Jr. WHCA White House White House Correspondents Association
  • Location: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: Celebrities,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,North America
  • Reuters ID: LVA001884029042023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Celebrities, journalists, and Washington politicians mingled at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday (April 29) night.
    Actors such as Liev Schrieber and John Leguizamo rubbed shoulders with political heavyweights like U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and TV hosts like Wolf Blitzer and Gayle King.
    U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are attending this year’s dinner, which is being hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr., who has appeared on the Daily Show.
    The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has been attended by presidents most years since the organization was founded in 1914. The group raises money for scholarships and honors the U.S. Constitution’s “freedom of the press” First Amendment.
    However, former President Donald Trump, who had a strained relationship with the press, boycotted the event during his tenure.
    In recent decades, the group has had a comedian as entertainment. But comedian Michelle Wolf’s lampooning of then White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders in 2018 drew so much criticism that the association brought in a historian to speak in 2019.
    The event was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
    WNBA star Brittney Griner, also attended the event with her wife Cherelle.
    The two-times Olympic gold medalist was released from one of Russia's most notorious penal colonies in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the United States late last year after she was arrested in February 2022.
    (Production: Ashraf Fahim)
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