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Mr. President, This No Ordinary Dinner

Stars, jokes, and more jokes was the order of the evening at last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner as a laundry list of A-list of actresses and actors filled the Washington Hilton, as did jokes by President Obama. Obama poked fun about his approval ratings, Arizona's 'No I.D. Should Be Left Behind' law (Our words. You read it here first), and Goldman Sachs.  He started the evening spoofing about a conversation he had with Vice President Biden regarding whether or not he should attend.   "And, so I wasn’t sure that I should actually come tonight. Biden talked me into it. He leaned over and he said, "Mr. President this is no ordinary dinner. This is a big (beep) meal", referring to Biden's comments after the Health Care Reform bill was passed earlier this year. He even poked fun a Republican Chairman Michael Steele, calling him the Notorious G.O.P. , likening his name to that of late rapper, the Notorious B.I.G . "M...

White House Correspondents' Dinner To Be Held May 1, 2010

Five reporters have been named winners of three of journalism's most prestigious awards, and they will be honored at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on May 1, 2010. Ben Feller of the Associated Press and Jake Tapper of ABC News will receive the Merriman Smith Award for presidential coverage under deadline pressure in the print and broadcast categories, respectively. Mark Knoller of CBS News will receive the Aldo Beckman award for sustained excellence in White House coverage. Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman of the Contra Costa, California, Times will receive the Edgar A. Poe Award for excellence in coverage of news of national or regional significance. The awards will be presented during the annual fundraising dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Seventeen Washington, D.C. students will receive $132,000 in college scholarships from the White House Correspondents' Association to pursue careers in...