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Party Time Begins for the WH Correspondents' Dinner Weekend

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Hollywood and Washington were in top form last night as celebrities, politicians and reporters worked the party circuit.

Spotted at the Google/Hollywood Reporter party were Kerry Washington, Kate Upton, Woody Harrelson, and Kyle MacLachlan reuniting with “Sex and the City” creator Darren Star.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and other starts from the ABC hit sitcom “Modern Family,” were at the Time/People cocktail party, and Charlize Theron was holding court at the National Journal & Atlantic’s Funny or Die party.

The annual Garden Brunch is the next big even on the agenda, before the actual White House Correspondents’ Dinner tonight.

More Stars to the WH Correspondents’ Dinner

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The names keep coming!  CBS is bringing Homeland’s Claire Danes, Christine Baranski from “The Good Wife” and Daniel Dae Kim from “Hawaii Five-O”.  Also on CBS’ list is hero Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.

The Huffington Post’s list includes Georgetown Law Student Sandra Fluke; and Hollywood stars Dakota Fanning, Daniel Day-Lewis, Rebecca Miller, Anna Paquin, and Stephen Moyer, in addition to  “Glee” star Darren Criss, and Nasim Pedrad from “Saturday Night Live”.

NBC has Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix and The Atlantic/National Journal has actress Rosario Dawson, chef Jose Andres, and “Sex and the City” writer Darren Star.

And The Washington Times wins in the 4-legged category with Uggie, the dog from “The Artist”