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Bloomberg & Vanity Fair Do It Again!

April 30, 2012 By WHC Insider

The most exclusive party of the White House Correspondents’ Weekend is the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair After Party.  Back at the French Ambassador’s residence again this year, guests walked by the front lawn covered in tiny multi-colored lights.  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was seen talking with Hollywood A-listers including George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon, Charlize Theron, Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Kyle MacLachlan and his wife producer Desiree Gruber, Goldie Hawn, and Kate Hudson.

French Ambassador Francois Delattre and his beautiful wife Sophie welcomed partygoers and bold faced names dominated the rooms. Media toppers included Barbara Walters and David Gregory, Obama notables were David and Susan Axelrod (talking to Ivanka Trump), White House staffers Jay Carney and Alyssa Mastromonaco and Obama Campaign Communications Director Stephanie Cutter. The republican were represented by Ben Ginsberg and Meghan McCain to name a few. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel seemed happy to be back in DC for an evening.

Judd Apatow and his wife actress Leslie Mann, looked shocked to meet Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Google.

It was another big night for Uggie the dog from “The Artist” who missed the actual WH Correspondents’ Dinner, but was getting lots of love at the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair gala. Goldie Hawn snuggled up with the pup in one of the best moments of the late night gathering.

Guests relaxed, some even kicking off their shoes after a long night of formal speeches and dinner, as the party went on until the early hours of Sunday.  A crowd formed around Ronan Farrow, the son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow and his friend Obama joke writer, now Hollywood writer, Jon Lovett.

Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan were chatting with Graydon Carter, Chris Matthews, Salman Rushdie, Kate Upton and Reggie Love.

In the wee hours of the morning Clooney was still talking to friends Kate Hudson, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann while some politicos just looked on. One media executive was overheard saying at 3am, “I have a rule, I don’t leave if George Clooney is still there.”  That executive left at 3:45am and George Clooney was still there.

Filed Under: 2012 WHCD Tagged With: Barbara Walters, George Clooney, Goldie Hawn, Jay Carney, Kate Hudson, Michael Bloomberg, Rahm Emanuel, Reese Witherspoon, Uggie

More Stars to the WH Correspondents’ Dinner

April 13, 2012 By WHC Insider

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”

Filed Under: 2012 WHCD Tagged With: Allyson Felix, Anna Paquin, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Christine Baranski, Claire Danes, Dakota Fanning, Daniel Dae Kim, Daniel Day-Lewis, Darren Criss, Darren Star, Jose Andres, Nasim Pedrad, Rebecca Miller, Rosario Dawson, Sandra Fluke, Stephen Moyer, Uggie, White House Correspondents Dinner

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