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VARIETY Comes to Washington // TRUMP Cover

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Variety Magazine Cover --April 2016

Variety Magazine Cover — April 2016

With the White House Correspondents’ Dinner coming up this weekend, Hollywood and Politics is the topic on the tip of everyone’s tongues – it also happens to be the subject of Variety magazines cover this month.

A few years ago The Hollywood Reporter co-hosted a party with Google during the White House Correspondents weekend and this year Variety, a long time Hollywood entertainment Bible is following in its footsteps with its coverage and events in Washington. Lead political correspondent Ted Johnson and his Variety editors are co-hosting a party with the SAG AFTRA Foundation and the Washington Post to “celebrate journalism” on Friday night in honor of the Correspondents’ Dinner.

Variety 2016 WHCD Friday party

Variety’s “A Celebration of Journalism” White House Correspondents’ Dinner Party on Friday, April 29th

Kendall Jenner and the Washington Wizards’ John Wall Headline USA Today Table at White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

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Rosario Dawson, Willie Geist, CURE donor David Haddad and Elle Macpherson at the 2012 White House Correspondents' Garden Brunch

Rosario Dawson, Willie Geist, CURE donor David Haddad and Elle Macpherson at the 2012 White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch

It’s six days until politics and paparazzi come together to celebrate the 96th White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on April 30th, and the names of the A-list celebrity guests are filtering in.

The annual correspondent’s dinner at the Washington Hilton is a black-tie affair for 2600 of the most well known celebrities, politicos and journalists in America.

This year the comedian for the evening is Larry Wilmore, host of Comedy Central’s “Nightly Show.” Every year, the news organizations compete to bring the biggest and brightest stars to join their journalists for the evening’s festivities. USA Today is right at the top with their influential mix of actors, models and athletes.

USA TODAY:

John Wall, athlete, Washington Wizards

Kendall Jenner, model

Miles Teller, actor, “Divergent”

Wendi Mclendon-Covey, actress/comedian, “The Goldbergs”

Rosario Dawson, actress, “Daredevil”

Neve Campbell, actress, “House of Cards”

Veeples! The Morning After Starts TONIGHT!

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Veep Cast at the 2014 White Correspondents’ Garden Brunch

Politicos can turn from the 2016 election mess to the Veep election mess as the fifth season which premieres today will re-start with the morning after the election that left President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her opponent Sen. Bill O’Brien (Brad Leland) bang in midst of battle with each other.

The fifth season which starts on April 24th is helmed by David Mandel, of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld fame, as well as Julia Louis Dreyfus and Frank Rich.  @HBOVeep won the Emmy for Best comedy in 2015 and has been picked up for a sixth season.

Here is a taste. Veep Season 5 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDesAgis8NU

WHC Weekend Update

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With less than two weeks until the White House Corespondents’ Dinner, the celebrity guest lists are growing.  The National Journal‘s roundup provides an overview of who’s who and who’s sitting where:

  • ABC: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Erin Andrews, Jane Lynch, Bob Iger, Senator Marco Rubio, Eric Holder,   Janet Napolitano, William Daley, Tom Donilon, Admiral Mike Mullen, Jeremy Bernard, Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Senator Mark Kirk, Senator Amy Klobuchar
  • Bloomberg: Shaun White, Brooke Burke
  • Fortune: Mira Sorvino, Evan Williams
  • Fox News: Kate Hudson, who is coming with Greta van Susteren
  • The Hill: John Wall
  • Mother Jones: Sean Penn
  • The New Yorker: Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, the Coen brothers
  • Newsweek: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Colin Powell, Tina Brown, Barry Diller, Jon Favreau, Jason Sudeikis, Michael Kors, Diane von Furstenberg, Representative Aaron Schock
  • NPR: Michael Stipe, David Byrne, Scott Z. Burns, Annie Clark, Mike White, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice
  • People: Bristol Palin, Mindy Kaling, Steven Tyler, Chris Colfer
  • Time: Steve Buscemi, Senator Scott Brown,Terrence Winter, Tom Hooper, Tara Subkoff, Jay Roach, Danny Strong
  • USA Today: David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Rick Fox, Eliza Dushku
  • The Washington Post: Donald Trump

The guest lists are not the only thing in motion, this year’s White House Corespondents’ Garden Brunch is changing.  See Matt Dornic’s write up in FishbowlDC for the highlights.