Vanity Fair/Bloomberg After Party Saturday, April 30 Residence of the French Ambassador
Washington Life Magazine & Grey Goose After (After) Party
11pm-4am The Mansion on Embassy Row
MSNBC After Party @ the Italian Embassy
Saturday, April30 following the WHCD Rachel Maddow will be bartending, Cee Lo Green will be entertaining.
Attendees will include NBC and MSNBC anchors Brian Williams, Lawrence O’Donnell, Chris Matthews, Ed Shults and the rest of the MSNBC news posse.Expected celeb guests include Paula Abdul, America Ferrera, Ashley Judd, Bradley Cooper, Gayle King, fashion designer Rachel Roy, Will.i.am, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, Adam Samberg, R.E.M., Chelsea Handler, Bristol Palin, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Danny Strong among others.
Capitol File, The Creative Coalition and Bing After Party Saturday, April30, 10pm-2am Ronald Reagan Building
Reuters After Party Saturday, April 30 All I know is that Samantha Ronson, Lindsay Lohan’s ex? former bff? co-conspirator?, will be spinning.
Reuters & The McLaughlin Group Brunch
Sunday, May 1, 10:30am-3pm Rooftop Terrace of the Hay-Adams Hotel
Allbritton Brunch
Sunday, May 1, 11am-2pm
An exclusive list of 250 guests will brunch under white tents and surrounded by lovely Spring flowers at the Georgetown home of Robert Allbritton, Publisher for Politico.The shindig will be catered by Wolfgang Puck’s The Source.
This year’s gusts includeKate Hudson, PaulRudd, Elizabeth Banks, Ashley Judd, Joan Rivers, Cal Ripken, Jr.andTory Burch, White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, British Ambassador NigelSheinwald, Joan Rivers, Homeland Security Secretary JanetNapolitano, Rep. KevinMcCarthy, White House chief of staff Bill Daley, Cal Ripken Jr., ABC’s Christiane Amanpour, White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard, Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell.
The Creative Coalition Salute to Blue Star Families
Thursday, April 28, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Reception: American Red Cross Great Hall of Service; dinner: Ritz Carlton Hotel; after-party: Lani Hay's private residence.
Lanmark Technology Inc. CEO Lani Hay and Elle magazine will host an intimate star-studded dinner for the Creative Coalition, a non-profit arts advocacy group of leaders in the entertainment community. The cocktail reception will feature the premiere of the Coalition's new PSA supporting America's military families.
Celebs expected to attend include Tim Daly, David Arquette, Jason Biggs, Marlon Wayans, Jack McBrayer, Cheryl Hines, Omar Epps, Alyssa Milano and Patricia Arquette.
Celebrity Edition of Politico’s Playbook BreakfastFeaturing Tim Daly, Rosario Dawson, and Mike Isabella
Friday, April 29, 8am, The W Hotel
Join these stars and more for a discussion about the issues that drive them and what they hope D.C. will do about it.The discussion will be led by Politico’s chief WH Correspondent Mike Allen and reporter Patrick Gavin.
The Creative Coalition, headed by actor Tim Daly (“Private Practice”), and WWE are launching a new anti-bullying alliance “be a STAR”(STAR stands for “show tolerance and respect”).The initiative, which brings together leaders in education and non-profits, seeks to promote a positive environment and will distribute an anti-bullying teacher’s aide to schools across the nation.
Guests include:
Jeremy Piven
Michelle Trachtenberg
Mekhi Phifer
Justin Bartha
Sally Quinn
The Honorable Bob Dole
Paul “Triple H” Levesque
Stephanie McMahon
Alexander Walters
David Arquette
Patricia Arquette
Jason Biggs
Tim Daly
Mark Salling
Amber Riley
Omar Epps
Cheryl Hines
Simon Helberg
Angus T. Jones
Jack McBrayer
Alyssa Milano
Shay Mitchell
Aaron Staton
Marlon Wayans
Ariel Winter
Emerging Voices in Media Reception Hosted by Rosario Dawson
Friday, April 29, 6:30-8:30pm
Hay-Adams Hotel
Actress Rosario Dawson, Maria Teresa Kumar from Voto Latino and Bruswick Group’s David Sutphen will entertain guests on the roof of the Hay-Adams Hotel at a reception for “Emerging Voices in Media.” The event will follow Voto Latino’s April 28th Emerging Voices in Media forum that is meant to bring together journalists, policymakers, leaders, and artists to share insights and discuss opportunities to break barriers in media. Founded in 2004 by actress Rosario Dawson and political analyst Maria Teresa Kumar, Voto Latino is the leading non-partisan Latino youth civic engagement organization.
TIME/People Magazine Party
Friday, April 29
St. Regis Hotel
Might be one of the most star-studded events so good luck getting anywhere near it.
The First Amendment Party
Hosted by Impact Arts Film Fund, National Journal, The Atlantic, and Funny or Die
Friday, April 29, 10pm-2am
Long View Gallery, 1234 9th Street NW
Chris Dodd, MPAA Reception
Dodd Residence, Friday, April 29th
Former Senator Chris Dodd, who is the new chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), will host a reception and dinner at his home the night before the WHCD.
Details from the invitation:
“Chris Dodd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association of America, Invites you to an evening honoring our member company White House correspondents [the five networks all have corporate connections to MPAA] -- With special guest Seth Meyers -- Featuring a menu of cocktails and hors d’oeurves created and presented by Top Chef All-Stars runner up, Mike Isabella -- Please join us to celebrate the power of moving images to tell our nation’s most important stories.”
2011 Garden Brunch
Saturday, April 30, Noon
Perhaps the most famous of WHCD events, which is normally held at the home of Tammy Haddad and Ted Greenberg.Because of increasing paparazzi in recent years, the location has been moved to the historic Georgetown home of the late Katherine Graham.
This year’s brunch will benefit CURE Epilepsy and the White Ribbon Alliance.
Nearly 3,000 of the most influential leaders in politics, media, and entertainment will gather and glam up in DC this week for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD).The WHCD dates back to 1920 and honors exceptional journalism and awards student scholarships.In recent years, the WHCD has evolved into a comedic roast of the media, the President, and the political establishment.Each year, the guest list becomes more and more star-studded as Hollywood rubs elbows with Washington’s elite.More than 100 paparazzi photogs will flood DC to cover the red carpet.
Seth Myers of Saturday Night Live will host this year’s WHCD on Saturday, April 30 at the Washington Hilton. Live CSPAN coverage on CSPAN at 6:45pm/EST. MSNBC will air the WHCD at 9:30pm/EST.
The WHCD, pre-parties, and after parties might be harder to get into without an invite than Vanity Fair’s famed Oscar after party.In any case, be on the lookout for who you might see walkin through Dupont, dining at Old Ebbit, or hitting up monuments in the next few days.
A classic WHCD moment: a parody of his last days in office by President Clinton:
WHCD Guests
Each media organization tries to one-up the others with their VIP guests for the big dinner on Saturday.Here’s some of who everyone snagged this year:
Politico
John Legend Texas Gov. Rick Perry Designer Tory Burch Congressman Anthony Weiner Secretary Hillary Clinton’s aide Huma Abedin Joan Rivers T. Boone Pickens Cal Ripkin Jr. UAE Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba Melissa Leo House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer Jeremy Piven FCC Chairman Julius Genachowki Democratic Governor’s Association Chairman Martin O’Malley (Gov. of Maryland) Former RNC Chairman Michael Steel Ambassador Nancy Brinker Susan G. Komen
USA Today
David Arquette Courtney Cox Eliza Dushku
Rick Fox
Could be trouble?
Mother Jones
Sean Penn
Bloomberg
Brooke Burke (“Dancing with the Stars”)
Shaun White (Snowborder)
CNN
Paula Abdul
Lady Antebellum
Mila Kunis
The New Yorker
David Remnick
Jon Hamm ("Mad Men")
Joel and Ethan Coen
Zach Galifianakis
Adam Gopnik
Jill Lepore
James Surowiecki
Ryan Lizza
Newsweek
Anna Paquin ("True Blood")
Stephen Moyer ("True Blood")
Colin Powell
Barry Diller (Founder of the FOX Broadcasting Company)
Jon Favreau (Obama’s speechwriter)
Jason Sudeikis (“Saturday Night Live”)
Michael Kors
Diane von Furstenberg
Congressman Aaron Schock
Tina Brown (Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek and The Daily Beast)
People Magazine
Bristol Palin
Steven Tyler
Mindy Kaling ("The Office")
Chris Colfer ("Glee")
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel
Fox News
Kate Hudson
The Washington Post
Donald Trump
NPR UN Ambassador Susan Rice Ambassador Ian Cameron Michael Stipe (lead singer R.E.M.) David Byrne (founding member, Talking Heads) Annie Clark (aka singer-songwriter St. Vincent) Scott Z. Burns (writer/director/producer of The Bourn Ultimatum, Inconvenient Turth Mike White (actor/writer/director School of Rock, Nacho Libre)
The Atlantic/NJ
David Axelrod (former WH advisor) Former Senator Christopher Dodd (currently Chair & CEO of the MPAA) Congressman John Dingell Congressman Mike Pence Congressman John Mica Actress Maria Bello (Prime Suspect) Actor Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) Actor Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) Producer Mike Farah (Funny or Die)
ABC News
Eric Stonestreet (“Modern Family”) Jesse Tyler Ferguson ("Modern Family")
Jane Lynch (“Glee”)
Paul Rudd White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard Senator Marco Rubio Attorney General Eric Holder Admiral Michael Mullen (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) Secretary Janet Napolitano
TIME
Senator Scott Brown Steve Buscemi Terence Winter (writer/executive producer of “The Sopranos”) Tom Hooper (Academy Award-winning director of “The King’s Speech) Designer Tara Subkoff Jay Roach (Director of “Game Change”) Danny Strong (Producer of “Game Change”)
Fortune
Evan Williams (Twitter co-founder) Actress Mira Sorvino
