More amazing are all the people who sill celebrate WHCD even though they can't actually get in. "Everybody wanted selfies with him, pictures with him. "He was the biggest star in the room," Huffington said of her guest. We are here to make everyone that's having a good time listen, and to remember that while we sit here and we dine and we joke, people and children are dying everyday."ĭJ Khaled and Arianna Huffington chatting with fans (L) and leaving the 102nd White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (R) on Saturday.Įven though they weren't stars at the official dinner, Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post, parading hip-hop producer DJ Khaled through the throngs, arm-in-arm, while a servant of some sort held an umbrella over her head, could have been the night's best celebrity coupling. "The United States' policy remains silent about the deaths of many, many civilians. "We're here today because in the past 48 hours more than two hospitals were bombed directly by aerial attacks," Mouaz Moustafa said, as police officers and yellow caution tape kept him away from the celebration. At the same time, just outside the Hilton, a few dozen protesters gathered to raise awareness of the plight of civilians in Syria, as that country's civil war continues. "The way that politics gets covered is like how Hollywood gets covered."īut it wasn't all fun and games. "Because politics and Hollywood are almost the same thing now," she told NPR. local who came to the lobby of the Hilton last night to people watch, it all made sense. Rand Paul and his wife (right) at a pre-party on Saturday.įor Katie Caperones, a D.C.
Party-goers leave empty glasses (left) toward the end of a pre-party and Sen. And I think people like coming and either looking at people or being looked at." "I used to come 25, 30 years ago, and it was much smaller," Albright told NPR. The day-after "hangover brunches" on Sunday.Īt the official ABC pre-party in the basement of the Washington Hilton Saturday evening, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright acknowledged that the correspondent's dinner and all the hoopla that now surrounds it have grown over the years. The after parties Saturday night all around the city. The watch parties for those who can't get in.
Besides the dinner itself, the most high-profile annual social event in Washington, D.C., there are days of "nerd prom" events planned throughout the District - before and after the main event.Īll the ramp-up parties hosted the week of, by the likes of Tinder and Google. The White House Correspondent's Dinner-industrial complex has grown exponentially over time.
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