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Heidi Tells Dave About Her Big Trip to the White House

CitizenSugar — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:50:27 -0700

For those of you in that Venn diagram of loving The Hills, David Letterman, and politics - hey, it could happen - Miss Heidi was on The Late Show last night telling Dave all about her trip to the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Did Heidi just predict the winner of the election? She met Meghan McCain, who was "so sweet," and they planned a White House BBQ for "when that all happens." Hmm! Maybe Heidi knows something we don't!

White House Correspondents Dinner

CitizenSugar — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:30:13 -0700

Saturday night was the big White House Correspondents Dinner! The night was complete with a red carpet, the comic stylings of host Craig Ferguson, Gen. Colin Powell as the surprise ladies' man, and probably the world's only known photo of Karl Rove with Will.i.am. In case the mailman lost your invitation like he lost mine, here's the whole night in pics. (LC and Heidi were both there! Gasp!)

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Here Comes the White House Correspondents Dinner!

CitizenSugar — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:50:26 -0700

Oh, man this has to be the hottest ticket in town. The special dinner where the press gets to roast the president? Especially one whose approval rating hit 28 percent today and it's his last year in office!? I'm dying, dying to go.

The whole tradition of the dinner started in 1924, when Calvin Coolidge became the first of 14 presidents to attend. Up until World War II, the dinner was an entertainment spectacle with singing between courses, a homemade movie (aw! how cute is that?!), and an hour-long, post dinner show with big-name performers.

This year is no exception. I suppose? Though the list this year doesn't feature Sinatra, (or Paula Jones and Matt Drudge like in this pic from 1998). Ben Affleck, Pamela Anderson, Eric Dane, Tim Daly, Hayden Panettiere, and Marcia Cross will all be there - and kind of inexplicably - Lauren Conrad from The Hills. Maybe LC and GWB are BFFs? Could happen.

The host this year is Scottish-born, now US citizen Craig Ferguson, who said of receiving the honor,

But I thought as soon as I become an American you know what is going to happen, I am going to get jury duty or the CIA. will get in touch and have me assassinate a foreign head of state. Anyway my first job as an American citizen I can exclusively reveal tonight is performing at the White House Correspondents Dinner weekend. I am doing it. I am doing it. I know! Anyway, I am not hosting it. President Bush is . . . I am thinking does he know I can't be kicked out now? Like it would be the
big thing have the dinner and my last act at president, you go home Ferguson. I am like I am home.

The shindig happens April 26. Will this year top Stephen Colbert's turn in 2006? To take a quick peek at the host heard round the world, read more.

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Wanda Sykes to Host Press Correspondents' Dinner - Awesome?

LibertySugar — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:30:56 -0800

Over the next few months comedian Wanda Sykes better figure out a way to make President Obama funny. Wanda revealed yesterday that she will host the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner on May 9. No word yet if Heidi and Spencer will get an invite this year.

Wanda is a DC native, and dove into politics last year by announcing at a pro-gay marriage rally that she is in fact a lesbian.

She joked yesterday: "The first thing I did when they asked me to do this gig - I made sure my taxes were paid." Judging from that remark, Wanda won't have much trouble making us laugh this Spring.

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