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Garden Brunch Tweet for Moms in 2009

jdonofrio — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:52:19 +0000

2009 White House Correspondents Garden Brunch headliners Susan Axelrod (CURE Epilepsy) and Ann Curry (NBC News) led guests in a group tweet for mothers. This year’s brunch will be given in honor of Mothers Day Every Day and CURE Epilepsy.

WHCI Garden Brunch 2009: Mothers Day Every Day from whcinsider on Vimeo.

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Wanda Sykes still talking about WHCD performance

gtruong — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:49:44 +0000

Wanda Sykes was back in town recently and performed at the Warner Theater.

She joked that she “got into a little trouble” after her WHCA performance in May, but said she was actually “holding back” at the time. “Tonight, I’m not holding back.”

WHCD still a Hot Topic on The Tonight Show

gtruong — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:32:22 +0000

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was estatic for her friend and colleague Wanda Sykes to perform at the WHCD, but was even more excited about her photo op with Michelle Obama.

Brad Hall, Julia Louis Dreyfus and Ali Wentworth

Who Was at the Bloomberg Vanity Fair party? See yourself in this White House Correspondents Weekend video and digital highlight reel

gtruong — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:02:55 +0000

Its only been 7 days since boldfaced names joined washington’s finest to enjoy a rare weekend together at the WHCD. The President rocked the room and Wanda Sykes rocked Rush Limbaugh and the political world has been debating both. While most WHCInsiders are now focused on the extraordinary war between Speaker Pelosi and the CIA, and the coverage of this war, we thought you would enjoy a digital journey back to what feels like a lifetime ago.

WHC Weekend Party Video from whcinsider on Vimeo.

Missed the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair Party? Click Here to See All the Action

thaddad — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:19:19 +0000

If you weren’t one of the lucky 250 to attend the Bloomberg/Vanity Fair After Party the courteous folks at Bloomberg have brought back their After Party Web site so you see inside the party…. CLICK on http://www.bloomberg.com/afterparty/

RNC Chair Gives Obama Speech a Thumbs Up

BTriplett — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:29:38 +0000

Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, told WHCInsider that he thought Obama’s speech was great. Steele said he thought the ribbing was “fine and fair.”

And Wanda’s?

“Wanda is Wanda, she comes real and you got to be prepared. But there will be news made later this week, I guarantee you,” said Steele.

Watch Wanda’s routine below.

Arrival Photos for 2009 WHCD

David Adler — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:24:53 +0000

Stevie Wonder on the Red Carpet

BTriplett — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:52:02 +0000

Red carpet pandemonium — packed on both sides of the velvet ropes — photographers and reporters on one side, faced fans and star gazers on the other. Glenn Close,”It’s completely crazy!” Screams and shouts for arriving VIPs: aplusk (Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher), Alicia Keys, Ludacris, Bon Jovi, and Stevie Wonder.

Stevie Wonder

Ludacris Looking Forward to His 2nd WHCD, Hopes Wanda Doesn’t “Hold Back”

BTriplett — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:06:39 +0000

Ludacris at the Pre-WHCD Garden Brunch

Rapper and actor Ludacris says he’s looking forward to the big correspondents’ dinner tonight, and, noting that he’s been a longtime fan of Wanda Sykes (tonight’s entertainer), adds that she shouldn’t “hold back… there’s too much seriousness in this town.”

Ludarcis attended the 2006 WHCD, when Stephen Colbert was the evening’s entertainment, and said he’s taking his mom tonight,”kind of an early Mother’s Day present.”

Craig Crawford On Keith Olbermann about WHCD

David Adler — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:43:39 +0000

Craig Crawford of Congressional Quarterly talks with MSNBC host Keith Olbermann about what kind of speech we might hear from President Obama at tonight’s WHCD, Hollywood’s “return” to the dinner, and suspects “there could be some controversy” about the edgy Wanda Sykes’s performance.

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