Dont miss it!! The 2014 White House Correspondents Dinner (also 100th anniversary celebration) airs tonight on CNN (5:pm Pacific Time) and MSNBC (6:pm Pacific Time). Check the scheduled air time in your area. This year, the White House Correspondents Association marks the 100th anniversary of its 1914 founding to advocate for reporters on that historic assignment. The group has grown and expanded its activities, in 1920 launching a spring dinner that now merits news coverage along with a yearly appearance by the sitting president. WASHINGTON - The White House Correspondents Association℠ is pleased to announce that Joel McHale, star of the NBC series Community, will be the entertainer at the associations Centennial dinner on Saturday, May 3, 2014. We’re thrilled that Joel will headline the dinner when we celebrate our centennial, said WHCA President Steven Thomma. Hes sharp, funny, and just the type of comic who can navigate the unique challenge of our dinner, making fun of Democrats, Republicans and especially the news media. Washington can use a little good-natured ribbing. McHale is a star of the NBC series Community, now in its 5th season. He also satirizes pop culture and current events as the host of E!’s The Soup. He’s appeared in movies as well, and recently finished work on the forthcoming thriller Deliver Us From Evil produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Founded in 1914 to represent the White House press corps, the association marks its centennial this year. It works to maintain independent news media coverage of the president, advocating for access, handling logistics for pools of reporters who stay close to the president and those who travel with him, and providing scholarships to journalism students. The annual dinner is traditionally attended by the President and First Lady as well as many other senior government officials and members of the press corps. Proceeds from the dinner go toward scholarships for aspiring journalists and awards recognizing excellence in the profession. whca.net/
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 19:53:37 +0000
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