Return Of The White House Correspondents Dinner: Funny Or Die And People Plan Night Before Fete In Latest Sign Of D.C. Social Season Comeback

Will Smith‘s Oscars slap while presenting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.During the Academy Awards back in March, Smith walked onto the stage and struck Chris Rock following a joke about the appearance of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.After returning to his seat, Smith proceeded to yell at Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out your fucking mouth”. Various comedians and presenters have since made jokes and commented about the slap, and now Noah has followed suit.At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday (April 30), The Daily Show host said to the audience: “It is risky making jokes these days. I mean, we all saw what happened at the Oscars.“I’ve actually been a little worried about tonight.

President Joe Biden and comedian Trevor Noah wrapped up their routines at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with appeals for the work of journalists and freedom of the press.

‘I’m a British talk show host who lives in Los Angeles. So, who better than I to come down here to the White House and see if I can get a job’ — Watch ‘The Late Late Show’ host James Corden’s full sketch at the start of the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner pic.twitter.com/ahpLsYvPqI

Sasha Urban editorThree years and one administration later, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is back in Washington, D.C., for the first time since 2019. This year’s event, headlined by “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, will take place on Saturday at 8 p.m.

TheWrap: You were very impressive during the Trump administration for how you handled things in the briefing room — you were calm, you were professional when condescended to on more than one occasion. How do you reel yourself in in times like those? I have to assume all sorts of things were going through your head.April Ryan: Let me say this: One, it was bigger than me. And I was in shock, literally.

Joe Biden is moving forward with plans to attend at least a portion of Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, returning to the tradition of presidential schtick for the 100-year-plus-old event.

party like it's 2019, before the coronavirus, when the biggest risk at the annual White House press corps gala was more likely to be jokes that ruffled too many political feathers.After the pandemic nixed the event in 2020 and 2021, the White House Correspondents' Association dinner returns Saturday night, with Joe Biden as the first sitting president to attend in six years after Donald Trump shunned it while in office.Comedy is also back, with “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah as headliner. Celebrities are, too: Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson are expected to turn up, and the Funny or Die comedy studio is co-sponsoring an after-party.

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, will serve as the entertainer at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

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Trevor Noah, an opening skit by James Corden, and a greater number of cameras than usual to capture more of the star-studded audience.Most notably, President Joe Biden is expected to attend the hourlong April 30 dinner, resuming a tradition that Donald Trump suspended while in office. Network news divisions have also invited celebrities such as Kim Kardashian to the event, dubbed the Nerd Prom for the social swirl surrounding it, with a Paramount after-party and dueling Sunday brunches hosted by Politico and CNN among the tie-in gatherings.

HBO’s The Survivor will be shown at the White House on Thursday, marking President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden’s first official screening since taking office.

BBC House of Games has come under fire from fans - with viewers slamming an "unfair" celebrity guest. Fans of the show, which is hosted by Richard Osman, have called out a BIG advantage the celeb has.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRumors were swirling last week in Washington, D.C. that James Corden was shooting something for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner when he was spotted with camera crews at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.Now I can exclusively reveal that the talk show host shot a “Take a Break” segment, inspired by his “The Late Late Show” series of the same name, that will open the annual so-called “nerd prom.”“They shot in the Briefing Room, the Oval Office and the Navy Mess,” veteran awards show producer Bob Bain, who makes his debut producing the dinner this year, tells me.

Holly Willoughby was left giggling at her own mistake as she returned to This Morning yesterday.

Jeremy Kyle made his return to TV screens on Monday night (April 25) - three years after his ITV show was axed. Conflict resolution programme The Jeremy Kyle Show was suddenly dropped by the broadcaster in May 2019.