White House Correspondents’ Parties Talk of the Town
By • April 29, 2024 0 479
Washington’s annual nerd prom — the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner and its attendant parties before and after — saw a bit of revival this weekend. Some of the usual players, some new ambassadors, the usual media companies and a few new entries (Meta’s AI applications) were on the scene.
The venues and restaurants were working overtime — the standards, Washington Hilton and Cafe Milano, and newbies, La Grande Boucherie and the Swiss residence tent.
Besides Joe and Jill Biden, the couple of the weekend about town were comedian Colin Jost and actress Scarlett Johansson. The New York couple dined at Cafe Milano on Friday. Jost’s jokes were good, but he seemed off his timing — and that big room of journalists did not help.
Here are some photos from the long weekend to get started. Please pass along your own, if you’d like, to editorial@georgetowner.com. Feel free to comment, too. Thanks.
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- Ashley Biden and Kate Bolduan at Fiola Mare’s seventh annual pre-event soiree. Photo by Jason Lowrie/BFA.
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- Mark Ein receives the 2024 Garden Brunch Award, presented by Kaitlan Collins and Gus Kenworthy on April 27. Photo by John Harrington.
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- Tammy Haddad recognizes Maryland police officers Corporal Jeremy Herbert, Officer Garry Kirts, Sergeant Paul Pastorek, and Officer Timothy Baublitz at the Garden Brunch on April 27. Photo by John Harrington.
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- Ashlyn Harris, Sen. Mark Warner and Sophia Bush attend a late-night soiree at the Swiss Ambassador’s Residence following the White House Correspondents Dinner hosted by Time and Amazon MGM Studios on April 27. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Kimball Stroud & Associates.
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- Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jay Sures and Doug Emhoff at Fiola Mare’s seventh annual pre-event soiree. Photo by Jason Lowrie/BFA.
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- Swiss Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud and Angelique Gakoko Pitteloud with Chris Pine at the Swiss Ambassador’s Residence following the White House Correspondents Dinner hosted by Time and Amazon MGM Studios on April 27. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Kimball Stroud & Associates.
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- Jon Hamm and Anna Osceola at the Swiss Ambassador’s Residence following the White House Correspondents Dinner hosted by Time and Amazon MGM Studios on April 27. Photo by Ben Droz.
