May 1, 2010: The White House hosts the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, an annual fundraiser for the White House Press Corps. Politicians, journalists and celebrities rubbed elbows at the event, which was keynoted by President Obama and comedian Jay Leno.
Leno, Michelle Obama, and the President sit at the main table at the event, held at the Washington Hilton in D.C.
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RNC Chairman Michael Steele and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg chat it up.
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell enters the building. Actress Julianna Margulies, star of the TV show The Good Wife, is right behind him.
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Nick and Kevin Jonas, of the teen pop sensations the Jonas Brothers.
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Actress Leslie Mann with husband director Judd Apatow.
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White House Economic Adviser Austan Goolsbee and former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn.
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Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball.
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Actor Bradley Cooper, star of the movie The Hangover.
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Former Chair of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, and his wife, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell.
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CNN host Larry King pops his collar.
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Reverend Al Sharpton.
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Maine Senator Susan Collins (R).
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) meets Law & Order: SVU actress Mariska Hargitay.
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Adrian Fenty, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
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Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) with his wife and daughters. From left, wife Gail, daugther Arianna, daughter Ayla.
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Kim Kardashian.
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Daily Show political correspondent Aasif Mandvi.
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Actor Ewan McGregor.
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Jay Leno, Michelle Obama, Matt Winkler of Bloomberg News, and Barack Obama.
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President Obama eats a strawberry, presumably to prove wrong Jay Leno, who joked about the President’s eating habits by showing a reel of him eating junk-food.
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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was a bartender at the MSNBC after-party.
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