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White House Dinner Overrun with Hollyweird and other Superstars
2013-04-28
Washington, New York and Hollywood held their annual schmoozefest Saturday night, and the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (#nerdprom on Twitter) showed new evidence of being completely overrun by red-carpet-posing actors, singers, sports superstars, models and other outsiders who couldn't possibly name the ranking Democrat of the House Ways and Means Committee, much less its chairman.

Actor Michael Douglas, who has played a U.S. president and spent time with presidents, paused graciously during a chat with former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright to answer a tough question: What's the difference between the real presidency and the Hollywood conception of the presidency? He mulled that for a second, then said, "We know how the script ends."
And that Aaron Sorkin writes it...
Posted by:Bobby

#3  Good thing they had the money with the sequester and all.
Posted by: Rjschwarz   2013-04-28 19:38  

#2  If you can find it, check out the five-minute clip that Netflix did for this with Kevin Spacey as his "House Of Cards" character - it's at least intentionally funny, and very much so.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2013-04-28 09:07  

#1  Washington is just Hollyweird for the ugly.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-04-28 08:25  

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