White House Correspondents Dinner welcomes back Hasan Minhaj for 2020 keynote, plus Kenan Thompson as host

After a one-year overcorrection, the White House Correspondents Dinner is welcoming back comedians to speak to the assembled press and their political and celebrity guests in 2020. Hasan Minhaj, who previously delivered the keynote at the 2017 WHCD, wi…

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Samantha Bee returning to DC for second annual “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner”

The actual White House Correspondents’ Dinner may not feature any comedians in 2019. Which makes Samantha Bee’s Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner even more special its second time around. “I vowed never to host a NWHCD ever a…

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Samantha Bee on Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the WHCD: “Feminism Doesn’t Mean You Can Never Make Jokes About Another Woman Ever”

Here’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee breaks down the bizarre way women journalists rushed to Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s defense in the wake of Michelle Wolf’s very accurate jokes about her being a liar at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “Feminism doesn’t mean you can never make jokes about another woman […]

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Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah Defend Michelle Wolf: “She Is Filthy and She Is Mean, Which Is What We Love About Her”

This year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner host Michelle Wolf has been the target of much outrage and debate since she gave a perfectly scathing performance over the weekend, and one of the many comedians coming to her defense is her former boss and WHCD host Seth Meyers. “She is filthy and she is mean, which […]

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Michelle Wolf will deliver the keynote at the 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner

What a year for Michelle Wolf! After releasing her first stand-up special over the winter on HBO, Wolf has earned her own talk show series on Netflix, and today, she’s announced as the 2018 keynote speaker for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner. This is true news. https://t.co/CCQkciq5bl — Michelle Wolf (@michelleisawolf) February 22, 2018 […]

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Michelle Wolf Will Host This Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Michelle Wolf is having a very busy 2018 – in addition to landing a weekly late night series at Netflix, she also just landed the toughest annual political comedy gig there is: the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. White House Correspondents’ Association president Margaret Talev announced today that Wolf has officially signed on as the featured […]

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Larry Wilmore tells Viceland’s Desus and Mero what it’s like to be black on TV in 2017

Former host of Comedy Central’s Nightly Show, and currently host of podcast Black on the Air, Larry Wilmore visited Viceland talk show… MORE

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Watch all of Sam Bee’s “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner” with guests Will Ferrell, Peaches and more

This past weekend, as comedian Hasan Minhaj was hosting the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington D.C., Sam Bee… MORE

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Here’s everything that happened at the official White House Correspondents’ Dinner, with host Hasan Minhaj

Hosting the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner was one of 2017’s most high-profile gigs: typically a good-natured night of mingling… MORE

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Hasan Minhaj Roasts the Press at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Over the weekend, Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj took on the toughest gig in comedy by hosting this year’s Trump-free White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and like his performance at last year’s Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Minhaj did an excellent job roasting the press while also getting some jabs in about the Trump administration. […]

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