Mesdames et Messieurs les bienvenus!
Willkommen meine Damen und Herren!
Welcome one and all to the Unofficial LIVE Blog of the 2009 White House Correspondence Dinner!
The host is the acerbically funny Wanda Sykes, with President Obama as guest of honor.
My tweets tell me it's a MAD house.
You can see the show LIVE on MSNBC.
I'll dazzle you with neat-o updates throughout the evening.
So lets start with some Eye Candy.
► And with his MILLION $$ simile, our President enters to ♫ Hail to the Chief ♫
► Hubba Hubba!
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► that incredible Cougar, Demi Moore, with her husband, whatz-his-name.
► From an earlier event -- I mean, who doesn't love G.I. Jane.
► Kathleen Sebelius
► The ravishing Alica Keyes with her mom.
► Brian Williams adjusts his zipper.
► On the right, George Lucas with his date.
► Very handsome Jason Bateman
► Ludacris and his moms
► Rev. Al, Tyra Banks, and Chris Tucker.
► Earlier today, Taahd Palin gets some extra batting practice(wink, wink) with a Fixxed News spokesmodel. I just giggle when Palin says Taahd, instead of Todd.
► Al Hunt and Tweety
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► Mosaic - 8 Pix in All
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UPDATE #1 9:15 PM
► Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Brian Williams
► Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama, who earlier this morning, met the President in the Oval Office.
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► Mosaic #2 - 5 Pix in All
UPDATE #2 9:40 PM
► Everyone's favorite - Natalie Portman enters alone (that ain't right). She spent the evening joking with Attorney General Holder.
► Dana Delaney and Matthew Modine
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UPDATE #3 9:51 PM
► Mosaic #3 - 7 Pix in All
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UPDATE #4 10:00 PM
► Barack takes the stage, makes fun of Fixxed News attendence.
► Barack says "My Wife has some beautiful GUNS!" YESS!
► Makes fun of the teleprompter use and says his kids are the ones who took Air Force One for the recent joyride over NYC.
► Says for Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, every day is "Muthers" day.
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UPDATE #5 10:05 PM
► Beats on Steele for using Hip Hop language to con voters.
► Busts on Cheney, says DICK couldn't attend, cuz he's writing a book, "how to shoot friends and interrogate people"
► Says he won't bailout the GOP.
► Says Car and Driver just named him "Auto Executive of the Year"
► Busts on Larry Summers for being sexist.
► He's Kill'n!!!!!!
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UPDATE #6 10:15 PM
► Makes a flu funny, saying Hillary gave him a big kiss after she returned from Mexico and told him to get his butt down to Mexico.
► Says Hillary told Specter, "if ya can't beat 'em, join em," which got big laughs.
► Makes fun of John Boehner's fake orange tan, saying "he's a person of color, although not a color that appears in the natural world (busting out in laughter), whatz up, John". LOL!!
► Makes fun of himself, saying he'll complete the next 100 days in 7 days (Messiah humor)!
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UPDATE #7 10:25 PM
► Ana Marie Cox reports from the event: Obama received a Standing O after his comedy routine - first time EVAH for a President.
► Old Fart commentators on MSNBC (Buchanan and Sherry Bebitch) are whinny suck asses. They keep whinning about the mythical liberal media bias against Republicans. Seriously, you guys suck. Losers.
► Wanda Sykes on stage.
► Says she's tired of seeing Barack's bare chest, says Lincoln never walked around bare chested.
► Makes fun of Barack's confidence level.
► Busts on Palin pulling out of the events, says, "pulling out at the last moment is NOT abstinence".
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UPDATE #8 10:35 PM
► Sykes continues.
► She calls Limbaugh a terrorist!
► Says she hopes Limbaugh's kidney's fail (reference to Limbaugh sayin he hopes Obama fails).
► Dumps on Cheney for defending torture, says that's like a bank robber trying to excuse the stick-up by saying, "but I paid off alotta bills with that money."
► She finishes - she was FABULOUS!!!
► Now piece of crap Buchanan is whinning that she was mean to Palin and Drug Rush. Boy, they can dish it out, but they can't take anything.
► From Ana Marie Cox and her crappy I-Phone:
► Tom Cruise is there and he's dying to meet OBama.
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UPDATE #9 10:48 PM
► And heeeeeeer's Keith!
► CSPAN will replay the jokes at 11:00 PM Eastern/8:00 PM Pacific.
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UPDATE #10 11:00 PM