
INSIDE THE BALLROOM: Most years, the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is a light-hearted affair, as speakers crack jokes and poke fun at themselves and each other. President Joe Biden called out the wrongful detention of Evan Gershkovich and recognized Austin Tice.

… JOHN HUDSON talking to CIA Director BILL BURNS. … JEFF NUSSBAUM chatting with New Hampshire Gov. … Secretary of State ANTONY BLINKEN talking to DASHA and YULIA NAVALNAYA. … JONATHAN KARL chatting with ANTHONY FAUCI. … DIANA ROSS performing at TheGrio after-party. … Stars and reporters at the Fox News table looking uncomfortable during jokes about TUCKER CARLSON and the Dominion settlement. JUSTIN PEARSON confronting a woman for pushing his fiancee.

… NRCC Chair RICHARD HUDSON (R-N.C.) becoming starry-eyed when meeting JUSTIN HARTLEY from his all-time favorite TV show, “This is Us.” … A climate activist obstructing RON KLAIN’s path into the Hilton. … Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER posing with JULIA FOX in full “Black Swan” makeup. … KELLYANNE CONWAY chatting with Maine Gov. (“I just got chills,” remarked one nearby partygoer.) … RNC Chair RONNA McDANIEL walking over to DNC Chair JAIME HARRISON, their first in-person meeting. SCENES FROM THE WHCD - BRITTNEY GRINER holding court with GAYLE KING.
