Not that we’re excited or anything, but the countdown to the annual celebrity deathmatch that is the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has begun. The main event happens April 27, which means in less than two weeks you won’t be able to walk through Georgetown or casually sip a coffee at Starbucks without tripping over the likes of Dakota Fanning (she’s teeny and easy to miss), Charlize Theron (she’s not), or Eliot Spitzer (the only person I wasn’t too scared to ask for a photo in 2012).
We’ll have lots more coverage over the next couple of weeks, but for now, here’s a
list of the confirmed guests attending the dinner, and whom they’re going with. We’ll
update as we learn more.
NPR
George Lucas and his fiancée, Mellody Hobson
Actress Sophia Bush and Invisible Children’s Jedidiah Jenkins
Comedian Tracy Morgan and his fiancée, Megan Wollover
Author Khaled Hosseini and his wife
Musicians Ben Ruttner and James Patterson of the Knocks
Actress Jessica Alba and her husband, Cash Warren
ABC
Actress Connie Britton
Actress Hayden Panettiere
Actress Kerry Washington
Actress Sofia Vergara
Actor Eric Stonestreet
Daily Beast/Newsweek
General Lawrence D. Nicholson
Actress Nicole Kidman
Actress Olivia Munn
Producer Harvey Weinstein
Former White House speechwriter Jon Favreau
Former congresswoman Jane Harman
Senator Claire McCaskill
Huffington Post
Musician Jon Bon Jovi
Basketball player Shaquille O’Neal
Actress Scarlett Johansson
New Jersey governor Chris Christie
Transportation secretary Ray LaHood
Bloomberg
Actor and director Kevin Spacey
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos
NBC
Actor Matthew Perry
CNN
Actress Elizabeth Banks
USA Today
Actress Ashley Judd
Actress Courteney Cox
Actress Kristin Chenoweth
Actress Kate Walsh
Actor Josh Gadd
Thomson Reuters
Canadian Central Bank governor Mark Carney
SEC head Mary Jo White
Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat
Actor Jeremy Renner
Actor Fred Armisen
New York Giants player Victor Cruz
Actor Dan Stevens
Canadian foreign minister John Baird
Actress Kathleen Turner
Actress Madeleine Stowe
Journalist Mariane Pearl
Actor Steve Zahn
Artist Jamie Wyeth
Newtown, Connecticut first selectwoman Pat Llodra
Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat