Journalists, politicians and celebrities attended the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday in Washington. It was a chance for U.S. President Barack Obama to poke fun one last time at friends and enemies in the media and on Capitol Hill. In a reference to Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, Obama said, "Next year at this time someone else will be standing here in this very spot, and it's anyone's guess who she will be."
The notoriously "thin-skinned" Donald Trump did not attend the dinner.
Trump was in attendance last year, but was reportedly not amused by the jokes the president directed at him. Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde and Bernie Sanders – the other Democratic presidential hopeful – were among those at the black-tie affair.
Among the film and television performers at the event were Oscar winners Helen Mirren and Jared Leto, Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston, and actors Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum.
Comedian and television host Larry Wilmore also delivered funny and controversial remarks.
Source: VOA.
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