Celebs turn out for Obama at White House Correspondents Dinner

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Celebs turn out for Obama at White House Correspondents Dinner

Ludacris, Chris Tucker, Alicia Keys and Ashton Kutcher were among celebrities who attended White House Correspondents' Association dinner, where President Barack Obama was guest of honor.

Actor Ashton Kutcher, his wife, actress Demi Moore, and CNN host Wolf Blitzer arrive at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on May 9, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Kutcher, who recently had a well-publicized Twitter contest with CNN, reportedly Tweeted throughout the Saturday dinner.

'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria Parker with Atlanta's own rapper-actor Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges and his mother Roberta Shields.

Sosie Bacon, left, with her award-winning actress mother Kyra Sedgwick, star of TNT's 'The Closer,' and supermodel and TV talk-show host Tyra Banks.

Comic actress Wanda Sykes provides sharp-tongued humor at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

Getting a big laugh out of it all was President Barack Obama, leader of the Free World.

First lady Michelle Obama gestures that she can't hear as actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg calls out to her from the audience.

Singer Natasha Bedingfield.

Singer Stevie Wonder.

Actress Elizabeth Banks.

Movie mogul and 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas and his date, investment executive and financial adviser Mellody Hobson.

Fox News host Greta Van Susteren and Todd Palin, first gentleman of Alaska.

Singer-songwriter will.i.am.

Georgia's own former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Record executive Tommy Mottola and his wife, singer Thalia.

Singer Sting and wife Trudie Styler.

Comic actress Amy Poehler.

Actress Rachael Leigh Cook.

Director Steven Spielberg and wife Kate Capshaw.

Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers and fashion designer Donatella Versace.

Actress Wanda Sykes speaks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner with President Barack Obama, far left, as the guest of honor. Jennifer Loven, the White House correspondent for The Associated Press, is at center.

Atlanta's own actor-comedian Chris Tucker, with actress Connie Britton and Jason Binn, CEO of Niche Media/Capitol File Magazine, at the White House Correspondents' dinner after party hosted by Capitol File at Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Actors Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges and Kerry Washington attend the People and Time cocktail party on eve of White House Correspondents Dinner.

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Actor Ashton Kutcher, his wife, actress Demi Moore, and CNN host Wolf Blitzer arrive at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on May 9, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Kutcher, who recently had a well-publicized Twitter contest with CNN, reportedly Tweeted throughout the Saturday dinner.

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