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Celebrities Thankful to Vanity Fair WHCD Party for Giving Them Another Chance to Praise Obama
New York Magazine ^ | April 27, 2015 | Jen Chaney

Posted on 04/27/2015 1:51:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The Vanity Fair–Bloomberg cocktail reception that follows the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, held at the franco-swank residence of the French ambassador, is the kind of party where Katie Couric can kick off her shoes and spend much of the party in bare feet.

It’s the kind of party where Charlie Rose and Ashley Judd stand by one of several bars and engage in a lot of intense close-talking.

It’s the kind of party where one waits in line to use the loo, just as one has done at every normal, far less glitzy house party since the 1990s. But then the door to the ladies’ room opens and Andrea Mitchell comes out.

And, since the event that gives this candle-lit-bathed soiree its raison d’être is the Correspondents’ Dinner, it’s also the kind of party where there is much discussion about how President Obama’s barbed speech was received.

The general consensus, as per usual: Barack crushed it.

“The president killed it. The president kills it, always,” says Bradley Cooper. Of course, the biggest movie star at this year’s WHCD couldn’t help but appreciate the Obama comedy since he was referenced in Michael-Keegan Key’s “Luther anger translator” routine. (“If you haven’t noticed, California is bone-dry … y’all think Bradley Cooper came here because he wants to talk to Chuck Todd? He needed a glass of water!”)

Ava DuVernay, director of Selma and a WHCD first-timer who wasn’t name-dropped in the speech, expresses the same sentiment, in the same language: “He killed it.”

“I was just talking to one of his speechwriters, David Litt, who helps come up with that speech,” says Billy on the Street host Billy Eichner. “Every year, I just bow down to David Litt. (a) it’s written so well. And (b), the president delivers it so well. He’s as good as any late-night talk-show host and it makes it very hard for the comedian to follow him.”

Larry Wilmore echoes that sentiment, calling the speech “a mic drop” but wonders whether bringing out Key may have upstaged Cecily Strong, the night’s actual entertainer, whom Wilmore also praises. “You can’t bring another brother up there with you, man,” he jokes.

Still, when asked whether he’d like to handle emceeing duties next year, at the final Obama-era Correspondents’ Dinner, Wilmore seems unconcerned about possibly being upstaged himself; he says yes, without hesitation.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: andreamitchell; ashleyjudd; avaduvernay; billyeichner; bradleycooper; california; cecilystrong; charlierose; chucktodd; davidlitt; demagogicparty; jenchaney; katiecouric; larrywilmore; memebuilding; michaelkeegankey; newyorkmagazine; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; vanityfair

1 posted on 04/27/2015 1:51:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 04/27/2015 1:56:08 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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3 posted on 04/27/2015 1:57:43 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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“It’s the kind of party where one waits in line to use the loo, just as one has done at every normal, far less glitzy house party since the 1990s. But then the door to the ladies’ room opens and Andrea Mitchell comes out.”

Bet it was Reggie who supplied them with the blow.


4 posted on 04/27/2015 1:59:18 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (two if by van, one if by broom)
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To: nickcarraway

Obama’s “humor” is always to make other the butt of his “joke”. Look at every other president, they put themselves down a few notches.

Obama uses the chance to show contempt. He’s an asshole, plain and simple.


5 posted on 04/27/2015 2:00:07 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: nickcarraway
Interesting who CNN's Wolf Blitzer took to the affair:


6 posted on 04/27/2015 2:00:31 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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meanwhile, 40 miles away, Baltimore is burning...


7 posted on 04/27/2015 2:00:41 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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“It’s the kind of party where one waits in line to use the loo, just as one has done at every normal, far less glitzy house party since the 1990s. But then the door to the ladies’ room opens and Andrea Mitchell comes out”

Oh man,,, that’s the stuff of dreams. And if you hurry and go touch the seat, you can even feel the heat from her butt still there.

(who the hell ARE these people anyway? The ones who wrote this,,,)


8 posted on 04/27/2015 2:02:51 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: God luvs America

that’s ok. It feeds into Cruz’ election. Just like when carter the cancer was president.
and Hollywood will sulk but stay rich, and black suckers will miss out on another eight years of booming prosperity like they always do


9 posted on 04/27/2015 2:03:29 PM PDT by dp0622 (Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
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To: nickcarraway

Obama uses his high office to mock people. All other presidents use humor to bring themselves down a notch or two.


10 posted on 04/27/2015 2:04:58 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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CNN = Communist News Network

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CNN founder Ted Turner with then wife, "Hanoi Jane" Fonda

11 posted on 04/27/2015 2:05:39 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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Nero partied while rome burned. History repeats itself


12 posted on 04/27/2015 2:08:41 PM PDT by RginTN
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Good move Wolf, finding two broads dumber than you. Ask Alex Trebec for a rematch on Jeopardy with these two. Odds pretty good you might end up on the plus side.

13 posted on 04/27/2015 2:09:21 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools wnho cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: DesertRhino

Well put.


14 posted on 04/27/2015 2:24:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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They’re all laughing as though convinced that Republicans and conservatives are the only ones Obama has been lying to from the beginning.


15 posted on 04/27/2015 2:27:22 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God!)
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A recent book, "This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral" [2013], showed eloquently how the Washington 'Establishment' rotates around power and glamor with little regard for the voting public or ethics. Events like the WHCD is what many live for, shallow sophistication and easy laughs.
16 posted on 04/27/2015 2:27:24 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: DesertRhino

Everyone Mentioned in this article is a stated enemy of my country and my culture.


17 posted on 04/27/2015 4:03:58 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (CW2 has already started, it's just that currently only 1 side is fighting it. Wake up, patriots.)
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To: ETL

Re the Photo #3 of the “people” at the affair. Looks like a scene from “The Ship of Fools”, aka, the Titanic. If only...


18 posted on 04/27/2015 4:18:00 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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To: DesertRhino

LOL!


19 posted on 04/27/2015 7:24:48 PM PDT by LYDIAONTARIO
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