Sorry Lindsey Lohan and Kim Kardashian. According to recent polling, you are both less popular than Congress.
The White House responded to Rush Limbaugh’s “Barack Hussein Kardashian” criticism with two little words: Donald Trump. (Rush Limbaugh’s ‘Barack Kardashian’ mockery dismissed by White House | The Ticket - Yahoo! News)
Every year I find myself wondering why Hollywood celebrities would want to fly East to sit in a cavernous hotel ballroom in a town famous for its lack of style. But then I find myself in conversations with random celebrities, many of whom are clearly extremely interested in specific issues and in the overall political landscape.
The most surprising conversation I had at a dinner was a few years back when I was introduced to Kim Kardashian and she became intrigued by last name’s Armenian heritage. She began to educate me about the Armenian genocide well beyond anything I had ever known prior to meeting the Hollywood starlet. It was a good thing she steered the conversation and informed me all about this issue near and dear to her because I had never seen her reality TV show and didn’t know what we would talk about. Who woulda thunk?
—David Chalian, DC Bureau Chief, Yahoo News
We’ve asked our bureau about their favorite memories of White House Correspondents’ Dinners past …
