WHITE HOUSE

PICTURES: 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Photo by Martin H. Simon-Pool/Getty Images

Actress Rosario Dawson chats with CNN's Mark Whittaker.

Updated: May 2, 2011 | 10:51 a.m.
May 1, 2011 | 12:19 p.m.

It's sometimes called the "Nerd Prom," but the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner has a few of the so-called cool kids, too. Take a look through some of the images from the 2011 installment of the dinner, which serves as Washington's answer to the Academy Awards.

 

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