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Donald Trump decided on a mentalist, not a comedian, for entertainment at WHCD 2026. So Kimmel delivers the brutal roast on his own stage

Donald Trump is set to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026, but the event won’t include its usual centerpiece – a comedian roasting the president. Instead, the White House Correspondents’ Association picked mentalist Oz Pearlman as the headliner. Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t having it. On his show,…

The Mary Sue · Apr 29

Trump says he'll end White House Correspondents' Dinner boycott and attend this year

Trump never attended the event as president.

Axios · Mar 3

Literary world gathers for PEN America dinner-gala hosted by Amber Ruffin

Hundreds of writers, editors and publishers are to gather Thursday night for PEN America’s annual gala, hosted by Amber Ruffin and featuring a tribute to actor-publisher Sarah Jessica Parker

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

‘Everyone’s scared’: little appetite for mirth before White House correspondents’ dinner

Annual event likely to prove gloomy affair amid Trump attacks on press and rise of Maga media ecosystem

The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2025

Whoopi Goldberg lambasts Trump tariffs on The View: ‘Not what the American people want’

‘The View’ co-host expressed her bafflement about Trump’s international trade war

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025

In Pictures: The week in Culture

If a picture paints a thousand words... Here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (31 March-4 April 2025).

Euronews · Apr 5, 2025

The WHCA sure did teach Amber Ruffin

“I thought when people take away your rights, you're supposed to call it out," Ruffin said on Monday. "I was wrong"

Salon · Apr 2, 2025

Comedian dropped by White House correspondents hits back: ‘I would have been so terrifically mean’

Amber Ruffin skewers journalists who canceled her skit, mocking their subservience to Trump

The Guardian - US · Apr 1, 2025

The View invites Amber Ruffin to do her act on their show after she’s axed from White House dinner

‘She should come and do it here,’ co-host Ana Navarro declared while Whoopi Godberg said ‘you’ve been invited’

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

Comic Amber Ruffin cut from White House correspondents' event after angering Trump team

Comic Amber Ruffin is off the bill at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025