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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Apr 25, 2015 10:24 PM UTC  Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita Jonathan Ernst—Reuters by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Apr 25, 2015 10:24 PM UTC  Laverne Cox Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  Jane Fonda Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  Chrissy Teigen Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  Actor Michael Kelly and wife, Karyn. 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Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Actress Jane Seymour Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Author and Editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  Actress and singer Naya Rivera Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  Actress Tracee Ellis Ross Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Actress Alfre Woodard Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Actor Anthony Anderson Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Meagan Camper and musician Pete Wentz Michael Loccisano—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3835680/white-house-correspondents-dinner-celebrities/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3835680/white-house-correspondents-dinner-celebrities/"},"headline":"See the Celebrities at the White House Correspondents' Dinner","datePublished":"2015-04-25T22:24:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:23.839Z","description":"Stars turned out for the annual dinner with President Obama","url":"https://time.com/3835680/white-house-correspondents-dinner-celebrities/","keywords":["White House","photography","Chrissy Teigen","Idina Menzel","Jane Fonda","laverne cox","martha stewart","White House Correspondents Dinner","Ivanka Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff1b39a32d45d129/6987ece50b72e384816e1b87/white-house-correspondents-dinner-red-carpet-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff1b39a32d45d129/6987ece50b72e384816e1b87/white-house-correspondents-dinner-red-carpet-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"White House Correspondents Dinner Red Carpet","caption":"Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita","creditText":"Jonathan Ernst—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3835680/white-house-correspondents-dinner-celebrities/","name":"See the Celebrities at the White House Correspondents' Dinner"}}]}] ```