--- title: White House Correspondents' Dinner 2016: Stars Join Obama description: Stars turned out for the annual dinner with President Obama canonical: https://time.com/4313548/white-house-correspondents-dinner-2016-president-obama/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-01T13:16:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:03.478Z article:section: Politics og:title: See the Celebrities at the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner og:description: Stars turned out for the annual dinner with President Obama og:url: https://time.com/4313548/white-house-correspondents-dinner-2016-president-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf191724257731bed/698891590b72e3b4b56e9291/emma_watts_white_house_correspondents_dinner.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Actress Emma Watson White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Celebrities at the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner twitter:description: Stars turned out for the annual dinner with President Obama twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf191724257731bed/698891590b72e3b4b56e9291/emma_watts_white_house_correspondents_dinner.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Celebrities at the 2016 White House Correspondents' Dinner by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 1, 2016 1:16 PM UTC  Actress Emma Watson attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Actress Emma Watson attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016.Larry Busacca—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 1, 2016 1:16 PM UTC  NFL football player Tony Romo and wife Candice Crawford attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Actor Matthew Morrison and wife Renee Puente attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Actors Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Actress Kerry Washington attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Actor Jeff Goldblum and wife Emilie Livingston attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Helen Mirren Actor attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Actress Emma Watson attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Actor Cornelius Smith Jr. attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Actor Bryan Cranston and Robin Dearden attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Arianna Huffington and DJ Khaled attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Aretha Franklin attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Actress Gabrielle Union attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Actor Keegan-Michael Key attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Actor Edward Burns and model Christy Turlington attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  Candace Cameron-Bure attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Actress Michelle Dockery attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Model Karlie Kloss attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Actor Jared Leto attends the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Abbi Jacobson and Llana Glazer attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington on April 30, 2016. 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