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Wide exterior of Washington Hilton hotel2. Establishing shot of carpet3. Wide of red carpet4. Wide of South Korean recording artist Psy 5. Med of Psy6. SOUNDBITE (English) Psy/Recording...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eWashington D.C., 27 April 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide exterior of Washington Hilton hotel\u003cbr/\u003e2. Establishing shot of carpet\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of South Korean recording artist Psy \u003cbr/\u003e5. Med of Psy\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Psy/Recording Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know, I'm Korean so I didn't know or have any idea how big is it. So, I was like, 'Oh, really what is that? They were like, you didn't know that? I was like, yeah and I just found out you know, last here and last here. And I just figured out how big this is, and what this is meaning about. And I was like, so honored and so pleasured and so excited.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of 'Scandal' actress Kerry Washington and 'Scandal' creator Shonda Rhimes.\u003cbr/\u003e8. Med of Kerry Washington\u003cbr/\u003e9. Med of red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kerry Washington/Actress\u003cbr/\u003e\"Yeah, I think it's really... I think we all need some joy and some laughter. I'm sure that the evening will kind of be respectful, as well. But, I think it will be good to have a little joy in our hearts.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of press\u003cbr/\u003e12. Med of red carpet showing actress Connie Britton\u003cbr/\u003e13. Med of actress Connie Britton\u003cbr/\u003e14. Med of 'Scandal' actor Tony Goldwyn\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Goldwyn/Actor\u003cbr/\u003e\"If I could be politician for a day, wow. I would be speaker of the House. And I would go, 'people, we are going to sit down and talk to each other and get something done.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Med of red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e17. Med of Aasif Mandvi, correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English)  Aasif Mandvi/TV Personality, \"The Daily Show\" Correspondent\u003cbr/\u003e\"Oh, you know it's so interesting see politicians after you have sort of skewered them on the show. But, I don't think they ever realize that they've been skewered, that's why they're such good politicians. You know, they take all skewering and criticism in stride, I think. So, You never really, you never meet a politician who, or rarely if they do, it's very passive aggressive, you know. 'You could have criticized me a little bit, in a nicer way.\" (That) kind of think, you know.\u003cbr/\u003e19. Med of 'Modern Family' actress Sofia Vergara\u003cbr/\u003e20. Med of actor Gerard Butler\u003cbr/\u003e21. Med of press\u003cbr/\u003e22. Med of actor Gerard Butler\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of singer Katy Perry\u003cbr/\u003e24. Med of actor and activist Michael J. Fox\u003cbr/\u003e25. 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Wide of hotel exterior\u003cbr/\u003eSaturday's (27 APRIL 2013) annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner brought together journalists, government officials, politicians and media personalities for a blend of light-hearted banter and somber memories nearly two weeks after the deadly Boston Marathon bombing and 10 days after a devastating fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think we all need some joy and some laughter,\" said 'Scandal' actress Kerry Washington. \"I'm sure that the evening will kind of be respectful, as well. But, I think it will be good to have a little joy in our hearts.\" 'Scandal' is a television drama about fictional political scandals in Washington.\u003cbr/\u003eTony Goldwyn, who portrays the President of the United States on the same series, said he would want a different role if he were a real politician.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I would be speaker of the House, said Goldwyn. \"And I would go, 'People, we are going to sit down and talk to each other and get something done.\"\u003cbr/\u003eGoldwyn is referring to the political impasse in Washington that has led to the sequester, which is hundreds of millions of dollars in cutbacks to federal agencies and social programs in almost every area of the government intended to reduce America's debt crisis.\u003cbr/\u003eSaturday night's banquet not far from the White House attracted the usual assortment of stars from Hollywood and beyond. Actors Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Claire Danes, who each appear in TV shows centered around the U.S. government were among the attendees, as was South Korean entertainer Psy.\u003cbr/\u003ePsy said he did not know how important the dinner can be for to America's capital and Hollywood's elite. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I just figured out how big this is and what this is meaning about, said Psy. \"And I was like, so honored and so pleasured and so excited.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIt is one of the most highly sought-after ticketed events of the year.\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Barack Obama used the occasion to poke fun at himself and some of his political adversaries, asking if it was still possible to be brought down a peg after 4ďż˝ years as commander-in-chief.\u003cbr/\u003eObama entered to rap music but then showed a picture of himself golfing on a mock magazine cover of \"Senior Leisure.\" He noted his recent 2-for-22 basketball shooting performance at the White House Easter Egg hunt. 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