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Famous attendees included Madeleine Albright, Donald Trump, and Arianna Huffington.

Actress Tea Leoni and former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Comedian Cecily Strong, host of the 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Alexandra Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos attend the Yahoo News/ABC News White House Correspondents' dinner reception pre-party. (Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi attend the Yahoo News/ABC News White House Correspondents' dinner reception pre-party. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Image)
Actress Laverne Cox. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Journalist Katie Couric and husband John Molner. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Actress Tracee Ellis Ross. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Political staffer Huma Abedin. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
News anchor Julie Chen. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Actress Sophia Bush. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Wolf Blitzer and Jane Fonda. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
News correspondent Jamie Colby. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Tennis players Ilana Kloss and Billie Jean King. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Actress Gabourey Sidibe. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Rock The Vote president Ashley Spillane. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Ivanka Trump. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Actors Holly Burrell and Ty Burrell. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Newt Gingrich and Callista Gingrich. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Actress and singer Idina Menzel. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Businessman Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
NFL player Tony Romo and Candice Crawford. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Comedian Aasif Mandvi. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former New York State Superintendent of Banks Diana Taylor. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)
Madam Secretary's Tim Daly, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power at the National Journal/Atlantic party.  (Kristoffer Tripplaar)

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