Inside the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner -- PICTURES

By National Journal Staff

Updated: April 29, 2012 | 12:37 a.m.
April 28, 2012 | 9:20 p.m.

The annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, often referred to as the "nerd prom," is a political and social highlight of the year in Washington for journalists, government officials, and celebrities. Take a look below at some of the images from the 2012 installment of the dinner, held Saturday night.

Actress Lindsay Lohan arrives at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actor Kevin Spacey arrives at the dinner. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Journalist Norah O'Donnell arrives at the dinner. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Christiane Amanpour and her husband, James Rubin, arrive at the dinner. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Newt and Callista Gingrich arrive at the dinner. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Journalist Gayle King arrives at the dinner. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Attorney General Eric Holder and his wife, Sharon Malone, arrive at the dinner. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian (right) arrive at the dinner. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama say the Pledge of Allegiance before the start of the dinner. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

President Obama speaks at the dinner. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Obama high-fives late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel as Caren Bohan, a Reuters journalist and president of the White House Correspondents' Association, looks on. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Actress Rosario Dawson, National Journal and The Atlantic Monthly's celebrity guest at the White House Correspondents'Dinner Reception. (Liz Lynch)

Uggie, the dog from the movie The Artist on the red carpet at the National Journal/CBS/Atlantic Pre-Dinner Cocktail Reception. (Liz Lynch)

Bob Scheiffer and actress Claire Danes at the National Journal/CBS/Atlantic Pre-Dinner Cocktail Reception. (Liz Lynch)

Captain Sully Sullenberger, the pilot who safely landed the US Airways plane in the Hudson River in 2010, with his wife Lorrie at the National Journal/CBS/Atlantic White House Correspondents' pre-dinner cocktail reception. (Liz Lynch)

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