You know what would be really fun? A Celebritology field trip to next year's Correspondent's Dinner. I'm sure Liz Kelly would be able to round up an extra 30 or 40 credentials for her regular posters.

It's too bad NPH wasn't there to chat up Madeline Albright. That would have been legen - wait for it - dary!

Putting the words "bad lighting" so close to the words "dim Hilton" implies a causality for the latter that I don't believe is supported by ample evidence from other sources.

On second thought, just one extra pass, for byoolin, Celebritology Comment of the Week Winner (multiple), there to represent the great..er..unwashed, would be a next day must-read.
By the way, Liz, what did you wear?

Seriously, isn't the biggest group of pathetic D-Listers at this event in recent memory? People who really aren't celebs - i.e. Perez Hilton, the people from the Hills, etc. I mean, really, at least Pam Anderson is a pretty outspoken PETA person and has been for years - just think that the "guests" that the news orgs are inviting are becoming a huge joke.

Methinks, I wore a black cocktail length Teri Jon two piece evening suit -- kind of a cute, bolero style jacket and pencil skirt. Satiny, and 3-inch Jimmy Choos which I was forced to abandon for ballet flats about midway through the evening.

You know what would be really fun? A Celebritology field trip to next year's Correspondent's Dinner....
Posted by: methinks | April 28, 2008 10:07 AM

On second thought, just one extra pass, for byoolin, Celebritology Comment of the Week Winner (multiple), there to represent the great..er..unwashed, would be a next day must-read.
By the way, Liz, what did you wear?

Posted by: methinks | April 28, 2008 10:17 AM

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Oh, no, nononononononononono. If I'm going to that thing, I'm taking the rest of you down with me too.

And there'd better be an open bar. There's no way I'm stepping foot inside that place without an "I was so drunk I couldn't possibly have known what I was doing" defence. (Works for political acts as well as attempting to grope Pammy.)

No callin' Colin Firth a D-Lister. I would melt being that close to him.

"...Jimmy Choos which I was forced to abandon for ballet flats about midway through the evening."

Were they Croc brand ballet flats? We've been hearing great things about them!

Hey byoolin, I'll go with you and I'll bring the ice-picks and carving forks, with which we will pierce our eardrums and gouge out our eyes.

I am clueless about fashion talk. (Heck, I own pants with pleats.) So I have no idea what the terms "bolero jacket," or "pencil skirt" might imply.

But I am sure Liz looked lovely.

I understand why some of the people were there (Jenny McCarthy - Green Vacine, Pam Anderson - PETA, Ben Afflack is pretty involved in the Democrate party) but Ashlee Simpson and the Hills people? What have they ever done that was remotely politically involved.

On the Croc ballet flat front:

They're great if you wear whole size. But me, I'm a 5 1/2 in shoe sizes, so it makes it hard to wear them. The 6 is too big, the 5 too small.

I want the Croc heels
http://shop.crocs.com/pc-1174-4-cyprus.aspx?reqid=1174&reqProdTypeId=41p&subsectionname=footwear§ion=products

The look on Colin Firth's face when the tweens start screaming is priceless.

So envious Liz got to interview Bradley Cooper....

To add to the Croc Ballet discussion - I have the MaryJane Flats and they are awesome! I'm loving those heels too!

Back to regularly scheduled Correspondents Dinner coverage.....

Pick me, pick me! Am I a famous enough commenter to come to the party, too? What if I wear my awesome black mary jane crocs? They can totally almost pass for regular shoes, if you're legally blind and in a dimly-light room!

I had to Google Bob Balaban. I wouldn't have recognized him to see him. I wouldn't have recognized him if he walked up to me, introduced himself and told me he was lost.

Did you carry some sort of personal electronic thingy (Palm, Blackberry, I-Phone) that allowed you to do a quick, inconspicuous Google of unknown personalities?

Liz, your ensemble sounds smashing! I admire your willingness to at least start out in heels.
I am thrilled to hear the good reports on the Mary Jane Crocs. Now I must have them. I love my Mary Jane Skechers.
RE: Non-recognition of Bob Balaban and Colin Firth...it makes me sad to know that the security guards clearly have no sense of humor (Balaban movies) or girlfriend (since they would have been forced to watch the BBC P&P and would then know who Colin Firth was.)

I dearly wish one of the guys had replied, "Men's Wearhouse" to the question of "Who/what are you wearing tonight?"

i love my mary jane crocs, too.

I was reading too quickly and I thought I read that Morgan Freeman was awash in turquoise dress and eye shadow.

I still don't understand what all the celebs were doing there in the first place, special cause or not. It's the correspondents' dinner... shouldn't it be yuk-yuk jokes of/by the Press towards the administration?

maybe the jokes are too easy to come by, and the celebs give everyone something else to talk about (or to)?

Wow, there's like this whole secret cabal of mary-jane-croc-wearers here at Celebritology. We should all meet up sometime and talk about Miley Cyrus and how comfortable our feet are.

Colin Firth is no D-Lister. He is only reason to watch the video. I Love Colin!

I love my Jimmy Choos, but my feet are killing me. Are there any crocs styles I could get away with wearing to the office, or even to court?

The Miley Cyrus "scandal" is overblown. Someone mentioned the Brooke Shields commercial - she was 15 or 16, wearing only a pair of Calvin Klein jeans. Her breasts were covered by an elbow. And that was on a TV commercial, played during prime time. I don't recall Brooke or her mother being embarrassed or apologetic.

The Vanessa Hudgens photos were far more scandalous in my opinion. Young Vanessa wasn't photographed by Annie Liebovitz for a fancy magazine, she had a friend take nude photos of her to send to a guy she liked. Classy.

I have an 8 year old daughter, we watch and listen to a lot of Hannah Montana. It's cute entertainment. I hope Miley doesn't turn into the next LiLo or Britney. Is Billy Ray a good stage parent, or a bad one? Too soon to tell.

No, byoo -- not Crocs flats. And before you ask, neither were they Amy Winehouse's busted pink ballet slippers.

oh, for the love of all that is holy...did you really ask people "who are you wearing?" what a really lame, hollywood-wanna-be question. how unoriginal!! ugh.

but glad to know that jimmie choos hurt!

I didn't mean to imply that everyone there was a D-Lister - just seemed like they were scrapping the bottle of the D List barrell this year with some of the invites.

Although, I can honestly say that I wouldn't know Colin Firth if I fell on him - sorry!

Mary Jane crocs? Three words I hope never to hear again.

While I'm at it, walking around outside today has already made me wonder why people continue to confuse leggings for pants. I'm in a bad fashion mood.

I love my ugly croc shoes, but now have a healthy paranoia of escalators.

I also have Target Ballet Flats that are in danger of becoming Winehouse-esque, I love them that much.

Unless other attendees were similarly endowed, Pamela Anderson was the only D-lister that I could see...even if they're fake....that is unless you are using the G-rated, non-vulgar definition of Boob, in which case Colin Firth leaps forth.

Since no one else has had the sensitivity to ask, I will:

What did Mr. Liz wear to the event?

I'm guessing not Jimmy Choos.

I could recognize Colin Powell. Colin Firth? I would be likely to mistake him for Rupert Everett and just as likely to walk right past him altogether.

Listen, I'm not like Gene at all. Why I can tell Margaret Carlson from Eleanor Clift. Even after a few cocktails.

MoCo - not sure if your mention of Rupert Everett was entirely coincidental or not, but Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts quoted him in their article about the dinner (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042800713_pf.html).

Should we care what British actor Rupert Everett (taller than you expect) thinks about the dinner?

"Hideous," he said flatly. "One of the most hideous events I've ever been to."

"One of the most hideous events I've ever been to."

... and methinks wants to send me there alone and sober.

I am appalled, APPALLED, by all you people who wouldn't recognized Colin Firth. Call yourselves celebritologists. [sniff.] You should all go out and rent Pride and Prejudice this weekend. Hell, why wait for the weekend? You can get through the first half tonight.

Thank you, Byoolin. How are we to know that the all-knowing Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts or even our very own Liz didn't mistake Rupert for Colin?

Perhaps the reason why Rupert was taller than they expected was that he was actually Colin!

MoCo, My guess is that the Lovely Mizzes Argetsinger, Roberts, and Kelly would have no problem distinguishing between Messrs. Firth and Everett (6'4" and 6'1", respectively), despite both of them being, I am given to understand, *dreamy*.

I'm not sure I'd know Colin Firth either. I would've called him Rupert something (Everett? Graves? Gint?) or "that guy from that Jane Austin movie."

I love Bob Balaban. (Him I would know.)

Crocs! UGH. I am of The Manolo's (three-year-old) opinion about them: http://shoeblogs.com/2005/02/18/the-crocs/

I'll chip in to buy byoolin a Mens Wearhouse outfit -- or lend him my 42R tux if it'd fit -- so he can join Liz next year -- but only if he also wears a helmet-cam and we get to view/comment live as the event unfolds.

You had me at "helmet-cam."

there, there byoolin. i never said you had to go to the event sober.
if you *really* needed a date, i'd be available.
love the helmet cam idea!

If we're handing out gadgets, why not a tranquilizer dart gun hidden in a pencil too? Maybe to take out Pete Wentz onstage thanking Ashlee's youknowwhat (for what exactly?).

Liz - you have Jimmy Choos?! And a house in Arlington? And a cute husband? Where's your fan club?

I considered spending my stimulus check on a pair of ridiculous shoes, you know, for the economy, but my credit card then coughed quietly to get my attention and won out :)

Jimmy Choos Shoes!
Jimmy Choos Shoes!
Jimmy Choos Shoes!

Oh, Liz, my girl crush is back. You can borrow my Michael Kors platform peep toes any time.

Pam Anderson has some serious body tone issues. Either she should take care of them or stop wearing such revealing clothing. If she's not careful she'll look like Donatella Versace.

HaHa:
http://comics.washingtonpost.com/11_comics_speed-bump.html

Wow, I have never seen so many people admit to wearing mary jane crocs. I've had a pair for a year and thought I was the only one.

P.S. - The croc ballet flats and wedge heels are both amazing.