Celebs Come Out For White House Correspondents Dinner

The annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C. was, as always, a fairly star-studded affair.

This is the first WHCA Dinner that President Obama attended ... as well as the first for a former aspiring First Daughter! Here's Meghan McCain ...

Other notable attendees included Sarah Palin's husband Todd Palin, Natalie Portman, and Ashton Kutcher, who mused on his Twitter page (obviously): "I'm trying to figure out why anyone would let me sit this close to the president."

A fair question, indeed. One we'll be pondering for a long time. For now, click to enlarge more pictures of celebrities at WHCA Dinner ...