NBC to bring Lorne Michaels, Arne Duncan to WHCD
The pressure’s on for White House Correspondents’ Association dinner entertainer Cecily Strong — the “Saturday Night Live” comedienne’s boss will be among those in the audience.
{mosads}NBC Universal announced Thursday that “SNL” creator and producer Lorne Michaels will be attending Saturday’s dinner in Washington as a guest of the media company.
Also attending the festivities as guests of NBC: figure skaters and former Olympians Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), “Top Chef’s” Tom Colicchio, director Peter Farrelly, Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), former NBA player Don Nelson, speechwriter Cody Keenan, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), first lady Michelle Obama’s chief of staff Tina Tchen, and White House domestic policy council director Cecilia Muñoz.
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