Politico.com’s Patrick Gavin traveled to LA this week to talk to Jimmy Kimmel ahead of the talk show host’s weekend assignment as MC of the 2012 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
Kimmel says he checked in with several of the event’s previous hosts including Seth Myers and Stephen Colbert. Everyone has told him that the key to success is getting the President to laugh. As goes the POTUS, so goes the crowd.
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Marisa Taylor of the Wall Street Journal live tweeted the Webbys yesterday. Live blogging is officially dead…in case that was something anyone cared about being alive.
Anyway, highlights from the tweeting of highlights:
Victoria’s secret models accept award; Seth myers says they will go home and google all the guys here. about 14 hours ago
“I didn’t kill newspapers, okay?” says Arianna Huffington. Seth Myers calls her the Meryl Streep of the Webbys. about 14 hours ago
Just spotted Martha Stewart, in sparkly gold. about 14 hours ago
DJ Mike Relm spinning a song based entirely on the “O-face” guy from Office Space & the “Charlie bit me” kid. Crowd likes. about 14 hours ago
Seated with some Digg folks, including Mike Maser, chief of strategy, who says keyboard cat is his hero. about 15 hours ago
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