2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner

2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner Journalists, politicians, and celebrities gathered for the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. Journalism awards and scholarships were presented, with the assistance of first lady Michelle Obama. President Obama and comedian Cecily Strong made humorous remarks about politics and the media.  The president’s speech began with a brief video montage of photoshopped images overlaid with Swedish pop music duo Icono Pop’s “I Don’t Care,” before he read through his own version of a “bucket list” for the “fourth quarter” of his presidency. He poked fun at himself, the prospective Republican and Democratic 2016 presidential field, and cable news channels. At the end of his speech, he was joined by Keegan-Michael Key, who, acting in character as his “Luther” role from the comedy show “Key and Peele,” served as the president’s “anger translator.”President Obama brought down the house at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, aiming zingers at targets from Hillary Clinton to the Koch Brothers. “I have a friend who used to make millions of dollars a year,’’ he said of the presumed Democratic presidential nominee. “Now she’s living out of a van in Iowa.’’ On Charles and David Koch, who are poised to raise up to a billion dollars for a GOP candidate, the president quipped: “I raised a lot of money too, but my middle name is Hussein. What’s their excuse?’’