WHCD 2013 Celebrities: Kevin Ware, Paul Rudd, Ashley Judd On Guest List

WHCD Celebrity Guests Announced
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The 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday will be as star-studded as ever.

Deadline reported on Friday that Fred Armisen, Paul Rudd, Kevin Ware, Gerard Butler, Ashley Judd and Claire Danes are among the celebrity guests scheduled to attend. Stars of "Modern Family" will be at ABC News' table, and Barbra Streisand will be there as a guest of Michael Bloomberg. Conan O'Brien will headline the event this year, which sees the press intermingling with politicians and celebrities every April.

The tradition hasn't gone without some criticism. Tom Brokaw criticized the WHCD, which he once said was an example of what was wrong with the Washington press corps, again on Friday. "What we're doing is saying ... we're Versailles," Brokaw told Politico. "We'll let the rest of you eat cake."

Below, see some of the biggest names set to turn up at Saturday's dinner. Click through to Deadline for a more extensive list.

WHCD 2013 Guests
Daily Beast/Newsweek: Olivia Munn(01 of22)
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Daily Beast/Newsweek: Nicole Kidman(02 of22)
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US actress Nicole Kidman attends a watch presentation in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) (credit:AP)
Huffington Post: Jon Bon Jovi(03 of22)
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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 04: Jon Bon Jovi attends 'SiriusXM's Town Hall with Jon Bon Jovi' and moderator Savannah Guthrie at the SiriusXM studios on February 4, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for SiriusXM) (credit:Getty Images)
Huffington Post: Chris Christie(04 of22)
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Gov. Chris Christie answers a question Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Lavallette, N.J., as he makes an announcement on the reconstruction of Route 35, a major shore highway that was heavily damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Christie says more than $200 million in federal funds will be used to rebuild a 12.5-mile storm-damaged stretch of Route 35. Under an aggressive timetable he says completion is expected by the summer of 2015. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (credit:AP)
Huffington Post: Shaquille O'Neal(05 of22)
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Former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal gestures as they retire his jersey during the half of the Lakers' NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:AP)
Huffington Post: Ray LaHood(06 of22)
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Huffington Post: Scarlett Johansson(07 of22)
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: Actress Scarlett Johansson attends the 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof' Broadway opening night after party at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers on January 17, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Wall Street Journal: Eric Cantor(08 of22)
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (credit:AP)
Wall Street Journal: Jack Lew (09 of22)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 09: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (not pictured) address the media following talks on April 9, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Lew and Schaeuble discussed measures to promote a global economic recovery. Lew is currently visiting European capitals, including London, Berlin and Paris, in order to meet with government finance leaders. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
ABC: Sofia Vergara(10 of22)
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Sofia Vergara arrives at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday Jan. 27, 2013. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
ABC: Hayden Panettiere (11 of22)
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 09: Actress Hayden Panettiere attends The Paley Center For Media's PaleyFest 2013 honoring 'Nashville' at the Saban Theatre on March 9, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
ABC: Kerry Washington(12 of22)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Kerry Washington arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Time: Julia Louis-Dreyfus(13 of22)
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This Oct. 4, 2011handout photo provided by HBO shows actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus star of the HBO series "Veep". Watch out, Joe Biden. The other vice president is in the house.The White House says Louis-Dreyfus, who plays Vice President Selina Meyer on the HBO comedy "Veep," is at the White House to have lunch with Biden. (AP Photo/HBO, Bill Gray) (credit:AP)
Time: Steven Spielberg(14 of22)
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US film director Steven Spielberg waves to photographers as he leaves the office of Indian industrialist Anil Ambani in Mumbai on March 11, 2013. Spielberg, who has directed more than 50 films in his five-decade career, is currently in the country and will be meeting with Indian Bollywood film personalities later tonight, a report said. AFP PHOTO/PUNIT PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Reuters: Dan Stevens(15 of22)
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FILE - This March 16, 2013 file photo shows actor Dan Stevens at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Marriott Marquis in New York. Downton Abbey fans were devastated when Stevens recently made his dramatic exit from the series at the very end of the show's third season. He recently starred in The Heiress on Broadway with Jessica Chastain and shot a role in an upcoming film about the founder of WikiLeaks with fellow British actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Stevens is now filming a movie in Brooklyn, New York with Liam Neeson called A Walk Among the Tombstones. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
Reuters: Fred Armisen(16 of22)
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Actor Fred Armisen arrives at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
CBS: Claire Danes(17 of22)
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 23: Actress Claire Danes attends the 2013 Time 100 Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
CBS News: Daniel Dae Kim(18 of22)
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 02: Actor Daniel Dae Kim attends The Maxim Party With 'Gears of War: Judgment' For XBOX 360, FOX Sports & Starter Presented by Patron Tequila at Second Line Warehouse on February 1, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Maxim) (credit:Getty Images)
CNN: Kevin Ware(19 of22)
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ATLANTA, GA - APRIL 08: Injured guard Kevin Ware #5 of the Louisville Cardinals walks out to the court against the Michigan Wolverines during the 2013 NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at the Georgia Dome on April 8, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
CNN: Gerard Butler(20 of22)
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Gerard Butler arrives for the European Premiere of Olympus Has Fallen, at the BFI IMax cinema in central London, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)
CNN: Paul Rudd(21 of22)
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SANTA MONICA, CA - FEBRUARY 23: Actor Paul Rudd attends the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards at Santa Monica Beach on February 23, 2013 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
USA Today: Ashley Judd(22 of22)
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Ashley Judd arrives at the premiere of "Olympus Has Fallen" at the ArcLight Theatre on Monday, March 18, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP) (credit:AP)

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