White House Correspondents' Dinner 2015: Behind the Scenes Celebrity-Politician Meet Ups

The best odd couple celebrity-politician meet ups.

ByABC News
April 25, 2015, 8:51 PM

— -- Arguably the best part of the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner isn't the president becoming Comedian-in-Chief for the night -- but the odd couple pairings of Hollywood stars hanging with political power players and media heavy hitters. This year's "Nerd Prom" was no exception, producing a bevy of interesting moments.

Tea Leoni and Madeleine Albright -- The star of "Madam Secretary" meets her real life counterpart, former Secretary of State Albright.

Katie Couric and Justice Antonin Scalia -- The Yahoo News Global Anchor sipped a drink while taking a moment with the SCOTUS judge.

Sophie Turner and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee -- "Game of Thrones" royalty Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, smiles with ball cap wearing Cohen on the red carpet.

Donald Trump and Melania Trumpp -- The sometimes-politician Trump told ABC's T.J. Holmes that "stranger things have happened," when asked about him possibly hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner as POTUS in the future.

"Stranger things have happened" @realDonaldTrump to @tjholmes about possibly hosting the #WHCD as POTUS in the future pic.twitter.com/KRT6KkLuff

— Alisa Wiersema (@alisawiersema) April 25, 2015

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