From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

Editor & Publisher reported that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be a guest at this year's White House Correspondents Dinner on April 29 at the Washington Hilton.

Other non-journalist invitees include Anna Kournikova, Alex Trebek, rap star/actor Ludacris and James Denton of "Desperate Housewives."

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This is like the most important celebrity event of the year in DC. According to Slate:

Saturday is the biggest social event of the year for political Washington: the Bloomberg after-party. Technically the event, formerly hosted by Vanity Fair, is a mere appendage to the evening's White House Correspondents Association Dinner, an annual black-tie affair attended by President Bush, much of the Cabinet and congressional leadership, and a smattering of Hollywood types. But the real sign of Washington status is whether you can score an invitation to the more exclusive Bloomberg party. The invitation itself—this year's is green ink on thick Lucite—is the Washington equivalent of Willy Wonka's golden ticket. It entitles you to stand in line outside the newly refurbished Macedonian Embassy Saturday night in Kalorama with the rest of the chosen people—and several others hoping to talk their way in.

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Ben, please --- get a haircut.