James Corden, Billy Eichner Pre-Taped Skits to Play at White House Correspondents’ Dinner (EXCLUSIVE)

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRumors were swirling last week in Washington, D.C. that James Corden was shooting something for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner when he was spotted with camera crews at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.Now I can exclusively reveal that the talk show host shot a “Take a Break” segment, inspired by his “The Late Late Show” series of the same name, that will open the annual so-called “nerd prom.”“They shot in the Briefing Room, the Oval Office and the Navy Mess,” veteran awards show producer Bob Bain, who makes his debut producing the dinner this year, tells me. “Our cold open is James Corden in front of the White House saying, ‘All you journalists out there, I know you walk through these halls every day, seeing all these people that make this place tick.

Well, today, I’m going to give some of them a break.'” Bain also tells me that a pre-taped sketch from Billy Eichner will also be shown during the dinner.The annual Correspondents’ Dinner returns this year on Sunday, April 30, to the Washington Hilton after a bumpy few years due to Donald Trump’s refusal to attend the event, followed by cancellations due to the pandemic.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are expected to attend and sit at the dinner’s signature dais.Bain began working on this year’s gathering about 10 weeks ago, after first meeting with the organization in 2019. “It is the nerd prom,” Bain said. “But what you’ve heard after the fact a lot of the time is, ‘This was the most boring dinner I’ve ever been to.’ We’re trying to eliminate that comment.

What I have managed to do is sort of reformat the show so that it feels more like a variety presentation and moves a lot faster.