WHCD 2011: Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Jon Hamm & Chace Crawford Toast The First Amendment!

Veteran network TV producer Tammy Haddad, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Lance Black, celebrity manager Eric Podwall & Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford happily milled about talking with guests and fellow celebs.

Be sure to check out all 77 of our photographs from this event HERE!

The Guest List:

NORTHWEST -- On the eve of this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, the creative teams over at the IMPACT Arts + Film Fund, National Journal, The Atlantic, and Funny or Die united to host a late night pre-party at Long View Gallery.


Titled ‘The First Amendment Party’, last night’s guest list-only affair, which began at 10:00pm and ran until 2:00am, played host to dozens of the heavy hitters and Hollywood A-listers in town for the weekend and featured live performances by Chris Rob and Zahra Universe.

Chris Rob kept the crowd dancing before handing the stage over to Zahra Universe.
For those partygoers seeking to take a break from dancing within the walls of the gallery itself, a massive outdoor tent sponsored by Google had been erected within Blagden Alley, and guests wasted no time in securing one of the many seating areas thoughtfully scattered throughout.



Even the night’s VIPs were able to relax courtesy of the search giant’s largesse, with a special area towards the rear of the tent roped-off to allow them room to decompress. Actors Sean Penn (All the King’s Men, Mystic River), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, The A-Team), Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Rashida Jones (“Parks and Recreation”), and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family”) were but some of stars who stopped-by.

Mad Men’s Jon Hamm was one of the night’s most popular guests.
Despite all of the pressure that surely must come from co-hosting one of the most anticipated Washington brunches of year (REVAMP.com coverage coming tomorrow), veteran network TV producer Tammy Haddad even managed to find the time to share a drink with the likes of Chace Crawford (“Gossip Girl”) and his friends.



And free speech is definitely something worth toasting…

Be sure to check out all 77 of our photographs from this event HERE!