Sen. Marco Rubio to Be ABC's Guest at White House Correspondents Dinner

If you know anything about the White House Correspondents Associaton Dinner, then you know that the networks vie to claim the nation's brightest stars as their own -- and bring those stars with them to the Saturday, April 30 dinner.

This year ABC will put Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on its arm and show him off at one of Washington's biggest social events of the year.

Who else is coming with ABC? Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who play the gay dads on Modern Family"; Paul Rudd and Glee's Jane Lynch. And besides Rubio, the network has put other Beltway types on its guest list: White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard, Attorney General Eric Holder, Admiral Mike Mullen, and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.

Said one Washington-based ABC official, "Everybody in the city these days wants to be around Marco Rubio. I guess we do, too."

Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live head writer and anchor of Weekend Update," will serve as master of ceremonies at the 2011 WHCA Dinner. He follows a long list of legendary comedians -- including Bob Hope, Jon Stewart, Conan OBrien, Al Franken and Stephen Colbert -- who have hosted the event.

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