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WHCA Announces Mentalist Oz Pearlman for Correspondents’ Dinner Entertainer
The WHCA continues moving away from traditional comedians, selecting mentalist Oz Pearlman to headline the 2026 dinner, which raises funds for journalism scholarships and honors the First Amendment.
- The White House Correspondents' Association named mentalist Oz Pearlman its headliner for the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026.
- For the second consecutive year, the WHCA is avoiding a comedian after last year’s planned comic Amber Ruffin was canceled amid White House criticism, with leaders wanting focus on journalists and scholarship winners rather than 'the politics of division'.
- Oz Pearlman, who broke out on America's Got Talent, has appeared on 60 Minutes, The Joe Rogan Experience and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and is an Emmy Award winner and New York Times bestselling author.
- The annual dinner serves as a fundraiser for WHCA scholarships and convenes journalists and government officials, while it was unknown whether President Donald Trump will attend, who has traditionally skipped it.
- Amid tensions with President Donald Trump and late-night hosts, the WHCA has strayed from comedians since Michelle Wolf's 2018 appearance, booking historian Ron Chernow for next year’s event.
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Mentalist Oz Pearlman will lead the 2026 WHCA event, bringing together journalists and political leaders in Washington
No joke: White House Correspondents Association taps mentalist as dinner headliner
The White House Correspondents' Association is once again ditching its tradition of having a comedian perform at its annual dinner and tapped mentalist Oz Pearlman to be the entertainment at the April 25 event.
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner Skirts Politics, Taps Mentalist Oz Pearlman as Headliner
The White House Correspondents’ Association named mentalist Oz Pearlman as its headliner for its 2026 dinner, its second consecutive year of bucking a traditional comedian after it canceled Amber Ruffin’s appearance last year following White House criticism.
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