NBC News, MS NOW Tamp Down Party Spirit After White House Correspondents Dinner Chaos

Home TV News Apr 26, 2026 5:05am PT NBC News, MS NOW Tamp Down Party Spirit After White House Correspondents Dinner Chaos By Brian Steinberg Plus Icon Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor bristei Latest White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting: President Trump and First Lady Evacuated After Shots Fired; Suspect in Custody as Trump Vows to Reschedule 11 hours ago Questions About Trump’s White House Correspondents Dinner Speech Can’t Stop the Party 23 hours ago TV’s Next Upfront Really Isn’t About TV: Where Will Ad Dollars Go? 2 days ago See All Brian Steinberg WASHINGTON — Mentalist Oz Pearlman was supposed to dazzle an audience of hundreds on Saturday night here with mind tricks in a well-lit hotel ballroom. Instead he found himself doing his act for a small handful of media executives in a darkened underground event space close to midnight. MS NOW had planned to host a festive soirée in the site of an old subterranean trolley station in the heart of the nation’s capital, part of the usual proceedings following the annual White House Correspondents Dinner. This year was going to be more auspicious — until horror struck just hours earlier: Authorities are still investigating an incident in which a man was able to get close to a space in the Washington Hilton where President Donald Trump was to attend — and deliver pointed remarks — to an assemblage of journalists, news executives, media honchos and government officials at a celebration of journalism that is woven into the social calendar of this city devoted to the federal government. Related Stories 'Dune 3' Wows CinemaCon With 7-Minute Opening Scene Featuring Brutal Battle as Timothée Chalamet Dominates the Galaxy