President Obama had a chance to poke fun at the 2016 Presidential contenders, the media, and himself at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

Reporters, politicians and their staffers, and celebrities turned out for the gala held at the Washington Hilton Saturday night.

The annual event is filled with celebrity watching and jokes.

"After the mid-term elections, my advisers asked me, Mr. President do you have a bucket list?” President Obama said. “And I said, well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list, take executive action on immigration. Bucket new climate regulations? Bucket. It's the right thing to do.”

The White House Correspondents' Association dinner has also become a celebrity magnet, this year drawing some big names from television, sports and movies to rub shoulders with members of Congress and to hear the president speak. It has grown to become one of Washington's biggest events since its smaller origins in 1914 when journalists gathered to push for greater access to the president.

Proceeds go towards scholarships for aspiring journalists.

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