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The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington had fewer big-name celebrity guests than it did during the Biden presidency, when Scarlett Johansson, Jon Hamm and Sean Penn mixed with journalists and politicians. But on Saturday a red carpet was rolled out nonetheless.President Trump, who skipped the annual black tie dinner during his first term, made no plan to attend the gathering before leaving Washington to attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome.An appearance by the comedian Amber Ruffin, who had been booked as the host, was scrapped last month “to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division,” as the association’s president, Eugene Daniels, put it in a letter to members.Here’s how the people who attended the event — known as “nerd prom” in the capital — looked when they arrived at the Washington Hilton Hotel.The actor Jason Isaacs.Ken Cedeno/ReutersThe CNN host Abby Phillip.Ken Cedeno/ReutersThe designer Neri Oxman and the financier Bill Ackman.Ken Cedeno/ReutersThe actor Dean Norris.Ken Cedeno/ReutersEugene Daniels, left, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, with his husband, Nate Stephens.Ken Cedeno/ReutersThe CNN host Kaitlan Collins.Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesDasha Burns, White House bureau chief for Politico.Ken Cedeno/ReutersLynda Carter, the actress and singer.Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesThe CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer.Ken Cedeno/ReutersMary Bruce, the ABC News White House correspondent.Ken Cedeno/ReutersJacob Soboroff, a correspondent for NBC News.Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesThe political commentator Kennedy.Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesThe CNN host Jake Tapper.Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesThe actress and comedian Alex Borstein.Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesThe physician and medical journalist Alok Patel.Ken Cedeno/ReutersRepresentative Nicole Malliotakis, Republican of New York.Ken Cedeno/Reuters More