David Tennant will be one of many entertainment, sports and media guests attending the annual White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner tonight in the presence of President Barack Obama. Other guests include Bradley Cooper, Lucy Liu, Jane Fonda, Téa Leoni, Norman Reedus, Alan Rickman and Martha Stewart along with a host of journalists and broadcasters. In total more than 2600 guests will be in attendance seated across more than 250 tables at the Washington Hilton International's Ballroom for tonight's event, the 101st 'Nerd Prom', as it is unofficially known.

President Obama and comedian Cecily Strong will be speakers tonight at the dinner which alos includes the presntation of journalism and scholarship awards.

You can watch the WHCA dinner live on C-Span either on TV or via their livestream starting from red carpet arrivals at 6pm ET. MSNBC will pick up arrivals from 6.30pm online with the TV broadcast starting from 9pm. CNN will have live coverage from 7pm and FOX News from 9pm.

The WHCA will post a gallery of photos after the event on their own website.