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Specific answer required. During one of these events, a woman was described as using ash from burnt facts to create a “perfect smokey eye”. The phrase “reality has a well-known liberal bias” was coined during one of these events, where a certain group was described to have been “rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg”. During one of these events, a man played a clip from The Lion King as proof of his “official (*) birth video”. (-5[1])It’s not a talk show, but a 2016 mic drop was performed at the end of one of these events by Barack Obama. (-5[1])Seth Meyers hosted the 2011 version of this event, (10[1])where his quip “I thought he was running as a joke” (10[1])supposedly goaded Donald Trump into starting a presidential campaign. For 10 points, name these gatherings hosted by Washington-based journalists featuring comedians roasting the President. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: White House Correspondents’ Association Dinners [or WHCA Dinners; or WHCD; prompt on partial answer; prompt on equivalents of “Correspondents’” like press or journalists or newspapers; prompt on equivalents of “Dinners” like galas or banquets; prompt on vague descriptions like comedians roasting the president]
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