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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”. (15[1]-5[1])The phrase “reality (-5[1])has a well-known liberal bias” was coined during one of these events, (15[1]-5[1])where a certain (-5[1])group was described to have been “rearranging (15[1])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”. It’s not a talk show, (10[1]-5[1])but a 2016 mic drop was performed at the end of one of these events by Barack Obama. (10[1])Seth Meyers hosted the (10[1])2011 version of this event, where his quip “I thought he was running as (-5[1])a joke” supposedly goaded Donald Trump into starting a presidential campaign. (10[1])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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