Patricia Arquette and others invited to White House Correspondents' Dinner

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WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner once again promises to resemble a Hollywood affair, with a guest list including hundreds of A-list stars. The list includes "Glee" star Matthew Morrison, Oscar-winning director Katherine Bigelow and other Hollywood notables such as Scarlett Johansson, Betty White, Morgan Freeman and Justin Bieber, Politico reported.

NFL star Tony Romo is also on the list of invited celebrities, along with actresses Cheryl Hines, Patricia Arquette, Dana Delany, Gabourey Sidibe and Elizabeth Shue, and actors Tim Daly, Stephen Weber and Richard Schiff.

For the most part, the celebrities are guests of news organizations whose White House reporters are being honored at the annual event, which usually features a performance by a prominent comedian. This year, the entertainment is being provided by Jay Leno.

Many of the celebrities gathered Friday at St. Regis, a swank hotel in Washington, for the People/Time party, Politico said. Morrison told the publication if he manages to talk to President Barack Obama at the dinner, it will be his "third time in the past five months." Who he really wants to meet is New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he said.

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TV ratings: CBS, NBC share Friday victory

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Fast National ratings for Friday, April 30, 2010: A typically quiet Friday in the Nielsen ratings turned into a battle between CBS and NBC, with CBS grabbing a win in viewers and NBC holding off its rival in the adults 18-49 demographic.

CBS drew 6.5 million viewers and a 4.3 rating/8 share in households for the evening, a little better than NBC's 6.2 million and 4.2/8. ABC (3.8 million, 2.5/5) came in third. FOX (2.8 million, 1.8/3) was fourth, and The CW brought up the rear with 1.9 million viewers and a 1.3/2. NBC led the 18-49 demo with a modest 1.5 rating, edging CBS' 1.4. ABC's 1.2 was good enough for third, followed by FOX, 0.9, and The CW, 0.7.

( Friday hour by hour )