Via AP:
Washington's most glitzy "nerd prom" is about to get overshadowed.
Late-night TV star Samantha Bee has organized the first "Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner." It's a tongue-in-cheek play off the annual event from the White House Correspondents' Association that's traditionally drawn the president, journalists and - in recent years - celebrities.
But this year President Donald Trump is skipping the dinner on what is his 100th day in office. He'll be in Pennsylvania later Saturday for a rally.
Bee says she feels "the press is under assault" in the United States.
She says she's contributing proceeds from her "Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner" event to the Committee to Protect Journalists because it "seemed very logical."
Bee tells The Associated Press in an interview: "We're doing an event that celebrates the freedom of the press. We care deeply about it. For God's sake, we could not do our show if things were more restricted. So, boy, nobody needs press freedom more than we do."
Her event in Washington comes hours before the traditional White House Correspondents' Association dinner. She frequently targets President Donald Trump, but he's holding a rally Saturday instead of attending the WHCA dinner.
Bee's event is to air at 10 p.m. on TBS. That's just after C-SPAN is to begin coverage of the correspondents' dinner - where the master of ceremonies is comedian Hasan Minhaj of "The Daily Show."