
He's suave, he's svelte, he's funny, he wears a nice tuxedo and he knows when to sit. What better guest, then, for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner? He's Uggie — the canine star of the Oscar-winning film "The Artist."

Monday has been informally proclaimed "Everybody Pray for Hitchens Day," in honor of author and outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens, who has esophageal cancer, but he won't be bowing his head.