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Priyanka Chopra To Dine With Barack Obama

Darpan News Desk IANS, 27 Apr, 2016 12:24 PM
  • Priyanka Chopra To Dine With Barack Obama
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has confirmed that she will be dining with US President Barack Obama at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend.
 
She was invited to the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner with US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
 
Priyanka, who found global recognition with her character Alex Parrish in the American TV series "Quantico", was earlier "not sure" about attending the dinner due to her work commitments.
 
Bollywood's 'desi girl' took to Twitter to share the news. The dinner will take place on Saturday. 
 
When a social media asked her, "are you going to the White House on April 30?", she responded, "Yes, I will be attending".
 
The actress also talked about the shooting of her Hollywood debut "Baywatch". 
 
"Ok, off to set to find my purpose. Fun scene with Zac Efron and The Rock... Going to wear my high heels and bad girl face," she wrote. 
 
 
Priyanka will be dining with some of Hollywood's biggest names like Will Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, Kerry Washington, Shonda Rhimes, Kim Kardashian's model sister Kendall Jenner among others.
 
The non-profit White House Correspondents' Association, whose members include the reporters, producers, camera operators and other journalists regularly covering the White House, traditionally hosts this annual dinner to raise money for journalism scholarships.
 
SLAMS DONALD TRUMP
 
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, a star of “Quantico” - an American TV series on fighting terror - has slammed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's call to ban Muslim immigrants from the US.
 
Priyanka shared her views about the battle against extremism, which has come up repeatedly in the 2016 presidential race, at the TIME 100 gala on Tuesday night here, reports time.com. 
 
Priyanka's name has been featured in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the world alongside Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, singer Nicki Minaj and Trump.
 
“I just think you can’t put a ban on anyone. Generalising a type of people is really primitive,” Priyanka said.
 
She said the fight against terrorism had grown so complex that “you can’t put a face on it any more”.
 
After her role of FBI agent Alex Parrish in “Quantico”, which is aired on Star World and Star World HD in India, Priyanka bagged a role in “Baywatch” alongside Hollywood A-listers Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

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