The White House Correspondents’ Association is delighted to announce famed mentalist Oz Pearlman will be the headline entertainer at its annual dinner in Washington on Saturday April 25, 2026.
WHCA Announces Renowned Mentalist Oz Pearlman as Entertainer for Annual Dinner
“As the world’s most celebrated mentalist, Oz Pearlman will offer a fascinating glimpse into what’s truly on the minds of Washington’s newsmakers,” said Weijia Jiang, president of the association. “We look forward to an exciting, fresh, and interactive evening as we celebrate the First Amendment and Washington news coverage together.”
Pearlman is an Emmy Award winner and New York Times bestselling author whose performances have amazed fans around the world while performing for their favorite sports teams, A-list celebrities and major global brands.
“I am thrilled to be the featured entertainer at this year’s WHCA dinner and join the ranks of Frank Sinatra, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien, among many other legends,” said Pearlman. “This is a rare opportunity to gather so many accomplished, perceptive people in one place and invite them to share moments of wonder, surprise and awe.”
The WHCA dinner is traditionally attended by senior government officials and members of the news media. Proceeds from the dinner help finance all the WHCA’s work, including awards recognizing excellence in the profession and scholarships for journalism students.
The choice of a mentalist is unconventional, but the WHCA has recently departed from a traditional night of standup. Last year, after Ruffin was dropped, there was no entertainer. After the controversy triggered by Michelle Wolf’s appearance in 2018, when she offered a set of scathing jokes about Trump and administration figures, the next year’s event featured historian Ron Chernow.
The president of the WHCA selects the entertainer each year, for a gig that is high profile yet challenging, given the judgment of the crowd and the acoustics in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton.
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- He later joined an elite group that includes David Blaine and David Copperfield by headlining his own network television special.
- Oz Knows aired multiple times on NBC to rave reviews and earned Oz an Emmy Award the following year.
- 60 Minutes,
- The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,
- The TODAY Show,
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show,
- The Joe Rogan Experience,
- HBO,
- ABC World News,
- NBC News,
- CBS,
- ESPN,
- CNBC,
- NFL Network,
- Bravo and
- Fox Business.
Oz calls New York City home, where he considers his wife and five children his greatest achievements.
He is a New York Times bestselling author of Read Your Mind: Proven Habits for Success from the World’s Greatest Mentalist and an elite endurance athlete.
Oz has completed some of the world’s most grueling races, including the Badwater 135, the Hawaii Ironman World Championships, Western States 100 and Spartathlon. He holds a marathon personal best of 2:23 and has won dozens of races nationwide.
In April 2022, Oz was featured on the cover of The New York Times after breaking the world record for the most miles ever run around Central Park in a single day—116 miles—while raising over $100,000 for Save the Children’s Ukraine Relief Fund.
Later that year, he shattered the record for the fastest crossing of Long Island on foot, running from Montauk to Manhattan in just 21 hours on the hottest day of the summer.
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