he was not having a good year with the press and sent jody powell instead. calvin coolige in 1974 was the first president to attend a white house correspondents' dinner. tickets, $2,000. most of the guests coming in today are attending this year's dinner. some of the folks on the red carpet, gind rich, will i am, cee-lo. here are some of the invited guests. "u.s.a. today" invited david arquette and courteney cox, rick fox and eliza dushku of "bring it on." "washington post" invited donald trump. and fox news has kate hudson there this evening. and people magazine, bristol palin, mindy kalin from "the