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"Uggie, the dog from The Artist, will attend the White House Correspondents dinner. The canine star is the invited guest of newspaper The Washington Times for the annual Washington DC gala, according to Page Six. &amp;quot;[Uggie] has confirmed he will attend... with his trainer Omar von Muller,&amp;quot; Washington Times editor Ed Kelly announced. &amp;quot;Uggie hopes to meet President Obama while in Washington.&amp;quot;   The 2012 White House Correspondents dinner is held on April 28 and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who follows in the footsteps of Seth Meyers, Jay Leno and Stephen Colbert. Uggie recently debuted his first video as the official &amp;#039;spokesdog&amp;#039; for video game company Nintendo. The dog&amp;#039;s trainer von Muller has also announced that Uggie has officially retired from film following the success of The Artist. &amp;gt; Christopher Plummer: &amp;#039;The Artist&amp;#039;s Uggie was just a trickster&amp;#039; Watch a trailer for Oscar-winning film The Artist below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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