First Lady Michelle Obama debuted a new haircut as she and President Obama enjoyed a country music concert — featuring Charley Pride, Brad Paisley, Alison Krauss, and Union Station — in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday.
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Leona Lewis has turned down an invitation to perform for President and First Lady Obama because she is too busy working on the follow-up to her platinum-selling debut album, Spirit. Read the rest of this entry »
First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the first-ever commencement speech at the University of California, Merced in Merced, California on Saturday, May 16. The 493 students receiving diplomas are the first graduating class since the university opened in 2005.
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Legendary fashion model Iman serves Michelle Obama a backhanded compliment in an interview featured in this week’s edition of Parade.
While Iman doesn’t find Mrs. O a strickingly beautiful woman, she notes that the First Lady’s “interesting look” will be a benefit to her in the aging process.
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Iman tells Parade: “Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty…But she is so interesting looking and so bright. That will always take you farther. When you’re a great beauty, it’s always downhill for you. If you’re someone like Mrs. Obama, you just get better with age.”
Methinks what Michelle may lack in looks, she makes up for with intelligence, pose, and just overall fierceness.
Joined by the always adorable Elmo, First Lady Michelle Obama is encouraging kids to eat smart, eat healthy, and exercise in a new public service announcement on nutrition from the creators of Sesame Street.
Earlier this week, Mrs. Obama called her partnership with the children’s television classic– taped during a trip to New York City this week — one of the most meaningful things she’s done since moving into The White House.
She’s rubbed elbows with world leaders, been hailed one of the world’s next great fashion icons over the past year, and made history as the first First Lady of color since moving into The White House in January, but at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations on Tuesday, Michelle Obama called her public service announcement for children’s television classic Sesame Street “probably the best thing” she’s done as First Lady.
First Puppy Bo just can’t compare to Elmo. Read the rest of this entry »
There’s a “shoe-gate” situation brewing at The White House.
As the nation faces the worst economic recession in a generation, several outlets are raising debate about the $540 sneakers worn by First Lady Michelle Obama while volunteering at a Washington D.C.-area food bank for the homeless last Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Michelle Obama and her mother, Marian Robinson, speak out about life at Washington’s most famous addresss in the May 2009 issue of Essence Magazine, on newsstands April 10. Read the rest of this entry »
A wax figure of First Lady Michelle Obama will join a wax reincarnation of President Obama in the Oval Office at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Washington on Monday.
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A “crystal constellation” cardigan ensemble worn by First Lady Michelle Obama in London last Wednesday has boosted sales and prompted a 200-person waiting list for popular retailer J. Crew. Read the rest of this entry »
