The Queen of Talk will interview the President and First Lady during an ABC holiday special that brings Oprah Winfrey and The Obamas together for the first time since the former Chicago senator took office in January.
The network will air Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special on Sunday, Dec. 13, @ 10PM. The show will feature an interview with the president, a conversation with the First Family, and a tour of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The special will also go behind the scenes as The White House staffers prepare for the holiday season.
Winfrey, who had never before endorsed a presidential candidate, was a staunch Obama supporter during his presidential campaign and even appeared at several of the then-senator’s rallies around the country.
Google has purchased online ads in an effort to explain why the most popular Google Image search result for First Lady Michelle Obama is a racist picture in which her face is depicted as a monkey.
The racist image was previously removed by Google on the grounds that the site hosting it “violated Google’s guidelines by serving malware to visitors.” Now, however, the offensive photo has been posted to another site that does not violate Google’s rules.
The Google ad, titled “Offensive Search Results,” appears directly over the offensive picture of Mrs. Obama and reads: “Sometimes our search results can be offensive. We agree.” There’s then a longer explanation outlining why certain search results appear and why they may be so highly ranked.
“Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google. [...] We apologize if you’ve had an upsetting experience using Google. We hope you understand our position regarding offensive results.” [Read the full explanation here.]
First Lady Michelle Obama selected an elegant, Indian-inspired frock crafted by Indian-American designer Naeem Khan for The Obama White House’s first state dinner, honoring the fashion-forward continent. The guests of honor at the dinner were the Prime Minister Prime Minister Manmohan Singhand his wife, Gursharan Kaur, making Mrs. Obama’s choice of the Indian-born, U.S.-based designer quite appropriate.
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Mrs. O is mixing it up on Iron Chef! The First Lady has scored a cameo appearance on Iron Chef America, along with White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
It’s all part of her plan to get combat childhood obesity getting America’s kids off the sofa and adopting a lifestyle of healthy eating and daily exercise.
In the episode, which will open the show’s new season, Comerford and celebrity chef Bobby Flay join forces against Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse. Mrs. Obama will reveal the secret ingredient that the chefs must use in their televised cook-off. She’ll also talk about her Healthy Kids Initiative.
Michelle Obama has been christened Woman of the Year and America’s First Lady is giving relationship advice to the single ladies. (And since she managed to bag a guy who became president, this is one lecture on love you may want to listen to!)
“Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s, Who are you as a person?” she tells guest columnist Katie Couric in an interview for Glamour’s year-end issue. “Don’t look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul. … When you’re dating a man, you should always feel good. … You shouldn’t be in a relationship with somebody who doesn’t make you completely happy and make you feel whole.”
“One thing that I’ve learned from male role models is that they don’t hesitate to invest in themselves.”
Mrs. O — who styled herself for the shoot — was photographed by Matthias Vriens-McGrath for one of five Glamour Women of the Year covers.