Michelle Obama
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Barack Obama Wants to Take Us to the Presidential 'Promised Land' With His 2020 Playlist
While the current huffy head-of-state is constantly sitting on Twitter denying a fair election (or you know, reality), the 44th president of the United States is releasing a whole much-anticipated book! Titled A Promised Land, Barack Obama debuted on Tuesday the first volume of his presidential memoir, chronicling his journey from “a young man searching…
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Barack Obama's Newest Memoir Is Dedicated to the Women in His Life
As we endure the last 65 days of an American presidency that has continually undermined the dignity of the office and a current occupant of the White House who refuses to effectively lead or leave, it’s only natural to get wistful for days past. While plenty of past presidents have been flawed (who isn’t?), prior…
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‘This Isn’t a Game’: Michelle Obama Not So Subtly Shades President Trump for Holding Up Transition Process
There have been countless calls for President Trump to just accept the L handed to him by the American people and begin the transition process. Adding her voice to that number is Michelle Obama, who shared a lengthy post on Instagram that read the sitting president with the grace and eloquence we’ve come to expect…
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Barack Obama's New Memoir Reveals the Strain the Presidency Put on His Marriage
“If I were able to run for a third term, Michelle would divorce me.” Barack Obama told Jimmy Kimmel in October of 2016. It was obviously a joke, but in the first volume of the upcoming presidential memoir, A Promised Land, our favorite former president reveals that the pressures of the White House did add…
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'A Promised Land': Oprah and Gayle King Will Get First Dibs on Barack Obama's Presidential Tea
Former President Barack Obama will sit down with two very familiar faces as his long-awaited new memoir, A Promised Land, launches next week. Gayle King will be first on the docket to chat with Mr. 44 on Nov. 15 for CBS Sunday Morning. While the timing of the interview coincides with the release of Obama’s…
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LeBron James and Michelle Obama Join Forces to Encourage People to Vote Early
High-key, if I just won my fourth championship ring after spending months away from my family, I’d probably sit my happy ass down for a beat. LeBron James, fresh from winning his fourth ring and (probably) beating his son’s ass, has teamed up with former First Lady Michelle Obama to encourage folks to vote early.…
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Michelle Obama Did Not Come to Play With You or Your Little Friends in Voter Video Message: ‘7 Months Later and He Still Won’t Wear a Mask’
The former first lady took a break from exfoliating, drinking water from the Nigerian Alps and frolicking in a garden covered in angel feathers to make a final pitch to the American people–to whom she owes nothing—to “vote for Joe Biden like your lives depend on it.” In a recently released and highly critical 24-minute…
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Strong Black Animation: The Obamas and Doc McStuffins Creator Team Up on New Series Ada Twist, Scientist
Get ready for a bit more Black in STEM representation—and this time, it’s animated! As Deadline reports, Netflix has ordered forty 12-minute episodes of a new animated preschool series from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground Productions called Ada Twist, Scientist. The TV series, created by Doc McStuffins creator Chris Nee, is adapted…
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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Share Loss of Third Child During Pregnancy: 'We Love You, Jack'
In a painful and deeply personal message posted late Wednesday on Instagram, Chrissy Teigen shared that she and husband John Legend lost their third child, a son they had been calling “Jack.” The post came just days after Teigen revealed her worsening pregnancy complications. “We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you…
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Exclusive: Michelle Obama and Brother Craig Robinson Talk About the Incident That Changed the Way They Look at Police
On the season finale of Michelle Obama’s self-titled podcast, the former first lady returns “home”—talking at length with her brother, former basketball coach Craig Robinson and mother Marian Robinson about childhood and parenting. It’s fertile and intimate ground for the threesome, who discuss everything from the first night bringing home a newborn and how to…