Project Runway fashionisto Michael Kors sees traces of American grace in soon-to-be British royal Kate Middleton. The designer is a huge fan of the future princess — who is set to wed Prince William in April — and believes she shares the same impeccable taste and flawless eye for fashion as First Lady Michelle Obama. [...]
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Paul McCartney Oprah Winfrey Among Kennedy Center Honors Honorees 2010
September 7th, 2010 |
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Musician Paul McCartney and Queen of Talk Oprah Winfrey will be among five honorees celebrated at the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors this December.The TV host and actress, who kicks off the 25th and final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show this monh, will be honored at the 33rd annual event in Washington on Dec. 5, [...]
Michelle Obama Vogue Magazine Dec. 2010 Cover Girl?
June 4th, 2010 |
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First Lady Michelle Obama — Vogue cover girl redux? Icy Vogue editor Anna Wintour is courting Mrs. Obama for another cover feature on an forthcoming issue of The Style Bible. We hear Wintour hopes to convince the First Lady to appear on the cover of Vogue’s December issue, a honor traditionally bestowed upon an Oscar-nominated starlet. Michelle [...]
Witherspoon jokes about Michelle Obama stealing stylish woman crown
March 11th, 2010 |
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Reese Witherspoon recently commented on how her “Legally Blonde†character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman of the US by First Lady Michelle Obama.
Witherspoon, 33, spoke at the annual International Women of Courage awards ceremony on March 10 where Mrs Obama and Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, were present.
The [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama Donates Inaugural Gown To Smithsonian
March 9th, 2010 |
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First Lady Michelle Obama headed to the Smithsonian on Tuesday to donate the gown she wore to last year’s Inaugural Ball.
I’ve never liked this dress, but Mrs. Obama continues a long tradition of First Ladies who have donated their inaugural gowns to be on display at the world-famous Smithsonian. So kudos to her. Obama’s gown [...]
Blind Boys of Alabama & Bob Dylan To Play White House Concert
January 29th, 2010 |
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BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, BOB DYLAN, JOHN LEGEND & MORE
TO PERFORM AT WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA
 Blind Boys of Alabama |
Blind Boys of Alabama have been invited to perform at a special concert at the White House on February 10. In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement will be held in the State Dining Room, and is timed to celebrate Black History Month.
The Blind Boys will join hosts President and Mrs. Obama as well as music superstars Bob Dylan, John Legend, Seal, Jennifer Hudson, John Mellencamp, Natalie Cole and Smokey Robinson on the bill. Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah will emcee the entire event.
The concert will be the White House’s first music event of 2010, and is the latest in a music series started last year by Michelle Obama. It will be streamed live online at Whitehouse.gov and broadcast on PBS on February 11.
The event is a particularly poignant one for the Blind Boys. “Our group started singing together in Alabama in the late 1930s, and we lived through the dark days of segregation,” says Jimmy Carter, the band’s leader and one of its founding members. “That’s why it is a great pleasure and an even greater honor to sing on this program.”
The White House concert adds to an already remarkable year for the legendary gospel group. The band opened 2010 with a series of concerts in China, then flew to New York last week where they were joined by Lou Reed for a blistering performance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Watch the video of this first time live collaboration here.
The group will be touring the rest of the spring, including upcoming concerts in Morristown, N.J. (with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band), at UCLA’s Royce Hall (with Allen Toussaint) and at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, punctuated by their induction into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Montgomery, AL on March 25.
Blind Boys of Alabama Tour Dates
01/29/10 Fri Community Theatre at Mayo Center Morristown, NJ
02/19/10 Fri University of Illinois at Springfield Springfield, IL
02/20/10 Sat Sangamon Auditorium Springfield, IL
02/21/10 Sun The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA
02/25/10 Thu Laxson Auditorium Chico, CA
02/26/10 Fri Knitting Factory Reno, NV
03/04/10 Thu Lobero Theatre Santa Barbara, CA
03/06/10 Sat UCLA Los Angeles, CA
03/06/10 Sat Royce Hall at UCLA Los Angeles, CA
03/07/10 Sun Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
03/19/10 Fri Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts Franklin, NC
03/25/10 Thu The Alabama Music Hall of Fame Tuscumbia, AL
04/23/10 Fri Skipper’s Smokehouse Tampa, FL
04/25/10 Sun New Orleans Fairgrounds New Orleans, LA
Michelle Obama Waxwork Madame Tussauds Museum
January 19th, 2010 |
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A newly-completed waxwork figure of First Lady Michelle Obama joined a similar statue of her husband President Barack Obama at Madame Tussauds in London this week.
The wax figure of Mrs. Obama standing in the Oval Office was unveiled at Madame Tussauds’ London museum to mark the first anniversary of the inauguration of President Obama.
The stylish [...]
Michelle Obama PETA Ad Pulled
January 12th, 2010 |
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People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals is pulling an ad campaign that caught the attention of The White House for its illegal use of First Lady Michelle Obama’s likeness.
The ad — which also featured snapshots of Tyra Banks, Oprah Winfrey, and Carrie Underwood — was plastered in metro stations all over Washington, DC [...]
Michelle Obama PETA Ad Under Fire From White House
January 5th, 2010 |
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A PETA anti-fur ad that went up in Metrorail stations around Washington last month has fallen under fire for using the First Lady’s likeness without permission from The White House.
The animal rights group salutes Carrie Underwood, Tyra Banks, Oprah Winfrey, and Michelle Obama as part of its “Make DC Fur-Free” campaign. In the controversial ad, [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama “Iron Chef America†Sunday, Jan. 3
January 3rd, 2010 |
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Hillary had healthcare — Michelle has childhood obesity.
First Lady Michelle Obama brings her platform of reducing kids’ waistlines through better school lunches, community gardens, and exercise to the world of reality TV this weekend. Mrs. Obama will appear on the Food Network series Iron Chef America this Sunday, Jan. 3. [Check your local listings....]
In the [...]
Michelle Obama Offensive Image: Racist Image Of First Lady Tops Google Images
November 25th, 2009 |
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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 [...]
Google apologises for offensive Michelle Obama image
November 25th, 2009 |
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Google has issued an apology for a racially offensive image of Michelle Obama that pops up on its search engine when users hunt for snaps of the US First Lady.
The California-based Internet giant posted a text ad above the rude photo that ended up as the number-one result for Mrs Obama on its site.
The ad [...]
Michelle Obama Naeem Khan Dress White House State Dinner
November 25th, 2009 |
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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 [...]
Michelle Obama to host celeb cookery show
November 6th, 2009 |
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The health conscious Michelle Obama is all set to enter the domain of kitchens as she takes on the cameo role of a host for cookery show Iron Chef America at the White House in January.
The show, which features celebrity cooks competing against each other, is the First Lady’s latest step to promote her agenda [...]
Michelle Obama “Iron Chef America†Guest Appearance
November 4th, 2009 |
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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 [...]
Michelle Obama hula-hoops 142 revolutions at White House health fair!
October 22nd, 2009 |
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Michelle Obama showed off her hula-hoop skills before school goers as she spun the ring around her waist for 142 revolutions at the White House fair hosted by her to promote children’’s health.
The Telegraph quoted her as saying at the Healthy Kids Fair: “One of our goals was to focus on the importance of educating [...]
Michelle Obama to promote gardening, healthy eating on Sesame Street
October 1st, 2009 |
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US First Lady Michelle Obama is to appear in the first episode of the 40th anniversary series of Sesame Street with a segment encouraging kids to plant gardens.
The First Lady will appear in the November 10 season debut of the educational show for kids.
The show’s producers said that Mrs Obama will teach the furry “residents” [...]