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French Elle Accused of Shameless Racism for Michelle Obama Piece

That First Lady Michelle Obama is a fashion icon, that she supports young black designers and that she's a trendsetter is not a secret. According to a recent editorial on Elle France, Michelle Obama is also the reason why African-Americans finally know how to “dress up.” In a piece called &ldquo...

27 January 2012
15:21 GMT

The Kardashian Clan Is Blindsided by Michelle Obama Diss

The Kardashian clan is very upset that First Lady Michelle Obama would go on record saying her husband Barack doesn't let their girls watch the Kardashian reality show. The girls could actually stand to win from becoming fans, they believe. In a recent interview with iVillage, Mrs. Obama revealed that her two ...

21 October 2011
07:20 GMT

Get Michelle Obama’s Toned Arms with Arm Sculpt by Rodial

Much ink, digital and otherwise, has been spent on writing about First Lady Michelle Obama’s toned arms and, most importantly, on how much time she spends working out to keep them that way. Rodial is now saying women all over the world get their arms just as toned – and they don’t even have to lift ...

8 June 2011
16:51 GMT

Michelle Obama Explains Why She Works Out Twice a Day

First Lady Michelle Obama has always been in great shape but even she admits that she’s been forced to put in the extra effort as of late because she hardly gets the chance to walk. Mrs. Obama was on The View the other day, which is also where she talked about her husband’s fear of seeing his daughters gr...

19 April 2011
15:51 GMT

Michelle Obama Is World’s Most Powerful Woman

Forbes magazine has just issued its annual list of the world’s most powerful women: filled with singers, actresses and politicians, Michelle Obama ranked in at number one this year. However, the magazine celebrates all the women it has included on the list for the way they shape current conversation and, this w...

7 October 2010
10:57 GMT

Michelle Obama’s Spending Is Out of Control, Criticized

First Lady Michelle Obama was first criticized for her fashion choices – now it’s her spending, which is reportedly out of control, that’s come under serious fire because it sends a wrong message to the electorate. The US economy is still pretty much down from recession and almost 15 million people ...

16 September 2010
03:11 GMT

Michelle Obama’s State Dinner Dress Leads to Racist Debate

How we perceive color, they say, is entirely a subjective matter, for one person’s turquoise can be another’s sea-green, and the list could go on like this for ever. In fashionspeak, “nude” refers to a pale pastel hue that is between pale peach and champagne. Because of the dress that First La...

21 May 2010
14:31 GMT

First Lady Finds iPhone Hard to Type on

At the White House Correspondents Association, CNN’s Ed Henry reportedly convinced Michelle Obama to send her first Tweet from his iPhone. However, it took a while for the first lady to get her message out, particularly because she didn’t know how to type using the phone’s virtual keyboard. “H...

4 May 2010
10:41 GMT

Jessica Simpson Wants to Be Michelle Obama

Jessica Simpson, former teen bombshell, pop singer, country singer, actress and television personality, is looking up to the First Lady as a role model. In attendance at the White House Correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, Simpson said her presence there was meant to celebrate Michelle Obama and everything...

3 May 2010
03:42 GMT

The White House Wants Videogames to Encourage Healthy Eating

One of the most interesting initiatives presented at the Game Developers Conference, which took place in San Francisco, has been that Apps for Healthy Kids program that the White House initiated, aiming to use videogames as a direct and powerful way of educating a young audience about the way they should eat and exer...

15 March 2010
04:38 GMT

Scott Baio Receiving Death Threats After Posting Pic of Michelle Obama

In the perfect example of how things can sometimes go terribly wrong without as much as an incentive, Scott Baio is now worried about the safety of his family after a comment he posted on Twitter has drawn several death threats. Baio posted a photo of Michelle Obama together with what he considered a funny comment &n...

23 January 2010
05:57 GMT

The Obama Children Have Strict Rules for TV Watching

These days, a lot of emphasis is placed on the kind of shows that air on television, as well as on the part parents should be playing in their children’s TV habits. The US First Family, for instance, is one that believes limits and rules must be established so that whatever children watch on TV is first filtere...

14 January 2010
05:01 GMT

PETA Uses Michelle Obama for Campaign Without Permission

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is no stranger to creating a controversy but, this time, it might have gone a bit too far, loud voices in the blogosphere and the media are saying. For its latest anti-fur campaign, PETA has chosen none other than First Lady Michelle Obama as a spokesperson. The ...

6 January 2010
15:31 GMT

Susan Boyle to Sing for the Obamas This January

Having already made her plans of retiring from the spotlight as soon as she’s done promoting her debut album, “I Dreamed a Dream,” known, demand for Susan Boyle continues to be on the rise. Just the other day, rapper 50 Cent was saying he’d like to record a duet with the Scottish singer, ...

9 December 2009
03:36 GMT

Michelle Obama Offers Advice on Choosing Mr. Right

It has recently emerged that the Obama marriage hasn’t always been as happy and trouble-free as it is now, when a book detailing how political ambition almost killed it came out. Despite all this, Mrs. Obama knew from the start that her husband was Mr. Perfect for her, which is why she can now offer advice for ...

10 November 2009
13:21 GMT

Jailbreak Toys Comes Out with Michelle Obama Doll

Jailbreak Toys is the maker and seller of the highly popular Obama action figure. So as not to have the plastic President suffer from loneliness, the company has just unveiled a new line of dolls: the historically accurate Michelle Obama doll, coming in three different variants, that is, outfits. The Michelle doll is...

14 October 2009
15:21 GMT

Political Career Almost Killed the Obama Marriage

Although Barack and Michelle Obama always put up a united front, coming off as the picture-perfect family where all problems are discussed and then solved, things were not always like that, author Christopher Anderson says in “Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage.” Theirs is a love story ...

23 September 2009
14:31 GMT

Kate Winslet, Michelle Obama Top People’s Best Dressed List

She’s got a great body that women all around the world envy for being the exact opposite of what they see on the catwalks and, most importantly, she knows how to use it to always make for a stunning presence on the red carpet. British actress Kate Winslet and her sophisticated fashion style have received the ul...

18 September 2009
13:51 GMT

The Secret Behind Michelle Obama’s Well-Toned Arms

As much as the media criticized First Lady Michelle Obama for some of her fashion choices in the past, the one thing everyone seems to agree upon is that she has wonderfully toned arms. Guesses have been made and they have all summed up to taking shots in the dark about what she does to maintain them in such great sh...

9 September 2009
15:31 GMT

Sweatergate ‘09: Michelle Obama’s Sweater Causes Drama in Fashion World

Shortly after the Presidential elections, Michelle Obama was crowned by the fashion industry as the First Lady of Fashion, albeit major designers would still have liked to argue on whether she did not need more time to prove she really did deserve that title. Now, following her visit to the UK, where she also met the...

6 April 2009
16:11 GMT

Michelle Obama Criticized for Going Sleeveless in Official Photo

So far hailed as one of the most stylish presences in politics ever, First Lady Michelle Obama is now taking heavy fire from fashion critics and regular people alike for her choice of a gown for her first official White House photo. The simple Michael Kors creation highlights Michelle’s waist and puts her toned...

3 March 2009
16:21 GMT

Michelle Obama Reportedly Pregnant with Third Child

The Presidential Inauguration over, the media is now going back to all the photos that have been taken on the occasion, in the hope of finding a clue to confirm or deny the latest rumor. Michelle Obama might be pregnant again, gossip blogger Perez Hilton reports, citing sources from DC.While stating clearly that this...

30 January 2009
06:53 GMT

Michelle Obama, a ‘Ray of Sunshine’ at Presidential Inauguration

All eyes are now on Michelle Obama, the First Lady of Fashion, as the stylists are calling her. The Presidential Inauguration is not just about Barak, it is said, but also about Michelle, who now has to prove that, when it comes to style and elegance on the red carpet, no other woman in the US is a match for her &nda...

21 January 2009
05:48 GMT


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