Michelle Obama Covers Ebony Magazine; Dishes On Her Relationship With Obama; Meet Michelle Obama's Mom, Marian Robinson
Mrs. Grapevine - 5th Aug 2008
Michelle Obama: This is certainly one magazine issue I will buy, and you make sure you go out an buy it, too.
Michelle Obama is on the cover of Ebony, and it will feature an interview with her mom, Marian Robinson.
Going beyond the surface view of poise, elegance, style and the utmost class, Ebony magazine unveils the real
Michelle Obama: mother, wife, potential first lady and style icon. Take a rare look behind-the-scenes of
Michelle's life on the road to the White House and how she finds the necessary balance between managing the household with Sen.
Barack Obama and joining her husband in pursuit of the most ambitious American dream.
PLUS, in an EXCLUSIVE interview,
Michelle's mother, Marian Robinson, reflects on her daughter's childhood and transition to being one step away from changing her address from Chicago to Washington, D.C.
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MSNBC ran an ad for "Hardball" Thursday morning teasing a segment on Michelle Obama's image makeover. The ad featured background artwork of female silhouetted dancers while the phrase, "HER NEW OUTLOOK?" was displayed on the screen. When contacted, an MSNBC representative said the ad was pulled after only running "once or twice" because it was deemed "inappropriate." The full statement:
"The artwork should not have been used, it was inappropriate. We pulled the spot this morning and it was re-done withou
Michelle Obama to be a guest host on `The View'
Michelle Obama will be a guest host on "The View" on June 18. The popular ABC daytime talk show had invited her to be a guest this month, but she sent back word that she would like to be a host like Cindy McCain did in April, said Bill Geddie, the show's executive producer.
"Equal time — that's hard to argue with," he said Wednesday.
Being a guest host will allow Michelle Obama to help interview guests and participate in the opening "hot topics," or banter about what's in the news that day. It offer
Michelle Obama's thesis goes public, gets analyzed
There are plenty senior theses with famous authors lining the shelves of Princeton University's library.
Actors Brooke Shields and Dean Cain used their senior papers to write about the film industry. Actor David Duchovny wrote about Samuel Beckett. Future politician Bill Bradley wrote about Harry Truman. Ralph Nader explored Lebanese agriculture.
But few senior theses have attracted as much attention as Michelle Obama's 1985 paper, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community."
Bloggers have
Video: Michelle Obama on The Colbert Report
Stephen tries to make Barack Obama jealous by singing to Michelle Obama.
The Obamas for Essence Magazine
The Obamas for the September issue of Essence Magazine.
Essence Magazine has become the first black publication to be allowed a glimpse into the Obamas’ spacious Chicago home.
In the September issue, hitting newsstands now, just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Essence captures Michelle, Barack and their two daughters at home. And veteran journalist Gwen Ifill catches up with the Obamas on the road, where they discuss family life, criticism of Michelle, and reaction to Barack's
In Case You Missed It: "It’s Time For Education Reform"
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u can always rely on good ol Bill O’facist for some racism!!!!
FOX NEWS MAN BRANDS Nas "VILE"Fox News presenter Bill O'Reilly has called Nas "vile" after the hip hopper joined a protest against racism on the Fox TV network.As previously reported, Nas joined representatives of ColorOfChange.org and MoveOn.org when they delivered a petition with over 600,000 signatures to Fox's HQ in New York earlier this month, following various dubious comments made on Fox about presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. Amongst the slurs listed on the petition were th
Barack Obama's Daughters on His Presidential Run: "Boring!"
Barack Obama has confessed to Usmagazine.com that his daughters, Malia, 9, and Sasha, 6, are obsessed with Miley Cyrus and Beyonce.
But when it comes to his presidential campaign... well, not so much.
"When I call them, they say, 'Daddy, what did you do today?' I say, 'Well, I spoke to 35,000 people,'" Obama told Rachael Ray in an interview that aired Tuesday.
"It's like, 'Boring!'" he added. "It's not interesting."
The Democratic presidential hopeful – who is Just Like Us — called campaigni
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Running While BlackE-MAILPRINTSAVESHAREBy BOB HERBERTPublished: August 2, 2008Gee, I wonder why, if you have a black man running for high public office — say, Barack Obama or Harold Ford — the opposition feels compelled to run low-life political ads featuring tacky, sexually provocative white women who have no connection whatsoever to the black male candidates.Go to Columnist Page »Spare me any more drivel about the high-mindedness of John McCain. You knew something was up back in March when, in his fi
What's Obama doing on his birthday?
Today is Barack Obama's birthday - he turns 47. Happy Birthday!
But how is the presidential candidate celebrating his big day? Why, raising money, of course! Obama will be in Boston for a fundraiser, which is completely sold out. Obama hopes to raise over $4 million today, of which $700,000 is expected to come from Hillary Clinton supporters.
If Obama meets his goal, it would make the event the biggest fundraiser ever in the state of Massachusetts.
Paris fights back,and is pretty witty doing it...check out the video!!
Thanks to John McCain, Paris Hilton realizes that she's, like, totally ready to lead!
The seemingly oblivious heiress has taped a response, posted on FunnyOrDie.com, to the new McCain ad comparing Barack Obama to paparazzi magnets like Paris and Britney Spears.
And, well...it's pretty funny.
In the video, Paris introduces herself as a celebrity—like McCain, who's "old enough to remember when dancing was a sin."
"I'm a celebrity, too. Only I'm not from the olden days, and I'm not promising change like
New Yorker's 'terrorist' Obama cover under fire
In a campaign in which Senator Barack Obama touching fists with his wife sparked a "controversy", the New Yorker's latest cover was never going to slip onto newsstands unnoticed.
In a satirical swipe at the crazy rumours about the presidential candidate and his wife, Michelle, the liberal magazine depicts them as terrorists in the oval office. Obama is in Muslim clothing; Michelle, in an Afro and military garb, has an AK-47 slung over he shoulder.
Naturally, the fist bumping is there, along with a por
Sherri Shepherd "Would Love" Michelle Obama to Be First Lady
View co-host Sherri Shepherd can't contain her admiration for potential first lady – and Us cover girl – Michelle Obama.
"She is so poised, gracious, intelligent, charming and funny," she told Usmagazine.com at the Daytime Emmy Awards in L.A. Friday night, which she co-hosted.
"I would love to have her as a first lady!" Shepherd said.
Obama was a guest on The View Wednesday.
"She showed another side of herself: a sweet side, a motherly side," Shepherd told Us. "She has a great sense of humor
The race card: Did Obama play it or is McCain playing games?
John McCain thinks Barack Obama is playing the race card.
The Republican presidential candidate and his staff were upset by a comment Obama made on the campaign trail.
During a campaign speech, the Illinois Democrat told supporters Republicans were trying to make voters scared of him.
“What they’re saying is, well, we know we’re not very good, but you can’t risk electing Obama. You know, he’s new, he’s — he doesn’t look like the other presidents on the currency. He — you know,
Obama on Paris: Never Met The Woman
Barack Obama didn’t let a little rain keep him from ribbing John McCain about his latest anti-Obama ad at a Missouri cookout — ridiculing the McCain campaign for comparing him to Paris Hilton.
“Since they don’t have any new ideas the only strategy they’ve got in this election is to try to scare you about me,” Obama told the crowd of 100 gathered under a picnic shelter. He’d used that line of attack throughout the day.
“They’re going to send out nasty emails. The latest one, they’ve
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John McCain may have endorsement of Heidi Montag, but Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have the support of their spouses, who penned exclusive first-person pieces arguing for the candidates they know best in the latest issue of Us Weekly.
Their pieces are a little under 1,000 words apiece.
"I tell people I am married to the answer," Michelle Obama wrote in Us. "If I weren't married to him, I'd want a Barack Obama presidency right now — not in four or eight years, but now."
Bill Clinton wrote in U
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Obama or McCain?
Yep, I went there. I want to know who you guys are voting for! I am NOT going to tolerate people bashing each other, or calling Obama a terrorrist, etc.
As most of you know, I am voting for Obama. I am not a fan of republican views (look where it's got us now!) and am ready for a democrat in office. Sure, I will lose money out of it, because voting republican would probably HELP my pocket book, but voting for Obama helps my family, who are a bunch of blue collar badasses.
I was shocked at how republicans