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Michelle and Barack Obama *Barack Obama and Michelle Obama shared touching tributes on social media over the weekend to mark their 29th wedding anniversary.  The former first lady posted a throwback of her and the former president lounging on a couch together along with another shot of them cuddled on a different couch. “How […]

[…] words — indirectly, of course — because she is fond of her. This isn’t earth-shattering — not as earth-shattering, perhaps, as if Donald Trump cribbed language from Barack Obama’s convention speeches. And bipartisanship between real and potential first ladies isn’t exactly surprising. Michelle Obama has called Laura Bush “a role model and a friend,” […]

[…] Leon Talley has added his voice to the chorus of critics taking aim at Barack Obama for hosting a birthday party amid the COVID pandemic. Tally compares Barack and Michelle Obama to infamous French queen Marie-Antoinette in a political op-ed piece in the NY Times, written by Maureen Dowd.  “I think the nouveaux riches Obamas are seriously […]

* Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” memoir sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours after release on Tuesday, in all formats including pre-orders, e-books and audio. The first-day sales was a record for publisher Penguin Random House. “We are thrilled with the first day sales,” said David […]

*President Barack Obama may command more of the spotlight, but according to Peter Slevin, First Lady Michelle Obama is just as interesting. So much so that Slevin, a first time author who worked as a journalist for the Miami Herald and The Washington Post, examined her life in and out of the White House […]

Michelle and Barack Obama record The Michelle Obama Podcast (Spotify) *Michelle Obama is sticking close to home for the first episode of her podcast. She’s tapped her husband Barack Obama to kick things off on The Michelle Obama Podcast, recently announced as an exclusive on Spotify. The show will be available starting July 29. In […]

[…] those who marched in Selma and all those who came before us and that the task of progress is now in our hands.” Obama continued, “That’s why Barack and I started the @ObamaFoundation—to provide inspiration and support to young leaders looking to make change. My hope is when young folks from my old neighborhood […]

Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle acknowledge their supporters after Obama gave his victory speech during an election night gathering in Grant Park on November 4, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) *Former President Barack Obama wrote about his gay sex fantasies in a letter to his former […]

[…] the reality that we are now in is sinking fast. That new reality was made starkly clear in a video message posted online by now former President Barack Obama and and former First Lady, Michelle Obama as they offered their final public message together as president and first lady.  They are now rejoining the American people […]

*A revealing handwritten letter from President Barack Obama to his half-brother, Malik Abongo “Roy” Obama (pictured above) has been sold. According to Page Six, the letter — written in July 1995, before Obama’s political career began, and sold by Malik — details the commander-in-chief’s reason for stepping into the world of politics. Among those reasons […]

*President Donald Trump has been riding Barack Obama’s eggplant since he took office, and his obsession with his predecessor continued on Monday when he suggested that the House Judiciary Committee should investigate Obama’s Netflix deal.  “House Judiciary has given up on the Mueller Report, sadly for them after two years and $40,000,000 spent – […]

[…] described the project as an “allegorical little poem story.” Donald Glover’s production company is reportedly behind “The Heart.” Glover previosuly told GQ that he told the daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama, “She will only get to do this once,” adding, “You’re Obama’s daughter. So if you make a bad film, it will follow you around.” Malia made […]

*Erykah Badu has apologized to the Obamas for being a “terrible guest” at Barack Obama’s 60th birthday party at Martha’s Vineyard Saturday night. The music icon shared a public apology to Barack and Michelle on Thursday, admitting she was “so inconsiderate,” for posting a video from the bash on social media. “Mr. And Mrs. […]

* Barack and Michelle Obama’s podcast contract with Spotify Technology SA is coming to an end in October, and they will not renew it. Bloomberg reports that Higher Ground, the Obamas’ production company, failed to strike an agreement with Spotify. The former First couple wanted the popular streaming service to expand coverage so that the show could […]

*Michelle Obama says she “couldn’t stand” her husband Barack Obama for about a decade in their marriage.  The former first lady discussed the challenges of her marriage during a roundtable conversation with Revolt TV earlier this month with moderator Angie Martinez. The panel also included Kelly Rowland, H.E.R., Winnie Harlow, and Tina Knowles-Lawson, PEOPLE […]