Tag Archives: Michelle Obama

The First Lady was the surprise final presenter at the Oscars, announcing the Best Picture winner via live video from the White House.  In her presentation, Obama gave a nod to the gay community. “These nine movies took us back in time and all around the world they made us laugh, they made us weep and they made us grip …

E Online reports: In honor of Michelle Obama’s national fitness initiative, Let’s Move!, Jimmy Fallon donned a soccer-mom wig (with bangs, natch) and pastel cardigan to illustrate the evolution of mom dancing—and, luckily, Obama was his guest tonight, so he didn’t have to get his groove on alone. Together, they showed off moves like “Go Shopping, Get Groceries,” the classic …

The First Lady celebrated her birthday today with a new Twitter account, a new hairdo, and a meeting with OutServe-SLDN staffer David Hall, the Air Force veteran discharged under DADT who was today named as Citizen Co-Chair of the Second Inauguration.  For more the new ‘do, click over to Vanity Fair.

Four big names on our side of the aisle earned Grammy nominations yesterday in the Best Spoken Word category. Via Deadline: They both campaigned with President Barack Obama to help him secure a second term. Now both First Lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton have landed Grammy nominations. Both are up in the Best Spoken Word Album category …

The hashtag “Hail Obama” began trending on Twitter yesterday after a local Florida Fox reporter claimed that crowds were chanting the phrase at an appearance by the First Lady. Others in attendance say that the crowd was actually chanting “Michelle Obama.” And some point out that the sports chant for Brevard Community College, the school where the First Lady appeared, …

The president and First Lady celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary today. It’s a shame the debate had to be tonight.

The president is in town for the United Nations General Assembly and yesterday he and the First Lady taped a segment that will air on today’s episode of The View.

“The First Lady of America took the grandstand last night in a rousing speech. As the emails flooded into my cache, with the pros and cons, I wrote back to one sincere young lady: ‘She looked beautiful and proves that she’s nearly as much a consummate skilled politician as her husband. She almost makes you forget that her husband supports …

On the streets around the convention center and arena, you can find some rather unusual DNC swag for sale. This cat collar, however, is part of the official Obama/Biden merchandise line.

Andrew Sullivan: Stunning, brilliant, moving, passionate and right. Flawless. That was a speech a presidential nominee would be proud to have given. The best speech of the conventions so far. There was an emotional arc and steel to this that was as suffused with patriotism as it was with love. Yes, I’m gushing. But gushing is what I feel. And …

Michelle Obama warns that that this election “will be even closer than the last one” and that the tipping point could be in the hands of “just a few thousand people in one state.”

Family Circle has launched a cookie recipe contest between Michelle Obama and Ann Romney. Each of their submitted recipes are at the link. The silly season just got sillier. And the freeping has apparently already begun, at this writing I can’t get Family Circle’s vote widget to open, no doubt due to heavy coverage in Wingnutistan.

The First Lady has posted a video response to some questions she’s gotten via her Twitter account. The final question (listed above) comes at the 5:15 mark.

Lesbian mommy blog Mombian reports: The White House photostream now includes a photo of First Lady Michelle Obama with Andrea and Logan Smith (10 months). Andrea is the executive director of Green Florida and wife of Equality Florida executive director Nadine Smith—and their son is absolutely adorable. (It’s all about the cheeks. Or maybe the eyes. Total cuteness either way.)