The Obamas Get Their First Oscar Nomination for Netflix Documentary American...
That was fast: The Obamas on Monday received their first Oscar nod for their production company’s debut documentary, American Factory. The 2020 Academy Award nominations included the Higher Ground’s...
View ArticleMichelle and Barack Obama Are 'Not Advising' Prince Harry and Meghan Markle...
Sources close to Michelle and Barack Obama tell PEOPLE that reports they have offered advice to — or even been in contact with — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over their “step back” from the royal...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Has a New Instagram Show Following Students Who've 'Overcome...
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is launching a new IGTV series on Instagram that will follow the lives of four first-year college students from across the country. The new series, which is produced...
View Article7 of the Greatest Moments from The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ellen DeGeneres‘ 2020 is off to a special start. The award-winning talk show host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show will be honored at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards with the Carol Burnett Award for...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Named 'Most-Admired Woman,' Barack Obama & Donald Trump Tie...
A new poll shows that Americans admire former first lady Michelle Obama more than any other woman in the world. The former first lady was named the “most admired woman” of 2019, according to a new...
View ArticleThe Obamas Celebrate the Holidays with Christmas Card: 'Let’s Continue...
The Obamas are wishing everyone a “holiday season filled with friends, family, and joy!” On Christmas Eve, former First Lady Michelle Obama shared her family’s heartwarming Christmas card, which...
View ArticleObama Says Women are 'Indisputably Better' Leaders Than Men — and Old Men...
Former President Barack Obama said Monday — not for the first time — that women were “indisputably better” as leaders than men and that many of the world’s problems come from old men “not getting out...
View ArticleThe Story Behind Michelle Obama (and Ellen!) Surprising an Elementary School...
As the unsuspecting principal at Randle Highlands Elementary School in Washington, D.C., Kristie Edwards thought Ellen DeGeneres was simply sending a crew to the school to tape a day-in-the-life...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Tweets Support at Greta Thunberg After Trump's Twitter...
After President Donald Trump mocked her on Twitter this week, former First Lady Michelle Obama had some encouraging words for 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. “Don’t let anyone dim your...
View ArticleMeet the Vietnamese 11th Grader Whose Hours-Long School Commute Reminded...
Truong Thi Hai Yên, barefoot on the cleanly swept floor of her rented one-room home, rattles off the tick-tock of an average school day for her, an 11th-grader in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: At...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Talks Bond with George W. Bush After Controversy Over Him...
Twitter controversies aside, Michelle Obama doesn’t see any problem with her friends Ellen DeGeneres and George W. Bush being friends with each other. The former first lady, 55, was asked in a Today...
View ArticleMalia Obama Helped Drop Sister Sasha Off at College — Where She Has Roommates!
A few days after first opening up to PEOPLE about the “emotional” process of sending youngest daughter Sasha Obama to college this year, former First Lady Michelle Obama shared with Today some more...
View ArticleInside Michelle Obama & Julia Roberts' Emotional Day with Vietnamese...
In a quiet, quavering voice, Tay Thi Nguyen told the powerful women seated on either side of her about her painful school days in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: At age 7, as she worked the fields after school...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Talks 'Surreal' Trump Impeachment Hearings but Says, 'We Have...
Michelle Obama is choosing to remain hopeful amid the ongoing impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. On Monday, the former First Lady, 55, shared her thoughts on the country’s current...
View ArticleWhat Michelle Obama Loved in 2019 (Toy Story!), What She Binged and What...
It’s hard to argue Michelle Obama didn’t win 2019. Just a few examples: her record-breaking memoir, Becoming — and its 11 million-plus copies sold — plus a massive book tour, a slew of upcoming...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Is Relishing Her Alone Time with Barack: We're 'Remembering...
Sell-out book tours and international humanitarian trips aside, Michelle Obama is happy to keep enjoying the quiet(er) life with her husband, Barack. In an interview with PEOPLE in this week’s issue...
View ArticleBarack & Michelle Obama Just Bought a $11.75M, 7-Bedroom Martha's Vineyard...
The Obamas just turned one of their favorite vacation spots into their new home. Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama this week purchased a 6,892-square-foot home on...
View ArticleThe ‘Emotional’ Moment the Obamas Dropped Off 18-Year-Old Sasha at College:...
Except for their last name and world-famous faces, Barack and Michelle Obama were just like so many other parents earlier this year when, as late summer began crisping into fall, they sent off their...
View ArticlePeople Now: Julianne Hough Opens Up About the Workplace Culture She Wants to...
PEOPLE Now airs live, Monday through Friday, from the Meredith offices in New York City. Catch PEOPLE Now every weekday at 12:00 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT on People.com or on the PeopleTV app on your favorite...
View ArticleMichelle Obama Looks Back on the 'Panic,' Vulnerability & Gratitude of Her...
Michelle Obama‘s eye-popping 2019 included the record-shattering 11.7 million in sales of her memoir, Becoming, and a sellout book tour that saw 375,000 packing the kind of stadiums Taylor Swift or U2...
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