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WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama cited the "transformative power of the arts" Monday as she presented national arts and humanities awards to 12 community-based, after-school programs that reach underserved youth. The programs— including some that focus on at-risk kids— use music, dance, poetry, theater, history, digital arts and other outlets to inspire creative development among […]

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During their entire reign as the First Family, we’ve been engulfed in Michelle Obama‘s closet and when she wears what to where. Election night was no different. As the clock creeped upon 1am on Thursday morning, we all patiently waited to see what new ensemble our uber fabulous First Lady would debut. Finally, the First […]

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Before joining her husband in Iowa for his last campaign stop on Monday, First Lady Michelle Obama made an appeal to voters in the swing state of Florida. “We are going to get this done,” she told the crowd in Orlando Park Monday night, reminding supporters on the eve of the election that it’s “all […]

Entertainment News

L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies literally swept through the Calabasas home of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Monday. The exercise was to secure the massive property for a luncheon the Smiths are throwing for First Lady Michelle Obama, according to TMZ. The couple resides behind a huge gate with a long, winding road that leads […]

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Today the TJMS crew noticed that First Lady Michelle Obama and Ann Romney both wore hot pink at last night's presidential debate. Flotus wore a pink knee-length dress with a matching pink overcoat. Romney wore a pink short-sleeved dress with an aqua necklace. So we want to know who do you think rocked the pink […]

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In a six-person roundtable meeting (pictured with NewsOne Senior Editor pictured left in black) in Leesburg, Va., First Lady Michelle Obama discussed her reaction to her husband’s debate performance, what’s at stake in this election, and whether Black women have her husband’s back before connecting with local residents in a electrifying rally. Dressed in a […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama say they both plan to vote early. The first lady says on Twitter that she dropped her absentee ballot in the mail Monday, telling her followers: "I couldn't wait for Election Day." The president replied in a tweet that he intends to vote early […]

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DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say two motorcycles have collided while escorting first lady Michelle Obama from a campaign stop in central Ohio, injuring a police officer and a state trooper. The State Highway Patrol says the motorcycles somehow sideswiped each other late Monday afternoon east of Delaware as the motorcade headed to an airport. […]

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Click here to listen to Michelle Obama's full interview with the TJMS. Michelle Obama is not a technically elected part of Obama Administration, but just as the First Ladies before her, she has her role to play. The First Lady’s job is of course to support her husband, as Mrs. Obama memorably did in her […]

TOM JOYNER:  From Colorado, the First Lady of these United States, four more years for the big chief, Ms. Michelle Obama.  Good morning. MICHELLE OBAMA:  Good morning, Tom.  Morning, Sybil.  How you all doing? TOM JOYNER:  Doing good.   SYBIL WILKES:  Good morning. TOM JOYNER:  Doing good. SYBIL WILKES:  How are you? TOM JOYNER:  Yeah. […]

TV & Film

CHICAGO (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama will appear on Steve Harvey's new daytime talk show. "Steve Harvey" is taped before a live audience at NBC's studios in Obama's hometown of Chicago. The show's producers say the first lady will tape her appearance on Thursday. It's scheduled for broadcast on Oct. 3. The 55-year-old veteran […]