President-Elect Barack Obama posed for his official presidential portrait in Washington on January 13.

Obama will be sworn in as the nation’s 44th president on January 20.

President-Elect Barack Obama reveals his hopes and dreams for daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, in a touching letter to be published in the January 18 issue of Parade Magazine. Read the rest of this entry »

(Labradoodle, Left; Portuguese Water Dog, Right)

In an interview with ABC This Week’s George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, President-Elect Barack Obama revealed that daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, have shortened the list of possible choices for a new “First Dog” down to two breeds.

“They seem to have narrowed it down to a Labradoodle or a Portuguese water hound. So we’re now going to start looking at shelters to see when one of those dogs might come up.”

Marian Robinson, the mother-in-law of President-Elect Barack Obama is moving into the White House- at least temporarily- to assist daughter Michelle and granddaughters Sasha and Malia as they adjust to their new life in Washington, transition officials said Friday.
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Madame Tussauds Museum in London will unveil a wax statue of President-Elect Barack Obama, with free admission to U.S. citizens, on Inauguration Day January 20, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

President-Elect Barack Obama will meet Spider-Man in a special Inauguration Day issue of Marvel’s “The Amazing Spider-Man.” According to Marvel’s Web site, the story will find Spider-Man attempting to stop one of his oldest foes from interfering with the inauguration.

The issue will be available for $3.99 at local comic book stores January 14.

The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network will host the Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball Jan. 19, at 8 p.m., at The Harman Center for the Arts, 610 F Street, N.W., Washington. Read the rest of this entry »

Classic R&B duo Ashford & Simpson will release a remake of their 1984 smash “Solid (As a Rock)” – named “Solid (As Barack)” – on January 20.

Jay-Z will play a special concert in Washington, D.C., on eve of President-Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.

The “In Concert On The Eve of Change” Concert, billed as an “intimate performance,” will take place at the Warner Theater and will feature Jay performing with full band.

Tickets for the performance go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

The Obamas arrival in Washington has brought a throng of paparazzo to the Nation’s Capitol, and we hear the snapping shutterbugs are offering serious guap to Sidwell Friends School students who can provide cell-phone photographs of soon-to-be First Daughters Malia and Sasha Obama’s first days at the Quaker school in Upper Northwest.

Silver-spoon fed tots who take the bait risk immediate expulsion if caught by school authorities.