President-Elect Barack Obama was named the “Most Fascinating Person of 2008″ on the 16th edition of the ABC special “Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People” on Thursday night.
In celebration of the historic inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey will broadcast a live episode of her daytime gabfest from the Kennedy Center Opera House in the Nation’s Capitol on Monday, January 19.
December 1st, 2008 by Castina
Tagged as: Barack Obama, Essence Magazine, Magazine Covergirls, Michelle Obama, Politics
As the subjects of a special 56-page-tribute, President-elect Barack Obama and soon-to-be First Lady Michelle Obama grace the cover of the January 2009 issue of Essence Magazine, on newsstands December 12.
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President-elect Barack Obama introduced Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) as his choice for Secretary of State during a press conference at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago on Monday.
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MTV will host an inaugural ball for President-Elect Barack Obama at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on January 20.
The “Be The Change Inaugural Ball” will feature a guest list of recording artists, celebs and government officials, but hundreds of young adults will have an opportunity to be selected to attend the star-studded gala based on their demonstrated record of volunteerism.
At the request of students, Ludlum Elementary School in Long Island, NY’s Hempstead Union Free School District was re-named Barack Obama Elementary School in honor of President-Elect Obama.
“Just to watch these kids after the board voted on what they asked them to do, they were so elated,” school district superintendent Dr. Joseph Laria told ABC News. “You want to talk about ‘Yes we can?’ That was a lesson in democracy.”
We hear British recording artist Leona Lewis is in talks to sing at the inauguration concert for President-Elect Barack Obama this January.
President-Elect Barack Obama joins Leonardo DiCaprio, Jon Hamm, and Olympic hero Michael Phelps, as one of GQ Magazine’s four “Men of the Year” for 2008.
According to preliminary Nielsen ratings numbers, Sunday night’s 60 Minutes interview with President-Elect Barack and Michelle Obama drew 24 million viewers, capturing the newsmagazine largest audience since Jan. 17, 1999.
President-Elect Barack Obama has sat down with Ebony Magazine for his first print interview since becoming the first African-American elected President of the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
