Just in time for the Christmas shopping rush, Jailbreak Toys’ new Michelle Obama action figures capture the first lady in some of her signature sleeveless looks.

Three new six inch plastic Michelle Obama action figures — masterminded by the same company who created Barack Obama action figures during the presidential campaign — show the First Lady wearing some of her signature dresses…..The new Michelle dolls start shipping Nov. 20 and are priced at $12.99.

First Lady Michelle Obama debuted a new haircut on Tuesday.

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Michelle Obama delivered the first-ever commencement speech — her first as First Lady — at the University of California, Merced in Merced, California on Saturday. The nearly 500 students receiving diplomas are the first graduating class since the small university opened its doors in 2005.
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Legendary former supermodel Iman, 53, serves Michelle Obama a backhanded compliment in an interview featured in this week’s edition of Parade.

Iman tells Parade: “Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty…But she is so interesting looking and so bright. That will always take you farther. When you’re a great beauty, it’s always downhill for you. If you’re someone like Mrs. Obama, you just get better with age.”

First Lady Michelle Obama and Elmo encourage kids to eat healthy and exercise in a new public service announcement from the creators of Sesame Street.

During an appearance in NYC this week, Mrs. Obama called her partnership with the classic children’s television program of the most important things she’s done since moving into The White House.

Michelle Obama and her mother, Marian Robinson, speak out about life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the May 2009 issue of Essence Magazine, arriving on newsstands April 10. Read the rest of this entry »

A wax statue of First Lady Michelle Obama will be unveiled in Madame Tussauds Museum in Washington on Monday.

President Barack & First Lady Michelle Obama met Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during a tea party at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

In honor of Women’s History Month, First Lady Michelle Obama brought some famous women to various Washington-area high schools on Thursday to discuss the importance of setting career goals.

Participating celebrities included: Alicia Keys, opera star Denyce Graves, actress Kerry Washington, astronaut Mae Jemison, actress Alfre Woodard, actress Tracee Ellis Ross, singer Sheryl Crow, Fran Drescher, Bobbi Brown, Gen. Ann Dunwoody,WNBA player Lisa Leslie Lockwood, Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Dominique Dawes, and sistersDebbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad.

First Lady Michelle Obama is about to become a comic book superhero.

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