Michelle Obama

Viola Davis spoke to Michelle Obama for "several hours" to prepare for playing her in new TV series The First Lady. The 55-year-old actress said the conversation with the former U.S. First Lady lived up to all her expectations, but confessed she was daunted about discussing the role with Obama.…

"The woman is a damn goddess." Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images, Jim Bennett / Getty Images "I lost my damn mind for about five minutes, and I made a decision I can't take back," she said. "The woman is a damn goddess. Everybody knows her, everybody feels like they want…

Viola Davis appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday mostly to chat about her recent (and fourth) Academy Award nomination, for the role of Ma Rainey in George C. Wolfe's adaptation of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Before getting into how much she loved the physical…

Biden called a new voting law enacted in Georgia a "blatant attack on the Constitution." The nearly 100-page GOP-backed legislation makes major changes to voting and elections in Georgia.  Biden said he would work to pass voting-rights laws in Congress and make his case to the people. See more stories…

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Every other Wednesday, Bon Appétit executive editor Sonia Chopra shares what’s going on at BA—the stories she’s loved reading, the recipes she’s been making, and more. If you sign up for our newsletter, you’ll get her letter before everyone else. As someone with a deep appreciation for food culture, children’s…

Former first lady Michelle Obama has always been the picture of class, elegance, tact, and poise. While she clearly has a sense of humor and is honest and vulnerable when she wants to be, she also has her boundaries. Which is why it was so great to see that, when…

You can take the man out of The Man Show, but you can’t take The Man Show out of the man. On last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel brought up his single most annoying obsession: Whether or not President Barack Obama and Michelle shtupped after Obama ordered the…

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s tell-all TV interview with Oprah Winfrey sparked a racism debate like never before. People were shocked to learn about the Royal Family’s bigotry attitude, with many celebrities coming out in support of Markle. Days after the interview, former US first lady Michelle Obama also weighed…

Former US first lady Michelle Obama has said it was not a "complete surprise" to hear Meghan Markle raise the topic of race in her bombshell interview. Mrs Obama, who has known Meghan for almost 10 years, said "race isn't a new construct in this world for people of colour".…