Michelle Obama

Former First Lady Michelle Obama attends the Girls Opportunity Alliance program with Room to Read at the Can Giuoc high school in Long An Province, Vietnam, December 9, 2019. (Yen Duong/Reuters) Michelle Obama has had a blessed American life, but she’s all about her grievances in her Netflix documentary. There’s…

Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images If you weren’t able to land tickets to Michelle Obama’s blockbuster book tour, Netflix just gave us the next best thing. Becoming, the documentary, came out today, May 6. It follows the former First Lady on the international tour she took following the release of her…

It’s been nearly four years since the beloved — and vilified — former first lady of the United States and her husband, Barack Obama, occupied the White House. Throughout her tenure in the East Wing, Michelle Obama was an inspiring if polarizing presence. Netflix’s new documentary, “Becoming,” based on her…

Becoming, a documentary about former First Lady Michelle Obama, premieres on Netflix today (5/6). Directed by Nadia Hallgren, it's a companion to Obama's 2018 memoir of the same name, and includes scenes from the book tour supporting it; the trailer is below. If you watch the doc, listen for the…

Image: NetflixOn Wednesday, the Michelle Obama documentary Becoming premiered on Netflix, and survey says... it’s fine. The documentary largely follows Michelle on a 2018 book tour of her autobiography—also called Becoming—and acts more of a companion piece to her bestselling book than a revealing documentary bursting with new information about Michelle’s…

Photo: Gary Miller/Getty Images.Following the 2018 release of her massively successful memoir “Becoming,” former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama is bringing her documentary of the same name to Netflix on May 6. Becoming, created with the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions company, follows the former FLOTUS on the…

LOS ANGELES—Calling the upcoming release “surprisingly intimate,” sources confirmed Wednesday that Becoming, the new Netflix documentary about Michelle Obama, spends the first hour on the former first lady’s time spent in the embryonic stage. “It’s fascinating to explore this undiscussed time in Michelle Obama’s life where she was merely an…

Lady Gaga, Barack Obama (Getty), and BTS YouTube has announced a video graduation ceremony for the class of 2020, as students currently won’t be able to celebrate in person due to the coronavirus pandemic. The virtual pomp-and-circumstance will feature commencement addresses by Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as well as…

TOPLINE Former President Barack Obama took members of the Class of 2020 up on their offer. He and former First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver virtual commencement speeches for students, most of whom won’t have in-person graduation ceremonies because of the coronavirus pandemic. Michelle and Barack Obama are slated to…

Barack and Michelle Obama Headline Virtual Graduation Events May and June are usually special months for high school seniors. Their time in grade school is winding to an end as they play their final sports games, plan senior pranks, and spend those last few weeks with their friends before the…