Michelle Obama

Rock and Roll legend Little Richard died Saturday at 87, according to his agent Dick Allen. The singer, who is best remembered for his electrifying performances and upbeat music, is known as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll who combined genres of… Read More

Jill Scott and Erykah BaduImage: GettyWell, it might have taken a while, but last night Verzuz, the Swizz Beatz and Timbaland created Instagram live battle series where producers, singers, rappers, and songwriters go head-to-head over 20 rounds playing their heaviest hitters, finally brought women into the mix in a big…

In the past month and a half, fashion designer Christian Siriano has transformed his Manhattan atelier into a mask factory to provide much-needed protection to New York’s frontline workers. During a TIME 100 Talks discussion on Friday, Siriano, a former Project Runway winner who’s made his name in the fashion…

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…