Michelle Obama

Don't Miss: Photographers, Obama at Odds Over First Daughter Pictures Obama Can't Avoid Michael Jackson Questions Michelle Obama's Prom Dress Was No Jason Wu Today, Barack Obama met Pope Benedict XVI for the first time as President of the United States. First Lady Michelle Obama accompanied him to the sitting, which took place in the pope's Vatican library on Friday. According to the Associated Press, Pope Benedict XVI underscored the church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research...Read Full Story

Getty Images. Don't Miss: Michelle Obama Misses Life Without Commentary Michelle Hugs the Queen, Sparks Brit-Fit Michelle Obama's Prom Dress Was No Jason Wu Michelle Obama has a friend in England's Queen Elizabeth II.The two met in April during the G20 summit in London, and have stayed in touch since, Reuters reports. Last week, Mrs. Obama made an unofficial visit to London with daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 8. Among their activites? Meeting the British monarch. A royal source told...Read Full Story

Michelle Obama paid a visit to France over the weekend, attending a D-Day ceremony with the first ladies of France and England, Sarah Brown and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.picture via Red Carpet Fashion-Awards. Bruni and Mrs. Obama have both become celebrated fashion figures in France and beyond, so it's not particularly surprising that everyone wants to discuss what they wore today. Coincidentally, Bruni-Sarkozy and Obama were wearing similar outfits: belted white dresses and kitten heels. Bruni...Read Full Story

(Getty Images | Inset from Sesame Street)Michelle Obama stopped by Sesame Street Wednesday, and the experience was so great she was still raving about it when she appeared at the United Nations later in the day."I'm thrilled to be here but I was just at Sesame Street -- I'm sorry. And I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird, and I was thrilled. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high.""I think it's probably the best thing I've done so far in the White House. But we were there...Read Full Story

Michelle Obama celebrated Cinco de Mayo a day early Monday as she took the time to enjoy some traditional Mexican dancing and talk about her affinity for tamales.The Washington Post reports that the first lady stopped by the Latin American Montessori Bilingual school to watch the children dance, hug them, then tell them about her favorite food. (See more pictures Michelle hugging people) 'Mexican food is my favorite food in the whole wide world. I think I'm on record.'The crowd laughed.'Ooh...Read Full Story

Michelle Obama gave a rare press conference Thursday morning to a group of visibly unprepared (and short) journalists.The conference was put together as part of the White House's "Take Your Child to Work Day," and gave elementary school kids a chance to ask the first lady about life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Mrs. O took the time to answer questions about life in the White House and the first family after explaining to the kids the importance of hard work and getting good grades."Well, what...Read Full Story

Getty Images.Michelle Obama is often regarded as the potential savior of American retail, thanks to her enormous popularity and selling power. She singlehandedly made 26-year-old fashion designers Isabel Toledo and Jason Wu household names. The beaded J. Crew cardigan she wore during her trip to the UK a few weeks ago sold out almost instantly online. And the Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded her for her "commitment to American fashion."But what did she wear to her prom?InTouch...Read Full Story

A wax figure of first lady Michelle Obama is unveiled at Madame Tussauds on April 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images North America)Madame Tussauds revealed its wax Michelle Obama Tuesday, and boy is it giving me the fear. Those big fake teeth, that unflinching smile and eyes that follow you even in the pictures... One can only hope Sasha and Malia are not immortalized in such a creepy way. Hordes of Michelle fans apparently showed up to see the new sculpture...Read Full Story

(Getty Images | Inset from Essence)Michelle Obama has been on her share of magazine covers lately, and the kids are off limits, so what's Essence magazine to do drum up publicity for its latest issue? That's right. It's Grandmomma Obama sharing the cover with Michelle. Michelle and her mother, Marian Robinson, appear on the May cover of Essence and it appears (based on the teasers posted on essence.com) that the two had a long conversation about family with editor in chief Angela Burt...Read Full Story

(Getty Images | Inset from the BBC)Michelle Obama is at the center of a strange and unexpected controversy because she put her arm around Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday. That's because it is apparently not OK to hug the Queen.According to British protocol, it is only OK to touch the Queen if she first touches you, and some people aren't sure who started the touching. The Daily Mail called the exchange "extraordinary," and recounted eyewitness accounts of how it went down: According to...Read Full Story