The year 2010 has only just begun, but it is shaping up to be the best year ever for Fox's hit show 'Glee.' The show has already won a SAG award and Emmy this season, so what could be an even higher honor you may ask? How about singing at the White House for the President and First family.
It turns out that along with the rest of America, Malia and Sasha Obama are huge fans of the musical comedy. Not only do the girls love the show, but so does the First Lady. Michelle Obama requested the cast to come sing at the White House Easter Egg Roll, and the cast couldn't be happier to accept.
Bo, a Portuguese water dog, moved into the White House this past weekend, but he will officially be presented to the First Family today. The Obamas will get their picture taken with Bo, as well.
Oh, if Bo pees on someone during this welcome ceremony, he gets an automatic WIN FOR LIFE award.
Michelle Obama's first official portrait as First Lady of the United States was released by the White House on Friday. Michelle has been nicknamed The First Lady of Fashion due to her fashion choices on the campaign trail and at the inaugural ball which have received mostly positive reviews by the media and general public. People are also liking that Michelle has supported up and coming young fashion designers by wearing their dresses to important events (however they still hold a hefty price tag!) and has even been spotted in J. Crew.
In this portrait, Michelle appears in a Michael Kors black shift dress with pearls. The portrait was taken in the famed home's "Blue Room." She looks good! Could Michelle Obama be the next Jackie-O? She's on the road to being a First Lady fashion legend.
Watch. Just...watch. (not necessarily NSFW, but may require some, uh, creativity in explaining it to younglings...)
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I sort of have to wonder how many Detroiters spit out their morning coffee when they heard this. And shouldn't a "love doctor" have heard of the act in question? (Guess she never saw Chasing Amy...)
So, Doc, THAT'S the secret to a lasting relationship? No wonder mine never worked out...oy.
It's obvious that the organizers of the Presidential Inaugural Ball wanted someone who could generate publicity instead of someone who had genuine talent. You might be oblivious to that fact, since -- despite the assertions of Copernicus several centuries ago -- you genuinely believe the Earth revolves around you and the sun shines out of your buttcrack, but it makes it no less a fact.
So, with that in mind, yesterday evening was about BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA, not your attention-whoring, sorry self.
No, I don't think "At Last" should have been the first song of the night -- I don't care if Etta herself sang it -- because this wasn't a wedding.
That said, the first choice for the performance was Jennifer Hudson, in case you didn't know, but she couldn't make it because the poor dear is in mourning over her recent family tragedy. (Not entirely un-coincidentally, around the same time that Hudson's tragedy happened, there was a Blind Item posted by Gatecrasher, mentioning something about how "someone" didn't call their former co-star with their condolences in the wake of a recent tragedy...something about still being bitter about the Oscar snub. Yeah, Ray Charles -- blind AND dead -- could see who THAT was referring to. Petty, much?)
While Hudson may not have been the best choice -- Aretha Franklin, the Reigning Queen, who sang "My Country 'Tis of Thee" earlier that day, would have blown EVERYONE away -- it was certainly a better option than your warbling, caterwauling, borderline-disrespectful version.
Frankly, when I first heard it, I thought it was a joke. I thought you were just demonstrating what my iPod would sound like if it were playing Etta James while being dropped in a wood chipper. Then I saw this interview:
...and I realized that you were dead serious. And I thought, "now, if only someone would drop YOU into a wood chipper."
More to the point, there were TEN other celebrations in DC yesterday, and they ALL played "At Last" so you wouldn't ride on that thunder. Guess you ate that memo, too.
Maybe some of my colleagues appreciate lazy, gold-digging, vapid broodmares, but I for one find them sickening, who go against all that REAL women stand for, and who ultimately make me ashamed to be female.
And, Beyonce, dear, you certainly qualify as a lazy, gold-digging, vapid broodmare.
You are no more 25 than I am (nothing wrong with being in your 30's, but at this point it's so obvious that Helen Keller, blind AND deaf AND dead, could figure it out). You are the queen of the ghetto p***y popping dances, yet you are somehow under the delusion that you are the greatest singer to ever grace the world with your class and elegance (you must've been too busy looking in the mirror when Aretha Franklin was performing). You are illiterate and unintelligent, and it's apparent to anyone with a pair of ears any time you give an interview. See above. (And to those who make the comment that I'm "elitist"...BEING INTELLIGENT IS NOT A BAD THING. I am REALLY sorry that a third-grade reading level is a challenge to you, but you'd better catch up to the rest of us, because the intelligent people are running things now. Get used to it.)
In fact, I will go so far as to say that this performance was THE most audacious, ego-driven, attention-seeking moment in the history of all performances ever done since the beginning of time. Why? Because in several interviews, you have stated your your lack of support for President Obama, and your support for the Republican Party and its ticket. While you're certainly entitled to vote for whom you want to -- contrary to the erroneous opinion of some, I have no problem inherently with Republicans, but I DO have a problem with unintelligent idiots of any political stripe who think that an "argument" entails ad hominem attacks and slander -- and while voting Republican wasn't necessarily a bad thing, I can't help but feel like you wanted to have your cake and eat it too with this performance.
In other words, had McCain won, you'd have done the exact same performance, and given the same exact interview to Nightline...it's like you just wanted to be on the side that was winning. How much more opportunistic can you get?
(My conspiracy theory mind is going down a much more sinister road, but it's one that I won't entertain at the moment...)
And while I'm certainly not feeling any love for Mariah Carey, who had the audacity to sing into a diamond microphone while the rest of the country is spiraling into a recession, there's something about Mariah that is somewhat likable (like, say, her nine octave range). Unfortunately, Beyonce, with your oversized ego and little talent to back it up, you are the FURTHEST thing from likable.
Please let me know when you finally figure out that this historical moment was not about you. Your expedience in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Earlier I was watching the Today show, and when Michelle Obama stepped out wearing this outfit, everyone started dissecting it from top to bottom.
It was like an episode of What Not To Wear on crack and with Matt Lauer rolling his eyes in the background.
Some fine journalist also asked if the color of her dress matched the carpet in one of the rooms in the White House. WTF. I'm surprised they didn't ponder what color underwear she had on. When she shows up to the ball tonight, everyone's going to spontaneously combust. I hope she shows up in a blinding hot pink pantsuit with exquisite lucite heels on. That would seriously kill some people.
Anyway, if you care, she's wearing a Toledo! That's the designer. Toledo! It's a dress. And I bring you this news because it's the most important piece of information today. IMPORTANT.
And now, we can all go back to watching Big Brother: DC. Seriously, they are following the Obamas around everywhere.
Something tells me we won't have to worry about these two girls being involved in a "teen pregnancy scandal" in eight years...
The Times reports that Barack Obama has promised that he will help his daughters to “keep it real” after they move to the White House, making them clean their own rooms, make their beds and even “scoop the poop” left on the grass by their new puppy.
The strict regime outlined by the Obamas is a huge departure from that followed by the previous first daughters, Barbara and Jenna Bush - once described by White House staffers as “all noblesse and no oblige."
Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, have been making their own beds since they were 4, the President-elect told the ABC television presenter Barbara Walters. The White House’s domestic staff have been told not to carry out chores that the Obamas want their girls to do. “That was the first thing I said to some of the staff when I did my visit,” Michelle Obama said. “I said, ‘You know, we’re going to have to set up some boundaries’.”
Obama said that the girls would bear responsibility for looking after the new puppy that he promised them as a reward for their patience during his election campaign. It would be the girls’ duty to “scoop the poop” left in the grounds. “We don’t want litter on the White House lawns,” Obama said. “They are going to have to do their job.”
The girls have already been assigned their bedrooms, the same ones that the Bush twins first occupied eight years ago. Obama added that his elder daughter had her eye on a special place to do her homework.
Back from a familiarization visit with her mother and sister, Malia told her father that she planned to work at the desk in the fabled Lincoln bedroom because “I’m thinking that will inspire big thoughts”.
First of all, Obama Girl, put that away. Seriously -- cellulite and silicone is not sexy by any warped standard. Second, leave that poor puppy alone. Thanks. Third, have you considered some form of therapy for your obsession? I'm just as yellow dog Dem as any other self-respecting New Yorker, but come on now...
"Obama Girl," possibly angling for an invite to the Inaugural Ball (and in that classy outfit, who could resist?), continues to show her irrelevance with her latest photo shoot.
My grandmother, may she rest in peace, used to say that the Gods look out for babies and idiots. And clearly, this one isn't a baby...
Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic candidate for President, Barack Obama, was featured on the cover of Us Weekly magazine this week. Early sales numbers for the celeb tabloid are trickling in and the June 30 issue could reportedly sell more than 900,000 copies. It's a popular cover!
This cover is out-selling covers that have previously featured The Hill's star Heidi Montag and Jessica Simpson. Perhaps Us is learning that stepping outside the traditional celebrity coverage can be beneficial!
