Obamarama

  • Callie Shell, an Aurora Photos for Time photographer based in the U.S., has won the first prize of the Spot News Stories category of the 2009 World Press Photo Contest with this photo of Barack and Michelle Obama during the U.S. presidential campaign. The prize-winning entries of the 2009 World Press Photo Contest, the world’s…

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  • Ikram Goldman, the mystery woman behind Michelle’s fashion (Photo by Anna Knott, courtsy the New York Times) The New York Times published a story Wednesday on Ikram Goldman, the woman and boutique owner behind some of the First Lady’s style choices. The low-profile Goldman, who has not granted interviews, has acted as the go-between for…

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  • Actor Sidney Poitier, left, greets President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama as they arrive to Ford’s Theater Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)  From USA Today: WASHINGTON — Presidential present and past intersected again Wednesday night when President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama joined stars in honoring one…

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  • Loads and Loads of Lincoln

    President Barack Obama, right, shares a laugh with television news anchor Katie Couric, center, and an unidentified actor portraying Abraham Lincoln during a visit to Ford’s Theater Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) CNN is doing all day coverage of “From Lincoln to Obama,” discussing the sixteenth’s president legacy in conjunction with…

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  • Michelle Goes Vogue

    And now for the pictures you can pretty much find everywhere on the Web today! Michelle Obama … in Vogue! And on Vogue — the cover, of course. Vogue “likey” money and the Obamas have proven they can pretty much sell any magazine from Ladies’ Home Journal to Newsweek. I’m surprised there isn’t some “Teen…

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  • First lady Michelle Obama speaks to high school students at Mary’s Center, a community health center in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington February 10, 2009. (For more pictures of the visit, click here.) Michelle Obama will be the second First Lady to be on the cover of Vogue Magazine! Enjoy WashPo’s breathtaking description of…

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  • US First Lady Michelle Obama addresses employees of the Department of the Interior during a visit in Washington,DC on February 9, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM  CBS News calls this part of the First Lady, Michelle Obama’s, “Thank You Tour,” where she graces various governmental bodies with her Amazonian presence. She said her objective in these…

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