Never has a woman, a black woman in her 40s, been so sought after, so followed, so admired, so envied and so despised. That’s a sign she’s doing something right. She’s moving from lawyer/wife/mom to icon. I’m waiting for Mattel to release their limited edition Michelle Obama Barbie, complete with black leggings and a strand…

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Higher quality picture via the good folks at Upscale Magazine who heard my pleas. Sister-of-Snob, Big Sis, was able to snag a copy of the August Upscale Magazine por moi in West County, St. Louis where she homesteads. I informed her to “Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie!” so now I have a copy of the picture and…

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Russell in his “uniform” of some variety of polo shirt, baseball cap and chinos or jeans, July 26, at a Donna Karan, Charla Lawhon and InStyle Magazine Super Saturday 11 for Ovarian Cancer Research He’s where ever the party is. Much like the ultimate party girl Gabrielle Union (also in this photo spread), hip hop…

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Fashion Drama-Mama Tyra Banks is going all out as “Michelle Obama” for Harper’s Bazaar, sayeth Page Six. TYRA Banks – the mastermind of gimmicks – is at it again. Banks – who once had her breasts examined on TV to show everybody they were “real” – is now dressing up as Michelle Obama for the…

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As previously reporter on The Black Snob, Upscale Magazine is supposed to have TJ Holmes as their “Maleman” in their August issue. Well, it’s August, Upscale. WHERE’S MY FIX? I keep going to the Barnes & Noble, the Target, the Walgreens — nothing. Everyone else put out their August editions in July. Like normal magazines.…

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I finally got around to scanning in the pictures from People Magazine’s Obama Family spread. I realize that some of you may have searched the Web elsewhere for them, but for those who were too lazy to do that, here they are … in all their “OMG! They are so cute! I want my own…

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It was July 23 and it was legendary rock guitarist and incognegro Slash’s birthday bash in Las Vegas, baby. With wife on arm and Fergie on vocals, Slash rocked out with a throng of curious guests, including a sighting from a dude I haven’t spotted outside of captivity in years. This is Slash and Perla…

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