Michelle Obama writing a book

By Mr. Hollywood
JR Staff Writer

Throughout Barack Obama's presidency, he has experienced highs and lows. While President Obama's popularity has fluctuated, the popularity of Michelle Obama has remained high. She has received comparions to the late First Lady, Jackie Kennedy. Even members of other political parties love Michelle Obama.

The first African-American First Lady in American history, Obama has made her mark with the children. She has proven to be an excellent mother to her own children. While raising two well-mannered daughters, she has been a positive role model to the children across the world.

Recently, Michelle Obama partnered with Beyonce in order to help out with getting the children active. Over the past decade, or more, children in the United States have been less active and more sedentary. For years, the government has been trying to make the children more active. In 2009, Michelle Obama began working with several children exercise programs in order to get the children active.

Now, Michelle Obama is trying her hand at writing. Currently, the First Lady is writing a book about what she knows. She is not going in-depth about President Obama or politics. Instead, the book will be about her passions, gardening. The book will have ghostwriters helping her put it together. The release of this book will not come until April 2012 and all profits made will end up going to charity.

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Beyonce teams up with Michelle Obama for Let's Move! Campaign

By Mr. Hollywood
JR Staff Writer

Beyonce has been the most famous black woman in the media for years. But, in 2008, the spotlight was widened as Michelle Obama emerged. She rose to fame as the wife of Barack Obama, the presidential candidate of the 2008 election. Even as her husband has gained and lost popularity, Michelle Obama has remained popular.

Both Beyonce and Michelle Obama are married to famous ambitious men. Jay-Z was considered the first black president before Barack Obama. In 2003, he became the first rapper to land a major executive role. From 2003 until 2008, Jay-Z served as the president of Def Jam.

In 2008, Barack Obama called upon Jay-Z to help him out with his campaign. The help of the former president helped Obama to become the president. The year of 2008 was when Barack Obama admitted he was a major Jay-Z fan, listening to his music in his iPod. During the campaign, Beyonce and Michelle Obama got to know each other very well.

For the first time, the two women have teamed up and they are getting the children active. Ever since last summer, Michelle Obama has been working on getting the children of the United States active. Beyonce has decided to join Mrs. Obama on the project. The First Lady is putting together a workout video and Beyonce will be helping out. Beyonce will offer a performance in the middle of the video and Michelle Obama hopes using Beyonce's name will help them get more children involved.

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Joan Rivers calls Michelle Obama "Blackie-O"

By Mr. Hollywood
JR Staff Writer

Ever since Barack Obama was elected as the President of the United States, his wife, Michelle Obama, has been compared to Jackie Kennedy-Onassis. The comparison comes with the similarities of their dressing style. Many people have been outraged at the comparisons.

Throughout her career, Joan Rivers has been a controversial comedian. She has joked on almost everything, including politics. Like most people, Rivers has been keeping up with the news. The news has been filled with the Obamas even before the president was elected.

Rivers was preparing her jokes for an upcoming event and she wanted to tease the First Lady. She was going to touch down on the comparisons to Jackie-O. However, Joan Rivers was not going in with light jokes, her original joke would have had her protested by many groups. Realizing this, she cancelled the joke at the last minute.

Joan Rivers had intended to mock the comparisons of Michelle Obama to Jackie Kennedy. She was going to say "Jackie-O, more like Blackie-O." Out of fear of sounding racist, Rivers decided not to do the joke, but it did humor a few black people, such as Howard Stern's co-host, Robyn Quivers. However, Quivers questioned Rivers' comment, saying she thought the joke was a compliment.

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Barack and Michelle Obama hit up "American Idol"

The President and the First Lady of the United States will be appearing soon on "American Idol." News of their appearance has spread across the internet. Initial rumors suggested that they would appear together in the actual show. But, that will not be the case.

Instead, the Obamas will be making an appearance through live video as opposed to being there. Their appearance is going to be during a results show. While they aim to have fun during their appearance, Barack and Michelle are there on business. The episode has already taped, but their appearance is to help raise money.

The Children’s Health Fund, Feeding America, Malaria No More, Save the Children’s U.S. Programs and the United Nations Foundation, are the foundations that the fundraisers are for. The episode will air on April 21, 2010.

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