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The issue at hand

By Booth Moore | September 7, 2008
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Michelle Obama's DNC floral dress was Thakoon

All The Rage | August 29, 2008
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Pinpointing their causes

August 29, 2008
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A day like a dream

By James Rainey | August 29, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

Who can say for certain where the tears came from? There were the days picking cotton as a girl, her legs scratched and bleeding from the... more
Michelle Obama's blue dress by Maria Pinto draws fashion raves

The Dish Rag | August 26, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

In her speech last night at the Democratic convention, most critics agree that Michelle Obama came off as warm, human, poised, non-threatening... more
Kennedy, Obama rouse Democrats

August 26, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

The ailing senator and the presumed nominee's wife bring moist eyes to the convention crowd... more
LIVE VIDEO: Michelle Obama

Top of the Ticket | August 26, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

Update: Michelle and those darling girls have left the building after a video conversation with their husband and father that the crowd loved... more
Michelle Obama's speech will emphasize husband Barack Obama's values...

By Robin Abcarian and Michael Muskal | August 26, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

Michelle Obama will portray her husband as a man who shares the values of most Americans when she speaks tonight on the first day of the... more
Teary eyes all around

By Mary McNamara | August 26, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

One can only hope that someone had the foresight to hand out Obama/Biden '08 tissue boxes on the floor of Denver's Pepsi Center. Because between... more
Michelle Obama to turn on the charm

By Dahleen Glanton | August 25, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

Michelle Obama likes to describe herself in simple terms -- a mother, a lawyer and a wife who grew up in a blue-collar family in a working... more
Barack Obama. Tyra Banks. Michelle Obama. Not Paris Hilton.

Top of the Ticket | August 7, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

Tyra Banks talks about a simply incredible photo-shoot where she plays Michelle Obama who becomes first lady and then more
Miss Tyra: Michelle Obama may be going to the White House, I'm going...

The Dish Rag | August 6, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

The September issue of Harper's Bazaar called on the modeling world's own first lady of fashion, Tyra Banks, casting the luscious media mogul... more
Michelle Obama is Vanity Fair's best dressed? Vote for your fave...

The Dish Rag | July 29, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

Obama won! Michelle Obama, that is. Vanity Fair has named presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's wife #1 on its 2008... more
Has it gotten so difficult to recognize satire?

By ON THE MEDIA | July 15, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

We've already scratched thrift, candor and brevity off the list of virtues in this presidential cycle, so why not eliminate humor too? That... more
The upside to the New Yorker's Obama controversy

Jacket Copy | July 14, 2008
From Los Angeles Times

Everyone's up in arms about the image of a Muslim Barack and machine-gun toting Michelle Obama on the cover of the July 21 issue of the New... more