President Barack Obama and his First Lady Michelle Obama are currently on an overseas tour in Europe at the moment and today they stopped off for a state visit in the U.K. where they were introduced to Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton.
People reports that William and Kate had a quick chat with the Obamas before they were treated to a special lunch that Queen Elizabeth hosted for the visitors in Buckingham Palace.
Apparently during the 15 minute meeting both couples discussed the upcoming tour of the U.S. that William and Kate will be taking in July, they apparently also talked about the recent Royal wedding.
Yesterday the Obamas were in Ireland, where they both had a glass of guinness before Obama gave a speech in Dublin,. Later on today the Royal family will be having a special dinner to celebrate the Obamas visit.
We all know that Mariah Carey is pregnant and she is really showing, but what not many people knew is the fact that she and Nick Cannon are expecting twins.
Nick revealed this earlier today during his Rollin’ with Nick Cannon show on 92.3 and he says the only other two people who knew about this are President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
Mariah is expected to perform during a Christmas concert in Washington on Friday for the Obamas, Nick says that the couple asked about her pregnancy and she revealed to them that she was expecting twins. Now of course we all know.
I’m usually a cold hearted bastard and don’t get all “awww” over things but I have to admit for Mariah’s kids it’s kinda cool to think that the President and his wife were the first people to know she was expecting two of you.
source: Breaking News! Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey Are Having Twins! [92.3]
PETA have gone and upset Michelle Obama and The White House by using her image in an ad without any consent.
The White House didn’t take too kindly to the ad, which was released today shows Carrie Underwood, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks along with the slogan “Fur-Free and Fabulous!”
Semonti Stephens, a spokeswoman for the First Lady said “we did not consent.” She then went on to say that “Mrs. Obama does not wear fur.”
PETA are now using this to their advantage and saying “the fact is that Michelle Obama has issued a statement indicating that she doesn’t wear fur, and the world should know that in PETA’s eyes, that makes her pretty fabulous.â€
PETA are tacky in everything they do, regardless of whether they got consent or not, this image is just way to tacky.
Michelle Obama is Barbara Walters’ Most Fascinating Person of 2009.
Almost a year since the Obama family moved to Washington, D.C., the first lady reflected on the transition to the White House.
“It has been a whirlwind. But it’s been amazing,” she told Walters. “I mean, if you think about this year, I had to get these two beautiful girls settled into a new city, into a new home, into a new school. We got a dog. I visited eight countries with my husband. I planted a garden. I’ve started a mentoring program. It has been everything. And now, here we are at our first Christmas in the White House.”
During her tenure as first lady, Obama has promoted healthy living and taken steps to combat childhood obesity — creating a vegetable garden on the White House lawn and holding health fairs with exercise stations for kids.
“I think I’ve begun to lay the foundation to a conversation about the health of our kids — particularly when we’re looking at statistics that say that one in three kids in this country are obese, and those numbers increase if you’re African-American or Hispanic,” she said. “So we’re going to spend a lot more time on that issue in the years to come.”
Relieved it’s her. I was convinced it would be Taylor Swift or Stephanie Meyers. Michelle Obama is totes fascinating. The fact that she’s really active and is doing something different and really reaching out to people in simple ways, I love it.
source: Exclusive: Michelle Obama on ‘Whirlwind’ Year [abc news]
With the end of the year and decade coming up you can expect every type of list imaginable popping up, but here is one that I thought was a bit fun and you better too because it took me forever to save all of these picutres! People have come up with what they think is the best photos of 2009. Take a look and tell us what you think.
SUPER HOOPER
She’s got moves! First Lady Michelle Obama displays her hula-hooping skills in Washington, D.C., during a Healthy Kids Fair on the White House lawn. More than 100 school children attended the October event, where Obama helped educate them about exercise and nutritious foods.
TOAST OF THE TOWN
Happy 2009! Reality-star sisters Khloe, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian party it up at LAX nightclub in Las Vegas, ringing in what would be one their biggest years with champagne, hundreds of revelers and near-matching sparkly party dresses.
TRAPEZE ARTIST Amy Winehouse is flying high during a trapeze lesson while continuing her extended vacation in St. Lucia in January, where she’s hung with a new man and even performed for guests in her hotel.
WALK THIS WAY Jessica Simpson struts her stuff onstage during Radio 99.9 Kiss Country’s annual Chili Cookoff in Pembroke Pines, Fla., in January. The singer – in her now-infamous jeans – performed a mix of pop and country tunes before dashing off to Dallas for a rendezvous with then-boyfriend Tony Romo
THREE’S COMPANY Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry prove that girls rule at February’s Grammy Salute to Industry Icons honoring Clive Davis at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
AYE AYE, SKIPPER
This is your captain speaking! John Mayer gets into the nautical spirit – and shows a lot of leg while doing it! – aboard the Mayercraft Carrier 2, his four-day spring music cruise to Mexico. The singer posted on Twitter about his plans to don his thong “mankini,” which he wore on last year’s voyage.
MAD FOR PLAID
Nice legs! Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick struts his stuff on the runway in a traditional Scottish kilt during March’s Dressed to Kilt fashion show at New York City’s M2 Ultra Lounge. The event, which paid tribute to all things Scottish, was hosted by famous Scotsman Sir Sean Connery.
SEEING DOUBLE
She has her own mini-me! Katy Perry celebrates the launch of her new music video, “Waking Up in Vegas,” with a look-alike admirer – and now ex-boyfriend Travis McCoy (not pictured) – during a spring bash at Mr. West in New York.
SHINE ON
Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson gets pulses racing – in the daylight! – during a photo call at the Magestic Pier for the Cannes International Film Festival in May.
SPLISH SPLASH Kate Gosselin shows off her summer tan in a black bikini in North Carolina, where she’d been vacationing with her eight children and filming scenes for her TLC reality show Jon & Kate Plus 8.
SEXY SPARKLERS
Dance queen Lady Gaga gets something off her chest – literally! – at June’s MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto. The edgy singer – who performed her hits “LoveGame” and “Poker Face” – was joined by Kelly Clarkson, the Black Eyed Peas and hosts the Jonas Brothers.
CAMEL LOT
Need a lift? Paris Hilton trades Cadillacs for camels, traveling in style during a summer visit to Dubai. The heiress traveled to the Persian Gulf to film a new installment of her reality series, Paris Hilton’s Dubai BFF.
ANIMAL INSTINCT
And the flamboyant stunts continue! Brüno, a.k.a. Sacha Baron Cohen, indulges his wild side in June, donning a furry bull costume at the Spanish premiere of his film at Madrid’a Las Ventas building.
MANNING UP
Dude looks like a lady – and it is! Mariah Carey plays dress-up, sporting two manly looks (one looking suspiciously similar to Eminem) while shooting her “Obsessed” music video in June outside New York’s Plaza Hotel
JUMP ON IT
Don’t mess with The Piven! The Entourage actor launches his assault against WWE star John Cena while guest-hosting Monday Night Raw at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Piven was at the event to promote his upcoming film, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, which hit theaters Aug. 14.
MAN HUNT
Look who’s on the prowl! Zac Efron gets ready to make his move – and bares his ripped abs! – while on the Burnaby, British Columbia, set of The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud in August.
TOTALLY ’80S
Are they headed to a Madonna concert? Costars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall are the picture of ’80s chic in September while filming the sequel to Sex and the City in Manhattan.
GOT CRAVINGS?
All she needs is the ice cream! Kendra Wilkinson enjoys a Girls Next Door reunion – and a salty snack – during her September baby shower, thrown by pals Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt (not pictured) at a private residence outside of Los Angeles.
DOUBLED UP
Actress-designers Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen serve up some seriously stylish cocktails at Bergdorf Goodman during September’s Fashion’s Night Out in N.Y.C.
VISIONARY LOOK
Wanna pucker up to this look? A fashion-savvy Rihanna does as she rocks one stylish pair of shades at Intermix’s Fashion’s Night Out celebration in New York City. The bash was part of a worldwide initiative to celebrate fashion and restore consumer confidence.
IN THE BUFF
Think he’d win a wet T-shirt contest? Absolutely! New Moon hottie Taylor Lautner is soaked to the skin – and bares his buff biceps! – during an October photo shoot in Malibu.
PICTURE PERFECT
She’s got your smile! Doting dad Tom Cruise savors a sweet – and smiley! – moment with his 3-year-old daughter Suri, during a fall outing to the Charles River basin in Cambridge, Mass.
CHEERING SQUAD Kate Hudson and her father Kurt Russell cheer for the New York Yankees in early November as her baseball player beau Alex Rodriguez helps his team win their 27th World Series title.
TASTY DELIGHT Gerard Butler certainly has a taste for Katherine Heigl as the costars get cheeky at the Los Angeles premiere of The Ugly Truth. The romantic comedy about a love-challenged TV producer (Heigl) and a sexist correspondent (Butler) opened July 24.
FACE TIME
Who are those masked beachgoers? As the death toll from swine flu mounts in April, newlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt practice safety first, sporting protective masks for a trip to the beach while on a “pre-honeymoon” in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Thoughts? Do you agree with all of these photos or is there some that should have been on the list?
We have the top ten quotes of the week, and one of them is a real doozy. Jimmy Kimmel really laid the smack down on Melissa Joan Hart after her ouster from “Dancing With The Stars”. I kinda felt bad for her, but that lasted about two seconds.
“I know a couple other guys were singing and they won’t say it, but I’m man enough to say that Fergie’s ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry,’ Crap! I would sing that in the gym.”
– Jay-Z, manning up to working out to the pop star
“Playing a creepy, unstable character was something I always wanted to do.”
– Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, on her soon-to-be axed Melrose Place character
“They have to make sure they’re able to re-sign Kate Hudson for next year.”
– David Letterman, joking about the NY Yankees’ most famous fan, on his late show
“Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long.”
– First Lady Michelle Obama, advising women to see past the looks in order to find a good man, to “Glamour”
“He has ‘mantrums.’”
– Hailey Glassman, referring to boyfriend Jon Gosselin and his angry outbursts, to “The Insider”
“‘You’re marrying your mother – but she is just thinner and prettier.’”
– The Jonas Brothers’ mom Denise Jonas, on how she teases her engaged son Kevin
“I thought the end of the world was going to come so I didn’t have to pay any of my bills.”
– “The View” co-host Sherri Shepherd, joking about her dodgy pre-stardom life, on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
“BRAZIL!!!!! A–! A–! A–! Phat round beautiful ASSES!!!!! Everywhere! Its a ASS tsunami!!!!!!!! I think I like it here!!! Lol”
– Diddy, taking in the local sights during his South American trip, on Twitter
“I would love to have a massive party and meet all the sweaty, geeky, awesome fans who posted on the Internet and believed in the film. I just want to thank them.”
– Micah Sloat, breakout star of the independent-turned-box-office-hit “Paranormal Activity”
“At any point during [Dancing with the Stars], did you consider using witch craft to help you?”
– Jimmy Kimmel, to eliminated contestant and former “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” star Melissa Joan Hart, on his late-night show
“Whoa, hold on. The joke is like 1996.”
– Melissa Joan Hart
“But you know what, so are you, to be honest.”
– Kimmel’s retort
That was so terrible! You could tell that he instantaneously felt like a schmuck for saying that to her.
We’ve got some of the best celebrity quotes from this past week, including Madonna wanting to get run over by a train, Hugh Jackman getting interrupted, and Jessica Simpson’s fear of something.
“I’d rather get run over by a train.”
– Madonna, expressing her opposition to getting married again, on “Late Show with David Letterman”
“You want to get that?”
– Hugh Jackman, addressing an audience member after a ringing cell phone interrupted his Broadway show, “A Steady Rain”
“I don’t call them birthdays. I refuse birthdays.”
– Mariah Carey, explaining why she calls the day she was born an “anniversary,” to “USA Today”
“Oprah, I’ve never done that to a black woman before.”
– Chris Rock, weave-checking the talk show host, on air
“Is this a set up?”
– Lisa Kudrow, after she was pressured into singing the “Friends” classic, “Smelly Cat,” at the Rock a Little, Feed a Lot benefit concert to benefit Feed America
“I’m old, so I need to work fast.”
– Desperate Housewives’ newest resident, Drea de Matteo, 37, on planning to have her second child sooner rather than later, to “USA Today”
“Gloves are off.”
– Michelle Obama, on lobbying for her hometown of Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, to “People”
President Barack Obama has been trying to get the Olympic leaders in Copenhagen to give the 2016 Olympics to Chicago.
Barack and his wife Michelle Obama both tried to to convince the leaders by saying “I urge you to choose Chicago, and if you do – if we walk this path together – then I promise you this: The city of Chicago and the United States of America will make the world proud.”
Well it has been announced that after the first round of voting Chicago has been knocked out of the running, Tokyo was also eliminated in the second round. Madrid and Rio de Janeiro are left, with the latter being the front runner.
Oprah Winfrey was also in Copenhagen doing her best to help the Olympic leaders, when the big O can’t persuade you then there must be a problem. Where would you like to see the Olympics being held?
source: Obamas’ Olympic Bid for Chicago Fails [People]
