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Inside the Obama Girls' White House Tour
Originally posted 11/21/2008 06:50PM
Will Sasha and Malia Obama be able to jump on the beds once they move to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
They already have!
First Lady Laura Bush, traveling in Panama with her daughter Barbara, described to PEOPLE a "really fun," kid-friendly tour of the White House taken earlier this week by Michelle Obama, Malia, 10, Sasha, 7, and their grandmother, Marian Robinson, 71.
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Carla Bruni Wants Michelle Obama's Advice
Originally posted 11/19/2008 05:20PM
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy may have more experience being a first lady than Michelle Obama, but the French president's wife says she's in no position to give advice to the next first lady of the United States of America.
"I must say she doesn't need advice," Bruni-Sarkozy, who married Nicolas Sarkozy in February, told Matt Lauer on Wednesday's Today show. "It would be better for me to get advice from her!"
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Kerry Washington Offers Obama Her 'First Dog' Suggestion
Originally posted 11/11/2008 09:00AM
What kind of dog should Barack Obama get? All of America seems to have an opinion – and Kerry Washington is no exception!
The actress – who is good friends with the Illinois Senator, and even celebrated his victory with him in Chicago – has been campaigning for the First Family to adopt a Shorkie (a mix between a Shih Tzu and a Yorkie).
"My dog is hypoallergenic, and I've told them all about her," Washington – the proud owner of a Shorkie named Josephine Baker – tells PEOPLE. "They are loving dogs and great for the girls. So we'll see what they will choose."
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Anxious to Meet Michelle Obama
Originally posted 11/10/2008 09:40AM
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's message to Michelle Obama? Welcome to the club!
France's First Lady says she cannot wait to meet her American counterpart.
"I don't know her yet," Bruni-Sarkozy said during an impromptu interview with TV's Public Senat. "I admire the couple though and I can't wait to meet her. To see this couple go to the White House is just magnificent."
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Paul McCartney Wants to Serenade Michelle Obama
Originally posted 11/09/2008 09:00AM
Sir Paul McCartney has made the President-elect an offer too good to pass up: he wants to sing for Michelle Obama.
"I think sincerely he is the man for the job. I think it is a legendary occasion and I wish him the very best," McCartney told Britain's Sky News backstage at the MTV Europe Music Awards Thursday night.
"I hope to get the opportunity to sing ... to his wife. I have a little song ready for him," the former Beatle said.
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What Kind of Dog Should Malia & Sasha Get?
Originally posted 11/06/2008 02:45PM
Not since Knut, the polar bear, has an animal so captured the public's imagination – and this one hasn't even been found yet.
Speaking before the world at his victory rally in Chicago on Tuesday night, President-elect Barack Obama told daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7: "I love you more than you can imagine, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House."
It's among many promises the candidate made during the campaign – and one he'll be keeping, for sure. But what breed – or breeds – should the new First Puppy be?
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Michelle Obama: We Buy the Clothes We Wear
Originally posted 10/28/2008 08:40AM
Woman to woman, Michelle Obama gets Sarah Palin's need for new clothes – but, she is quick to point out: "Whatever we wear, we buy."
Admiring Obama's bright yellow outfit Monday night, Tonight Show host Jay Leno asked, "What is it, about $60-grand? $60-, $70,000 that outfit?"
"Actually, this is a J. Crew ensemble ... " she responded.
"I have no idea what that means," said Leno, wondering whether Republican vice presidential candidate Palin's acceptance of as much as $150,000 in new clothes from Republican National Committee was "a bad move on her part."
"I try to be empathetic," the wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama said. "I mean, especially a VP pick, it's like being shot out of a cannon ... All of a sudden, you are the center of attention. But our policy has always been whatever we wear, for us, we buy."
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Michelle Obama Prefers Dick Van Dyke to Debates
Originally posted 10/09/2008 08:30AM
Two debates down, one to go. And Michelle Obama would be just fine staying at home for that last one, thank you very much.
The wife of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama admitted Wednesday night that she generally doesn't like to attend her husband's debates. "I get nervous," she explained on the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. "I'm fine with people calling me and saying he did a good job. And it's like, Good, I got to watch Dick Van Dyke."
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Michelle Obama Reveals How Barack Won Her Over
Originally posted 10/02/2008 01:05PM
Just hours before the vice-presidential debate, Michelle Obama called her husband's running mate, Joe Biden, "one of the smartest men in Washington."
Biden is "the kind of guy you want to have a beer with," she told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Thursday. "I hope that part of his personality comes through."
As for her own guy, Obama, 44, talked about her husband's ceaseless energy and promise – and about the couple's courtship.
Asked how she and Barack met, Michelle said he simply told her, "We should go out. He had no special lines. Barack's not some line-giver."
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Michelle Obama's Campaign Secret: Kids' Slumber Parties
Originally posted 09/25/2008 02:00PM
How do you keep 15 kids entertained on the campaign trail?
If you're Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, you throw a slumber party.
The night of Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention, her daughter Malia, 10, said she needed to make an announcement.
"I was like, 'What? Was I bad?' " Obama tells Access Hollywood's Nancy O'Dell in a series of interviews to air Sept. 25, 26 and 29. "She said no, but we have to have a sleepover tonight."
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