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Michelle Obama Hits the Grammy Stage with a Group of Pop Icons
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Michelle Obama Hits the Grammy Stage with a Group of Pop Icons

Sentinel News WireFebruary 10, 2019

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Awards kicked off Sunday with a group of powerful women, including Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga, describing the role of music in their lives — a display that came a year after female voices were somewhat muted at the 2018 ceremony. “Music has always helped me tell my story,” Obama said at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. “Whether we like country or rap or rock, music helps us share ourselves. It allows us to hear one another.” Gaga told the crowd: “They said I was weird, that my look, that my choices, that

Gallup Poll Names Barack and Michelle Obama Most Admired Man and Woman of 2018
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Gallup Poll Names Barack and Michelle Obama Most Admired Man and Woman of 2018

Sentinel News WireDecember 29, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in 17 years, a woman other than Hillary Clinton has been named by Americans as the woman they admire most. Former first lady Michelle Obama, who finished second to Clinton three times and is currently touring to promote her recently released autobiography, won by a significant margin this year. Oprah Winfrey was second, with Clinton and Melania Trump next. Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama was the winner among men for the 11thconsecutive year, including one year as president-elect, eight as president and two as former president. President Donald Trump ranks second for the

Michelle Obama Extends Book Tour Due to Overwhelming Response
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Michelle Obama Extends Book Tour Due to Overwhelming Response

Associated PressDecember 11, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Sales for Michelle Obama’s memoir have topped 3 million and the former first lady is extending her book tour into 2019. “Becoming,” published four weeks ago, is among the fastest-selling nonfiction books in history and already among the best-selling political memoirs of all time. Live Nation and Crown Publishing announced Tuesday that Obama will have 21 events next year, six of them in Europe. She has been appearing at such arenas as New York City’s Barclays Center and Chicago’s United Center, with guest interviewers including Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon. Her tour is now scheduled to

WATCH: Michelle Obama Advises Women to Not be Thirsty for Love, While Book “Becoming” Climbs to # 1 Book of 2018
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WATCH: Michelle Obama Advises Women to Not be Thirsty for Love, While Book “Becoming” Climbs to # 1 Book of 2018

Niele AndersonNovember 30, 2018

Michelle Obama has become the voice of insight and America’s jewel for 2018. Her “isms” and American story have made her book “Becoming” the best-selling hardcover book of 2018. So far the book has sold more than 2 million copies in all formats in North America in its first 15 days, according to a statement released Friday by Penguin Random House.  “Becoming” is also the No. 1 seller in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Greece. The book is being published in 31 languages. Obama has been selling out arenas with individuals paying as high as $10,000 to hear

Chicago Defends Location of Obama Library in Federal Court
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Chicago Defends Location of Obama Library in Federal Court

Michael Tarm, AP Legal Affairs WriterNovember 29, 2018

The City of Chicago made its first full-throated response this week to a lawsuit seeking to stop construction of the Obama Presidential Center, saying the buildings would sit on land that wasn’t subject to restrictive public-trust laws.

Wendy’s Window: “Showing Leadership Through Forgiveness”
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Wendy’s Window: “Showing Leadership Through Forgiveness”

Wendy Gladney, Contributing WriterNovember 29, 2018

Leadership is powerful. True leadership is an action word and is more about others than one’s self. Which means leaders have a responsibility that surpasses that of most others. I have often used the phrase with my children when they were growing up, and even now with myself: “Do you want to win the battle, or do you want to win the war?” When I look at examples of people who I consider true leaders, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Pope Francis, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Aung San Suu Kyi, Gandhi, Jesus, and so many others,

‘BECOMING’ BY MICHELLE OBAMA SELLS MORE THAN 725,000 UNITS IN U.S. AND CANADA ON ITS FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION
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‘BECOMING’ BY MICHELLE OBAMA SELLS MORE THAN 725,000 UNITS IN U.S. AND CANADA ON ITS FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION

November 16, 2018

Penguin Random House announced today that BECOMING, the highly anticipated memoir by former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, sold more than 725,000 units in all formats and editions in the U.S. and Canada on the first day of its publication, Tuesday, November 13. BECOMING’s first-day sales, including preorders, represent the largest single-day sales total for any book published in 2018 by Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher. BECOMING was published in the U.S. and Canada in print and digital formats by Crown Publishing, a part of Penguin Random House, with a first printing of 1.8 million copies