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Student was 'gobsmacked' when Meghan Markle asked to take a picture with her for Michelle Obama

Nelson Mandela University student Sithembele Ncube, 25, was invited to meet Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan during a reception at the British High Commissioner's home in Cape Town on Tuesday.




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Barack and Michelle Obama share touching messages to each other on their 27th anniversary

Former President Barack Obama, 58, and former first lady Michelle, 55, tied the knot on October 3, 1992. Both wished the other a happy anniversary on Twitter and Instagram today.




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Michelle Obama to release a journal companion to her bestselling memoir Becoming at $20 a copy

Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice will hit bookshelves on November 19 said Penguin Random House in a press release, almost one year after the Michelle Obama memoir.




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Michelle Obama and Jenna Bush Hager are going to Vietnam together

The former first lady, 55, celebrated the United Nations-declared day of observance by announcing that in December, she and Today's Jenna, 37, will travel to Vietnam with a Today crew.




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HEALTH NOTES: Michelle Obama gives followers the feel-good factor

Encouraging girls to follow inspirational women like Michelle Obama on social media could help protect their mental health, research led by a University of Cambridge psychologist claims.




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Michelle Obama posts a workout selfie from the gym

Former US First Lady, Michelle Obama (pictured), has opened up about her fitness regime and asked other women to share how they 'take care' of themselves in a gym selfie.




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Michelle Obama fights back tears as she thanks military caregivers at emotional gala

Former first lady Michelle Obama won the Hidden Heroes Champion award at a military gala on Wednesday night and fought back tears as she thanked 'unsung' military caregivers




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'I can't make people not afraid of black people': Michelle Obama addresses racism in the US

Michelle Obama spoke says when her family - and other black families - moved to the South Side of Chicago in the 1970s, white families started moving out. 




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'Dad wasn't there to walk me down the aisle': Michelle Obama reveals wedding day sadness

Speaking at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago, the former first lady described her wedding in October 1992 to Barack Obama as 'hard' and 'bittersweet' following the death of her father.




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Michelle Obama receives Grammy nomination for her best-selling memoir 'Becoming'

Having already been crowned the 'World's Most Admired Women' this year, securing victory in the at next year's Grammy's would cap a fine 18 months for Michelle Obama.




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Julia Roberts and Michelle Obama are teaming up in an effort to empower and educate girls in Asia

Julia Roberts and Michelle Obama are teaming up to travel to Malaysia and Vietnam and take part in an effort to empower and educate girls in December.




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Michelle Obama admits it was 'emotional' to drop youngest daughter Sasha off at college

The former first lady, 55, spoke about her family and career in a new interview. She said she tried to make it 'feel as normal as possible' when moving Sasha, 18, into the University of Michigan.




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Michelle Obama calls impeachment hearings 'surreal' during girls education trip in Vietnam

Former First Lady Michelle Obama called the impeachment hearings into Donald Trump 'surreal' on the Today show on Monday during a girls education trip in Vietnam.




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Women writers dominate Amazon's 2019 bestsellers lists

The 2019 charts feature J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming. Food bloggers and now authors of Pinch of Nom join them.




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Beaming Michelle Obama and Julia Roberts chat to pupils in Vietnam ahead of conference in Malaysia 

Julia Roberts is travelling to Kuala Lumpur with Obama for the Obama Foundation's inaugural Leaders: Asia-Pacific convening in the Malaysian capital on Tuesday.




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Michelle Obama says she will 'wait to be asked' for help by the Democratic nominee

The former first lady, 55, said she and the former president will wait to see who wins the Democratic nomination before offering support.




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Michelle Obama defends her friendship with former President George W. Bush

The former first lady, 55, said that while she and Bush, 73, disagree on 'policy,' they don't disagree on 'humanity,' 'love,' or 'compassion.'




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Michelle Obama tells Greta Thunberg to 'ignore the doubters' after Trump tweets

Michelle Obama sent Greta Thunberg a public message of support on Twitter. Her tweet followed a vitriolic attack on the teenager by President Donald Trump.




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Michelle Obama announces new Instagram video series that will follow four college freshmen

The former first lady, 55, teamed up with media company ATTN: for an IGTV series called 'A Year of Firsts'.




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Barack and Michelle Obama are advising Meghan and Harry on their new life outside the Royal Family

Barack and Michelle Obama have advised the Sussexes on their plans for a new life outside the Royal Family.Harry and Meghan want to model themselves on the Obamas.




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Trump's administration cuts Michelle Obama's healthy school meal rules - on her birthday

Donald Trump's administration proposed new school lunch guidelines that would undo several healthy changes made by Michelle Obama -a move that comes on the former first lady's birthday.




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Michelle Obama reveals she went to couples therapy with Barack to work through 'tough times'

Michelle Obama admitted to Oprah Winfrey that she needed to 'make herself happy' if she wanted an equal partnership with Barack Obama. Obama spoke at an event in Brooklyn, New York.




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Barack and Michelle Obama congratulate their own production company after American Factory Oscar win

American Factory, about the decline of manufacturing jobs in the industrial Midwest, picked up the golden statue for best feature-length documentary at the Oscars on Sunday night.




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Michelle Obama shares rare denim-on-denim throwback photo from her Princeton days

The snap shows Mrs. Obama as a teenager at the Ivy League school in 1983. She said: 'If I could tell the girl in this photo one thing, it would be slow down and take a breath - you've got this.'




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Michelle Obama shares 1982 prom photo as part of new voter campaign

The 56-year-old posted the image of herself wearing a 'pink satin, polka-dotted dress' on Tuesday.




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Joe Biden tells questioner he would put Michelle Obama on the ticket 'in a heartbeat'

Former Vice President Joe Biden rallied with supporters in South Carolina, where he fielded a question about whether he would put Michelle Obama on the ticket.




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Michelle Obama enjoys Christina Aguilera's Las Vegas concert

The former First Lady of the United States attended Christina Aguilera's The Xperience concert at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater in Las Vegas where a male dancer twerked near her.




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Michelle Obama cancels her first rally of 2020 election

Michelle Obama's first effort to get out the vote in 2020 has been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.




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Ellen DeGeneres chats with Michelle Obama after getting called 'one of the meanest people alive'

Though the 62-year-old talk show host seemed charming-as-ever while on the phone, days prior a viral Twitter thread left people calling Ellen 'one of the meanest people alive.'




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Coronavirus US: Michelle Obama reveals her family's daily quarantine routine

The former first lady said she and her husband, Barack, are with their daughters Malia, 21, and Sasha, 18, who are both home from college amid the global crisis.




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Stacey Solomon shocked as Michelle Obama shares tribute to her on Instagram 

The former First Lady shared a series of handwritten thank you notes to frontline workers around the world amid the coronavirus outbreak, one of which included a fan tribute to Stacey.




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Former first lady Michelle Obama reads children's books in new weekly video series

Mrs. Obama, 56, is hosting 'Mondays with Michelle' starting today, April 20. Every Monday at noon, she will read a new book love online. Choices include The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.




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Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson join Michelle Obama to make the case for mail-in voting

Michelle Obama hosted an online event on behalf of When We All Vote - a non-profit, nonpartisan organization hoping to increase participation in every election.




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Michelle Obama changed White House dress code for butlers

Michelle Obama changed the White House dress codes for butlers because she didn't want her daughters 'thinking that grown African American men serve them in tuxedos'.




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Jimmy Kimmel dishes on his Friendsgiving meal with Jennifer Aniston on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Jimmy Kimmel dished on his traditional Friendsgiving meal during Thanksgiving with gal pal Jennifer Aniston on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.




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Jennifer Aniston cries while helping Ellen DeGeneres with struggling family on giveaways premiere

The 61-year-old talk show host kicked off her three-night Greatest Night Of Giveaways on Tuesday with the help of Jennifer Aniston, 50, who got emotional while helping a family.




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Justin Theroux bundles up as he steps out with Lauren Norvelle in New York City

He joined ex wife Jennifer Aniston at her Friendsgiving gathering last month. And on Thursday, Justin Theroux was spotting stepping out with Lauren Norvelle in New York City.




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Jennifer Aniston guests hosts for Ellen and shares some 'deep, dark secrets' about the star

She was Ellen's very first guest a whopping 17 years ago, and now she's guest hosting on the hit show for her beloved 'real-life friend.'




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Ellen DeGeneres asks Jennifer Aniston for quarantine tips

Jennifer Aniston became the latest celebrity to get a phone call from Ellen DeGeneres in coronavirus lockdown. Ellen has been checking in on a string of her famous friends to stave off boredom.




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Bury expelled from the Football League

Bury have been thrown out of the Football League in a move that is expected to spell the end for the 134-year-old outfit. Late on Tuesday night the EFL announced that the Shakers had been ejected.




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House prices see 'Boris bounce', but agents call for 'realistic' sellers

There has been 'a noticeable pick-up' in the housing market since Boris Johnson defeated Labour's Jeremy Corbyn in December, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said.




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2GB broadcaster Alan Jones wants Malcolm Turnbull expelled from Liberal Party over coal stance

Sydney radio 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones wants the Liberal Party to expel former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull for suggesting it was 'nuts' to build a taxpayer-funded, coal-fired power station.




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Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Michael Bloomberg field anxious requests to run

Democrats worried about whether their front runners could beat Trump are musing about others who could run including Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Michael Bloomberg, Eric Holder and John Kerry.




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'Michelle Obama LOVED Harvey Weinstein.' Donald Trump attacks after movie mogul's rape conviction

'The people who liked him were the Democrats. Michelle Obama loved him, loved him,' the president said in New Delhi after the rapist's conviction. He claimed he was 'not a fan.'




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Michelle Obama takes the fight direct to Donald Trump after he attacked her

Michelle Obama will hit the campaign trail next month when she hosts a get-out-the-vote rally in Detroit, Michigan, a state key to President Trump's re-election efforts.




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Kim Kardashian talks to Ellen DeGeneres about Kourtney feud

The 39-year-old influencer chatted with Ellen DeGeneres about the drama surrounding her oldest sister, but noted that they are taking measures to make sure they repair their relationship.




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HIV tests to be powered by biodegradable battery fuelled by BACTERIA

Researchers at the State University of New York, Binghamton, made the batteries using 'exoelectrogens' - bacteria that can transfer electrons outside of their cells.




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Hilary Mantel, Michelle Gallen and Marina Lewycka: This week's best new fiction

Fans can exhale - the final instalment of Mantel's trilogy is a cracker: powerful, propulsive and amply worth the eight-year wait. Despite topping 900 pages, it spans just four years.




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No boring theory or intellectual snobbery. Just poems awash with well-loved lines

John Carey is a welcoming host, full of enthusiasm, and the opposite of crusty. He can throw sparkling light on a poet's method in a handful of words




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Daniel Hope review: New album Belle Epoque 'will bring rich rewards to the curious'

We don't see much of Berlin-based Daniel Hope these days, but an album like this shows us what we are missing.