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Feb92021 by adminNo Comments

Michelle Obama to star in Netflix children’s show Waffles + Mochi

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NetflixMichelle Obama is to star alongside puppets in a Netflix show that aims to teach children the joys of home cooking over eating ready meals.Mrs Obama will play a supermarket owner opposite Waffles and Mochi, who are from The Land of Frozen Food.The former US first lady described the series, which is titled Waffles + Mochi and drops next month, as a "hilarious, heartwarming, and simply magical show". She and husband Barack are among the executive producers.The couple signed a deal to produce series and films for Netflix in 2018. The resulting works have included Becoming, the 2020 documentary based on her best-selling autobiography.Michelle Obama says she has 'low-grade depression'How Obama and Clinton films can 'inspire' womenViola Davis to play Michelle Obama in TV dramaIn Waffles +...

Jul232020 by adminNo Comments

Famous birthdays for July 23: Michelle Williams, Edie McClurg

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July 23 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include: Advertisement -- Pope Clement XI in 1649 -- Detective novelist Raymond Chandler in 1888 -- Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie in 1892 -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in 1936 (age 84) -- Actor Ronny Cox in 1938 (age 82) -- Talk show host Don Imus in 1940 (age 80) -- Drummer Dino Danelli in 1944 (age 76) -- Drummer John Rutsey in 1952 -- Actor Edie McClurg in 1945 (age 75) File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI -- Musician David Essex in 1947 (age 73) -- Dutch film director Theo van Gogh in 1957 -- Actor Woody Harrelson in 1961 (age 59) -- Actor Eriq La Salle in 1962 (age 58) -- Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman...

Jan62020 by adminNo Comments

Golden Globe Awards: Michelle Williams praised for women’s rights speech

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Michelle Williams has been praised by fellow actors after giving an impassioned speech about women's rights at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.The 39-year-old made the comments, which alluded to abortion, after picking up one of the acting awards."I wouldn't have been able to do this without employing a woman's right to choose," she said. "To choose when to have my children, and with whom."But she came in for criticism from anti-abortion commentators in the US.The four-time Oscar nominee won the Golden Globe for best actress in a limited series or TV movie for her role in drama series Fosse/Verdon."I am grateful to live in a moment in our society where choice exists, because as girls and women, things can happen to our bodies that are not our choice," she to...

Dec152019 by adminNo Comments

Famous birthdays for Dec. 15: Michelle Dockery, Don Johnson

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Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include: -- The Roman Emperor Nero in A.D. 37 -- French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, builder of the Paris tower that bears his name and engineer of the Statue of Liberty, in 1832 -- Billionaire oilman J. Paul Getty in 1892 -- Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer -- Comic actor Tim Conway in 1933 -- Rock musician Dave Clark in 1939 (age 80) -- Actor Don Johnson in 1949 (age 70) File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI -- Actor Helen Slater in 1963 (age 56) -- Actor Garrett Wang in 1968 (age 51) -- Actor Adam Brody in 1979 (age 40) -- Actor Michelle Dockery in 1981 (age 38) -- Actor Charlie Cox in 1982 (age 37) -- Ac...

Nov192018 by adminNo Comments

Michelle Obama's memoir highlights long-time scars of miscarriage

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This is a Kaiser Health News story. Miscarriage is “lonely, painful, and demoralizing,” Michelle Obama writes in her new memoir. Yet, by some estimates, it ends as many as 1 in 5 pregnancies before the 20-week mark. The former first lady’s disclosure that she and former President Barack Obama suffered from fertility issues, including losing a pregnancy, has sparked conversations about miscarriage, a common but also commonly misunderstood loss. Psychologists say that ignorance can contribute to the emotional and psychological toll of losing a pregnancy, isolating women and their partners and leaving loved ones uncertain of how to comfort them. Nearly five years later, Becky Shaw of Woodbridge, Va., still remembers texting her friend after her miscarriage, just asking i...