Showing posts with label The Obama Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Obama Family. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Obamas Celebrated Easter with Fergie

The Easter Bunny couldn't hold a candle to Malia Obama at this year's White House Easter Egg Roll. When the microphone at Monday's event malfunctioned, the elder First Daughter remedied the situation.

"I'd like to introduce Malia, my technical advisor,' " joked her father, President Obama. Then came the First Lady's warm welcome and rundown of the day's outdoor events, innocently interrupted by an inquiry from daughter Sasha, 7: "Tennis too?"

While there would be no game, there was Fergie – who delivered a memorable version of the national anthem, prompting a huge hug from the president.

What followed was an all-day outdoor concert with the theme, "Let's Go Play." Activities included yoga, soccer, break-dancing, health-conscious cooking and the traditional Easter Egg Roll. The president, alongside Sasha and Malia, kicked off the first round with a whistle and a roar, "Is everybody ready?"

Then, the First Family dispersed, with Mr. Obama going to work as his girls rushed to the front row of the Fergie show. Mrs. Obama danced with her mother, Marian Robinson, and her starstruck daughters, who managed to sing nearly every word to "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Glamorous. Fergie's new husband, Josh Duhamel, scoped the scene in a dapper suit and sunglasses.

Fergie, 34, told People exclusively afterwards, "The whole Obama family is so down to earth. My family was with me and had the honor of getting to chat with them, as well. It was a special moment in time as I got to see Michelle, Malia, and Sasha dancing and singing with me to my songs!"

Monday, January 26, 2009

Michelle Obama Pissed About Sasha and Malia Dolls

Ty, Inc. likely hoped controversy would stoke sales of its Sasha and Malia dolls, preposterously claimed unrelated to the president's daughters. But the company overshot: you do not cross the First Lady.

Ty is the company behind the once-wildly-popular Beanie Babies, and it was totally obvious its intent with the newly-released "Sweet Sasha" and "Marvelous Malia"installments of the "TyGirlz Collection" was to create another mass doll craze that would capitalize on the popularity of the First Family. Telling an incredulous media the dolls had nothing to do with the Obamas generated free advertising even as it protected the company legally.

But turnabout is fair play. Now Michelle Obama is leveraging her tremendous popularity as the chicest First Lady in decades to make the company pay a hefty PR price for its stunt.

Her spokeswoman slammed the dolls in the Times:

“We feel it is inappropriate to use young, private citizens for marketing purposes,” Katie McCormick Lelyveld, Mrs. Obama’s press secretary, said in a statement on Saturday.

No comments were made by representatives of Ty, Inc.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Holiday Greetings from the Obamas

A special message for our soon to be (and historic) first family, The Obamas!