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- The legendary Etta James passed away today after a long battle with various illnesses including leukemia and dementia. She was 73. [NYT]
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- The Twitterverse rejoiced after learning that Michelle Obama has joined the social media giant. And while the actual account will be run by the Fierce Lady’s team, her personal tweets will be lovingly signed, “MO.” With the hashtag: #HBIC [MOBama's Twitter]
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While the Republicans scramble to choose a nominee from their clown car of potential candidates, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have already laid down the groundwork for their 2012 campaign. The Obama-Biden ticket has recently partnered with 22 fashion designers for Runway to Win, an initiative to create T-shirts, tote bags, scarves and wristlets benefiting the Obama Victory Fund. And the driving force behind it is none other than Vogue‘s very own iron lady, Anna Wintour.
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In the midst of all the political mumbo jumbo that’s going on it’s still important to consider all things sartorially correct. Enter this stunning family portait of America’s first family, the Obamas.
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Michelle Obama is never one to rest on her sartorial laurels, as numerous as they may be, and the Fierce Lady did not disappoint at last night’s Kennedy Center Honors.
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Rather expectedly, an image of the Pope making out with a Muslim leader hasn’t sat well with the Vatican, which has officially condemned United Colors of Benetton‘s UnHate ad campaign. It’s been a while since the Vatian’s condemned something, no? It’s nice that they’re still fighting the righteous fight — an uphill battle at this point. But the Vatican’s not just stopping there; they’re urging their lawyers to “take the proper measures” to stop the use of the photo everywhere, including in the media.
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United Colors of Benetton wants to provoke some social change — or at least provoke someone — with its new ad campaign, “Unhate,” that’s debuted today in Europe featuring world and spiritual leaders locking lips. Talk about current affairs.
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Does it really matter, because chances are you weren’t invited to the intimate dinner thrown by Anna Wintour and Harvey Weinstein as a fundraiser for the Obama campaign. But if you’re one of the lucky holding a summons and spare $71,600, you’ll be in the fine company of big guns like Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, Tory Burch and Alicia Keys. According to Page Six, the dinner is tentatively scheduled for next week, so start kissing ass now.
