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Obamas’ Production Company, Higher Ground, Releases New Slate Of Netflix TV & Film Projects
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama have recently set a new slate of projects under their deal with Netflix through their production company Higher Ground Productions. The slate will include both television and film projects, such as a biopic on Tenzing Norgay, the first person to ever reach the peak of Mount Everest, alongside Sir Edmund Hillary, and a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel Exit West, written by Mohsin Hamid. The company is also producing a U.S. National Parks docuseries as well as a series adaptation of the Angeline Boulley book Firekeeper’s Daughte...
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Barack Obama broke classmate's nose for using racial slur
Barack Obama once broke a classmate's nose for calling him a racial slur. The former president of the United States has opened up about his childhood experiences with racism, and recalled a time he got into a fight over an incident with a friend. Speaking to Bruce Springsteen on their 'Renegades: Born in the USA' podcast, he said: "Listen, when I was in school, I had a friend. We played basketball together. And one time we got into a fight, and he called me a c***. "Now, first of all, ain’t no c***s in Hawaii, right? It’s one of those things where he might not even have known what a c*** was. ...
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Ohio GOP Pushes For ‘Trump Day’ State Holiday
Ohio State Reps Jon Cross (R-Ohio) and Reggie Stoltzfus (R-Ohio) sent an internal memo asking for cosponsors for a bill that would make June 14th a Ohio state holiday called “President Donald J. Trump Day.” The memo said, “Let’s show the 3,154,834 Ohio voters (a record and historic number of votes received for President in Ohio) who cast their ballot to re-elect Donald J. Trump that we as a legislature recognize the accomplishments of his administration and that the Ohio House believes it is imperative we set aside a day to celebrate one of the greatest presidents in American history.” June 1...
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Dolly Parton Turned Down Presidential Medal Of Freedom Twice From Trump
Dolly Parton twice turned down the highest U.S. civilian honor of receiving the presidential medal of freedom from former President Donald Trump when he was in office. Parton isn’t sure if she will accept the award from President Joe Biden, either. “I couldn’t accept it because my husband was ill,” she told NBC’s Today. “And then they asked me again about it and I wouldn’t travel because of the COVID.” “Now I feel like if I take it, I’ll be doing politics, so I’m not sure,” revealed Parton that she heard from the Biden administration. “I don’t work for those awards. It’d be nice but I’m not su...
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Michelle Obama Posts Natural Photo To Celebrate 57th Birthday
Michelle Obama celebrated her 57th birthday on Sunday, receiving numerous celebratory wishes from friends and family. The former-First Lady took to Instagram to share a natural, black-and-white photo to thank everyone for the birthday messages. “Thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes!” she captioned the photo. “I know this past year has been difficult for us all on so many levels, so I just hope you all are taking care of yourselves and finding joy in the smallest moments. Love you all. Obama, who recently opened up about her low-grade depression due to quarantine and the Trump Administr...
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Biden Taps Merrick Garland, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, As Attorney General Pick
Judge Merrick Garland made headlines in 2016 after Senate Republicans blocked his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court in the last year of Barack Obama’s second term. On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden appointed Judge Garland as the next U.S. Attorney General. Garland has largely been considered a centrist throughout his time in the courts. Experts believe that Garland’s appointment is the first step to depoliticize the Justice Department after accusations that the department has been increasingly used for Donald Trump’s personal gain under former Attorney General William Barr. Garland’s...
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President Barack Obama Speaks On Violence At The Capitol
On Wednesday, former President Barack Obama tweeted a statement of his remarks on the violence from pro-Trump supporters when they broke into the Capitol building to try and stop the electoral college vote for President-Elect Joe Biden. “History will remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continues to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation. But we’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise,” Obama wrote. “For two months now, a political party and its accompanying me...
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Trump Ranked ‘American’s Most Admired Man’ In Gallup Poll, Edging Out Barack Obama For First Time
President Donald Trump won the title of America’s most-admired man for 2020, according to Gallup’s annual survey conducted on December 1-17, ending former President Barack Obama‘s 12-year run with the title. This year’s results marked the 10th time Trump has finished among the 10 most admired men and the 15th time Obama had. Eighteen percent of adults in the U.S. named Trump when asked which man “living anywhere in the world they admire most.” Fifteen percent named Obama, President-elect Joe Biden following in third place. When asked which woman people admired most this year, 10 percent respon...
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Barack Obama Wants Drake To Play Him In Biopic
Barack Obama has a casting suggestion for who should portray him in a movie about his life – Drake. During an episode of 360, the former president of the United States was asked about the possibility of a future biopic and his thoughts on who he would want to play him. “I will say this: Drake seems to be able to do anything he wants. I mean, that is a talented, talented brother. So, if the time comes and he’s ready, you know,” he said. Obama is a big fan of Drake. He listed “Too Good” as his number one song on his 2019 summer playlist. Obama said that the Canadian rapper has the “stamp of ap...
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Sexy Photo Of Sasha Obama Goes Viral On Twitter
On Sunday night, Sasha Obama’s name started trending on Twitter after a photo that looked like her began circulating on the app. Thousands of people have since shared and commented on the photo, both positive and negative reactions. The photo was shared on MEFeater, an online magazine with more than 134,000 followers writing, “Sasha Obama is GIVING honey.” The photo was also shared on various other Twitter accounts with large followings. It is not confirmed if the woman in the photo is actually Obama but that has not stopped people giving their opinions online. “I dare one of y’all to say some...
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