Fans of Malibu fitness boot camp The Ranch, beloved by Michelle Obama, say NY outpost is too easy

 Fans of Malibu fitness boot camp The Ranch, beloved by Michelle Obama, say NY outpost is too easy

A notoriously tough west coast fitness boot camp has gone soft with its expansion to New York. The Ranch, a famed luxury wellness retreat in Malibu, California, opened a Hudson Valley location earlier this month. The original Ranch, roughly an hour outside of Los Angeles, has long been known for its 5:30 a.m. wake-up calls, … Read more

Malia Obama tries to avoid ‘nepo baby’ label by using stage name for directorial debut

Malia Obama tries to avoid ‘nepo baby’ label by using stage name for directorial debut

Malia Obama opted to release her first Hollywood directional effort under a stage name, but social media is still blasting the former First Daughter for her “nepo baby” roots. The 25-year-old daughter of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wrote and directed the short film, “The Heart,” which debuted at on Jan. … Read more

Malia Obama makes red carpet debut at Sundance for ‘The Heart’: I hope it ‘makes you feel a bit less lonely’

Malia Obama makes red carpet debut at Sundance for ‘The Heart’: I hope it ‘makes you feel a bit less lonely’

Malia Obama made her red carpet debut at the Sundance Film Festival Thursday night ahead of the premiere of her short film, “The Heart.” The eldest daughter of former US President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama posed for photos at the Prospector Square Theater in Park City, Utah, ahead of a screening … Read more

Michelle Obama ate the same breakfast ‘every morning’: ‘I was kind of a picky eater’

Michelle Obama ate the same breakfast ‘every morning’: ‘I was kind of a picky eater’

“It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time!” Michelle Obama revealed she ate the same breakfast “every morning for most of my life,” on the first episode of “Your Mama’s Kitchen,” an Audible podcast hosted by journalist Michele Norris. “[I ate] peanut butter and jelly every morning until I went to college. That was all I really liked,” she told … Read more

DJ Cassidy on spinning for Beyoncé and J.Lo: ‘Everyone has their songs’

DJ Cassidy on spinning for Beyoncé and J.Lo: ‘Everyone has their songs’

As a freshman sociology major at New York University in 2000, DJ Cassidy — young enough already at 18, but looking “like I was 8” — got his big break one slow, rainy night at the club Lotus in NYC’s Meatpacking District. At the time the neighborhood was still known more for beef than for … Read more

Lois Griffin beat Michelle Obama, Beyoncé in favorite mom poll

Lois Griffin beat Michelle Obama, Beyoncé in favorite mom poll

Family Guy’s Lois Griffin has been voted the nation’s favorite mom – beating Katy Perry, Beyonce and even Michelle Obama. Ahead of this Mother’s Day, the top 50 moms were voted for in a poll of 2,000 adults which found Serena Williams, Morticia Addams and soon-to-be mom-of-two, Rihanna, also making the list. Jennifer Lopez, Drew … Read more

Michelle Obama joins Bruce Springsteen to sing ‘Glory Days’ in Barcelona

Michelle Obama joins Bruce Springsteen to sing ‘Glory Days’ in Barcelona

She could have used President Biden’s cheat sheet. Michelle Obama hit the stage in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday night as Bruce Springsteen, on tour with the E Street Band, launched into his 1985 hit “Glory Days” — but she seemed to know few of the song’s lyrics, apart from the two words of its title. … Read more

Michelle Obama launching podcast based on ‘The Light We Carry’

Michelle Obama launching podcast based on ‘The Light We Carry’

Michelle Obama’s recent celebrity-filled book tour is becoming a podcast. Audible announced Wednesday that the former first lady will launch the “Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast” on March 7. It’s based on Obama’s tour promoting “The Light We Carry,” her recent bestselling book, which featured special guests like Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Tyler Perry, David Letterman and more. … Read more

Michelle Obama: Americans ‘weren’t ready’ for my natural hair

Michelle Obama: Americans ‘weren’t ready’ for my natural hair

Former First Lady Michelle Obama is opening up about the pressures of playing it straight. The mother of two, 58, revealed how she felt Americans “weren’t ready” for her natural hair as they were still “getting adjusted” to having a black first family in the White House. She made made the revelation during an on-stage … Read more