Suicide Squad actor Viola Davis to play Michelle Obama in an upcoming show titled First Ladies

Al Roker, Ava DuVernay and Viola Davis are just some of the Hollywood stars remembering model turned lifestyle guru B. Smith, who died at the age of 70 on Saturday, after a battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease.

Barak Obama and Michelle Obama never miss an opportunity to give us major couple goals and the two very adorable as always while wishing each other on this year’s Valentine’s day. The 44th President of the United States posted an adorable picture featuring him and his wife happily breaking into a dance move.

Now that Michelle Obama, 56, and Barack Obama, 58, are empty nesters, they are finally “seeing each other again.” That’s what Michelle, former First Lady of the United States, confessed to her friend Oprah Winfrey, 66, as she sat opposite the talk show host at the Brooklyn stop of Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus tour on Feb. 8.

This was followed by actor Mark Ruffalo announcing the winners in the documentary categories at this year's Oscars ceremony on Sunday night. The Michelle and Barack Obama-produced "American Factory" was awarded the best documentary feature. During the acceptance speech for the Netflix project, director Julia Reichert quoted Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Reichert said: "Workers of the world, unite!" - a rallying cry from "The Communist Manifesto." The documentary is set in an abandoned General

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Netflix’s “American Factory,” produced by Michelle and Barack Obama, took home the award for best documentary at the 92nd Oscars. It’s the first Academy Award for the Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground.

Michelle Obama and may no longer be the actual First Couple of the United States, but they are still out here making adorable comments about each other, maintaining their status as First Couple of our hearts.Over the weekend, the former FLOTUS sat down with her pal Oprah Winfrey as the guest during the New York leg of Winfrey's "2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus Tour." Among the many topics the pair discussed was how the Michelle and Barack's relationship has evolved since leaving the White House

Viola Davis’ new drama First Ladies, in which the Oscar winner portrays Michelle Obama, has been picked up for a full series.

Viola Davis’ new drama First Ladies, in which the Oscar winner portrays Michelle Obama, has been picked up for a full series.

#Roommates, your possible new TV obsession has arrived! As her hit, Emmy-winning series “How To Get Away With Murder” comes to an end in a few months, Viola Davis has already landed her next television gig—and we have our forever First Lady Michelle Obama to thank.

Vincent D’Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas, Linda Emond and Emma Nelson are joining Sandra Bullock and Viola Davis in an untitled Netflix thriller from Graham King.

Showtime has given a straight-to-series order to one-hour drama “First Ladies,” whose first season stars Viola Davis as former first lady Michelle Obama. Davis also executive produces the series, which was put on fast-track development at the premium cabler last August with a three-script commitment.

Showtime has officially ordered First Ladies to series, marking the role of Michelle Obama as Academy Award winner 's first television part since her tenure as Annalise Keating on , wrapping this May.According to a statement from Showtime, the new anthology series will follow the "personal and political lives" of the nation's first ladies, with the first season focused on Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, and Michelle Obama. Roosevelt and Ford have yet to be cast.

Update 2/5/20: Showtime is ready to move forward with First Ladies. The cable network has now picked up the anthology show for a full series, which will feature Viola Davis as Michelle Obama in Season 1, TV Guide can confirm.

How to follow up an Emmy-winning turn in How to Get Away with Murder? For Viola Davis, she's turning to Michelle Obama—and playing the former first lady.

Michelle Obama is coming to TV, well, fictionally at least.

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