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Lola Ogunnaike (born September 13, 1975) is an American features and entertainment journalist of Nigerian origin. She most recently appeared as the entertainment correspondent on CNN's morning program, American Morning. Ogunnaike has also made regular guest appearances on NBC's Today Show, MTV and VH1. In May 2007, she was named one of Ebony magazine's "150 Most Influential Blacks in America."
Ogunnaike received her master's in fine arts degree in journalism from New York University and a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Virginia.
Ogunnaike has been covering entertainment news since 1999. Most recently, Ogunnaike reported on pop culture and entertainment news as part of American Morning's daily news coverage.
Ogunnaike worked at CNN from May 2007 until early 2009. Prior to joining CNN, Ogunnaike was a reporter for The New York Times and spearheaded its entertainment coverage, writing profiles of celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Ozwald Boateng, Oprah Winfrey and Sting for the paper's "Arts and Leisure" section.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid and delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of two daughters, Malia and Sasha, and is the sister of Craig Robinson, men's basketball coach at Oregon State University. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition and healthy eating.