Barack Obama’s daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama, looked adorable in their brightly colored coats during the inauguration. Pricey designer duds? Nope – Sasha and Malia Obama were wearing coats from J. Crew.

J. Crew even put a congratulations banner to the Obama family on their home page.

Watch this video clip of Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration speech. The full text of the speech is after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

A powerful moment – watch the video clip of Barack Obama taking the presidential oath of office at today’s inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2009.

The legendary Aretha Franklin, sporting a gigantic bow on her hat, sang “My Country Tis of Thee” at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration ceremony – check out the video clip if you missed it!

Watching the presidential inauguration today, you may have noticed Michelle Obama’s beautiful yellow dress. No doubt, all eyes will be on Michelle Obama’s fashion choices for years to come.

Michelle Obama is pictured here with Barack Obama – she’s wearing a dress and matching yellow coat by Isabel Toledo, a Cuban-born designer. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out this January 19 video clip of Joe Biden as he shushes his wife, Jill Biden, on Oprah. Jill Biden let’s it out of the bag that Joe Biden had the option of being vice president or the secretary of state.

You can hear Joe Biden shushing his wife – Jill Biden says, “Joe had the choice to be secretary of state or vice president. Joe Biden put his finger to his lips and said “Shhhh!”

Today is Inauguration Day! Check out the inauguration schedule of events for January 20, 2009 – Barack Obama will become the 44th President of the United States today and naturally, there’s a full schedule of inauguration activities planned. Read the rest of this entry »

Watch the video clip above of President elect Barack Obama’s speech at the Lincoln Memorial for the We Are One inauguration concert on January 18.