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Higher Ground, the production company founded by President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, has hired Ada Chiaghana as VP Development and Production. Chiaghana moves over from HBO, where she has been a creative executive in the original programming department, working on half-hour series including Los Espookys and S…

Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in First Ladies, a one-hour White House drama that has been put on fast-track development at Showtime with a three-script commitment. Davis will executive produce the project, which hails from writer Aaron Cooley (novels Four Seats: A Thriller of the Supreme Court, The Guns…

Forty four is jamming to 44 songs this summer. President Barack Obama shared the former first couple’s summer 2019 playlist today on social media, and it includes 44 tracks spanning multiple decades. “With summer winding down, here's a sampling of what Michelle and I have been listening to — some new, some old, some…

Michael Moore interrupted hosting duties at his 15th annual Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan to make a bold suggestion about the 2020 presidential race: He urged former first lady Michelle Obama to jump into the ring and predicted that if she did, she would trounce Donald Trump. "She would beat him. She would…

"The Wire" creator David Simon unloaded on President Donald Trump Saturday, after the president called Baltimore a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" while criticizing Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings. Simon, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, documented life in Baltimore over five seasons of his HBO series…

Two days after Cameron Boyce’s sudden death at age 20, former First Lady Michelle Obama remembered the late actor in a touching post on Instagram and Twitter. “I was lucky enough to share a few moments with Cameron Boyce – on set, at the White House and on a service project – enough time to recognize that not only did…

EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Obama isn't running for any office but the former First Lady can sure draw a well heeled crowd that would be the envy of any politician, as was the case last night at Bryan Lourd's place. Just 48 hours after appearing on-stage with Gayle King at this year's Essence Festival in Atlanta, the…

The United States women’s soccer team triumphed today taking the Women’s World Cup crown after defeating the Netherlands 2-0 for its second championship in a row and its fourth championship overall. It didn’t take too long for politicians and Hollywood to tweet out their congratulations — but it took Donald Trump a…

American Factory, the documentary from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and Participant Media, will premiere on Netflix on August 21. The streaming service had acquired the pic from co-directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S…

Michelle Obama will join James Corden in London when he presents The Late Late Show in the British capital for a third time. The British entertainer has persuaded the former First Lady to play an international game of dodgeball during the four-part run. Corden is taking on Obama in a Team USA versus Team UK game that…

Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis, co-heads of Higher Ground Productions, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company in partnership with Netflix, have set the company's initial slate of upcoming projects. The content encompasses a wide range of fiction and nonfiction signature productions for all…

President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled the executive team for the pair’s Higher Ground Productions, with ex-Annapurna exec Priya Swaminathan and Chernin Entertainment’s Tonia Davis named co-heads. The production company last May inked a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce films and series…