Michelle Obama State Dinner Gown: Hit or Miss?

Michelle Obama State Dinner Gown: 

Hit or Miss?

The Alexander McQueen dress Michelle Obama wore to the White House State Dinner for the Republic of China marked another fashion risk for the First Lady.

But was it one that hit or missed?

Dressed in a red petal print silk organza gown, Michelle Obama was both fashionably bold and diplomatic, as the brilliant red is a symbol of luck in Chinese culture:

Despite a visiting Chinese President and an A-list guest list, all eyes were on the First Lady, whose impact on the global fashion industry has been unrivaled.

What do you think of Mrs. O's latest effort? Take a look at one of many Michelle Obama pictures from last night's event and vote in our poll below ...

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Michelle Obama's Women's Conference Appearance

Michelle Obama's Women's Conference Appearance

As two of the most important females in the US, Michelle Obama and Maria Shriver took the stage at the Women’s Conference 2010 in Long Beach, CA on Tuesday (October 26).

The two First Ladies both looked lovely as they came out holding hands and sharing a few laughs while addressing the 14,000 attendees.

Shriver, who introduced Obama, noted that it was the last time she'd be standing before the crowd as the First Lady of California.

As she gave a farewell speech, Maria stood there and thanked her staff - along with her organizers - who have helped put on the conference for the last seven years.

As for what she'll do next? She told, "I'm going to let go of my need to jump into action, my need to have a perfect plan." (Hollywood Gossip)

Obama ‘trapped' by Bollywood comedy

Ahead of Barack Obama's visit to India next month, Bollywood has come up with a comedy kidnap movie whose plot is woven around the president's efforts to put the US economy back on track.

"Phas Gaya Re Obama" ("Obama is Trapped"), made on a budget of just 35 million rupees (800,000 dollars), is a comic tale of small time gangsters in northern India, whose criminal activities are hit by the global economic downturn.

The movie, distributed by Warner Bros, is ready for release but will only hit screens on November 26, several weeks after Obama's visit, which is scheduled for the beginning of the month.

"Phas Gaya Re Obama" has had to make way for a series of mega-budget movies which are traditionally released around the time of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which falls on November 5.

There is no actual Obama character in the film, which stars model Neha Dhupia, who also appeared in a US television mini-series "Bollywood Hero" last year, and Rajat Kapoor.

The plot involves the abduction of a non-resident Indian who returns home to sell his ancestral property to repay debts in the United States after losing his job.

The gangsters look to Obama to revive the world economy and halt a sharp decline in their ransom earnings.

"It is a hilarious story of how the global recession affects kidnapping business of gangsters in a small town," writer and director Subhash Kapoor told reporters in India's entertainment capital Mumbai on Wednesday.

Denzil Dias, deputy managing director of Warner Bros in India, promised "one of the most original and funniest scripts in recent times."

It is not the first time Bollywood has co-opted the US president into the plot of one of its films.

His character also featured in the huge box-office hit "My Name is Khan," released in April, in which superstar Shah Rukh Khan played a US-resident Muslim Indian with Asperger's syndrome who marries a Hindu single mother.

After their marriage crumbles in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Khan sets out to meet Obama for help in winning her back.

Relations between India and the United States have steadily warmed over the past decade, with the two countries overcoming decades of mutual distrust during the Cold War era.

Obama last year welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the honour of the first state dinner of his presidency.

The Obama administration has vowed to build a broad global partnership with India, hailing the Asian country as "indispensable".

Michelle Obama: New Queen of Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women

Not only is Michelle Obama holding the first lady position of the United States of America, she is also the one who heads Forbes’ list of World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Forbes, an international magazine that is pretty notorious when it comes to coming up with lists has chosen the people they’ve put on their ranks as women who were successful in shaping some of the most important agenda-setting conversations at present and those that are campaigning meaningful messages to their audience and the world.

Obama seemed to be the one who perfectly fitted these criteria as she was able to make queen of Hollywood Oprah Winfrey only third on the list. Skipping 40 places from last year’s list, Mrs. Obama was finally able to topple German chancellor Angela Merkel’s four year hold on the first spot.

Moreover, Forbes list has always been a controversial piece in Tinseltown since there are also many Hollywood personalities who make it on the list. So which celebrities made it close to Obama’s number one spot?

The answer is none other than Lady Gaga who landed on the number 7 spot of the list. The performer’s songs are what made her tower over other Washington personalities such as power brokers Nancy Pelosi and Sonia Sotomayor.

Other Hollywood personalities who appeared on the list are Benyonce (9th spot), Angelina Jolie (21st spot), Sarah Jessica Parker (45th spot) and Gisele Bundchen (72nd spot).