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Benn dominates Eubank Jr. to earn bragging rights in British boxing's family feud November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM 0 1 / 4Britain Benn Eubank Jr BoxingChris Eubank Jr., left, battles Conor Benn during a middleweight bout, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in London. (Nick Potts/PA via AP) LONDON (AP) — Conor Benn gained revenge — for himself and his family — by dominating Chris Eubank Jr. to score a unanimous points victory in their rematch at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday. Benn had lost to Eubank Jr.

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1 / 4Britain Benn Eubank Jr BoxingChris Eubank Jr., left, battles Conor Benn during a middleweight bout, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in London. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

LONDON (AP) — Conor Benn gained revenge — for himself and his family — by dominating Chris Eubank Jr. to score a unanimous points victory in their rematch at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday.

Benn had lost to Eubank Jr. nearly seven months ago in their long-anticipated middleweight bout, which came more than 30 years after their fathers squared off in two memorable fights.

Eubank Sr. beat Nigel Benn with a ninth-round stoppage in 1990 to take the WBO middleweight title. Their 1993 rematch ended in a split-decision draw.

The 29-year-old Benn was in control in Saturday's non-title fight and dropped Eubank Jr. twice in the 12th round.

The judges scored the bout 119-107, 116-110, 118-108 for Benn (24-1, 14 KOs), who gained revenge for his only professional loss.

"This is the end of the Benn-Eubank saga. This ends here," Benn said in the ring. "This is generational. This has never been done before in history."

In late April, Eubank Jr. won by unanimous decision in a slugfest. But the 36-year-old boxer (35-4, 25 KOs) looked sluggish Saturday, unable to land jabs the way he did in the first fight.

"The kid fought hard, he fought tough. He's got power, this kid," Eubank Jr. said. "Conor Benn was the best man tonight, so congratulations to him."

American rapper 50 Cent accompanied Eubank Jr. on his ring walk and performed his hit "Many Men" as they emerged from the tunnel.

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Schenk and Thornberry share the lead as Bermuda turns into a tight chase for a PGA Tour card November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM 0 SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — Adam Schenk played bogeyfree in strong wind Saturday for a 4under 67, giving him a share of the lead with Braden Thornberry in what has become a tense chase for a PGA Tour card at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Thornberry, a PGA Tour rookie who won the NCAA title at Mississippi eight years ago, shot a 69 to join Schenk at 12under 201 with hardly any margin for error going into the final round.

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SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — Adam Schenk played bogey-free in strong wind Saturday for a 4-under 67, giving him a share of the lead with Braden Thornberry in what has become a tense chase for a PGA Tour card at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

Thornberry, a PGA Tour rookie who won the NCAA title at Mississippi eight years ago, shot a 69 to join Schenk at 12-under 201 with hardly any margin for error going into the final round.

Schenk and Thornberry are among 10 players from the top 11 on the leaderboard who arrived in Bermuda outside the top 100 in the FedEx Cup with time running out. The RSM Classic at Sea Island next week ends the season, the first one that offers cards to the top 100 instead of the top 125.

Schenk is at No. 134 and is running out of options. But he began making minor adjustments in his game the last few months and watched it pay off in a timely way at Port Royal.

Winless in 242 starts on the PGA Tour, he suddenly has a chance he didn't see coming.

"A great opportunity to have for tomorrow," said Schenk, who has a share of the 54-hole lead for the first time since Colonial two years ago. "I know if I don't, I have to go to Q-school if I don't get inside the top 100, so that's a pretty big motivator."

Thornberry is at No. 178 and only a win would secure a card, coming with a two-year exemption.

But they have plenty of company.

The group one behind included Adam Hadwin of Canada, who had the 36-hole lead, who had to settle for a 71 and was in a tie for third; Max McGreevy (69), Chandler Phillips (70) and Takumi Kanaya of Japan (66).

Rikuya Hoshino had a 67 and was two behind.

The only player within three shots of the lead who didn't face as much stress was Vince Whaley, who had a 68. He is at No. 86 in the FedEx Cup, virtually a lock to stay in the top 100.

Adding to the pressure of trying to keep a PGA Tour card is the wind that didn't let up. Thornberry felt the trick was to take advantage when the wind helped and hold on for dear life when it didn't. One example was the par-3 16th that played 124 yards.

"I tried to chip a 6-iron, wind changed," Thornberry said. "You get some shots like that that you have to accept are not going to end up near the hole even if you make a decent swing. Just try to battle it out, that's really just the key to it all."

Schenk was an example in 2023 of players who could work their way into big events even if they didn't get in the $20 million signature tournaments at the start. He made it to the Tour Championship without winning, getting into all the majors in 2024.

Now it feels like he's starting over, but the 33-year-old from Indiana is feeling good about some of the changes he made in September.

"I wish I really could have done this earlier in the season because I wouldn't be in this position, but here we are," Schenk said. "And if I can make some putts tomorrow — it's hard to do in the wind — maybe play another bogey-free round, that'd be awesome."

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Linn Grant with 65 takes a 1shot lead on LPGA November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM 0 1 / 2LPGA Tour GolfLinn Grant tees off on the ninth hole during round two of the Annika LPGA tournament on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Belleair, Fla. (Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP) BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Linn Grant rolled in a pair of 15foot putts among her five birdies that carried her to a 5under 65 on Saturday for a oneshot lead in The Annika as she tries to extend her streak to six years with at least one win worldwide.

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1 / 2LPGA Tour GolfLinn Grant tees off on the ninth hole during round two of the Annika LPGA tournament on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Belleair, Fla. (Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Linn Grant rolled in a pair of 15-foot putts among her five birdies that carried her to a 5-under 65 on Saturday for a one-shot lead in The Annika as she tries to extend her streak to six years with at least one win worldwide.

Grant missed only one green and two fairways at Pelican Golf Club, picking up her last birdie when she got up-and-down from a greenside bunker on the par-5 14th.

She was at 14-under 196, one shot ahead of Jennifer Kupcho, who also played bogey free on a pristine afternoon in the Tampa Bay area.

Nataliya Guseva of Russia made all seven of her birdies over the final 10 holes for a 63 that left her two shots behind along with Evian Championship winner Grace Kim (68).

"I hit a lot of greens. I think that's been my secret this week," Grant said. "Just really being very confident with my iron game, feeling like I can really go after pins. I'm having a lot of fun out there."

She has gone 35 holes without a bogey heading into the final round, where the 26-year-old Swede will go after her second LPGA win. Grant, who played at Arizona State, has won on the Nordic Golf League twice as an amateur, the Sunshine Ladies Tour in South Africa, the Ladies European Tour and the LET Access Series dating to 2020.

Grant is running out of time for a win in 2025, with only this event and the CME Group Tour Championship left on the LPGA schedule.

Kupcho stayed with her for so much of the day, though she complained about having to wait on too many shots. Kupcho attributed the pace to the course playing about 100 yards shorter.

"I think the setup was still fine. They do a really good job setting up this golf course every year," Kupcho said. "It's a little frustrating when you're the leaders or in the back of the pack and having to wait on every shot."

Defending champion Nelly Korda, winless this year after seven titles a year ago, overcame some early bogeys with three birdies in a four-hole stretch toward the end of her round to move closer to the lead. But her 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th grazed the lip, and she missed the 4-foot par putt coming back and shot 68.

Korda, who shot a 63 in the second round to get within three of the lead, was six shots behind.

"Today was kind of like the first day where nothing was really kind of going but then found a few maybe on the last few holes and then ended the round poorly," Korda said.

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The Pope Is a Fan of The Worst Holiday Comedy Ever JM McNabNovember 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM 0 People don't generally turn to the Pope for movie advice, for the same reasons that no one ever looked to Siskel and Ebert for… whatever it is that a Pope actually does. But the Pope's cinematic taste is in the news this week following the announcement that Pope Leo XIV will be hosting a "Hollywood gathering at the Vatican" later this month for industry Alisters including Cate Blanchett, Spike Lee and Chris Pine. I guess the Spotlight cast's invitations must have gotten lost in the mail.

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People don't generally turn to the Pope for movie advice, for the same reasons that no one ever looked to Siskel and Ebert for… whatever it is that a Pope actually does.

But the Pope's cinematic taste is in the news this week following the announcement that Pope Leo XIV will be hosting a "Hollywood gathering at the Vatican" later this month for industry A-listers including Cate Blanchett, Spike Lee and Chris Pine. I guess the Spotlight cast's invitations must have gotten lost in the mail.

The Vatican also shared a video of the Pope naming his top four favorite movies of all time, Letterboxd-style. His list includes Life is Beautiful, The Sound of Music, Ordinary People and It's a Wonderful Life. But keep in mind, that list could change as soon as he catches up with The VelociPastor.

But prior to his Popedom, His Holiness used to have a Twitter account. Back in 2013 he used it to Tweet out a link to a list of the "best" Christmas movies, as decided by the Catholic News Service. The list, which has subsequently been dubbed "Pope Leo XIV's Best Christmas Movies" on Letterboxd, contains classics like Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, A Christmas Story and It's a Wonderful Life. And it didn't escape Muppets fans' attention that the Pope once celebrated The Muppet Christmas Carol.

But there are some pretty shocking selections on this list as well. Like the 2009 Jim Carrey-starring CGI take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. And, weirder still, the list contains the Tim Allen trainwreck Christmas with the Kranks. Although, to be fair, it did try to sell itself as the new Passion of the Christ.

But worst of all, the list includes… Fred Claus.

For those who have been lucky enough to avoid it over the years, 2007's Fred Claus tells the story of Santa's deadbeat brother, played by Vince Vaughan – presumably because some studio executive thought "Wedding Crashers plus Christmas equals beach house" while doing sled-loads of cocaine.

Yup, the list shared by the Pope doesn't include Elf or Home Alone, but it does contain a movie in which St. Nicholas has an elite squad of ultraviolent secret service agents. Just 30 seconds of this dreck will make you want to immediately watch as much of Die Hard as possible just to try and get the taste out.

To be clear, Pope Leo didn't put this list together himself, but he did share it online, thus implicitly endorsing its contents. Which begs the question: what is the church's position on immortal elven demigods dating women 1660 years their junior?

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Dolores Catania Is 'Afraid to Ask' Andy Cohen When "Real Housewives of New Jersey" Will Return: 'He Looks Pissed Off' Julia Moore, Brianne TracyNovember 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM 0 Rich Polk/Bravo Dolores Catania arrives at BravoCon 2025 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, NV on Friday November 14, 2025 Dolores Catania got candid about her feelings for the future of The Real Housewives of New Jersey At BravoCon 2025, Catania said they "wanna get it right" when the show returns after a dramatic season 14 Throughout the last season, which aired over a year ago, sistersinlaw Melissa Gorga and Teresa Giudice...

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Dolores Catania got candid about her feelings for the future of The Real Housewives of New Jersey

At BravoCon 2025, Catania said they "wanna get it right" when the show returns after a dramatic season 14

Throughout the last season, which aired over a year ago, sisters-in-law Melissa Gorga and Teresa Giudice refused to film together

Dolores Catania is as curious as fans are about when filming will pick up on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Catania, 54, appeared alongside some of her Traitors season 3 costars at a Nov. 15 panel at BravoCon 2025 in Las Vegas, and when she was asked when she'll be back on camera for season 15 of RHONJ, she admitted she's scared to ask executive producer Andy Cohen about it.

"I'm afraid to ask, because he looks pissed off that people are asking him, so I'm definitely not gonna ask," she said.

What she does know is that filming will not be happening before the end of the year, "so next year" is hopefully when it'll resume. "They wanna get it right, and I can almost appreciate that," she said. "But I don't want to be away much longer."

She's eager to be back on camera because she said fans are "missing out on things," including her son's upcoming wedding (he got engaged in February) and her own engagement.

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Dolores Catania arrives at BravoCon 2025 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, NV on Friday November 14, 2025

Catania got engaged just days before BravoCon. Her boyfriend of five years, Paul "Paulie" Connell, popped the question at an Apple Store in New Jersey to a totally unsuspecting Catania, who told PEOPLE afterwards that she was "ecstatic."

"You know when you feel that happiness down in your gut? That's where this excitement stems from for me," she said. "I feel so blessed, I almost feel guilty! Like, I don't deserve to be loved this way."

"I keep telling Dolores, she deserves that and so much more," Connell told PEOPLE. "She's an incredible woman. And when I was proposing to her, I was able to articulate to her everything I see that she is, and everything I see that she does, and the impact she has on everybody around her. She's one in a million."

On Nov. 13, Cohen told fans that they shouldn't expect any news about the state of RHONJ to be announced at BravoCon. Speaking to Access Hollywood, he said, "We will announce something when the casting is right. We're not gonna be backed into something that's not gonna be great because the Jersey fans deserve greatness and we're not there yet."

Fans have been missing Real Housewives of New Jersey for over a year now, as the most recent season, 14, concluded in August 2024. At the reunion, the cast was split into two separate rooms amid strife between the women — namely, sisters-in-law Melissa Gorga and Teresa Giudice.

Catania filmed the reunion with Giudice, Jennifer Aydin and friend Jackie Goldschneider, while Gorga, Margaret Josephs, Danielle Cabral, Rachel Fuda and Jenn Fessler were in another room.

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Speculation was rampant following season 14 that RHONJ could see a full revamp ahead of its 15th season. Cohen fueled that speculation when he teased that season 15 could have "all fresh faces" on his SiriusXM radio show. But a source close to production told PEOPLE that despite Cohen's comments and the status of the show's much-divided cast, its future was still up in the air.

"Nothing has been decided yet," the insider said at the time.

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Teresa Giudice, Dolores Catania, Jennifer Aydin, Melissa Gorga, Jackie Goldschneider on 'Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen'

Last November, Catania admitted she hadn't heard even "one word" about the show's fate for season 15.

"I would like to see everyone come back," she said on Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge's Two Ts in a Pod podcast. "I don't like change."

"It's an ensemble cast. When we're good, we're really good, so it's a shame that it's come to this," she said, calling it "bulls---" that some cast members refused to film together.

On Nov. 14, Giudice shocked BravoCon fans when she revealed she made up with brother Joe Gorga and Melissa, and posed for photos with them throughout the weekend.

"We have all gotten together. I'm really grateful and I'm thankful," Teresa, 53, said during the "Housewive2Housewive" panel on Nov. 14, referring to her brother and sister-in-law.

Catania just hopes it lasts. "Whatever it is, let's hope it's the last time they f------ make up," she said on the Nov. 15 panel. "I am so f------ done of it and sick of it. We have other stories to talk about. Put it to bed, everybody."

BravoCon 2025 continues through Sunday, Nov. 16 at Las Vegas' Caesars Forum.

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New Photo - Former Disney star sparks controversy for his AI app that lets you talk to dead relatives

Former Disney star sparks controversy for his AI app that lets you talk to dead relatives Wesley StenzelNovember 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM 0 Michael Tullberg/Getty Calum Worthy in Los Angeles on Oct. 6, 2025Key points Austin & Ally alum Calum Worthy is promoting his new AI app, 2wai, which can create a digital clone of a user's loved one with a threeminute video. Social media users criticized the necromancy app, comparing it to a story out of Black Mirror. The app also features digital avatars of William Shakespeare, Frida Kahlo, Henry VIII, and Worthy himself.

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Austin & Ally alum Calum Worthy is promoting his new AI app, 2wai, which can create a digital clone of a user's loved one with a three-minute video.

Social media users criticized the necromancy app, comparing it to a story out of Black Mirror.

The app also features digital avatars of William Shakespeare, Frida Kahlo, Henry VIII, and Worthy himself.

Former Disney star Calum Worthy is trying his hand at digital necromancy — and a lot people aren't happy about it.

The Austin & Ally and American Vandal actor sparked controversy this week after posting a video promoting his new AI app, 2wai, on X.

The video shows a pregnant woman talking with her older "mother" on a video call and receiving parental advice from her phone screen. The ad then jumps forward in time to show the mother — who remains the same age — checking in with her grandson, now born, at various points throughout his life, including during his own adulthood.

At the end of the ad, the video reveals that the "grandmother" is actually a digital avatar, as the woman's daughter had recorded a three-minute video of her to make her AI clone for the 2wai app.

The promo ends with the text, "With 2wai, three minutes can last forever."

In the caption for the video, Worthy wrote, "What if the loved ones we've lost could be part of our future?"

In a follow-up post, he continued, "At 2wai, we're building a living archive of humanity, one story at a time. It all starts with the social network for avatars: the 2wai app."

Many X users were not impressed by the video or the service it promotes. Some respondents called for Worthy to "be put in prison" or "be banished to the shadow realm" for creating the app.

The video also prompted numerous comparisons to Black Mirror, particularly the season 2 episode "Be Right Back," in which Hayley Atwell's character uses AI to resurrect her dead boyfriend, played by Domhnall Gleeson.

"This looks like the most disturbing episode of Black Mirror to date," one user wrote. "Can't wait!"

2wai aims to do more than just immortalize dead loved ones with its digital ghosts. The company's website also promotes its AI clones of deceased historical figures like William Shakespeare, Florence Nightingale, King Henry VIII, and Friday Kahlo, who are intended to serve as "real-time teaching assistants for a truly immersive learning experience."

The app additionally boasts specialized AI avatars that can offer advice for cooking, astrology, and travel, as well as a more generalized assistant named Alina.

2wai also features a digitized version of Worthy, which calls to mind the head of Lumon severing themself on Severance to prove that its product is totally safe.

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Calum Worthy on 'Austin & Ally'

Worthy began his career as a child actor. He is best known for his turn as Dez on Disney Channel's Austin & Ally. He has also appeared on more recent shows like The Act and American Vandal, and played a main role on the short-lived 2022 Hulu comedy Reboot.

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Worthy said earlier this year that his time as a performer led him to cofound 2wai. "Having worked as an actor, writer, and producer for the last 20 years, I experienced firsthand how challenging it is to create a meaningful relationship with fans around the world," he told Variety. "With the launch of 2wai, we're enabling entirely new experiences that are as authentic as the HoloAvatars we create."

He explained that actors are often too busy to communicate with their fans, which is why they should adopt an AI twin to do it for them. "This lets them engage fans 24/7 without needing to be online all the time," he said. "This platform enables this one-on-one, humanlike connection."

If you're craving "humanlike connection," 2wai is available now for iOS. If you want, I dunno, actual human connection, call your friends. Go outside. Log off.

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New Photo - Michelle Obama Says Americans Are 'Lying' About Wanting Her to Be President: 'Don't Waste My Time'

Michelle Obama Says Americans Are 'Lying' About Wanting Her to Be President: 'Don't Waste My Time' Bailey RichardsNovember 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM 0 Michelle Obama/YouTube Michelle Obama in conversation with Tracee Ellis Ross at BAM on Nov. 5 Michelle Obama said Americans "are lying" about wanting her to run for president "You're not ready for a woman. You are not.

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Michelle Obama said Americans "are lying" about wanting her to run for president

"You're not ready for a woman. You are not. So don't waste my time," she said during a recent live conversation

"As we saw in this past election, sadly, we ain't ready," she added, referring to Kamala Harris' loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election

Michelle Obama doesn't think the United States is ready for her — or any woman — to be president.

Supporters of the former first lady, 61, have long hoped she would launch a presidential campaign, both before and after she and Barack Obama left the White House for a final time in 2017.

Social media posts and signs held up during the recent "No Kings" protests pleaded for the launch of a "Michelle 2028" campaign, but she is not on board with the idea.

During a live chat about her new book, The Look, with Tracee Ellis Ross at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on Nov. 5, Michelle said she believes the U.S. "ain't ready" for a woman in the White House, including herself.

"Well, as we saw in this past election, sadly, we ain't ready," said the former first lady, referring to Donald Trump's victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

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Michelle Obama (left) and Tracee Ellis Ross at BAM on Nov. 5, 2025

"That's why I'm like, 'Don't even look at me about running, 'cause you all are lying,' " added Michelle, before reiterating, "You're not ready for a woman. You are not. So don't waste my time."

Elaborating further as the BAM audience broke out into applause, the author said: "We got a lot of growing up to do, and there are still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman, and we saw it."

Though supporters continue to cling to the hope she may change her mind, Michelle has consistently shut down calls for her to launch a presidential bid — or any other career in politics — since at least 2012.

While appearing on Today in celebration of the International Day of the Girl in 2018, anchor Savannah Guthrie asked if the former first lady was interested in pursuing a career in politics, to which she replied: "Absolutely not."

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A 'Michelle 2028' sign at a 'No Kings' protest in France

"I've never wanted to be a politician," Michelle continued at the time. "Nothing has changed in me. I want to serve. … There are so many ways to make an impact. Politics is not my thing. It's as simple as that."

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She also dismissed the idea years earlier, before she and Barack, 64, left the White House.

During a South by Southwest panel moderated by Queen Latifah in 2016, Michelle explicitly stated that she "will not run for president," citing then-teenage daughters, Sasha, 24, and Malia, 27, as one reason.

A subsequent round of highly praised speeches condemning then-GOP nominee Trump, 79, fueled new speculation that Michelle may have changed her mind, but her aversion to politics remained steadfast.

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Michelle Obama in March 2025

In October 2016, Barack backed up his wife's previous statements during a radio interview.

"[Michelle] will never run for office," he said while calling into SiriusXM's Sway in the Morning in October 2016. "She is as talented and brilliant a person as there is, and I could not be prouder of her, but Michelle does not have the patience or the inclination to actually be a candidate herself.

"That's one thing y'all can take to the bank," added Barack.

These days, Michelle is busy with various projects, like penning The Look with her longtime stylist Meredith Koop, and co-hosting the podcast IMO.

The former first lady told PEOPLE in a recent cover story that she is "as vibrant as I've ever been."

"My kids are grown and launched, they are healthy and happy. My husband is doing just fine. We are the former president and first lady, and so I feel like this is the first time in my life that when I say and do something, here in this interview, writing this book, these are my choices," she said. "That is freeing."

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Michelle Obama Says Americans Are 'Lying' About Wanting Her to Be President: 'Don't Waste My Time'

Michelle Obama Says Americans Are 'Lying' About Wanting Her to Be President: 'Don't Waste My Time' ...
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