Continuing his annual tradition that started during his two terms in the White House, Barack Obama on Friday revealed the songs, movies and books that he liked the most in 2018.
Not surprisingly, former first lady Michelle Obama's best-selling memoir, 'Becoming', topped the list of her husband's favorite books, with the ex-president writing sweetly in parentheses 'obviously my favorite!'
Obama, 57, explained in a Facebook post that putting together the lists ‘gives me a moment to pause and reflect on the year through the books, movies, and music that I found most thought-provoking, inspiring, or just plain loved.’
His favorite things: Former President Barack Obama on Friday released his annual end-of-the-year lists of his favorite books, movies and songs
Beyonce and Jay-Z’s hit song Apesh*t earned top honor (left), and Cardi B's I Like It got an honorable mention
He continued: ‘it also gives me a chance to highlight talented authors, artists, and storytellers – some who are household names and others who you may not have heard of before.’
In the music category, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s hit song Apesh*t from the album Everything Is Love earned top honors, followed by Bad Bad News, by soul singer Leon Bridges, and King for a Day, by R&B star Anderson East.
Cardi B's chart-topping single I Like It also made it onto Obama's eclectic list, coming in at No 9.
Obama's list of favorite movies was very eclectic, including horror, dark comedy and documentary
The scary science fiction flick Annihilation (left) and the superhero blockbuster Black Panther went one-two on the list for 2018
In the movies category, the science fiction horror film Annihilation, starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Gina Rodriguez, was Obama's No 1 choice, with the superhero blockbuster Black Panther coming in at No 2 and and Spike Lee's latest offering, BlacKkKlansman, rounding out the top three.
Other honorable mentions included the documentary Minding the Gap about skateboarding, the Netflix film Roma from Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuaron about a year in the life of a Mexican maid in the 1970s, and the the very dark comedy The Death of Stalin, from the creator of HBO's Veep Armando Iannucci.
Not surprisingly, former first lady Michelle Obama's best-selling memoir, 'Becoming,' topped the list of her husband's favorite books
'Becoming' has been at the top of the New York Times' prestigious bestsellers list for the past six weeks. Obama also singled out the fiction novel An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
For the famously well-read former constitutional scholar, 2018 evidently offered an embarrassment of riches when it came to books, given that Obama managed to pick more than two dozen favorites in both fiction and non-fiction categories.
Besides his wife's autobiography, which has been at the top of the New York Times' prestigious bestsellers list for the past six weeks, Obama also singled out the fiction novels An American Marriage, by celebrated author Tayari Jones, and Americanah, by the award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
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Main photo article Continuing his annual tradition that started during his two terms in the White House, Barack Obama on Friday revealed the songs, movies and books that he liked the most in 2018.
Not surprisingly, former first lady Michelle Obama‘s best-selling memoir, ‘Becoming’, topped the ...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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