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First Lady Michelle Obama will reportedly be spending a sunny day on "Sesame Street."

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With Michelle Obama set to usher in a new era as first lady starting January 20, all eyes are on her role in the White House. Beginning today, the Smithsonian Institution is turning one of their most popular attractions -- the First Ladies Collection -- into a compelling new exhibit, and ET has your personal guided tour with curator Lisa Kathleen Graddy!

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Throughout history, America's first ladies have made headlines, and not always for the good they've done around the world. Sometimes the president's wives have ended up on the evening news for troublesome reasons. From drugs to drinking to astrology, we look back on some of the infamous first lady scandals.

"It's for the simple reason that it's one more person to look for," CHRISTOPHER BONANOS of The New Yorker says of how first lady scandals arise. "If you have a squeaky clean president -- go after the wife."

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In the new PBS documentary, "The First Lady: Public Expectations, Private Lives," First Lady LAURA BUSH and First Lady hopeful TERESA HEINZ KERRY open up about their lives, stepping into the limelight and their famous husbands. Tonight on ET, we go inside their telling interviews.

"My life isn't about shying away," the outspoken Teresa says. "It's about tackling life. I'm trying to enable others to do the same and if other people don't like what I do, that's okay. I respect their opinion and I hope they respect mine."

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