Sep 17, 2008 1:29 PM

The Premiere Dame -- "one of us, a musician"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7620189.stm

(((The First Lady of France laying down a choon at the BBC. Boy that interview is weird. There is something downright unearthly about La Bruni... she's truly an extraordinary public figure.)))

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