People.com — "She looks like she's a great, strong, intelligent woman," the French first lady says of Obama more info

Pitchfork — Live music on T.V. this week: Monday, November 17: NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Cat Power NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Blitzen Trapper ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Kanye West (rerun) CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Purple Reign (Prince ... more info

Pitchfork — Live music on T.V. this week: Monday, November 17: NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Cat Power NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Blitzen Trapper ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Kanye West (rerun) CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Purple Reign (Pr... more info

The Independent — What do you buy the man who has everything? The answer, if plans for Prince Charles's 60th birthday celebrations are anything to go by, is a performance from Rod Stewart, conversations with the Kumars and dinner with Carla Bruni. more info

Reuters - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says she is glad not to be Italian any more after hearing Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joke about U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's "suntan." more info

Dlisted — The Masked Avengers! - A comedy duo from Montreal pranked Sarah Palin by pretending to be the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy. Marc-Antoine Audette, one half of the duo, called from radio station CKOI and got through to Palin after trying for day... more info

BBC News - UK — France's first lady Carla Bruni is among the mourners at the funeral of Guillaume Depardieu, the son of film star Gerard Depardieu. more info

Perez Hilton — viewNode("4881927efa381", {"width": 320, "height": 263}, { player_profile:'vega4', width: 410, height: 315 }); This is truly a hoot! Our mon aimé, Julien Doré, just performed on a French TV show with the First Lady of France, Carla Bruni Sarkoz... more info

Paste Magazine — It seems that the first lady of France isn't content to only cover the American and British poetic tradition . With Yeats and Dickinson out of the way, Carla Bruni has turned her eye to something a little more culturally relevant, namely the Moldy P... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Model-turned-pop star Carla Bruni's album sales have rocketed since she appeared alongside Metallica on music show Later. more info