Headlines Britney!

If you're able to cut through the nonsense in the press these days, you may find yourself reading the following, from an AP article, as I did:

"I can say that through the concert tonight, all the members of the New York Philharmonic opened the hearts of the [North] Korean people," Song Sok Hwan told the orchestra. The concert, he said at a banquet, "serves as an important occasion to open a chapter of mutual understanding between the two countries."

Performing on a stage flanked by the U.S. and North Korean flags, the Philharmonic played the North Korean national anthem, "Patriotic Song," following by "The Star-Spangled Banner." The audience stood respectfully and held their applause until both had been performed.

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Say what? The New York Philharmonic played the Star Spangled Banner in North Korea?

Does ANYONE think this is HUGE?

Or, were we just too wrapped up in the Oscars to notice?

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