italian born carla bruni began modeling in the ninety's and soon became one of the highest paid women in the industry alongside such names as naomi campbell and claudia schiffer but bruni is more than a pretty face she gave up modeling to focus on another challenge of hers music in two thousand and two she kicked of her career as a singer songwriter with. her debut album sold over a million copies worldwide. bruni grew up in a musical family and says music has always been her passion. makes me happy. explains things to me and it's it's a great deal of things at the same time that really. it gives a meaning to my life and two thousand and seven bruni met then french president nicolas sarkozy at a dinner party just a few months later the couple tied the knot making bruni first lady of france for the next four years. besides attending state dinners bruni became an ambassador for an international aids charity and founded her own charity just support universal access to education. but behind the scenes bruni kept writing music and in two thousand and eleven she made her acting debut as a t

french singer and former first lady carla bruni was in frankfurt on wednesday performing songs from her new album french touch. it was the first of three concerts in germany. bernie's first album includes covers of songs by depeche mode and the rolling stones among others. the forty nine year old singer adds a sensual touch of shall song tradition to our music. the humble pizza is now on unesco's cultural heritage list the art of the neapolitan pizza dough twirling or pizza has been added to the u.n. organizations list of intentional cultural heritage. also making it onto the list german organ craftsmanship and organ music. altogether unesco added twenty four traditions from the areas of dance theater and crafts to its register. in the city of odessa has marked one hundred fifty years since popular author hans christian andersen was made an honorary citizen the city has put on a fantastic light display. it was designed by british light artist bruce munro. on hand to open the installation crown prince frederick the field of lights will be on display until next february. every year they j