Massachusetts cellist Yo-Yo Ma was not actually playing his cello during Barack Obama's televised inauguration. Complaining that it was "wicked cold," the musician and sex symbol opted instead to pretend to perform while piping in a prerecorded track. [NYTimes]
“No one’s trying to fool anybody," said Carole Floman, a spokeswoman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. "This isn’t a matter of Milli Vanilli.”
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