From yesterday's Australian:

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-il made his first public appearance since last week's nuclear test, taking in a song and dance performance...Kim was accompanied by several top North Korean officials as they watched performers sing the praises of the communist state and Kim's leadership with songs such as "Love of Comrades" and "Always looking up to the Leader," [a North Korean news agency] reported.

"He (Kim) waved back to the enthusiastically cheering artists and audience and congratulated them on their successful performance," it said.

That would help explain this Apple store playlist, which was hush-hushedly placed on the site a few weeks ago. A little out-of-date, maybe, but still much cooler than Nicole Kidman's list.

It's a good day for incestuous publicity over at the iTunes' Celebrity Playlist section. First, Janet Jackson manages to mention both The Jacksons and the Jackson Five on her list, accurately noting that the brothers were once "so innocent, so young, so carefree, so amazing, so missed." Then Brandon Routh works in this multi-tasking plug:

Sara Routh, "You're Never Gone" (Track 6): This song really says what Superman Returns is about. Bravo to my sis for hitting the nail on the head.

Alas, much to the chagrin of Routh's Superman Returns co-stars, there's no mention of this on his mix, though there is Jamiroquai, which is the musical equivalent of earth-borne kryptonite.

(By the way, we saw Returns last week, and it's pretty great—not as good as Superman II, but way better than Poetic Justice).