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Clarence Clemons Dies After Suffering a Stroke
Originally posted 06/18/2011 09:30PM
Clarence Clemons, the longtime saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, died Saturday of complications from a stroke. He was 69.
Known as The Big Man, the 6', 4" former college football player was a legendary sideman for the New Jersey-born rocker from the early 1970s, playing on such hits as "Born to Run" and "Thunder Road."
Clemons had dealt with a series of medical problems over the past decade, including having both knees replaced and spinal fusion surgery, but his health had seemed to be improving.
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Joe Jonas & Ex Ashley Greene Have a Near Run-In at L.A. Club
Originally posted 05/13/2011 06:00AM
• That could have been awkward! Joe Jonas just missed ex Ashley Greene while arriving at the vaudeville show Beacher's Madhouse inside the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The singer showed up around 1 a.m., just a few minutes after Greene's departure, and seemed more focused on his entourage than the actual show, which he caught the week before. Greene, meanwhile, sat atop the banquette watching the on-stage shenanigans – which includes dancing Oompa Loompas, live monkeys, goats, and exotic burlesque dancers – as her rumored beau Chris Evans sat nearby.
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Caught in the Act!
Originally posted 05/13/2011 06:00AM
• That could have been awkward! Joe Jonas just missed ex Ashley Greene while arriving at the vaudeville show Beacher's Madhouse inside the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The singer showed up around 1 a.m., just a few minutes after Greene's departure, and seemed more focused on his entourage than the actual show, which he caught the week before. Greene, meanwhile, sat atop the banquette watching the on-stage shenanigans – which includes dancing Oompa Loompas, live monkeys, goats, and exotic burlesque dancers – as her rumored beau Chris Evans sat nearby.
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Bruce Springsteen Featured on New Song 'Summer Soldier'
Originally posted 05/10/2011 12:00PM
The Boss is back – and this time he's lending his voice to a new song about the war in Afghanistan.
Musician Stewart Francke, who interviewed soldiers to help him write the song, says that having Bruce Springsteen featured on Francke's track, "Summer Soldier (Holler If Ya Hear Me,)" is a dream come true.
Listen to the song here
"This is a tremendously cool thing for Bruce to do and of course a great honor for me," Francke says. "It was always his voice I heard on the call and response part of this track, but figured it would remain just a wish."
Jimmy Fallon Covers Willow Smith's 'Whip My Hair' – With Bruce Springsteen
Originally posted 11/17/2010 11:45AM
What if "Whip My Hair" was a slow jam?
On his talk show Tuesday night, Jimmy Fallon – as his alter-ego, Neil Young – decelerated Willow Smith's hit single, bringing an emotional warble, some acoustic guitar and harmonica to the self-empowerment anthem. "Don't let the haters keep me off my grind," Fallon, as Young, sang. "Keep my head up, I know I'll be fine. Keep on fighting until I get there. When I'm down and I feel like giving up, I think again."
Midway through the song, the Late Night host got a little help from musical guest Bruce Springsteen, who chimed in on the chorus, adding a craggy, grizzled, "Whip your hair," as Fallon sang.
The guys were mostly stoic in their heartfelt – and affectionately joking – rendition, but we would have loved to see some hair-whipping to accompany the crooning. Next time!
George Clooney Running the Largest Celeb Call Center Ever
Originally posted 01/22/2010 07:40PM
Sounds like the odds of landing your favorite star – Daniel Day-Lewis, anyone? – on the line during the Hope for Haiti Now telethon are pretty great.
The Friday night global event features "the biggest bank of faces that you recognize answering the phones," founder and co-host George Clooney tells the media, adding that many of the celebs are taking part "not to be on the show, simply to answer the phones."
Some 140 celebrities have signed up for the two-hour telethon, set to air at 8 p.m. on Friday and stream live on the Web. And the participating group reads like a Who's Who of entertainment, media and politics.
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Bruce Springsteen Performs After Cousin's Death
Originally posted 10/30/2009 07:40AM
Three days after the sudden death of his cousin Lenny Sullivan, Bruce Springsteen showed a brave face and hit the stage in New York City.
"He's doing fine," said former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who joined Springsteen and the E Street Band Thursday night for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert celebration at Madison Square Garden.
"I expressed my condolences. I know that he cancelled a show the other night, but tonight's show is very much a celebration of music and life," says Morello.
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Bruce Springsteen's Cousin Found Dead in Hotel Room
Originally posted 10/27/2009 10:00AM
Bruce Springsteen's cousin and assistant road manager was found dead in the Kansas City's Intercontinental Hotel Monday, not long before Springsteen and his band were to take to the stage.
"Lenny Sullivan, Bruce's cousin and the assistant road manager of the E Street Band for the last 10 years, passed away today at the age of 36," a statement on Springsteen's Web site read. "A warm and sensitive person, he was beloved by Bruce, the Band, the crew, and the entire Thrill Hill family."
The death caused the cancellation of the show that night in Kansas City, Mo., with all tickets refunded and promises to return to the area "at the earliest opportunity."
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Wife in Divorce Citing Bruce Springsteen Fights Back
Originally posted 05/20/2009 11:30AM
Ann Kelly, the New Jersey woman accused of having an affair with Bruce Springsteen in divorce papers, has come out swinging.
In a 27-page court document filed Tuesday, Ann accuses her husband Arthur of being a jealous, abusive spouse who committed adultery numerous times himself. Ann, 44, continues to deny she had an affair with The Boss, and claims her husband made the accusation because "he and his attorney felt there could be 'big money' in this ... because, true or not, the celebrity would want this to 'go away.' "
Arthur's attorney, Edward Fradkin, tells PEOPLE that his client denies the allegations in his wife's counterclaim. "It was not surprising that Ms. Kelly filed this document since she had previously threatened Mr. Kelly that she would do so unless he withdrew the second count of his Complaint for Divorce ... Mr. Kelly has not commented to the press about his wife in the best interests of the children and in the hopes of resolving their marital problems amicably. Unfortunately, Ms. Kelly has decided to take a different path."
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After the Thunder: Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa Smooch Onstage
Originally posted 04/28/2009 03:30PM
"May I bring out my lovely wife?" Bruce Springsteen asked the starry New York crowd honoring Tom Hanks at Monday night's Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute to the double Oscar winner. The Boss then took command, smooching Patti Scialfa on the lips as she slowly entered the stage to cheers from the audience.
Springsteen and Scialfa – his E-Street bandmate and wife of nearly 18 years – have had a rough ride in recent weeks. Last Wednesday, Scialfa missed an E-Street Band concert in Boston after falling from her horse and bruising herself (though not breaking any bones). The previous week, a request to seal records in the divorce case that names Springsteen as a correspondent was denied by a New Jersey judge. (After being named in the divorce proceedings, Springsteen defended his marriage, saying he and Scialfa's "commitment to one another remains as strong as the day we were married.")
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