Springsteen backs New Jersey gay marriage
AFP - 2 hours 13 minutes agoBruce Springsteen rocked the US gay marriage debate, urging legislators in his home state of New Jersey to back single-sex nuptials in a vote scheduled for Thursday.
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Bruce Springsteen rocked the US gay marriage debate, urging legislators in his home state of New Jersey to back single-sex nuptials in a vote scheduled for Thursday.
Bruce Springsteen voices his support.
"The Boss" backs gay marriage in the Garden State. Bruce Springsteen posted a statement on his Web site urging support of the gay marriage bill that's up for a vote in the state Senate on Thursday. Springsteen wrote that he's long believed and has "always spoken out for the rights of same-sex couples."
US President Barack Obama paid tribute to rocker Bruce Springsteen, actor Robert de Niro and film director Mel Brooks for their work for American culture at a black tie dinner in Washington.
Who's being honored?
New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen rejected an offer to perform at the inauguration of his state's Governor-Elect Chris Christie — possibly because Christie is a Republican. Even though Christie has attended 122 Springsteen concerts and went as far as ditching a campaign fundraiser to go to one of the Boss' shows, the Democratic crooner declined to perform at the inaugural, the Times reports ...
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Assembly committee to hear controversial measure before full Senate vote
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Mel Brooks, Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen partied Washington, D.C.-style this weekend with President Barack Obama. And they didn't have to party-crash to do...
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The music/talk show "Spectacle," whose second season premieres Wednesday at 10 on Sundance, has Elvis Costello talking and playing with guests from U2 and Bruce Springsteen and more.