A new fantasy poll — albeit a very legitimate one — says Christie could beat Bruce Springsteen, the state's beloved bard and the governor's own personal hero.
Journalists hate corrections: They're embarrassing, they feed trolls, and they tend to make people think you're bad at your job ... unless you're The New York Times's Michael Winerip, who turned The Boss into Bruce Springstein.
It's the most unrequited relationship in politics, but last night it showed signs of thaw.
Author Jared Diamond recently claimed that Mitt Romney misread Guns, Germs and Steel. The situation reminded one commenter of Dan Quayle's supposed interpretation of a Robert Redford film.
Even the British group responsible for health and safety are mad about concert promoters cutting off the Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney duet on Saturday night in London.
Some square in London cut off Bruce Springsteen's set last night after he only played for three hours and five minutes, and he was in the middle of a duet with none other than Paul McCartney. And they did it to comply with a curfew law.
The Atlantic's Jeff Goldberg opens his delightful piece on his trip to a Bruce Springsteen concert with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie by noting that Christie "would marry [Springsteen] if he were gay and if gay people were allowed to marry in the state he governs," but the rest of the piece indicates they'd have a pretty rocky union.
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Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Charlize Theron is a busy lady, Jason Segel and Michelle Williams have that new couple glow, and Chris Christie explains what he was really doing when he fell asleep at a Bruce Springsteen concert.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
The Boss makes Chris Christie very tired, George Clooney is putting together a big score for Obama, and Kanye West may not have been Kim Kardashian's first choice for the role of new pretend boyfriend.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Also: What Michael Bloomberg and Andrew Cuomo have planned for Super Bowl Sunday, Bruce Springsteen's complicated way of not stealing the spotlight, and Walter Kirn joins GQ.com as a political columnist
Is a perfect reelection strategy for the president hidden in the lyrics of The Boss's new single, "We Take Care of Our Own"?
Dick Cheney did not look well at a recent party, James Franco could be appearing as Hugh Hefner in the Linda Lovelace movie, and Bruce Springsteen might be shopping at J. Crew.
After a long day spent staring at Twitter, we're sharing the tweets that made no sense.
Mia Farrow's son is a Rhodes scholar, Prince Harry does Vegas, and a new Bruce Springsteen album is on the horizon for 2012.
The 9/11 attacks spawned a cottage industry of tribute songs. They don't hold up well.
Plus: James Franco blames Yale for costing him his girlfriend
Republican 2012 candidate says he thinks "Bad Romance" is pretty good
After a hard week and a half, the tribute to the Big Man that really matters
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