Word: boss
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...might be the only person millions of people voluntarily call "The Boss." With his raspy vocals, blue collar ballads and ageless sex appeal, Bruce Springsteen has been a rock and roll hero for almost forty years. With a string of classic albums and perenially sold-out concerts (his 2008 world tour grossed $204 million) to many he's the biggest American rock sensation since Elvis. Springsteen's latest tour, "Working on a Dream", begins in San Jose, Calif. on April 1st. (See the All-TIME list of top 100 albums...
...lead guitarist in the band "The Castiles" (and later the lead singer) when he was 16. In the late 1960s, Springsteen performed briefly in a trio known as "Earth," performing mostly in New Jersey clubs. It was reportedly during this period that Springsteen acquired the famed moniker "The Boss," as he would collect the band's pay and then distribute it among his band-members...
...Boss" was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November...
...Springsteen won a Golden Globe award for his song "The Wrestler," from the movie by the same name, starring Mickey Rourke • an old career wrestler desperately trying to make a living. This wasn't the Boss' first accolade from Hollywood: in 1994 he won an Oscar for his song "Streets of Philadaelphia," which appeared on the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks...
...Fashion Week on Sunday, the most potent sign of the times was the sight of people wearing last year's styles. "Even the very rich aren't just going out and buying anymore," says Tatyana Ageyeva, a buyer who has worked for élite labels like Kenzo and Hugo Boss for nearly a decade. "Before, the wealthy would buy expensive things because they didn't care. Even if they knew they wouldn't wear it, that it would just sit in the closet, they would drop 3,000 euros. Now they are avoiding risks...