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...past the 32 million--album mark, and that's not even counting 10 million other records Davis sold in the 1970s after he co-wrote a sound track for the hit movie Convoy, starring Kris Kristofferson. In the past 15 years, Davis has racked up more sales than Bruce Springsteen, Sting or Billy Joel; since November he has scored five No. 1 albums on the Billboard charts. "Chip Davis somehow understands what people want," says Los Angeles Times critic Don Heckman...
...lead in NBC's hit hospital sitcom Scrubs had the cockiness to write and star in his directorial debut, Garden State (which opens July 28). The film is a love song to suburban New Jersey that is so smart and touching, Bruce Springsteen might be able to retire soon. "I kind of wanted it to suck. I wanted it to be a big, noble failure," says Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence, who will have Braff, 29, direct some episodes this season. "I was extremely jealous. I might have to put myself on the show as an actor to even the playing...
...finished product turns out to be about 25% serious and 75% silly. There's a post-9/11 track called An Open Letter to NYC that's as close as the Beasties ever get to Springsteen-style solemnity. Three other songs are about overthrowing President Bush and the radical right. The problem with those is not politics but priorities. There's nothing wrong with having a point of view, but there's a lot wrong with the prosody of a line like "George W.'s got nothing on we/We got to take the power from he." In rap, rhyme still...
Since the magazine’s inception in 1995, DoubleTake’s financial problems have garnered substantial media attention—and this is not the first time a celebrity has volunteered to help the magazine stay afloat. In Febuary 2003, Bruce Springsteen played two benefit concerts to raise money for the magazine. The shows, both of which sold out, allowed the magazine to pay off sizeable debts to contributors, some of whom had been waiting years for payment...
...exaggerating, but the hundreds there are on fire, chanting "J.K. all the way" to Springsteen and U2 music. Kerry lets it all sink in. "I guess we really did win last night...