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Jeep has officially paused its Bruce Springsteen ad campaign that aired during the Super Bowl following the revelation that the pro-Biden rock singer was arrested for drunk driving in November. A spokeswoman for Jeep confirmed to CNBC that the entire campaign is on hold. “It would be inappropriate for us to comment on the details of a matter we have only read about and we cannot substantiate,” a Jeep spokeswoman said in a statement to the cable network. “But it’s also right that we pause our Big Game commercial until the actual facts can be established. Its message of community...

You may find this hard to believe, but I am a Bruce Springsteen fan. I may not come across as someone who would enjoy his music, but from "For You," "Backstreets," "Darkness On The Edge of Town," "The Promise" to "The River," "Nebraska," "Tougher Than The Rest," "I Wish I Were Blind" and "Radio Nowhere," I can find plenty to recommend of the man's music. His new album Working On A Dream, the stillborn title track and "Outlaw Pete" aside, is the best thing he's cut in years. But that half-time show at the Super Bowl--12 excruciating minutes--puts me in...

Folk singer Joan Baez planned to bring her latest anti-war message Sunday to President Bush's adopted hometown, supporting Iraq war protesters camping out near his ranch. Baez was prominent in the anti-Vietnam war movement and has championed civil rights, free speech and peace causes for four decades. Meanwhile, more Bush supporters arrived in Crawford at a downtown pro-Bush camp. Baez's free concert was expected to draw more than 1,000 people on a private 1-acre lot offered for the protesters' use by a landowner who also opposes the war. An 80-by-160-foot tent has been erected at that site, which is being...

MADONNA: 'I AM NOT ANTI-BUSH' Fri Feb 14 2003 14:59:22 ET Madonna took to her website Thursday evening to defend her upcoming video, AN AMERICAN LIFE. "I feel lucky to be an American citizen for many reasons - one of which is the right to express myself freely, especially in my work," Madonna wrote on Madonna.com. "I understand that there have been reports about my upcoming video "American Life" in the media - much of which is inaccurate. I am not Anti-Bush. I am not pro-Iraq. I am pro Peace. I have written a song and created a video which...