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This is sooo shocking and creepy. Bruce Springsteen’s cousin and assistant road manager was found dead in his hotel room in Kansas City on Monday. “Lenny Sullivan, Bruce’s cousin and the assistant road manager of the E Street Band for the last ten years, passed away at the age of 36. A warm and sensitive person, he was beloved by Bruce, the Band, the crew, and the entire Thrill Hill family,” a statement read. Kansas City police are investigating, but said the death wasn’t considered suspicious. Scary! [Source: People; Photo: Getty Images]

We’ve always envisioned Bruce Springsteen as the ideal husband, even if he did allegedly cheat on his first wife, actress Julianne Phillips, with his current wife, backup singer Patti Scialfa. The pair’s been married for 17 years, and have three kids together. But now the Boss is being accused of breaking up a marriage - and it’s not his own.

New Jersey resident Arthur Kelly has named the singer as the man his wife Ann’s been cheating with secretly, effectively ending their marriage. The divorce papers, filed on March 27, allege that Ann “committed adultery with one Bruce Springsteen, who resides in Rumson, N.J., and Colts Neck, N.J., at various times and places too numerous to mention.”

A source close to the drama surrounding Ann and Bruce says that, “there have been rumors going around the area for more than a year that they had gotten way too close after meeting at a local gym.”

Say it ain’t so, Bruce! We thought you were maybe a little better than that.  [Photo: WireImage]

Scandalist has spent the last week looking back and laughing at the questionable winners (and fashions) of Grammys past. Now it’s time to apply that knowledge. Click through the gallery to see who we think will take home trophies at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards this Sunday night.

One of the most impressive things about Bruce Springsteen’s Super Bowl Half Time show was that he pulled it off without hypnotizing the audience with his butt. It might be hard for young people to understand, but there was a time when Bruce Springsteen’s greatest weapon was not his conviction or his energy—it was his butt. Born In The USA has sold three times as many copies as any other Springsteen album, and you want to know why? It’s because he put his butt on the cover instead of his face. Anyone at his label who thought it was absurd tp put the Boss’s butt in front of the American flag clearly hadn’t seen Bruce Springsteen’s butt. That butt made you proud to be an American.

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When Barack Obama promised change, we didn’t realize that bringing great entertainment to political events was part of the deal. But … wow! The “We Are One” concert on Sunday kicked off with Bruce Springsteen performing “The Rising” with a full gospel choir and ended with Beyonce belting out “America the Beautiful.” Sandwiched in between were performers like Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Usher, Shakira, John Mellencamp and U2 — not to mention actors/speakers like Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Marisa Tomei, Jack Black, Steve Carell, Rosario Dawson, Jamie Foxx and Tom Hanks. Double wow!

And the parties spreading out in Washington D.C. continue — from the Latino inaugural gala (Marc Anthony performed, J.Lo in tow) to the “Declare Yourself” inaugural kick-off event (yes, Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson are still an item.) to Young Jeezy’s “Presidential Status Inauguration Ball,” where a shirtless T.I. pumped up the crowd. Check out the pics below to see some of the action, and keep up with today’s events at VH1’s Live Inauguration Blog.

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