Bruce Springsteen was lauded for 'his extraordinary contributions to the American songbook, and for being 'The Boss.''
Bruce Springsteen was lauded for "his extraordinary contributions to the American songbook, and for being 'The Boss.'"President Joe Biden welcomed a high-wattage collection of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians to the White House on Tuesday to present them with medals - and then stole the show himself with a quip about seeking reelection.
It was a feel-good event in the East Room, as the honorees stepped forward to receive their awards one by one. Louis-Dreyfus, who channeled Biden's resume when she starred in "Veep," jokingly sagged under the weight when the president placed the medal for the arts around her neck. "Wow!" she exclaimed.Springsteen, with his everyman persona, looked incongruous in a black suit.
Biden joked that he opens his closet to find one honoree, designer Vera Wang, inside - her clothes, anyway - then said, "Your dresses always look beautiful on my wife."
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