Bette Midler News

 
"Midnight Blue" & Beyond: A Conversation With Melissa Manchester
Huffington Post
MR: Going back, you kind of started in the club scene, then became one of Bette Midler's "Harlettes." MM: I was, I was one of the originals. I knew Barry Manilow because we were both jingle singers, and he was the young new musical director for Bette ...

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Suburban theater for the week of Feb. 10-16
Chicago Tribune
The Ritz in Terrence McNally's 1975 comedy is a gay bathhouse, not unlike the Continental Baths where Bette Midler and her accompanist Barry Manilow once provided musical entertainment. A businessman being pursued by Mafiosi takes refuge in the steamy ...


 
Gothenberg closes in style
Screen International (blog)
The closing night ceremony at the 35th Gothenberg International Film Festival (GIFF) last night was a cheerful affair livened up by brassy host Shima Niavarani a Swedish hybrid of Bernadette Peters and Bette Midler who had a whipsmart sense of humour ...

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Grammys 2012: How have the best new artist winners fared?
Toronto Star
1974 Bette Midler beat Eumir Deodato, Maureen McGovern, Marie Osmond and Barry White. Midler has continued as a successful recording artist and movie and television actor. She has won four Grammys, four Golden Globe awards, three Emmys and a Tony award ...

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Inside the Actor's Studio
The Australian
Bette Midler would have said: "God, you're cheap." As usual, Lipton runs through some of the dullest questions imagineable. What is your father's ethnicity? What was his birth name? What was your mother's maiden name? Good grief, is she applying for a ...


 
TheaterMania.com
Barry Manilow Postpones Radio City Concerts
TheaterMania.com
He also contributed songs to Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue and The Madwoman of Central Park West. In the West End, his music was featured in Barry Manilow's Copacabana - The Musical, which went on to tour the US, Australia and Asia.

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Celebrity Catfights: Madonna, Elton John, Lady Gaga, RuPaul, Bette Midler Diss ...
Huffington Post
Betty White has confirmed long-standing rumors that she and "Golden Girls" co-star Bea Arthur didn't get along; Bette Midler has sounded off on Lady Gaga's "stolen" act, while Neil Patrick Harris, RuPaul, Rosie O'Donnell and Christina Aguilera are ...

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