Just Talking About This With A Friend The Other Day

The lost language of camp Older gay men often used shared cultural references as a way of discretely identifying other…

Can We Talk?

Joan Rivers: Broke and Alone … in L.A. (Canon Theater, Beverly Hills280 seats;$50 top) Clear Channel Entertainment and Canon Theatricals…

Bette on The Honorary Committee: Harlem Lost and Found

( BW)(NY-JPMORGAN/MCNY) Harlem Lost and Found On View at the Museum of the City of New York May 3, 2003…

Bette Catchs Ex-Harlette’s Show This Past Weekend

Melissa Manchester, Paul Williams sing out By Frederick M. Winship From the Life & Mind Desk Published 4/22/2003 10:58 AM…

Thoughts and Drinks On “American Idol”

American Idol: The search for one-hit wonders Sean C. Hayes, Satirist, The Arbiter April 28, 2003 American Idol, like MTV’s…

Updates 04-27-03

Greetings Bettelings!!!! Well this week Ms. M got honored again and this time it was from Frito Lay…HEY, what you…

An Enduring Rose

An Enduring Rose Spotlighting the women who’ve played the pushy stage mother in ‘Gypsy’ By Blake Green Staff Writer April…

Where Is The World? Good Question

By Paul Harris YellowTimes.org Columnist (Canada) (YellowTimes.org) – In 1985, the tune, “We are the world,” was riding high in…

Howdy Australia: Contest lights up the Town Hall, old chum

The Sydney Morning Herald. By Joel Gibson April 25 2003 Wanted: one good home for vibrant, established Sydney cabaret scene.…

San Francisco International Film Festival

Before a sold-out crowd Wednesday night, Dustin Hoffman transformed himself into Ed Sullivan as surely as he once did into…

What would we do without “wind”

Posted on Fri, Apr. 25, 2003 The (Nearly) Fit Guy: This runner can’t face gusts with gusto BY STEVE DAVIS…

Bette Honored By “Organic Style” Magazine

Mister D: I also posted the press release in the previous article….her age is a tad off:-) Women with Organic…

New Snack Line Partners With Organic Style Magazine To Recognize Top 10 Women For ‘True Grit and Organic Style’

Press Release Source: Frito-Lay, Inc. Frito-Lay Launches Natural and Organic Line With the Great Taste You Expect From America’s Favorite…

Bette Shops For Lp’s: “House of Oldies”

For the Records A long-playing success, built on vinyl By Jeff Pearlman STAFF WRITER Newsday When the CD came along…

STARS TURN OUT FOR B’WAY’S BEST

Big stars aren’t just acting in Broadway’s hottest plays, they’re also turning out in droves to see them. Actress Kim…

PBS Television Series “Leaving Your Legacy”

This hour-long program will bring together two highly rated viewer interests – celebrities and history. It will provide a window…

Newsday: April 23, 2003…Bette Interview…A Force of Nature

With her New York Restoration Project, Bette Midler has made it her mission to draw attention – and dollars –…

1996: Manchester On Midler

This interview ran in OutSmart magazine, July 15, 1996. Speaking of “normal,” were you as lucky as Bette to sing…

Ex-Harlette Melissa Manchester On The Road Again

Melissa Manchester, Paul Williams sing out By Frederick M. Winship From the Life & Mind Desk Published 4/22/2003 10:58 AM…

Updates: 04-20-03: Happy Easter

Hey BetteHeads and Sufferers of CWS!!!! If you don’t know what that means, then you ain’t been keeping up with…

Bette Midler’s Roses Site: New Screensaver and Wallpapers

Bruno from Brazil has created some wallpapers and a screensaver on his “Bette Midler’s Roses” site. To get there just…

Annie Lennox Show: The Yin and Yang of Rosie and Bette :-)

Everything Came Up Rosie for Annie Glenn Gamboa April 20, 2003 Copyright © 2003, Newsday, Inc. Rosie O’Donnell may not…

If Bruce Wasn’t Enough Verification That Bette Was Going On Tour (blasphemous)…Here’s More Proof!

From `Seussical’ To Lose-ical To Renew-sical Does Horton Hear a Hit? By FRANK RIZZO Courant Staff Writer April 20 2003…

Not Really So Trivial

Weekly Competition Keeps Teams in Pursuit of the Winning Answers By Star Traylor The Winchester Star When Bette Midler was…

Celebs May Drive Fans Into ‘Divine Madness’

Thank you so much for this pic Darrell. It’s Perfect!!!….LOL Mister D: Ouch!!!! Well, I knew the day would come…

Singer Luther Vandross Suffers Stroke

Singer Luther Vandross Suffers Stroke Thu April 17, 2003 07:24 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B singer/songwriter Luther Vandross,…

Another Plug For Darrell’s “Bette On The Boards”

Darrell just recently put up the “Playbill” biographies from 3 of Bette’s shows that ran on Broadway: The Divine Miss…

Thank you Darrell and Mark

Darrell sent me another magazine cover that I put in the scrapbook under magazines….Hey!!!! Anyway, the magazine is called “Ampersand”…

Today In Bette History: APRIL 17

1975 Bette Midler’s Clams of the Half Shell Revue takes over the Minskoff Theatre for 67 performances. Joe Layton choreographed…

Amazon.com and “The Rose”

After years of waiting, finally 20th Century will be releasing “The Rose” on DVD. Here’s hoping they did a stellar…