Monthly Archives: December 2008

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Happy New Year 2009!

Posted Dec 31, 2008 10:12 am by Mister D

Mister D: I added “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” to the playlist….this will be deleted tomorrow, the explosions are driving me nuts…I know, I know…it’s debatable

Thank you ladies and germs for another great year. I thought I’d be closing this place down long ago, but here we are going strong on our 7th year with publishings almost daily. No other website has been able to do that and stay sane….uh oh!!!! Oh well, you can’t have it all!!!! 🙂 Love you all and thanks for all the joy you bring me. Read More

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Leonard Maltin Lists The Five Best Movies of 2008 You Didn’t See

Posted Dec 30, 2008 9:12 am by Mister D

Leonard Maltin Lists The Five Best Movies of 2008 You Didn’t See
by Leonard Maltin

Please forgive the presumptuousness of my headline. If you’re a dedicated filmgoer you may already know some of these titles. Yet in our media-driven, blockbuster-oriented society most people don’t hear about smaller, offbeat movies and if they do they don’t go out to see them. Some people are actually wary of movies they haven’t seen advertised on TV, billboards and bus ads.

Sometimes a good movie manages to build word of mouth, fueled by positive reviews and an award or two; this year’s success story may well be Slumdog Millionaire, which deserves all the praise it’s receiving. That said, here are five good movies I think you ought to try. They’re as good as any of the box-office hits of 2008—if not better. All of them except Let the Right One In is available on DVD. Read More

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Monday, December 29, 2008

A Request From Miss Mary

Posted Dec 29, 2008 6:12 pm by Mister D

Hi Fellow BetteHeads,

I find myself in a bit of a quandary, so Don was kind enough to let me ask my extended family for help. I was good girl this year and Santa rewarded me with a bonanza of iTune gift cards. I found out I need some medical torture for the next few months and severely need to get some new tunes on the old IPOD. Here’s where you come in, I’m asking people to recommend artists, songs, etc… Music is my lifeline and I need to be getting in motion quick so I need you to help me find some new or rememberable old favorites. I like everything from Bette to Bluegrass and Bach to Beyonce’. I need rev me up to get me going music all the way to slow me down and make me sleepy. So…do me a favor and send me some of your favs! You can hit me up on facebook (Mary Russell) or e-mail me at Redhawk113@comcast.net. Read More

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New CrossWord Puzzle At Bette On The Boards

Posted Dec 29, 2008 1:12 pm by Mister D

PUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST – SPECIAL HOLIDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Online Version
(features a prize)
Printable Version

ALSO RECENT UPDATES INCLUDE

Vegetable Soup
Woody The Spoon Recipes

Mister D WILL NOT BE TASTING Any Cooking From This Group!

Please visit Bette on the Boards: Click Here

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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Exclusive Room & Spa Package for Bette Midler Fans! Starting at $120/night!

Posted Dec 28, 2008 8:12 pm by Mister D

Exclusive Room & Spa Package for Bette Midler Fans!
Starting at $120/night!

Enjoy Entertainment, Save on Luxury!

Make plans to see Bette Midler’s spectacular musical revue, The Showgirl Must Go On, at Caesars Palace this winter. With this exclusive online offer, we invite you to indulge in a relaxing getaway package including:

* One Night Classic Accommodations
* Two Roman Ritual Passes to Qua Baths & Spa including entry to the mineral hot/cool Roman Baths, Laconium Room-sauna and steam baths, Tea Lounge, and the refreshing Arctic Ice Room with heated floors and benches and falling snow relieves your stress Read More

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Are You One Of The Unforeseen Clamorers Feb 20th

Posted Dec 28, 2008 12:12 am by Mister D

If so, ya have to admit ya look kinda goofy!!!! LOL

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Saturday, December 27, 2008

“Superstar” Co-writer Dies In LA At Age Of 69

Posted Dec 27, 2008 8:12 pm by Mister D

Songwriter Delaney Bramlett dies in LA at 69.
The Associated Press
Posted: 12/27/2008 04:27:57 PM PST

LOS ANGELES—Singer-songwriter-producer Delaney Bramlett, who penned classic rock songs such as “Let it Rain” and worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, has died. He was 69.

Bramlett died Saturday shortly before 5 a.m. at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles as a result of complications from gall-bladder surgery, his wife Susan Lanier-Bramlett said.

Born in Mississippi, Bramlett enjoyed a career in the music business that spanned 50 years. Read More

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Friday, December 26, 2008

The Seattle Times Most Dubious Achievement Awards

Posted Dec 26, 2008 8:12 pm by Mister D

This year’s Dubious Achievement Awards in Film go to …
By Moira Macdonald
Seattle Times movie critic

Continuing in a long tradition started by my predecessor and friend John Hartl, here are a few award categories you won’t see at the Oscars …

Best performance in a lost cause: Judy Greer in “27 Dresses”; Alan Rickman in “Nobel Son”; Colin Farrell in “Cassandra’s Dream”; Forest Whitaker in “Vantage Point”; Bette Midler in “Then She Found Me”; Billy Bob Thornton in “Eagle Eye”; and almost everybody in “W.,” particularly Josh Brolin and James Cromwell. Read More

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RIP Eartha Kitt: 1927 – 2008 December 26th, 2008

Posted Dec 26, 2008 2:12 pm by Mister D

The Huffington Post
Eartha Kitt: My Encounter with a Legend
By Bruce Vilanch

Of course I adored and wanted to be Catwoman. That goes without saying. Eartha Kitt was another matter. I had interviewed her once for the Chicago Tribune. It was a couple of years after she told Lady Bird Johnson what she thought of LBJ’s Vietnam war. Unfortunately, she chose to tell her at a girly luncheon all about Lady Bird’s beautification program. Eartha took the entire luncheon off-message and maintained that she didn’t work for eleven years after that, but here it was l971 and she was headlining a nightclub in Chicago. She’d already been a legend for twenty years, and legends have very vague calendars. I had a great time interviewing Eartha. who spent a lot of time telling me how she had created Eartha and was now spending the seventh day resting. The next great time I had with her was about a decade and a half later,and this time I got to participate in the creation. Things were slow-ish for both of us. I had just been fired after refusing to do free rewrites on my script of Can’t Stop the Music, widely considered to be the best first-draft screenplay since Citizen Kane. One of the benefits of working on the Village People movie was I got to see them all naked which, at the time, helped me see lots of other people naked, from villages far and wide. The other benefit was I met Jacques Morali, the insane gay French Jew who created the group and wrote their songs. In another pocket of his existence, Jacques annually created a score for the Crazy Horse show in Paris. Spectacular showgirls lip-synched the English lyrics as well as spectacular showgirls could to an audience of non-English speakers who had about as much interest in the lyrics as Lorenz Hart might have had in the showgirls. Armed with this knowledge, Jacques asked me to write a lyric to one of his disco tunes. And he had another reason. “The girrrrl will be lap-sinking to Eartha Kitt. And zo the lyrics need to be special.” Will she be doing an Eartha Kitt impression? “Don’t be bizarre. It is not a drag show. Eartha is sitting on a hill in Connecticut, not working. She will record this one thing.” The song was called “Where is My Man?” It’s about Eartha and her endless search for a soul-mate who never met Bernard Madoff. Read More

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The Best Bette – The Bette Midler Christmas Show

Posted Dec 26, 2008 8:12 am by Mister D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00g651p

OR

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/

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