Monthly Archives: February 2010

Bette Midler lunching at Fresco by Scotto with her daughter, Sophie, and power publicist Ken Sunshine

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BillBoard Magazine
U2 tops music’s Money Maker list
2-23-2010

The legendary rock ban U2 was the biggest money-maker in the music industry last year.

According to Billboard the Irish rockers took in more than $108 million in 2009. The magazine’s “2010 Money Makers List,” considers album sales, tours, royalties and more. The veteran members of the band have been performing for over 30 years together. Their 3D concert film “U2 3D” was released in 2008 but has had continued success at the box office. The film has garnered over $22 million in worldwide receipts. Read More

People
Glee’s Jessalyn Gilsig Wants Bette Midler to Guest Star
February 26, 2010

With all the celebs flocking to the set of Glee for their guest spots, one of the show’s stars, Jessalyn Gilsig, says there’s one icon she’d love to see join the cast for a little song and dance.

“Bette Midler should be on the show,” said Gilsig, who plays Terri Schuester, at the Costume Design Guild Awards Thursday. “I’d want her to be my aunt or something. You can imagine Bette Midler as a kid. She must have been one of these Glee kids. She must have been so misunderstood and struggled so much, but she’s driven the same way Rachel is driven. I think she would be a good fit.” Read More

JIVING WITH JOAN: Before hitting the red carpet for the Oscars, Joan Rivers plays the Paramount in Aurora on Thursday. As she told me this week, her jokes continue to be culled from current affairs. Bringing up Tiger Woods’ wife Elin, Joan calls her ”the Conan O’Brien of famous cheaters’ wives. Like Conan, she can walk away with millions!”

Talking about her grandson Cooper, 9, Joan jokingly said she worried ”he’s too butch. … I was praying for a gay grandson. Without one, who’s going to sit by my rocking chair and listen to me talk about how I knew Cher and Liza Minnelli and Bette Midler? Read More

Jenifer Lewis :: No shame in her game
by Jim Halterman
EDGE Contributor
Thursday Feb 25, 2010

Jenifer Lewis

Whether she’s playing one of her many mother roles in films like What’s Love Got To Do With It, The Preacher’s Wife and Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns, a lesbian judge in the short-lived CBS series Courthouse, or animated in films like Shark Tale, Cars and the recent Princess and the Frog, Jenifer Lewis says she always gives 2000 percent. The powerful talent that is Le Lewis can masterfully act, sing and talk about her life in film, television or on the stage but one consistent result is that audiences always come out of a Jenifer Lewis performance with the same message – that Lewis is an entertainer in the truest sense of the word and you are guaranteed to feel deeply, laugh more than a little bit as well as undoubtedly feel inspired. Read More