Lily Tomlin on Big Business: I had a big falling-out with the producers because they had the gay characters calling…
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“I want to achieve enough confidence…”
“I want to achieve enough confidence to go out there into the world, to take off when I want to.…
BetteBack March 3, 1991: Woody Allen And Bette Midler Is The Most Inspired Casting In Movie History
Galveston Daily News March 3, 1991 Pairing Woody Allen and Bette Midler together as a well-to-do married couple in Los…
The Late Pauline Kael: The Most Revered Movie Critic, An Early Bette Supporter, Her Last Interview, And Why She Retired
Mister D: I remember seeing Ms. Kael, who comes off harsh in this interview, being asked by late night broadcaster…
Director Paul Mazursky Tells NPR’s Terry Gross Why He Cast Bette And Woody In “Scenes”
NPR ‘Fresh Air‘ Remembers Screenwriter Paul Mazursky July 07, 2014 1:18 PM ET Paul Mazursky had planned on becoming an…
BetteBack February 28, 1991: Disney Grafted Bette And Woody’s Heads On Different Bodies In Ads
Syracuse Post Standard February 28, 1991 In Disney advertisements for “Scenes From a Mall,” Bette Midler looks 20 pounds lighter,…
The glass ceiling still exists
“The glass ceiling still exists. It’s getting a little better for women, but past a certain age, certainly not.”
“It’s been ten years since I lived here in LA…”
“It’s been ten years since I lived here in LA, and I have to tell you something. From the bottom…
We didn’t have a lot of mirrors…
We didn’t have a lot of mirrors when I was growing up. We had one mirror, a cracked mirror: You…
BetteBack February 24, 1991: Gold’s melancholy ‘Distance’ Gulf War is unofficial anthem
Altoona Mirror February 24, 1991 Imagine that you hate war – its senselessness, its destruction, its allout inhumanity – and…
Part 7 Of The 1984 MTV Music Awards Starring Miss M
Part 7 Of The 1984 MTV Music Awards Starring Miss M As our countdown winds down to this years VMA’s,…
Part 5 And 6 Of The 1984 MTV Video Awards Starring Miss M
Part 5 MTV Video Music Awards 1984 Starring Miss M In this section Miss M loses her shit over a…
Bette Midler with a small Nicole Richie, Quincy Jones, and Ms. Richie. 1990, Carousel of Hope Ball
Bette Midler with a small Nicole Richie, Quincy Jones, and Ms. Richie. 1990, Carousel of Hope Ball
“When I first heard “Wind Beneath My Wings”
“When I first heard “Wind Beneath My Wings”, I thought: “I’m not singing that.” [Longtime friend and producer] Marc Shaiman…
BetteBack February 23, 1991: Styx, Bette Midler songs become anthems of war
Daily Herald Suburban Chicago February 23, 1991 Since the Persian Gulf War began 36 days ago, Styx’s “Show Me The…
I’m a split personality.
I’m a split personality. There’s part of me that says be good, pay your taxes, don’t go off the deep…