Four-panel portrait of a smiling blonde woman in a black top singing into a studio microphone against a black background.

38 years ago today, March 2, 1987, TIME Magazine Cover – Bette Midler

38 years ago today, March 2, 1987, TIME Magazine Cover - Bette Midler

Don’t Play That Song To Interrupt My Awards Speech

Winners who talk too long in their acceptance speeches — or are just plain boring (for example, reading a laundry…