The great Woody Guthrie was an inspiration to me and to many of my generation who subsequently marched, protested and died for basic human fairness.

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The film (also known as Bette Midler Is Divine Madness) captures Midler’s high-energy stage show from performances at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in February 1980

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An Oscar nomination for Bette Midler, an Emmy nomination for Kevin Costner’s turn in Hatfields & McCoys, screenwriter Bill Kerby’s career kept finding its way into award season across more than 4 decades of film and television work.

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Years before Bette Midler starred in iconic movies like Beaches, First Wives Club, and Hocus Pocus, she was a singer, with her first movie role in the heartbreaking musical drama The Rose.

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Legendary entertainer, humanitarian and activist Bette Midler has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize.

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Sophie accepts the Disney Legends Award on behalf of her mother, Bette Midler, who was stranded at the airport. This was in 2019

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Bette Midler is the latest artist to join the Woody Guthrie Prize's long line of cultural troublemakers and social change advocates.

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Bette Midler & Dan Ackroyd doing a bit backstage At The MTV Awards at Radio City Music Hall In New York 1984

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From that list, I was also curious to see how many of these actors went on to achieve what I call Quadruple Crown status with acting nominations at the Saturn Awards,

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Video: Doris C Freedman Award Honoring Bette Midler

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