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BetteBack June 9, 1989: Bette Midler Flattered By Marathon Play Of WBMW’s

Doylestown Intelligencer June 9, 1989 A radio station in Fort Pierce, Fla, decided to play Bette Midler‘s hit single “Wind…

BetteBack June 4, 1989: Bette Midler Reaches Number One On The Billboard Charts

Walla Walla Union Bulletin June 4, 1989 The following are toe top record hits and leading popular compact disks as…

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BetteBack April 27, 1989: Beaches – Midler Brings The Movie Alive!

Iola Register April 27, 1989 Two little girls meet on an Atlantic City beach; what happens in their lives makes…

BetteBack March 17, 1989: Lip Injections And Foreheads

Lawrence Journal World March 17, 1989 SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Sometimes you put your reporter’s notebook away and walk outside…

BetteBack February 24, 1989: Bette Midler’s divine pursuit of power in Hollywood

Cedar Rapids Gazette February 24, 1989 HOLLYWOOD – “I want to do that job,” Bette Midler said blithely. She pointed…

BetteBack February 3, 1989: BETTE MIDLER says her mother encouraged her

Altoona Mirror February 3, 1989 â–º Entertainer BETTE MIDLER says her mother encouraged her, but her father didn’t think much…

BetteBack January 13, 1989: Midler Steals The Show In Beaches

Washington Post January 13, 1989 No bikinis. No blankets. No bingo. “Beaches” is a bosom-buddy movie about a friendship that…

BetteBack December 21, 1988: Beaches – A Friendship, On and Off the Rocks

New York Times By JANET MASLIN Published: December 21, 1988 There are a few indications that ”Beaches,” the story of…

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BetteBack January 20, 1989: Beaches’ Bette’s Personal Star Making Vehicle

Daily Herald Suburban Chicago January 20, 1989 “ Beaches” – Bette Midler makes a personal star vehicle out of this…

BetteBack January 12, 1989: Bette Midler Is The Show In Beaches

Altoona Mirror January 12, 1989 Bette Midler is the show here in a story of two women who meet as…

BetteBack January 12, 1989: Bette And Babs Make Blackwell’s Worst Dressed Hall Of Fame

Marysville Yuba City Appeal Democrat January 12, 1989   LOS ANGELE S (AP ) – Frequent target s of fashion…

BetteBack January 6, 1989: Midler’s at her sassy best in ‘Beaches’

Corbin Times Tribune January 6, 1989 BEIACHES (PG-13) From her very first scene, Bette Midler takes this movie, puts it…

BetteBack January 8, 1989: Beaches Reminds Us That Bette Midler Is A Powerful Pop Singer

Pacific Stars And Stripes January 8, 1989 ”¢ In the strongest musical moments of the new Bette Midler movie, “Beaches,”…

BetteBack January 12, 1989: Beaches Is A Washout – Roger Ebert

Alton Telegraph January 12, 1989 Maybe the problem is with the flashbacks. Maybe if the whole story had simply been…

BetteBack November 27, 1988: Beaches Released Early For Oscar Consideration

Syracuse Herald Journal November 27, 1988 Two films. Back to back best-actress citations from Cannes, the granddaddy of film festivals.…

BetteBack November 20, 1988: Hollywood Unwraps Their Winter Movies

Madison Wisconsin State Journal November 20, 1988 Entertainment News Service – Oh boy, what a summer! Yeeech, what a fall!…

BetteBack November 13, 1988: Bette Midler Gets Early Oscar Buzz For Beaches

Pacific Stars And Stripes November 13, 1988 LOS ANGELES (AP) – Oscar campaigns begin earlier every year, and already the…

BetteBack October 30, 1988: Lainie Kazan Plays Bette Midler’s Mother In Beaches

Anderson Herald Bulletin October 30, 1988 QUESTION: What’s this about Lainie Kazan, the ever-chubby singer-actress, losing a lot ofweight? Is…

BetteBack August 28, 1988: Will Bette Record Again?

Lawrence Journal World August 28, 1988 Q: Will Bette Midler do another album soon? I would like to hear her…

BetteBack August 14, 1988: The Year Of Barbara Hershey

Galveston, Texas August 14, 1988 LOS ANGELES (AP) – After winning two consecutive bestactress awards from the Cannes Film Festival,…

BetteBack March 21, 1988: The Three B’s – Baby, Big Business, And Beaches

Syracuse Herald Journal March 21, 1988 Another B for Bette – baby! Brash, bouncy, busty Bette Midler will ,” soon…

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