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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…

Musical of Bette Midler’s ‘Beaches’ gets pre-Broadway tryout at Drury Lane

Musical of Bette Midler‘s ‘Beaches‘ gets pre-Broadway tryout at Drury Lane Chris Jones CHICAGO TRIBUNE December 8, 2014 The Drury…

The Beatles Song That Helped Mayim Bialik Land Her Role in Beaches