BonBon Video: Fresh Off The Hocus Pocus Set

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Jinxed! (released October 22, 1982) is a dark comedy starring Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, and Rip Torn, directed by Don Siegel. It follows Las Vegas lounge singer Bonita Friml (Midler), trapped in a toxic marriage with compulsive gambler Harold Benson,

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Welcome back to Behind The Scenes Saturday!!! Today is dedicated to one of my favorite Spooky Season sequels, Hocus Pocus 2!

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Even though glam metal and more high-energy rock music were dominating the radio back in 1989, plenty of tracks hit the airwaves that were real tear-jerkers that any Generation X fan would remember. The following three songs, in particular, had quite a few listeners crying by the radio.

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Bette Midler was a successful stage performer and recording artist by the mid-1970s. She was hoping to make her way into feature films but didn’t want her first major role to be a supporting character, according to Roger Ebert.

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Curiously, Disney, responsible for some of the most famous princesses in film history, also created villains far more interesting than many of its heroines

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There are a number of great, undiscovered films from 1986 for those willing to look beyond the biggest hits.

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Bette Midler sings All You Fascists Bound To Lose at Cain's Ballroom for receiving the Woody Guthrie Prize Oct 16, 2026

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Bette Midler appears in Get Shorty as Doris Saphron, the fiery, leopard?print?wrapped widow of schlock producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman). Though her screen time is brief, she steals every scene — a classic Midler cameo: loud, funny, and instantly iconic.

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Omri Katz is reflecting on Bette Midler's discipline on the set of Hocus Pocus and how it influenced his own work ethic as a teenager

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