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		<title>15 Wild Ways Studios Controlled Actors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2026/06/22/15-wild-ways-studios-controlled-actors/">15 Wild Ways Studios Controlled Actors</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>You've probably heard rumors about actors putting wild demands into their contracts, but studios have enacted strange rules of their own since the Old Hollywood days.</p>
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		<title>38 Years Ago, On This Date In 1988, Bette Midler&#8217;s Big Business Premiered</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2026/06/10/38-years-ago-on-this-date-in-1988-bette-midlers-big-business-premiered/">38 Years Ago, On This Date In 1988, Bette Midler’s Big Business Premiered</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>The film premiered in theaters on June 10, 1988, distributed by Buena Vista Pictures (Touchstone Pictures, a Disney label)</p>
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		<title>Pop Culture Icons Are Embracing New Beginnings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mister D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2026/05/15/pop-culture-icons-are-embracing-new-beginnings/">Pop Culture Icons Are Embracing New Beginnings</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>From Stephen Colbert’s farewell to The Late Show to Justin Bieber’s triumphant Coachella comeback, 2026 is filled with moments of closure and renewal.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2026/05/15/pop-culture-icons-are-embracing-new-beginnings/">Pop Culture Icons Are Embracing New Beginnings</a> first appeared on <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What&#8217;s the story behind Bette Midler&#8217;s Cut Off?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mister D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 22:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2026/05/04/whats-the-story-behind-bette-midlers-cut-off/">What’s the story behind Bette Midler’s Cut Off?</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>Cut Off was pulled from Warner Bros.’ July 2026 release calendar after an unimpressive test screening and because no marketing materials had been released</p>
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		<title>Bette Midler&#8217;s New Movie Cut Off From WB Schedule</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mister D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2026/05/02/bette-midlers-new-movie-cut-off-from-wb-schedule/">Bette Midler’s New Movie Cut Off From WB Schedule</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>Dark Horizons“Cut Off” Gets Cut Off From Release ScheduleBy Garth FranklinMay 2, 2026 The Jonah Hill-directed “Cut Off,” originally slated for a release this July through Warner Bros. Pictures, has&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Jonah Hill Teases New Bette Midler Comedy ‘Cut Off’ as “Pure Stupidity”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mister D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2026/05/01/jonah-hill-teases-new-bette-midler-comedy-cut-off-as-pure-stupidity/">Jonah Hill Teases New Bette Midler Comedy ‘Cut Off’ as “Pure Stupidity”</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>The actor, writer, director and producer warns audiences that he’s “about to go on a run of just the dumbest shit you've ever seen in your entire life. I hope you left your brains at home.”</p>
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		<title>Video: Bette Midler Talks To David Steinberg For Inside Comedy 2014</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mister D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 06:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2025/10/09/video-bette-midler-talks-to-david-steinberg-for-inside-comedy-2014/">Video: Bette Midler Talks To David Steinberg For Inside Comedy 2014</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>David Steinberg talks with Bette Midler and Richard Belzer as they share intimate stories, career highlights, and memorable moments from their lives in comedy.</p>
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		<title>Is Drowning Mona The Best Black Comedy Ever Made?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mister D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 17:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2025/04/06/is-drowning-mona-the-best-black-comedy-ever-made/">Is Drowning Mona The Best Black Comedy Ever Made?</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>Drowning Mona has only a 29% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, and the audience rating is higher, 47%, but not high enough to say that people love it. However, it seems like there's some kind of mistake, because people on Reddit, for example, say they just love it. For many reasons.</p>
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		<title>Video: Bette Midler Meets Ruby Wax Is Hilarious</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mister D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2025/03/25/video-bette-midler-meets-ruby-wax-is-hilarious/">Video: Bette Midler Meets Ruby Wax Is Hilarious</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>Bette Midler and Ruby Wax crossed paths in a memorable encounter featured on the BBC series "Ruby Wax Meets…" in an episode that aired on February 18, 1996.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2025/03/25/video-bette-midler-meets-ruby-wax-is-hilarious/">Video: Bette Midler Meets Ruby Wax Is Hilarious</a> first appeared on <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Discover the best 10 new films to stream in February 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mister D]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://bootlegbetty.com/2025/02/20/discover-the-best-10-new-films-to-stream-in-february-2025/">Discover the best 10 new films to stream in February 2025</a> <a href="https://bootlegbetty.com">Bootleg Betty</a><p>An uproarious comedy about a group of life-long friends who travel to Key West, Florida to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their best college girlfriend Marilyn (Bette Midler)</p>
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