Bette Midler plays a New Yorker of a certain type: a retired teacher who lives on the Upper West Side, reads the New York Times with Talmudic attention, and is driven more than half mad by Donald Trump.

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Boodles BonBon Video Short: Late Night Bette Midler

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Video BonBon: Bette Midler In Turd Curls From OuterSpace

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Midler closed the show by serenading Carson, who sat at his desk while Midler sat upon a stool nearby. "I can't believe I'm the last guest — the last fool Mr. Carson will have to suffer gladly,"

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Bette Midler’s appearance on the Murphy Brown finale, on May 18, 1998 (28 years ago today) is remembered as a one?episode comedic knockout.

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I’d been waiting 25 years to talk to Bette Midler, so I dove at the chance to interview the Divine Miss M on the release of her 1998 album Bathhouse Betty.

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Ever since Bette Midler made Johnny Carson sniffle with a farewell song, the long emotional goodbye has become its own late-night tradition

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Few people can claim to have truly earned the label of "icon," and Bette Midler is one of those few.

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Bette Midler has delivered several standout performances across film, television, and Broadway that earned widespread critical praise

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1999 documentary covering Bette’s life, from Hawaiian upbringing & The Divine Miss M through to her 'latest' album Bathhouse Betty

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