New Songs are up until Next Friday….This week’s theme is “Parody Amongst Love Songs”….don’t ask me how I come up…
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Bette’s Version of the “Depression” Recordings
Mister D: In this excerpt from an interview with Miss M she talks about the recording sessions for “Depression” and…
Liz Smith Feted by Midler and Others for 80th Birthday
Mister D: Here’s a pic of Bette and Martin arriving for Ms. Smith’s birthday party at Le Cirque…. Birthday girl:…
Feb 4th: Well Now it’s Official Since “Variety” Reports (Hairspray)
Mister D: Once again Mister V…congrats. We are all anxious to see you and wish you the best of luck.…
J. Lo on the Bette-Go
J. Lo plans to star in and produce buddy cop movie. She’d play one of two female detectives tracking the…
Parody of Bette and Hollywood
Those who live in New York are probably real familiar with “Forbidden Broadway” and/or “Forbidden Hollywood”. I had the pleasure…
The Trials of a Wedding Singer
Mister D: I thought this was a rather cute essay myself STEVE STOECKEL Special to The Charlotte Observer I’m at…
Notes from Mister Vilanch on “Chicago” History
Mister D: Mr. Vilanch read the timeline article I posted about “Chicago” and it’s llllloooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg arrival to the big screen….remember…
Bette’s Queen Puddles a Park Avenue Socialite
Jeannie Williams USA TODAY NEW YORK — A fluff ball of a Yorkie trots importantly from room to room, trailing…
“The Simpson’s” Are The World’s Longest-Running Sitcom
THEY’RE the most famous family on the planet and now they’re set to break in to the record books. When…
Sara’s BootLeg Betty: Holland Found an Interesting Bit of News
Sara, who lives in the Netherlands, came across this play that is touring in her area….a musical that revolves around…
Exclusive: Bruce To Play Edna in “Hairspray”
Mister Vilanch was kind enough to let me know that he will be playing the part of Edna in the…
Bootleg Betty Updates: January 31, 2003
Hello All!!!! Just wanted to drop a line and tell you a few things. I put up some songs, however…
“Chicago: The Musical” in Development Hell for 27 Years
Mister D: No wonder Bette got frustrated with Hollyweird…: In this crazy stage show we call life, it’s easy to…
An Unreleased Demo of Bette Written By the Bee Gees
Mister D: Thought I’d repost this here due to Maurice Gibbs untimely death Bette Midler personnel Bette Midler — vocal…
Bruce Vilanch in Talks to Play Edna in Hairspray
Report: Bruce Vilanch in Talks to Play Edna in Hairspray By Robert Simonson January 30, 2003 Comic and writer Bruce…
Kiss My Ass Award: January 30, 2003
Enron failure: sign of a healthy capitalist system Commentary By Jonah Goldberg Ken Lay should be handcuffed to a basement…
From the “Nashville City Paper”
Divine Mr. M By Daryl Sanders A chance meeting with no less a vocal talent than The Divine Miss M…
Sound museum opens branch in Richmond Hill
Gaydos and Co-CEO Bernard Fox, who also works in the recording industry, have been collecting equipment that has been used…
An Recent Interview With Buzzy Linhart (“Friends”)
From the Greenwich Village Gazette: Ernest Barteldes On Bette Midler: Buzzy performed with Bette Midler in the early days, when…
Mr. Nichols (from article below) reviews “Bathhouse Betty”
CD Review By Jack Nichols It was early autumn, 1970. Manhattan’s Continental Baths, a luxurious house of pleasures, was enjoying…
Pioneering gay activist builds bridges, looks ahead
Activist speaks What: Gay movement lecture by Jack Nichols When: 7 tonight Where: Cocoa Beach, FL Public Library, 550 N.…
Singer/Songwriter’s Meeting with Bette Midler
Mister D: During the year 2000 when Bette was still recording songs for the “Bette” CD, she visited Nashville to…
Barry Manilow Receives the Society of Singers 12th Annual ELLA Award
Among Manilow’s 32 albums are such diverse recordings as Manilow Sings Sinatra (1998), Singin’ with the Big Bands (1994), Showstoppers…
Today In Bette History: Cleveland!!!
Today is the silver anniversary of Ohio’s worst blizzard ever, a whiteout that called a statewide timeout. And what does…
Don’t Go Out Without One…
I thougt this was a cool site….it’s called Not Without My Handbag and you can actually buy a Bette purse…
Get Your Gay Groove On…
Here’s a harmless little survey from The Advocate dated November 2001 that you can still take. In one of the…
Bette in the February Issue of “Out” Magazine
Somebody brought this to attention at the Official Bette Midler Club and I found the link to the table of…
Full Frontal Tenutity
Judy Tenuta’s revision of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is Men Want Cars and Women Want a…
The Number One Movie to Watch Instead of the Superbowl? Gotta Love This List…
Watch a movie: One you want to watch (Friday, January 24, 2003) It’s Super Bowl Sunday—your significant other has already…