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:…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

If We Could Turn Back Time

Mister D: This pic will be used as the “kiss my ass” award for certain posts…in the future it will…

From The BBC: New Show, “The Office”

BBC America’s ‘The Office’ is bleak fun for the times Back in the 1970s, during our last big economic slump,…

Book Review: Aubrey Malone – In Bed with the Enemy

Admit it, people are deflated after the Christmas and New Year celebrations. They’re not interested in dressing up much, going…

From Halifax Daily News In Canada: When Talking Globes, Always Mention Bette

Mister D: Love the Bette mention, but she obviously was not wearing a low-cut dress… And the winner was ……

Money, The Music Biz, and a Little Bette for Measure

Mister D: This is an interview from 1995 in A&R Insider with then Vice President of A&R John Carter, Island…

Trivia From the Hollywood Reporter

All That Glitters Is Golden For six decades, the Globes have been the fete to beat Jan. 14, 2003 By…

A Common Denominator Between Bette and the Royals

From the Toronto Star How suite it is being treated Royally RITA ZEKAS It smells like queen spirit. Queen Elizabeth…

Midler Donates Money to Gifford Miller in an “Undeclared” Race

Council Speaker Miller has raised $1 million for “undeclared” race January 19, 2003, 7:40 AM EST NEW YORK (AP) _…

Ya Gotta Have “Friends”

By BILL BRIOUX — Toronto Sun HOLLYWOOD — It was no accident that NBC entertainment president Jeff Zucker entered yesterday’s…

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