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Bette Midler: Hollywood Is Mostly Drudgery

Golden Globes Organization Sunday, August 19, 2012 HOLLYWOOD? IT’S MOSTLY DRUDGERY SAYS BETTE MIDLER August 19, 2012 For forty years…

BetteBack: Bette’s Start In A Nutshell

Dover Times Reporter TV Mailbag November 30, 1973 What can you tell me about Bette Midler? I think she is…

BetteBack Gossip: Bette Didn’t Want To Work Vegas

Middlesboro Daily News By Earl Wilson November 30, 1973 Bette Midler, who doesn’t want to work in Las Vegas, told…

BetteBack Review: Bette Midler’s Second Album, “Bette Midler” Is Released…

Greeley Daily Tribune THE WORLD OF MUSIC By JUDY HUGO October 29, 1973   In little over a year Bette…

BetteBack: “…now let’s sing it out this time for “Tinkerbell”

Wisconsin State Journal How’s She.Doing? Great, You Bette! By DONALD DAVIES October 17, 1973 The reigning resident kook of showbiz,…

BetteBack: “Bette & Barry: Back to the Bathhouse” Performances Continuing Through September 12.

Theater Ink Bette & Barry: Back to the Bathhouse By John Rowell: August 8 ”“ 15 BATHTIME: Bette Midler has…

BetteBack: An “….Intensified, More Dramatic Version Of Peggy Lee”

Capital Times Bette Midler: Campy, Kooky, And Terrific By ROBERT LaBRASCA October 17, 1973 You have never seen anything like…

BetteBack: Bette Enchants Even On A Particularly Bad Night!

Albuquerque Journal Bette Midler Enchants Audience By SCOTT BEAVEN October 8, 1973 By the time Bette Midler began the second…

BetteBack: “A blasto from the pasto” ~ October 4, 1973

Albuquerque Journal The Divine Miss M To Appear Here Tonight October 4, 1973 They call her Bette (rhymes with fret)…

Donna Maxon’s Packing Them In: BETTE & BARRY: BACK TO THE BATHHOUSE Plays Through 9/12 At Laurie Beechman Theatre

Broadway World BACK TO THE BATHHOUSE Extends Through 9/12 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre Thursday, August 9, 2012 by BWW News…

What’s Next For Bette Midler? A Movie And “Rock N’ Roll”?

Philadelphia Inquirer Sideshow: Divine Midler shifts genres By Tirdad Derakhshani Bette Midler hasn’t been on the big screen nearly enough…

Save The Date: Hulaween! ~ Oct 31, 2012 ~ Waldorf Astoria ~ 6:30 PM

From NYRP: Mark your calendar and save the date for Bette Midler‘s Hulaween, the annual gala to raise awareness and…

BetteBack Concert Review: “She gave so much. I want to go see her again” ~ September 29, 1973

Oakland Tribune Bette Comes Back September 29, 1973 With due respect to Carol, Little Darlin’ and ‘Runaround Sue, all heart-throbbers…

Bette On The Boards Presents: Bette Midler – Miss Millennium Tour (Dress Rehearsal)

Clip one: Originally there was going to be a rap number during the Delores DeLago segment featuring a turned over…

By Popular Demand: The Divine Donna Maxon ~ Aug. 1 and 15 at Laurie Beecham Theatre @ 7:30 PM

Mister D: Look closely everybody and you may see our friend Matty singing background! Staten Island Live The other Divine…

BetteBack: A Fascinating, Insightful Interview With The Divine Miss M ~ September 9, 1973

Independent Press Telegram GOOD, BETTER, BEST, BETTE By KAY HOLMES September 9, 1973 Bette Midler is almost too camp to…

Reminder: Donna Maxon ~ “Bette & Barry: Back to the Bathhouse” plays Wednesday and Aug. 15 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre

Mister D: And if I’m not mistaken, our friend Matthew Parker is one of the background singers! The New York…

BetteBack: “…No gimmick — It’s genuine” ~ August 10, 1973

Lowell Sun Bette Midler-one of a special kind  August 10, 1973   NEW YORK: No one could say that success…

BetteBack: Bette Midler Becomes A Speaker ~ June 30, 1973

San Mateo Times Lyon’s Den By LEONARD LYONS June 30, 1973 Bette‘ Midler has been added to the list of…

BetteBack Concert Review: “She’s a killer.” ~ April 11, 1973

Redlands Daily Facts Divine Miss M wails, warbles, bounces her way to a million By MURRAY OLDERMAN April 11, 1973…

BetteBack Concert Review ~ March 28, 1973

Lawton Constitiution Concert In Review March 28, 1973 “The Divine Miss M” played to a near capacity house in Oklahoma…

Seinfeld: The Script Of “The Understudy”

Seinfeld Scripts The Understudy  Check out the complete Seinfeld Gift Guide right now! Including T-Shirts, DVDs, and more! Transcribed by: The News Guy(Mike)…

BetteBack: Troy Concert Review ~ March 3, 1973 ~ Part Two

Bennington Banner MEDIA MASSAGE BY BEVERLY RYAN March 3, 1973 Bette’s reappearance was almost worth the wait. She wore a…

BetteBack ~ Troy Concert Review ~ March 3, 1973 ~ Part One

Bennington Banner MEDIA MASSAGE BY BEVERLY RYAN March 3, 1973 THE API FIELDHOUSE is large and cold. The ice underfoot,…

BetteBack: Success Bursts Upon The Divine Miss M ~ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1973

SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN It’s a tropical thunderstorm/; No, it’s Bette Midler SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1973 No one could say that success…

BetteBack: The Divine Miss M – Bette Midler Is Finally Released ~ Review

Charleston Gazette The Divine Miss M ~ Bette Midler December 2, 1972 THE DIVINE MISS M. -Betle Midler, Atlantic –…

At 66, Bette Midler Still Looks Divine!

The Daily Mail The still divine Miss Midler: Bette, 66, is as wrinkle-free as lookalike daughter Sophie, 25, at Paris…

BetteBack ~ The New “It” Girls Star Rises Fast

Oakland Tribune New star’s fast rise September 13, 1972   Bette Midler may be the fastest-rising star to emerge this…

BetteBack: Margo On Bette’s Fashion Sense ~ July 4, 1972

News Journal Mansfield Ohio Margo On Fashion July 4, 1972 I guess you could call Bette Midler a clotheshorse .…

Same Songs, Other Voices Playlist ~ July 2012

Mister D: Well, this is the jukebox where we hear other artist’s versions of songs that Bette has performed and/or…