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The Ultimate Guide to Hulaween 2026

Bette Midler’s Hulaween 2026 was the New York Restoration Project's annual Halloween gala. It occurred October 23, 2026, at The…

Essential Pics from Hulaween 2026

Bette Midler at Hulaween 2026!

Bette Midler in 1973: Stunning Portrait by Alvan Meyerowitz

A striking early-career portrait of Bette Midler captured by acclaimed concert photographer Alvan Meyerowitz during her live performance in Berkeley,…

Stunning 1975 Photo of Bette Midler and Bob Dylan

Own a piece of rock-and-roll lore with this striking black-and-white photograph of rock legend Bob Dylan and the Divine Miss…

Happy 44th Anniversary To Bette Midler’s Jinxed Movie

Jinxed! (released October 22, 1982) is a dark comedy starring Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, and Rip Torn, directed by Don…

Behind the Scenes: Secrets of Hocus Pocus 2

Welcome back to Behind The Scenes Saturday!!! Today is dedicated to one of my favorite Spooky Season sequels, Hocus Pocus…

3 Iconic 1989 Tracks That Left Gen X Crying

Even though glam metal and more high-energy rock music were dominating the radio back in 1989, plenty of tracks hit…

Bette Midler’s Shocking Regret Over Turning Down Rocky

Bette Midler was a successful stage performer and recording artist by the mid-1970s. She was hoping to make her way…

Why We Adore Disney Witches: The Magic Behind It

Curiously, Disney, responsible for some of the most famous princesses in film history, also created villains far more interesting than…

Video: Bette Midler Delivers a Powerful Woody Guthrie Tribute At Cain’s Ballroom

Bette Midler sings All You Fascists Bound To Lose at Cain's Ballroom for receiving the Woody Guthrie Prize Oct 16,…

How Omri Katz Mastered Self-Discipline with Bette Midler

Omri Katz is reflecting on Bette Midler's discipline on the set of Hocus Pocus and how it influenced his own…

The Ultimate Official Trailer for Bette Midler’s Steps

At midnight, we ride. Watch STEPS, only on Netflix, November 20.

Celebrating 26 Years of Bette!: A Timeless Album

Bette (sometimes styled Bette!) is Bette Midler’s self-titled studio album, released by Warner Bros. Records on October 10, 2000. It…

Celebrating Bette Midler’s Cool Yule: 20 Years of Holiday Magic

Cool Yule is Bette Midler’s first holiday album, released October 10, 2006, on Columbia Records.

Celebrating 6 Years of Bette Midler’s The Addams Family

The 2019 film is directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, with a screenplay by Matt Lieberman. It features an…

Epic 47th Anniversary Celebration of Bette Midler’s Thighs and Whispers

Midler’s fifth studio album, released October 1979, produced by Arif Mardin, leans heavily into disco and late?70s club aesthetics.

Bette Midler Receives the Prestigious Woody Guthrie Prize

Bette Midler sang her updated version of Woody Guthrie’s 1940s protest classic “All You Fascists (Bound to Lose)” as she…

Video BonBon: Real Bette Midler

Video BonBon: Real Bette Midler

Hocus Pocus Remains Unstoppable on Disney+, Outperforming Most Films

The Halloween cult classic is currently dominating the streaming charts. On Disney+, Hocus Pocus is the No. 2 most-watched movie…

Ultimate Guide to Spooky Movie-Inspired Destinations

Movie destinations offer travelers the chance to walk in the footsteps of beloved (or notorious) characters, see familiar streets and…

How the Divine Miss M Conquers the Garden

“I have loved being in gardens since I was a child growing up in the projects in Hawaii,”

18 Reasons Why Hocus Pocus Is Darker Than We Remember

It’s officially spooky season, and it wouldn’t be Halloween without the 1993 classic Disney movie Hocus Pocus, starring Bette Midler,…

Fall Frightfest: The Stepford Wives Revealed

Combine Bette Midler, Jon Lovitz, Christopher Walken, and Nicole Kidman in a movie and is almost a guaranteed hit.

Exclusive Throwback Thirty: Marc Shaiman and the First Wives Club

The First Wives Club is a comedy-drama film directed by Hugh Wilson, adapted by Robert Harling from Olivia Goldsmith’s bestselling…

The Ultimate 31 Nights of Halloween Experience

Freeform's "31 Night's of Halloween" schedule is underway

Bette Midler: Video BonBon Gypsy Hocus Pocus Time Loop

Video BonBon: Gypsy - Hocus Pocus Time Loop

Hocus Pocus: Still Number One On The Charts

Disney has many beloved and cult classic films, but no other film marks the beginning of fall, October, and Halloween…

NYRP: American Chestnut Trees Make a Stunning Return to the Bronx Zoo

More than 120 years after a forester at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo first documented the chestnut blight that…

Bette Midler on the Set of Cut Off

Bette Midler On The Set Of Cut Off

Stunning Review of Bette Midler’s 1973 Record

Bette Midler's second album, like her first, has two intentions: to entertain its listeners with a frantic combination of camp,…