BetteBack 1979: Bette Midler Offered The Movie ‘On The Twentieth Century’

BetteBack June 30, 1979: Bette Midler Offered The Movie On The Twentieth Century

Hocus Pocus Star Tobias Jelinek Remembers Filming with ‘Larger than Life’ Bette Midler

“Bette Midler was and still is larger than life,” the actor said. In the film, he played Jay, a teenage…

MovieWeb Goes All Negative On Hocus Pocus

Watching it back through the lens of adulthood, however, the film is darker, weirder, and not as good as one…

This Journalist Just Watched Hocus Pocus For The First Time! What?

Even so, Kenny Ortega's "Hocus Pocus" had never piqued my interest before, despite its curious box-office-bomb-to-beloved-Halloween-classic arc, wherein the 1993…

Video: “Talk To My Ass” From Bette Midler’s Jinxed Movie

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Video: Bette Midler & Sheryl Lee Ralph Sing I Can See Clearly Now

Yes, Bette Midler and Sheryl Lee Ralph perform a joyful duet of the classic reggae hit "I Can See Clearly…

BetteBack: Bette Midler’s Next Movie May Be Strike And Hyde

Will Bette Midler's next movie be Strike And Hyde?

Why ‘Cut Off’ Is the Most Anticipated Dark Comedy of 2026

The film industry is buzzing over the announcement of Cut Off, a dark comedy that unites an A-list trio for…

Nathan Lane Joins Bette Midler In The Upcoming Comedy Movie, CUT OFF

Deadline reports that Nathan Lane and Bette Midler will play the parents of Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig in Cut…

Bette Midler Joins Jonah Hill & Kristen Wiig In New Movie Comedy ‘Cut Off’

Two-time Oscar nominee Bette Midler has inked a deal to star alongside Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig in Cut Off

Video: Bette Midler Sings “California Dreaming” From Stella! Bonus: Food Fight

In the 1990 film Stella, Bette Midler, playing Stella Claire, sings a duet of "California Dreamin'" with Trini Alvarado, who…

Watch Bette Midler’s Scenes From A Mall For Free On YouTube

Scenes from a Mall is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Bette Midler and Woody Allen…

Video: Bette Midler In Outrageous Fortune + Trivia

Bette Midler’s role in Outrageous Fortune (1987) is a comedic gem, showcasing her as Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud-mouthed aspiring…

Bette Midler Is In The Upcoming Documentary On Barbara Walters

“Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything,” a documentary about the iconic late journalist executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard,…

BetteBack Sept 10, 1978: Alan Bates On Bette Midler

Aaron Russo talks about how marvelous Bette Midler is and how he and the crew of his last movie played…

The Lottery Video Starring Bette Midler At Disney Premiered 36 Years Ago

Disney put so much into the attraction that they created an entire short film for part of the walking tour…

BetteBack August 14, 1978: Warner Brothers Wants Bette Midler For Movie Adaption Of Gypsy, Guess Who Would Have Been Her Costar?

Hollywood wants a much too young at the time to play Gypsy with an interesting pairing for the daughter.

Jenifer Lewis’ Jackie’s Back Now Playing On Netflix

Jackie's Back! is a 1999 mockumentary musical comedy television film directed by Robert Townsend, starring Jenifer Lewis as the titular…

A Christian Perspective of “Beaches”

Beaches is a film from the United States and set in that country and is regarded as a sentimental classic,…

Is Drowning Mona The Best Black Comedy Ever Made?

Drowning Mona has only a 29% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, and the audience rating is higher, 47%, but not…

Audio: Bette Midler Sings “Nothing Going Down At All” From ‘Scarecrow In A Garen Of Cucumbers’

Bette Midler & Mike Lincoln sing Nothing Going Down At All/Love Theme

Audio: Bette Midler – Get It On – From The Movie Scarecrow In A Garden Of Cucumbers (1972)

In Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers, directed by Robert J. Kaplan, Midler provided vocals for the soundtrack

Saturday Matinee: Drowning Mona (Complete)

Picture this: a small town in upstate New York where every car is a Yugo, every resident has a grudge,…

Saturday Matinee: Stella Starring Bette Midler

In this version, Midler plays Stella Claire, a spirited, working-class single mother who sacrifices everything to give her daughter, Jenny…

Video: A Buncha Bette Midler & Barbara Bloopers From Beaches

If you know the movie Beaches as well as I do, then you know the context of these flubbed scenes. Most of…

Upcoming Movie Small Parts Is A Re-Imagining Of Outrageous Fortune

Molly Gordon is set to direct “Small Parts,” a new take on the 1987 comedy “Outrageous Fortune,” for Searchlight Pictures.

10 Actors (Not Bette) Inebriated While Filming Major Movie Scenes

Actors are known for their love of partying, often turning up between the pages of the tabloids in unedifying states…

Video: Bette Midler Tells Soph Jokes In Divine Madness

Yes, Sophie Tucker indeed played a significant part in the lineage of humor that Bette Midler's Soph character draws from.

10 Announced Movie Sequels That Shouldn’t Happen

Sequels are unquestionably the lifeblood that powers the film industry, because Hollywood is loath to roll the dice on risky…

Video: Bette Midler – Behind The Scenes Of Drowning Mona 2000

"Drowning Mona" is a comedic crime mystery set in the small town of Verplanck, New York, where everyone drives a…