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NYRP: Keeping Our Streets Cleaner, Greener

The Wave Keeping Our Streets Cleaner, Greener Beach 116th Bulletin By Linda Humphrey, Administrative Director, Beach 116th Street Partnership May…

BetteBack July 14, 1989: Bette To Film ‘A View From A Broad’

Sitka Daily Sentinel July 14, 1989 Bette Midler will film her book “ A View From a Broad.” Unless someone…

Midler’s Almost-Forgotten Debut Album Still Remains A Classic Of The ’70s Nostalgia/Camp Boom

The A.V. Club With The Divine Miss M, Bette Midler went from bathhouses to The Tonight Show Midler’s almost-forgotten debut…

BetteBack July 2, 1989: What Was The Reason For The Feud Between Ken Wahl And Bette Midler?

Daily Herald Suburban Chicago July 2, 1989   Q: What’s the reason for the feud between Bette Midler and actor…

BetteBack June 23, 1989: Midler Wins Favorite Female Performer In Movies 3rd Time In A Row – American Comedy Awards

Brandon Sun June 23, 1989 On the recent Third An»nual~ American Comedy . Awards, Robin Williams and ‘Bette Midler won…

Shayna Steele is back with a new album

Sun Herald Shayna Steele is back with a new album New York songstress from Biloxi has new album BY TAMMY…

Hell in a Handbag’s BETTE, LIVE AT THE CONTINENTAL BATHS to Run 7/17-8/21 at Mary’s Attic In Chicago

BroadwayWorld Chicago Hell in a Handbag’s BETTE, LIVE AT THE CONTINENTAL BATHS to Run 7/17-8/21 at Mary’s Attic April 23,…

Jennica McCleary: Something divine at the Legends of Branson – Thru May 19th

Mister D: I have met Jennifer and she is fabulous, not only as an entertainer, but as a person. Very…

Liz Smith Talks Turning 90, Gossip, Bette Midler, Stars, Being Outed, And Much More…

Hollywood Reporter At 92, Liz Smith Reveals How Rupert Murdoch Fired Her, What It Felt Like to Be Outed April…

Win a Pair of Tickets to See Bette Midler on Tour! From The Ellen Show!

She performed one of her classics on the show, and now you can have a chance to win a pair…

BetteBack May 3, 1989: Bette Helps Open Disney-MGM Studios

Doylestown Intelligencer May 3, 1989 Comedian Bob Hope helped open Disney-MGM Studios‘ new $400 million theme park in Lake Buena…

Five Straight Musicians Who Have Courted The Gays To Varying Degrees Of Success

Queerty Five Straight Musicians Who Have Courted The Gays To Varying Degrees Of Success BY: DAN TRACER ON: MAR 7,…

NYRP: A Forgotten Park in the South Bronx Gets a Small Boost

New York Times A Forgotten Park in the South Bronx Gets a Small Boost By LISA W. FODERAROMARCH 1, 2015…

THE 25 BEST BITCHY REMARKS OF ALL TIME

PaperMag THE 25 BEST BITCHY REMARKS OF ALL TIME by Michael Musto February 25, 2015 Most famous people generally mind…

Beaches: Time Out Review

  CC and Hillary first meet under the boardwalk in Atlantic City. CC is a vulgar, would-be singer, Hillary a…

The 5 Best Ways to Present an Oscar

HitFlix The 5 Best Ways to Present an Oscar By Louis Virtel | Friday, Feb 20, 2015 8:40 PM The…

Melissa Manchester On Teaching Classes, New Album, And Bette Midler

Boston Globe Melissa Manchester shares life lessons, new music in Lowell By Ed SymkusGLOBE CORRESPONDENT FEBRUARY 21, 2015 Unless you…

Amanda Peet Learned To Drive For Bette Midler Movie

NY Mag Amanda Peet Almost Burned Down a Restaurant One Time By Vanita Salisbury Name: Amanda Peet Age: 43 Neighborhood:…

NYRP to unveil five new proposed Bike routes through Mott Haven to Randalls Island

Parks-loving nonprofit to unveil five new proposed routes through Mott Haven to Randalls Island New York Restoration Project, the group…

BetteBack November 13, 1988: Bette Signs On To Oliver And Company

Syracuse Herald Journal November 13, 1988 Animation is painstaking, time-consuming work. For every 5 to 7 feet of-hand-drawn figures, amounting…

Darlenne Love’s Upcoming Album Will Feature Bette Midler Duet

Mister D: Just found out this will be the same song that’s on Bette’s album! Longtime fan Steven Van Zandt…

Give A Tree For Valentine’s Day!

Valentine’s Day will soon be here. Why not sponsor a tree in honor of your beloved? Or give it as…

BetteBack June 10, 1988: Big Business New York Times Review

New York Times Big Business (1988) Review/Film; A Tomlin-Midler Comedy of Errors By VINCENT CANBY Published: June 10, 1988 LEAD:…

BetteBack June 17, 1988: It’s a pleasure doing ‘business’ with Midler, Tomlin

Hutchinson News June 17, 1988 HOLLYWOOD – “Big Business” is a bright whirligig of a movie, but reading any description…

BetteBack June 9, 1988: Bette Midler on a hit streak

Madison Capital Times June 9, 1988 Bette Midler marches into the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles carrying her 18-month-old…

BetteBack June 7, 1988: Big Business – Laugh Till You Hurt Funny

Doylestown Intelligencer June 7, 1988 If it’s been a while since you’ve laughed until it hurt, then go prepared for…

Lift Up Your Skirt: Kathy Najimy Brings Her Act to Feinstein’s In San Fran

SFWeekly Lift Up Your Skirt: Kathy Najimy Brings Her Act to Feinstein’s Posted By David-Elijah Nahmod @DavidElijahN on Wed, Jan…

BetteBack March 8, 1988: Bette Expects Second Child

Mister D: Bette ended up having a miscarriage. Syracuse Herald Journal March 8, 1988 New York Daily News columnist Liz…

BetteBack January 16, 1988: Bette Midler Should Have A TV Show

Winnipeg Free Press January 16, 1988 Q. Bette Midler is the funniest woman in the whole wide world. I have…

Review: Come And Get These Memories by Bette Midler

The Morton Report New Music for Old People: Solomon Burke, Neil Young, Wilco, Bette Midler and More December 12, 2014…