Tag Archives: The Rose

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

This Day In History: ‘The Rose’ Soundtrack Was Released August 22, 1979 A Few Months Before The Movie

Posted Aug 22, 2018 10:08 am by Mister D

In 1979, Atlantic Records releases the soundtrack album by Bette Midler to the movie of the same name, “The Rose”; Billboard 200: #12; 2 million copies; “The Rose”

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Saturday, August 11, 2018

Tropes And Trivia From Bette Midler’s Film “The Rose”

Posted Aug 11, 2018 3:08 pm by Mister D

Source: TV Tropes

A trope is a storytelling device or convention, a shortcut for describing situations the storyteller can reasonably assume the audience will recognize. Metaphors are the means by which a story is told by anyone who has a story to tell. We collect them, for fun involved.

Tropes are not the same thing as cliches. They may be brand new but seem trite and hackneyed; they may be thousands of years old but seem fresh and new. They are not bad; they are not good; tropes are tools that the creator of a work of art uses to express their ideas to the audience. It’s pretty much impossible to create a story without tropes. Read More

Posted in Tropes/Metaphors/Analogies | Tagged Academy Award, Alcohol, Amanda McBroom, best actress, Bette Midler, Box Office, Concert, doris roberts, Janis Joplin, Mark Rydell, Norma Rae, Oscar, Sally Field, The Rose | Leave a comment

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Bette Midler calls ‘Hello, Dolly’ the role of a lifetime

Posted Aug 9, 2018 12:08 pm by Mister D

The show-stopping actress and legend reflect with ABC News’ Robin Roberts on her divine career, from “Beaches” and “Hocus Pocus” to Broadway.

Posted in Hello Dolly!, Videos | Tagged Beaches (film), Bette Midler, BetteMidler, For the Boys, Hocus Pocus (1993 film), The Divine Miss M, The Rose | Leave a comment

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

28 stars who are just one trophy away from the most coveted award in Hollywood

Posted Aug 1, 2018 3:08 pm by Mister D

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28 stars who are just one trophy away from the most coveted award in Hollywood
Desiree O, Brit + Co
Jul. 27, 2018, 4:46 PM

*The EGOT is the most coveted award in Hollywood.
*Stars earn the EGOT by winning an Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and an Oscar.
*To date, only 12 individuals make the list of EGOT winners.

Most performers would be thrilled to take home even one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, orTony, but earning all four over the course of a career is the ultimate achievement. To date, only 12 individuals — Audrey Hepburn, Rita Moreno, Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks, Scott Rudin, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, John Gielgud, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mike Nichols, and Robert Lopez — have completed an EGOT by winning all four awards in competitive categories. But there are many more, including these 28 celebs, who are just one trophy away from the honor. Read More

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Monday, July 30, 2018

Royalties to Bette Midler’s iconic album ‘The Rose’ are up for auction right now

Posted Jul 30, 2018 1:07 pm by Mister D

Out & About In Nashville
Own some of the profit from Bette Midler’s ‘The Rose’ album
You gotta pay for it, though
July 27, 2018
By Joseph Brant

It’s probably the perfect gift for that die-hard Bette Midler fan who has everything.

Royalties to Bette Midler’s iconic album ‘The Rose’ are up for auction right now. Yeah, you read that right. You’d be purchasing ownership of the original soundtrack. As of this writing, the top bid is over $75,000.

The winner of ‘The Rose’ auction will literally own a slice of pop music history and earn money each time the best-known song from the Divine Miss M streams or is sold. The title song from the film that launched Bette’s movie career and turned her into a Grammy, Tony, and Emmy winning superstar, “The Rose” is an evergreen royalty-earning asset … and the coming Broadway adaptation of ‘The Rose’ is set to generate even more interest in her always-popular catalog. Read More