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Then She Found Me* * 1/2 (out of four)Stars: Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew BroderickDirector: Helen Hunt Rating: R for language and some sexual contentRunning time: 1 hour, 40 minutesDistributor: ThinkFilmExpands Friday nationwide ... But there also are forced scenes such as those when Hunt is introduced to her biological mom (Bette Midler) that play like a sitcom. (USA Today)
'Then She Found Me' May 9, 2008
Soon April gets word from Bernice Graves, an over-the-top local television celebrity (Bette Midler, behaving exactly as you'd expect), that Bernice is her real mother and wants to meet her ... Cast: Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Reality rules in Hunt's 'Then She Found Me' May 9, 2008
Bernice is a morning talk-show host and is colorful and loud, so it's no surprise that she's played by Bette Midler. Enter Colin Firth, the thinking woman's heartthrob. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A celebrity interviewer takes a turn at tell-all May 8, 2008
Bette Midler is "hilariously funny and seriously touching. She is such a talent that when she sings 'Wind Beneath My Wings,' it brings tears to my eyes." Tom Cruise is "one of the nicest people I know." And as for another woman who's a defining force in the media, Walters takes credit for launching her career: "I mentored Oprah Winfrey.". She has a few unkind moments - "George W. Bush may also seem predictable and not always wise to me, but he certainly has been good to me" - and the occasional... (Boston Globe)
Delicate Work May 3, 2008
Starring Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick and Salman Rushdie ... Immediately after burying the woman she always knew as mother, April is confronted by a frowsy, boisterous, stiletto-wearing local talk show host, Bernice (Bette Midler), who announces that she's her birth mother. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
In 'Then She Found Me,' Hunt conceives a stress test May 2, 2008
After it's announced that April's birth mother is a New York talk-show host played by Bette Midler, you'll need them ... The idea that she could be Bette Midler's illegitimate daughter is like something out of Hollywood science-fiction ... Starring: Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler. (Boston Globe)
PUNCTUAL POMP & RESONANCE Apr 23, 2008
THE Cinema Society pre miered THINKFilm's "Then She Found Me." The Helen Hunt-Matthew Broderick-Colin Firth-Bette Midler movie is sort of a mom-and-pop operation, only it's all mom because Helen Hunt is also the director ... "Tough to admit, but people aren't exactly lining up to give you money to make movies. At least not for me. The thing wasn't easy to get done, but I cared so much about the project. I loved it. I did everything to make it happen. I even wore more than three hats. If it was... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Infotainment Apr 23, 2008
Then She Found MeNEW YORK: From (L-R), actors Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Bette Midler and Ben Shenkman attend a Cinema Society screening of Then She Found Me. ap. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
A labour of love Apr 23, 2008
It's a movie, of course, called Then She Found Me, and it stars her, perhaps equally "of course," along with Bette Midler, Colin Firth and Matthew Broderick ... "Bette Midler" and "restrained," however, are not words usually seen in each other's proximity ... "I urged her at first to have faith in the tone of the piece, in the material and in doing less. "Then," she laughs, "I realized, 'This is Bette Midler. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
CHELSEA STOPS TRAFFIC ON GAY BAR CRAWL: 'I grabbed her ass'... Apr 21, 2008
Wake up guys, they screwed us with "don't ask-don't tell" and especially DOMA. Gay guys liking Hillary is similar to their like of Bette Midler, Joan Crawford, Liza Minnelli, etc. Can't say why, but it seems to fit. (The Drudge Report)
Rockers help kids kick the habit Apr 19, 2008
The movie, costarring Matthew Broderick, Colin Firth, and Bette Midler, premieres Monday in New York. Lipman will be there. (Boston Globe)
Apex blast ready for its close-up Apr 16, 2008
Asked by Disney to develop projects for Bette Midler after the bloom fell off her acting career, Newton said he and his wife, MaryKate Cunningham, knew it might be time for a change. With their first of two daughters set to be born, they moved back to North Carolina in 1997. (News & Observer)
CORRECTING and REPLACING Neil Diamond Live Concert Tour of a Lifetime Apr 16, 2008
The companys national promotion arm is currently producing tours and productions including Bette Midler The Showgirl Must Go On and Cher at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; and Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, an international tour of the artifacts of King Tut. Recent and upcoming promoted concert tours have included artists such as Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi, Hannah Montana, Spice Girls, Prince,Christina Aguilera, Kenny Chesney, So You Think You Can... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
John Oliver believes in 80s ballads and slo-mo Apr 11, 2008
This time, Bushs message is supercharged by Bette Midler singing (You Are) The Wind Beneath My Wings. Overcome by emotion, Oliver wails, Hes only trying to PROTECT us. (MSNBC -- News)
Hollywood invades Sonoma Apr 11, 2008
"Then She Found Me" brings together screen legends Bette Midler and Helen Hunt. Hunt plays April, a woman whose life is falling apart after her husband leaves her and her adoptive mother dies. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Norah's first role: Apr 9, 2008
Bette Midler: The multitalented Miss M started out as a singer-songwriter, but she's possibly better known as a versatile actress whose roles range from the comedic to the dramatic in movies such as "The Rose," "Get Shorty" and "Beaches.". Marianne Faithfull: This 1960s scenester (and girlfriend of Mick Jagger) has had a long singing career, recording the Rolling Stones' "As Tears Go By" before they did and making a much-heralded comeback in the 80s with the album "Broken English." She's also a... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Chris Rock's sense of shame Apr 7, 2008
" Bert Fields' spectral presence once again hovered over the trial last week, this time as the consigliere of scorned hedge fund manager Adam Sender. Hollywood has been awash in hedge fund money -- over the last three years, hedge funds have shelled out $13 billion to finance some 150 pictures. Yet Sender's outing with Pellicano shows what can happen when a Wall Street master of the universe gets ticked off. As it happens, the sum in question was small, only $1.1 million. That's the amount... (Los Angeles Times)
Private eye to the stars 'offered murder' Apr 3, 2008
" Sender said he did not approve of the suggestion. None of the charges against Pellicano or the four other defendants in the federal case involve solicitation of murder. It was not the only time Pellicano was accused of considering a killing. In court documents filed in 2006, federal prosecutors claimed Pellicano conspired with organised crime figures to place a hit on an associate supposedly hired to threaten a reporter. No one, including Pellicano, was ever charged in connection with that... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Investor testifies about wiretaps Apr 2, 2008
1 million from Russo, a one-time manager of Bette Midler, who had a respectable career managing entertainers and producing movies then turned to politics in the 1990s. Russo died last year. (Los Angeles Times)
Pellicano allegedly suggested killing producer Apr 2, 2008 Midler considers plastic surgery Mar 27, 2008 VH1 and Sundance Channel to Air Original Four-Part Documentary Series From Perry Films, 'Sex: The Revolution' Premiering on VH1, Monday, May 12 - Thursday, May 15 at 10pm* Each Night Mar 25, 2008 Keely Smith '50s demure hippest kitten speaks freely now Mar 21, 2008 Where are they now? Mar 18, 2008 Helen Hunt gets comfy in the directors chair Mar 15, 2008 SXSW is more than just music Mar 8, 2008 Ferrell's Big Bomb Mar 4, 2008 Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Mar 3, 2008 MAC welcomes Bergeron for Jazz Fest, March 15 Feb 24, 2008 Katie and Kerry feud 'back on' Feb 22, 2008 Tom Cruise's Lawyers Among 244 Names on Pellicano List Feb 20, 2008 Read on... Feb 19, 2008 "Idol" Narrows Field To 24 Singers Feb 15, 2008 2008 Grammy Nominees Feb 11, 2008 Backstage bits Feb 11, 2008 Marshall Crenshaw: Musician or songwriter Feb 9, 2008 Can these five Grammy hopefuls thrive past pop? Feb 8, 2008 Cher inks 3-year Vegas deal Feb 8, 2008 NO CELEBRITIES POSIN' AT POSEN SHOW - HOST TAKES BACK INVITES Feb 8, 2008 Cher Signs For 3 Years In Las Vegas Feb 8, 2008 Divine Miss Midler becomes sassy Vegas 'Showgirl' Feb 7, 2008 Cher shares about life, love, tattoos Feb 7, 2008 2/6-9: Cloris Leachman Feb 4, 2008 Keys to perform at Grammys Feb 4, 2008 Dwight Hemion, 81, noted TV producer Feb 2, 2008 Kylie Minogue says career is far from over Feb 1, 2008 Grammys Add Alicia Keys, Feist, Beatles Tribute To Performer Lineup Jan 31, 2008 Her hopelessly devoted lure Olivia at last Jan 29, 2008 Jewish Film Fest Jan 12, 2008 A year of Hollywood film crews all over Boston Dec 25, 2007 Tom Cruises Holiday Campaign vs. Nicole Kidman Dec 22, 2007 Best of 2007 in books Dec 19, 2007 Dion takes final bow in Vegas Dec 17, 2007 Celine Dion 'will go on' Dec 17, 2007 Celine Dion calls it a wrap at Caesars Palace Dec 17, 2007 Jingle-Bell Pop Dec 16, 2007 Dion, Vegas parting - but not forever Dec 15, 2007 Celine Dion concert comes to close Dec 14, 2007 John C. Reilly walks tall on stage as Dewey Cox Dec 12, 2007 How strong is 'Oprah Effect'? Dec 8, 2007 Romantics band sues 'Guitar Hero' publisher Nov 23, 2007 What Women Want Nov 19, 2007 Ira Levin, 78; wrote novels 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'Stepford Wives' Nov 14, 2007 A sip of Sundance in New York Nov 10, 2007 Seeing double Nov 7, 2007 Pop Tarts: Buffy the Porn Princess? Sarah Michelle Gellar's Unlikely Role Nov 6, 2007 'Lambs' screening packs MoMA Nov 6, 2007 Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project (NYRP) Hosts 'Hulaween' Benefit Gala at Waldorf-Astoria Nov 1, 2007 Good Luck Chuck Oct 25, 2007 A moderate tear can be taken more seriously if you're a man, experts say Oct 25, 2007 ThinkFilm nabs 'She Found Me' Oct 22, 2007 Jacko's 'Thriller' Plans Oct 18, 2007 Give it a rest: Local artists tell what works they love to hate Oct 8, 2007 Then She Found Me Oct 1, 2007 Carmello steals show at Majestic Sep 26, 2007 BABS SHOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE Sep 25, 2007 Toronto Hits And Misses Sep 23, 2007 What's your sign? Sep 22, 2007 Dead man talking Sep 21, 2007 All Of Ireland's A Stage Sep 21, 2007 Bette Midler and Cloris Leachman Join the Cast of 'The Women' Sep 21, 2007 Femmes front 'Women' Sep 20, 2007 Festival showcases actors behind the camera Sep 14, 2007 Stars light up Toronto Sep 10, 2007
1 million in an upstart production company and online business with Russo, who managed Bette Midler and produced such films as Trading Places. . (MSNBC -- News)
Working colorful job Mar 29, 2008
Hugues: It would be a toss up between Cher and Bette Midler. ISJ: Who's your ideal next-door neighbor. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Bette Midler would consider plastic surgery ... Bette Midler would consider plastic surgery ... 26, 2008 09:48 AM Bette Midler would consider having plastic surgery. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
In New York, Steve Ostrow opens the Continental Baths and Bette Midler steps in as the Chosen Chanteuse, kicking off the golden age of bathhouse and cruising culture. In Southern California, the Sandstone retreat gained national notoriety as it took suburban swinging to a new level with its clothing optional, sexually open community. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Diana Krall and Bette Midler attended the same night during her monthlong run last year at Manhattan's ritzy Carlyle Hotel. She stays in touch daily with her two 50ish daughters, who both also live in Palm Springs, although neither ever gave Smith a grandchild. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Vanessa brings plenty of her Bette Midler moxie to the role, fitting right in with the rest of the cast. Here are some photos I took from the play Saturday night. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
She also co-wrote and stars in the romantic comedy as a New York schoolteacher whose adoptive mother dies just as her birth mother (Bette Midler) shows up out of nowhere ... AP: Its a very interesting cast, though, besides Bette Midler. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Hunt stars as April Epner, a woman whose birth mother (Bette Midler) contacts her not long after the death of her adoptive mother and her separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick). Reeling from all the changes in her life, April finds herself drawn to the single parent (Colin Firth) of one of her students, who seems just as damaged by life and is as fragile as she is. (MSNBC -- News)
They all called Will Ferrell s new comedy Semi-Pro" a lock for a $27 million average. But according to studio estimates Sunday, "Semi-Pro" -- which opened in a very wide release of 3,100 theaters -- grossed only $15.3 million in its weekend debut. This isn t good news for anyone, least of all New Line Cinema s now departing chiefs Michael Lynne and Bob Shaye. Semi-Pro was very well-marketed, starting with a popular Super Bowl commercial and following through with an Old Spice tie-in, all of... (Fox News)
Mexico/Guadalajara Intl. Miami International Film Festival. (Variety)
As a sideman, Wayne has been involved with hundreds of CD projects that include Beyonc;, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Christina Aguilera, INXS, Michael Bolton, Gwen Stefani, Earth Wind & Fire, The Pussy Cat Dolls, Chicago, Bette Midler, Ray Charles, Diane Reeves, Celine Dion, Diana Krall, Mel Torm;, Barry Manilow, Arturo Sandoval, Robbie Williams, Keeley Smith, Ronnie Milsap, Lee Ann Womack, Lou Rawls, Green Day, The Mars Volta, The Offspring, Bobby Caldwell, Rosemary Cloony, Diane Schuur, Brian... (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Showbiz - News - Katie and Kerry feud 'back on' - Digital Spy. Katie and Kerry feud 'back on. (Digital Spy)
And Bette Midler s former manager, Aaron Russo, has been dead since last August. Someone better tell the feds. (Fox News)
Concert that changed your life: Joni Mitchell at the Greek Theatre and Bette Midler at the Roxy, late 70s. Guilty pleasures:* TV: LOVE Boston Legal, Brothers rs, Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report* Film: Vintage films of the 30s, 40s, 50s; also Jacques Tati films * Reading material: Cookbooks -- dont cook, but love the books; photography books. (Variety)
Performances by Gwen Stefani, Bette Midler and Smokey Robinson made this "American Idol" finale unforgettable. RELATED STORIES & LINKS. (CBS News)
2008 Grammy Winners List, Kanye West, Amy Winehouse Lead The List - The ShowBuzz. 2008 Grammy Winners List. (CBS News)
Grammy News - Lifeline Live - USATODAY.com. Hancock admits win took him by surprise. (USA Today -- Life)
Over the past 25 years, Crenshaw has carved out a successful career as a recording artist, with many of his songs covered by the likes of Robert Gordon, the Gin Blossoms, Carrie Underwood and Bette Midler. Jeanne said in the late 1980s, Marshall received an award for songwriter of the year, and many of his compositions have found their way onto movie soundtracks. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
James Taylor, Willie Nelson, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler and Chaka Khan first won Grammy gold more than 30 years ago and are back in competition. They rose during the album-oriented age of artist development, long before today's lean, piracy-ravaged music industry. (USA Today -- Life)
Cher will alternate performances at the 4,300-seat Colosseum with other headline acts Elton John and Bette Midler. In December, Celine Dion ended a five-year run at the theatre, which opened in 2002 as home of her show, A New Day. (Globe and Mail)
In past seasons, paparazzi-bait like Serena Williams, Bijou Phillips, Ivana Trump, Katie Lee Joel, Bette Midler, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Lucy Liu, Martha Stewart and Kelly Ripa have filled Posen's front row with star power. Last night the star power consisted of Patti LuPone. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Cher will alternate performances at the 4,300-seat Colosseum with other headline acts Elton John and Bette Midler. Cher's 90-minute show will run four nights a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with ticket prices ranging from $95 to $250. (Click2Houston, TX)
Showgirl is very much a ladies club, and so were the sets of Bette Midler's upcoming films ... And the new resident is the divine Miss Bette Midler, who wasted no time putting her own touches on the subterranean suite ... Then with a shrug, she adds: "Although I'm sure when I die, I'll collapse into a heap and be unrecognizable. I'll melt and there will no longer be a Bette Midler. And I'm sure a lot of people will be really happy about that.". (USA Today -- Life)
Cher shares: Life, love, tattoos, politics, paparazzi - USATODAY.com. Sign up to receive our free Books e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. (USA Today)
" With a love of work and determination to continue until the end, Leachman recently wrapped up two films: a remake of The Women, with a cast that includes Meg Ryan, Candice Bergen and Bette Midler, and American Cowslip, with Peter Falk in the cast. In between, she also found time to write her memoir, which will be published in the fall. She's also reaching out through a new Web site that's under construction. How would she like her fans to remember her? "If they think about me, I'd like to lift... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Presenters at the ceremony include Cyndi Lauper, Bette Midler and Nat King Cole's daughter Natalie. . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
He received 47 Emmy Award nominations and won 18 for such programs as "Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music" (1965), "Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back" (1977), and "Baryshnikov on Broadway (1980), starring ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov."He defined what the network spectacular was in the 1960s and 1970s," said Ron Simon, a curator at the Paley Center for Media, a New York-based museum of radio and television history. "He was the go-to guy for any established performer to create a special... (Boston Globe)
A: "I love being a show girl so I have to go with all the good and proper gay divas Cher, Judy, Marilyn, Ann Margret, Dolly all of them. I love Joni Mitchell, I love Bjork, I love all different kinds of performers. But those show girls are gutsy ladies. I am desperate to make it to see Bette Midler in concert. You've got to pay respect to those girls.". Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Music)
The 50th annual awards show, which takes place on February 10, also announced the first slate of presenters, which will feature a variety of past Grammy winners including Natalie Cole, Juanes, Cyndi Lauper, Bette Midler and Bonnie Raitt. And the prime-time spot for Canadian songwriter/ sometime Broken Social Scene member Leslie Feist will give the "1234" singer her biggest national (and international) exposure to date. (VHI.com -- Music News)
For Newton-John, the performance will seal her status as one of that select group of female singers whose age - she turns 60 in September - doesn't preclude adoration from a large gay fan base; Barbra Streisand, Cher, Bette Midler and Liza Minnelli are similarly well-loved. It will be Newton-John's first performance at a gay festival, suggesting that 30 years after tossing aside her good-girl image in the finale of Grease, she's doing it all over again. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Among her co-stars: Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler and Colin Firth. Tickets, showtimes and venues and a full list of films are at. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Stars: Annette Bening, Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Candace Bergen, Bette Midler, Jada Pinkett Smith, Debra Messing, Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman, and Debi Mazar. Story: An update of George Cukor's 1939 classic that starred Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Joan Fontaine. (Boston Globe)
A force at Atlantic Records during its heyday in the '60s and '70s, Dorn produced back-to-back Grammy-winning records for Roberta Flack "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly." He also produced Bette Midler s groundbreaking 1973 debut, "The Divine Miss M.". A hugely influential jazz producer as well, Dorn was as important to Atlantic s history as the late Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, the beloved Arif Mardin and Tom Dowd and the last living Atlantic legend, Jerry Wexler. (Fox News)
Joke books were not meant to be taken too seriously, and neither was this one but it will amuse and challenge anyone who s been dying to know what Hegel and Bette Midler have in common. Best book to make you feel like a kid again: The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden; The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz Intentionally old-fashioned, the Dangerous and Daring books have become a phenomenon because of their appeal not only to kids but to... (Newton Tab, MA)
Bette Midler will be taking Dion's place at Caesars Palace with The Showgirl Must Go On - due to open on 20 February 2008. Copyright World Entertainment News Network. (WOKR13 Rochester)
In February Bette Midler will move into Dion's theater, and Dion will begin a worldwide tour for her new album, "Taking Chances.". In an interview outside the gift shop, Luc Plamondon, a Paris-based songwriter who has worked with Dion, said that many in the music industry initially questioned her decision to do a residency. (International Herald Tribune)
Taking Dion s place at Caesars Palace will be Bette Midler s The Showgirl Must Go On, which is set to open Feb. 20. Tomorrow morning, it will be back to reality and back to (being) mommy, Dion told reporters after the show. (KHOU.com, TX)
Bette Midler: "Cool Yule". "The Jethro Tull Christmas Album". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
" Her voice trails off sadly. She gets teary when asked to dash off a farewell note to Las Vegas on a piece of her show's stationery. Any advice for Bette Midler, who moves into the Colosseum on Feb. 20 for a projected two-year, five-night-a-week stand? "(Midler) said, 'Is there anything I should know. And I said, 'Make them fix the stage for you - flatten that stage. (Las Vegas Sun)
Bette Midler will take over for Dion starting Feb. 20; she is inked to deliver 250 shows within the 2 years that follow her opening. John will do about 50 shows in 2008, and another performer -- rumored to be either Diana Ross or Cher -- will be coming in to do an additional 80-100 shows per year when Midler and John are out. (Variety)
"On another level, we have gotten carried away with our own movie and want to tour! It's like when Bette Midler toured after The Rose.". The performance matched the movie's R rating many times with many double-entendres involving his character's name and come-ons to every woman in sight. (USA Today)
Hillary Clinton of New York - Barbra Streisand, Hugh Hefner, John Grisham, Jerry Springer, Chevy Chase, Rosie O'Donnell, Candice Bergen, Christie Brinkley, Barry Manilow, Mary Steenburgen, Marlo Thomas, Sharon Lawrence, Bette Midler, Alex Baldwin, Martha Stewart, Merle Haggard. Sen. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Artists such as Tom Waits and Bette Midler have won legal victories on similar grounds for sound-alike recordings used in TV commercials. In those cases, the imitation recordings were ruled to have infringed the artists' rights to publicity by leading consumers to associate the artist with the advertised product. (USA Today)
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Hollywood snapped it up and filmed it twice, in 1975 starring Katharine Ross and Paula Prentiss and again in 2004 with Nicole Kidman and Bette Midler. There also were made-for-television sequels. (Los Angeles Times)
Glenn Close feels the love from Bette Midler at the Sundance Institue gala on November 5 ... Once her serving duties were over, Close joined Bette Midler at dinner, where attendees were treated to a surprise performance of "Totally Fucked" by the cast of the Tony award-winning musical "Spring Awakening," a production that got its start at Sundance Institute's Theater lab. (Variety)
The 12-track album comprises four cover versions of their favourite songs Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler), The Prayer (Cline Dion and Andrea Bocelli), Ill Be There (Jackson Five) and Bring Him Home (Les Misrables). The Prayer is dedicated to their mother, who has Parkinsons disease. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
"You grow and you learn, you live and learn and I forced myself to deal with a lot of the issues I had 'cause they kept resurfacing as I would suppress them, Janet told us. But in both cases I had to get out. I no longer need a piece of paper; all I need is a spiritual commitment. Paris Uses Parties and Panties to Get Political Paris Hilton s journey to Rwanda has been put on the backburner, so the party princess has turned her post-prison focus to supporting our troops. Pop Tarts almost didn t... (Fox News)
Hulaween, as Bette Midler calls it, was the occasion for people like the distinguished Ellen Levine of Hearst to dress up like a Crayola crayon and hit the Waldorf. Such a gang and Bette worked the room like the pro she is, going table to table, calling people unprintable politically incorrect names, forcing them to ante up for the N.Y. Restoration Project. (Variety)
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Over $2M was raised tonight at the star- studded Hulaween benefit for Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project (NYRP) ... Greeted by an enthusiastic audience, Mayor Bloomberg said, "Hulaween is a special event - benefiting a wonderful organization. None of it would have been possible without the marvelous Bette Midler. For 12 years, the New York Restoration Project has done so much to make this a cleaner, more beautiful New York. We are working together to... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
There have always been raunchy women in movies - from Mae West to Bette Midler - but I don't know that they've ever been as popular with both sexes. Many of the younger stars in movies are now sexy, funny and a little bit, well, slutty. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Johnny Carson's tears were touching on the second-to-last night of his career, while serenaded by Bette Midler. As for awards shows, aren't we even a little disappointed (and bored) when a winner doesn't cry. (AZCentral -- News)
"Then She Found Me," based on a popular novel by Elinor Lipman, stars Hunt, Bette Midler and Colin Firth. . (Variety)
Elton John, Celine Dion, Gladys Knight and Bette Midler, for example, have made Las Vegas their headquarters. But Lopez, the new attorney, tells me the beleaguered pop star has no interest in touring or performing. (Fox News)
But then Bette Midler took a hammer to it, and every singer since then has been pounding away at that song. Now when I hear it, I get a bit nauseated. (Anchorage Daily News)
April - Helen Hunt Frank - Colin Firth Bernice - Bette Midler Ben - Matthew Broderick Freddy - Ben Shenkman Alan - John Benjamin Hickey. Thesp Helen Hunt makes an exceptionally deft and self-assured debut as a multi-hyphenate with "Then She Found Me," a smart, subtle and seriously funny dramedy bound to find favor with sophisticated auds. (Variety)
" Theater is all about remembering words.THE DIANE English version of "The Women" will be like Claire Booth Luce's original in that it boasts an all female cast. But the 1939 era depicted is being brought up to contemporary standards. At the moment Bette Midler, Cloris Leachman, Carrie Fisher, Lynn Whitfield, Joanna Gleason, Ana Gasteyer and Debi Mazar have joined Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Candice Bergen in this rich cast.THE BARBARA Walters-Bill... (Variety)
At the moment, Bette Midler, Cloris Leachman, Carrie Fisher, Lynn Whitfield, Joanna Gleason, Ana Gasteyer and Debi Mazar have joined Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith and Candice Bergen in this rich cast. PAGE 1. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Out of nowhere, her birth mother (Bette Midler, in another of those over-the-top roles she specializes in) shows up and attempts to make amends for giving her up. For every movie about giving life, there was another about taking it. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Famous Sagittarians: Woody Allen, Jane Austen, Christina Applegate, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Maria Callas, Eugene Ionesco, John F. Kennedy Jr., Bette Midler, Brad Pitt, Monica Seles, Frank Sinatra, Steven Spielberg, Tina Turner, Mark Twain, Gianni Versace. Strengths: Convivial, enthusiastic, ethical, expansive, fair, generous, idealistic, independent, optimistic, outgoing, spontaneous, tolerant, wise. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Cast of 'Women' grows The roster of women starring in "The Women" just got a bit longer with Bette Midler, Cloris Leachman, and Joanna Gleason joining the cast that includes Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, and Eva Mendes. Carrie Fisher, Lynn Whitfield, Ana Gasteyer, and Debi Mazar have finished filming their scenes, and Midler was in town yesterday doing her bit, but writer-director Diane English and her crew are slated to decamp today for a few days of shooting in the suburbs. (Boston Globe)
Before things sort themselves out, you've experienced two homicides, a fatal accident, a worm-riddled antihero and a man who sells his soul so that he can sing "Wind Beneath My Wings" and hit the high note just like Bette Midler. It's a series of interlocking monologues written in a shuddering, syncopated, loose-limbed rhyming verse. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
BOSTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Bette Midler and Cloris Leachman head a new list of celebrated actresses joining the ensemble cast of Picturehouse and Inferno Entertainment's "The Women" now shooting in Boston ... The cast of characters include the following: Bette Midler plays a five time divorcee; Cloris Leachman plays a housekeeper; Carrie Fisher plays a noted magazine writer; Lynn Whitfield plays the head fashion buyer for Saks Fifth Avenue; Joanna Gleason plays a high society diva; Ana... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Bette Midler, Cloris Leachman, Carrie Fisher, Lynn Whitfield, Joanna Gleason, Ana Gasteyer and Debi Mazar have joined "The Women," the Diane English-directed remake of the 1939 comedy. Pic is currently shooting in Boston. (Variety)
The Toronto lineup features Hunts Then She Found Her, in which she stars with Bette Midler, Colin Firth and Matthew Broderick; Bernals Deficit, a study of class strife in Mexico; Eastwoods Rails & Ties, a drama with Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden; Kenneth Branaghs Sleuth, with Michael Caine and Jude Law; Frank Whaleys buddy drama New York City Serenade, with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Chris Klein; Stuart Townsends Battle in Seattle, featuring... (MSNBC -- News)
Sources indicated interest from the Weinstein Co. and Lionsgate, but TWC insisted it never made a formal offer for the pic, which stars Hunt, Bette Midler and Colin Firth. On the morning of the news of her deal, Hunt admitted her "naivete is terrifying" when it comes to the intricacies behind the distribution pact made for the film. (Variety)
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