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AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH BETTE:  Anything but Midler-of-the-road, the Divine Miss M takes her trash-with-flash act across the country for her first nightclub tour in five years. Coming on the heels of her first network TV special (NBC's Ol' Red Hair Is Back) and coinciding with the release of her fifth album, Broken Blossom. Midler's new stage show has played to SAO audiences in Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Next stop: New York's Copacabana, where she begins a 10-day engagement this Thursday. Then on to Cleveland, Jan. 26-29. It's a long way from the Continental Baths.  Ol' red hair Bette makes her nightclub comeback with a national tour.

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If you think Tina Onassis had something to say about Jackie O, wait until you hear what Bette Midler said about Jackie on Broadway!

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"People always want you to prove yourself," moans Bette Midler of fame. "You can never be enough for them and it makes you feel like you're failing."

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At a party, Phoebe gets a chance to rap with another top female performer, Bette Midler.

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FOR THE ASK THEM YOURSELF EDITOR 
I just love Bette Midler. How come we don't read more about her? - K. O., Alexandria, Va. 

Miss Midler, one of this country's fastest rising and most talented singers, won't cooperate with the press, who are anxious to include her in stories and articles. She says that unless the story is about her, and her alone, she doesn't want to be in it, because she doesn't like the idea of being lumped together with similar celebrities. Last year she won “After Dark" magazine's Entertainer of the Year award, and this year she won a Grammy Award for the Best New Artist. Incidentally, another star who thinks the same way is Barbra Streisand.