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THE
IMMORTAL MIDLER |
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Bette Midler's manager, Aaron Russo, shut down her Oslo, Norway concert
when the theatre refused to allow her crew to set up Bette's own
lighting!
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BETTE
MIDLER: “I was an ugly, fat, little Jewish girl who had problems . . .
I kept trying to be like everyone else but nothing worked.
One day I decided to be myself!” |
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BETTE
MIDLER has
her
next film role all lined up. It will be in the remake of Gypsy. Rosalind
Russell starred in the
original in '63, but it wasn't
successful. |
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BETTE
MIDLER: "I'm bigger than life - if anyone can do it, I can." |
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The joke's on you if you swallowed all those tales racing around recently that Bette Midler was so broke, because of tax bills, that she was doing "extra" work as a waitress in a top New York nitery. Yep, Bette did just that one night, but it was the result of a bet. She either did it on a dare, or lost the bet; can't recall which. Anyway, the
irrepressible Bette had customers - and fans - spinning there for a bit. |
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NEW
DUO: The latest celebrity twosome is sort of interesting. I hear that
actor Robert De Niro, who likes to stay out of the limelight, has
discovered Bette Midler who loves the glare of the celebrity spotlight.
The pair are inseparable and certainly do make an unusual combination.
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Bette Midler
joined Tom Waits at the Troubadour in Los Angeles
recently
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SPINNING TALES . . . BETTE MIDLER's third album has gone down the tubes. It
will be totally "reworked" by soul producer TONY SYLVESTER. PAUL SIMON was the original producer on the long overdue LP. Bet
he doesn't have any "Kodachromes” for fondly remembering this partnership
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The
newest blazing feud is that
of
BETTE MIDLER and
HELEN
REDDY. Seems
BETTE
describes
HELEN
on
her TV special to be aired in the fall, as
loitering before an audience.
They bumped into each other at a discotheque recently, and if looks
could kill,
BETTE
would
be a casualty. |
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Look
for DIANE KEATON to turn singer! Yes, the talented actress
is going to record a few sides with record producer BROOKS ARTHUR; he's
the man who produced KEITH CARRADINE and BETTE MIDLER's latest
LP's, and who won the Grammy Award a few years back for producing JANIS
IAN's
"At Seventeen." More on this later;
we'll keep you posted on DIANE's singing career. .
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No love
lost between BARBRA STREISAND and BETTE MIDLER. At a party the other day, somebody asked Barbra
how she liked Midler's new hit record. With sweet innocence, Barbra
asked, “Midler who?"
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BETTE! DIVINE MADNESS - Tacky, sometimes trashy but full to the brim with the
lady’s energy. That's Bette
Midler onstage, and that's all that has to be said. Christmas and New
Year's Eve performances, but no shows Christmas Day or Jan. 1. At the
Majestic, W, 44th St. (246-0730). Seats difficult, but that shouldn't
stop true fans. |
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Bette
Midler is recording four tunes in Los Angeles, to be followed by a
session with Paul Simon in New York . . . |