Bette Midler News

From 1968 to 1974, the Continental Baths reigned as New York's premier bathhouse.

From 1968 to 1974, the Continental Baths reigned as New York's premier bathhouse.

Sure, the quintessential Bette Midler tear-jerker is schlocky. But it has something to say about our primal longing for the shore NOBODY HANGS 10 in the movie "Beaches."

Will Tom Hanks win a Tony Award for his Broadway debut in the late Nora Ephron's drama Lucky Guy ? Will 88-year-old Cicely Tyson also pick up her first for the revival A Trip to Bountiful ? And which buzzy new musical featuring a cross-dressing lead actor - Matilda or Kinky Boots - will emerge victorious? Will Bette Midler make an appearance ... (more)

The 'Behind the Candelabra' star, who was diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2010, believes the illness was caused by HPV [human papillomavirus], which is best known for causing cervical cancer but has been linked to throat cancer, and Bette is happy he has brought attention to this epidemic.

Bette Midler raised a few eyebrows when she announced she'd return to Broadway after 30-plus-year absence in a non-musical. The Divine Miss M. decided she'd play it straight as another divine one, Sue Mengers, in Joe Logan's acclaimed comedy I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers .

'Terrible is the temptation to do good!' wrote Bertolt Brecht. Oh, fap, to the Tony Awards, the great Bette Midler must have said at the end of last week.

Audiences know Bette Midler for playing brash and outrageous in comedies like "Ruthless People" and tugging at heartstrings in dramas like "Beaches." Now Midler is on Broadway charming audiences in a one-woman show - and doing it all without taking a single step.

Audiences know Bette Midler for playing brash and outrageous in comedies like "Ruthless People" and tugging at heartstrings in dramas like "Beaches." Now Midler is on Broadway charming audiences in a one-woman show - and doing it all without taking a single step.

Ten years ago, a little girl named Alex Scott thought she could raise enough money selling lemonade to make cancer go away.

Bette Midler attends her "Hulaween" gala, a celebration of the singer's 60th birthday and the 10th Anniversary of the New York Restoration Project, at the Waldorf Astoria October 31, 2005 in New York City.

So there is little doubt fellow attendees would have been thrilled to see Bette Midler team up with newsreader Katie Couric at a charity picnic in New York on Thursday.

Bette Midler is charming Broadway audiences as the legendary Hollywood agent Sue Mengers in John Logan's new solo play I'll Eat You Last .

One of the most highly acclaimed musicals in Broadway history will touch down in the West Island in coming days when the West Island Student Theatre Association presents their version of 'Gypsy,' the story of former burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee and her relationship with her mother - the ultimate stage mom.