Bette Midler (61 page)

(98)

Tower Records.com, 2002, Internet site, quoting press reviews from various sources, as individually indicated.

(99)

Mick Martin and Marsha Porter,
Video Movie Guide 2001
(Ballantine Books, 2000).

(100)

Carol Wallace, “Bette Midler: At 40, the Sassiest Mouth in Showbiz Surprises Herself with a Happy Marriage/Happy at Last? You Bette,”
People
(February 3, 1986).

(101)

Jack Curry, “Bette Is Back: The Refined Miss M,”
USA Weekend
(January 31–February 2, 1986).

(102)

John Corry, review of
Bette Midler: Art or Bust! New York Times
, 1984.

(103)

“Random Notes: The Prime of Miss Bette Midler,”
Rolling Stone
(January 30, 1986).

(104)

Stephen M. Silverman, “Mazursky Up & At ‘Em, Thanks to
Down & Out,” New York Post
.

(105)

Bruce Cook, “Up and into Beverly Hills,”
News
, Van Nuys, California, January 31, 1986.

(106)

Roger Ebert, review of
Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Chicago Sun Times
, January 31, 1986.

(107)

Richard Shickel, review of his
Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Time
, 1986.

(108)

Bill Morrison, review of
Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Raleigh, North Carolina, News and Observer
, February 12, 1986.

(109)

Michael Neill, “The Divine Misses M,” “Chatter” item,
People
, 1986.

(110)

Monica Collins, “Miss M Never Divined She’d Be This Happy,”
USA Today
(July 14, 1988).

(111)

Cathleen McGuigan, “The Divine Mrs. M,”
Newsweek
(June 30, 1986).

(112)

“ ‘The Divine Miss M’ Plays a Hellish Hostage in
Ruthless People,” News
, Armadillo, Texas; August 3, 1986.

(113)

Eleanor Ringel, “Dandy DeVito vs. Best Bette,”
Atlanta Journal
, June 27, 1986.

(114)

“Ruthless People
at Holiday Cinemas,”
Register Citizen
, Torrington, Connecticut; July 1, 1986.

(115)

Peter Travers, review of
Outrageous Fortune, People
(February 16, 1987).

(116)

David Ansen with Peter McAlevey, “Some Down and Dirty Zingers,”
Newsweek
(January 26, 1987).

(117)

Richard Corliss, “Femeraderie” a review of
Outrageous Fortune, Time
(February 2, 1987).

(118)

Geoprgea Kovanis, “A Few Words with John Schuck,”
Detroit Free Press
, July 19, 1988.

(119)

“Florida Heiress Doesn’t Want Midler Cast in
Palm Beached,” St. Petersburg Times
, August 22, 1986.

(120)

James Kaplan, “The Real Life Drama behind Bette’s New Hit Show/Bette Midler’s Divine Inspiration,”
US
(October 30, 2000).

(121)

Marylynn Uricchio, “Comedy Is Proving to Be Bette Midler’s Route to Success,”
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
, April 22, 1986.

(122)

Big Business
, Touchstone Home Video packaging, quoting reviews from both
Good Morning America
and
People
.

(123)

Roger Ebert, review of
Big Business, Chicago Sun Times
, June 10, 1988.

(124)

Marvin Kitman, review of
Bette Midler’s Mondo Beyondo, Newsday
(1988).

(125)

Susan Spillman, “Bette’s the Boss: Her Production Team Gets Aggressive,”
USA Today
(January 5, 1989).

(126)

Susan Spillman, “The Delicate Art of Hooking Moviegoers,”
USA Today
(November 21, 1991).

(127)

Beaches
, Touchstone Home Video packaging, quoting reviews from both the
Washington Post
and the
Hollywood Reporter
.

(128)

Leonard Maltin,
1998 Movie & Video Guide
(Signet Books, 1997).

(129)

Roger Ebert, review of
Beaches, Chicago Sun Times
, January 13, 1989.

(130)

Ron Graham, “Stella, Reborn As an Unmarried Mother,”
New York Times
, July 16, 1989.

(131)

Allison J. Waldman,
The Bette Midler Scrapbook
(Citadel, 1997).

(132)

Roger Ebert, review of
Stella, Chicago Sun-Times
, February 2, 1990.

(133)

Gene Siskell, review of
Stella, Chicago Tribune
, February 1990.

(134)

Stanley Kauffmann, review of
Stella, New Republic
(1990).

(135)

Roger Ebert, review of
Scenes from a Mall, Chicago Sun-Times
, 1991.

(136)

David Denby, review of
Scenes from a Mall, New York
(1991).

(137)

Geraldo Rivera with Daniel Paisner,
Exposing Myself
(Bantam, Doubleday, Dell, 1991).

(138)

Ann Trebbe, “Midler’s Turn to Expose Geraldo,”
USA Today
(November 4, 1991).

(139)

John Barry, “Bette Makes Geraldo Squirm with Anguish,”
Arizona Daily Star
, from the Knight-Rider Newswire, November 9, 1991.

(140)

Mitchell Fink, “The Insider/Cadillac Fracas,”
People
(November 25, 1991).

(141)

“Singer Bette Midler Joins California Program to Clean Freeway,”
Arizona Daily Star
, from the Associated Press Newswire, November 10, 1991.

(142)

Yakety Yak, Take It Back
, video public service tape, 1991.

(143)

Judy Gerstel, “Is It Midler? Or Lip-Synched by Computer?” Tucson’s
Arizona Daily Star
, from the Knight-Rider newswire, December 6, 1991.

(144)

Jeannie Williams, “How Bette Will Dress for Success,”
USA Today
(November 13, 1991).

(145)

For the Boys
, Twentieth Century Fox, DVD package, quoting various publications’ reviews of the film.

(146)

Bob Thomas, review of
For the Boys
, Associated Press, 1991.

(147)

Renata Polt, “Holiday Fare/A Musical Comedy Starring the Inimitable Bette Midler,”
Pacific Sun
, November 29, 1991.

(148)

Mike Clark, “For the Boys, Midler Lets Loose,”
USA Today
(November 22, 1991).

(149)

“Stars and Gripes,” a review of the film
For the Boys, Entertainment Weekly
(November 29, 1991).

(150)

Amy Dawes, “Film Reviews/For
the Boys,” Daily Variety
, November 18, 1991.

(151)

“Movieola,” review of
For the Boys, Orbit
(December 12, 1991).

(152)

David Patrick Sterns, “Movie Soundtracks with Winning Scores,”
USA Today
(December 6, 1991).

(153)

Ann Trebbe, “The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards: A Night of Glitter and Congratulations/Midler’s Burst Bubble,”
USA Today
(January 20, 1992).

(154)

“Sound-Alike Ads,”
USA Today
(March 24, 1992).

(155)

Matt Roush, “Bringing Out the
Gypsy
in Midler/Her Happiest Night with Johnny,”
USA Today
(July 20, 1993).

(156)

Gypsy
, album liner notes, Atlantic Records, 1993.

(157)

Ken Tucker, “Sure Bette,” a review of
Gypsy, Entertainment Weekly
(December 10, 1993).

(158)

Jonathan Taylor, review of
Gypsy, Daily Variety
, December 8, 1993.

(159)

Susan Wlosczyna, “Midler, As Divine As Ever,”
USA Today
(August 27, 1993).

(160)

Stephen Holden, “The Two Sides of Bette Midler, Mushy and Divine,”
New York Times
, July 16, 1995.

(161)

Michael Wilmington, review of
Get Shorty, Chicago Tribune
, 1995.

(162)

Janet Maslin, review of
Get Shorty, New York Times
, 1995.

(163)

Howard Cohen, review of
Bette of Roses, Miami Herald
, 1995.

(164)

Home Box Office, 1997, promo-interview regarding the HBO special
Diva Las Vegas
.

(165)

Owen Gleiberman, “Ms. Guided Effort,”
Entertainment Weekly
(September 27, 1996).

(166)

Richard Corliss, “The Ladies Who Lunge,”
Time
(October 7, 1996).

(167)

Elizabeth Gleick, “Hell Hath No Fury,”
Time
(October 7, 1996).

(168)

John Anderson, review of
That Old Feeling, Los Angeles Times
, 1997.

(169)

Jessica Shaw, “Dial M for Midler,”
Entertainment Weekly
(September 18, 1998).

(170)

People
, 1998, a gossip item from the magazine’s website.

(171)

Sherri Sylvester, “
Get Bruce
Documents Career of Joke-Writing King,” CNN (from CNN.com website), August 11, 1999.

(172)

Jonathan Mandell, “Always Divine, Now Garbage Has Made Her a Saint,”
New York Times
, November 17, 1999.

(173)

Clara Hall, “Hard Work If You Can Get It,”
Los Angeles Times, Calendar
, 2000.

(174)

Jerry Fink, “Midler Divine for Her Globe-Hopping Followers,”
Las Vegas Sun
, January 3, 2000.

(175)

Susan Wlosczyna, “ ‘Mona Immersed in Swill,”
USA Today
(March 3, 2000).

(176)

Paul Tatara,
“Drowning Mona
Has That Sinking Feeling,” CNN (from CNN.com website), March 14, 2000.

(177)

Bill Zwecker, review of
Drowning Mona
, WMAQ-TV, 2000, as quoted on the DVD package of the film.

(178)

Leonard Maltin,
Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide 2002
(Signet, 2001).

(179)

Mick Martin and Marsha Porter,
The Video Movie Guide 2002
(Ballantine, 2001).

(180)

Isn’t She Great?
Universal Pictures 2000, DVD package production notes.

(181)

Karen Durbin, “A Princess of Pulp Returns to Even the Score,”
New York Times
, January 16, 2000.

(182)

Roger Ebert, review of
Isn’t She Great? Chicago Sun Times
, 2000.

(183)

Laura Fries, “Bette,” a television review,
Daily Variety
, October 10, 2000.

(184)

Cynthia Littleton, “CBS 3-Peat: Bette, Dear, Fugitive,”
Hollywood Reporter
, October 31–November 6, 2000.

(185)

Rachel Fischer, “Divine Comedy,”
Hollywood Reporter
, Show Biz Kids Special Issue, December 2000.

(186)

Marc Cetner, Michael Glynn, Patricia Towle, and Nim Nelson, “Bette Midler’s Secret Agony—Pals Fear She’s Heading for a Second Breakdown,”
National Enquirer
, November 7, 2000.

(187)

“Bette’s Castoffs,”
People
(December 18, 2000).

(188)

Robert Lloyd, “Cruise Control,”
LA Weekly
(November 3–9, 2000).

(189)

Tom Gliatoo, “Tube” column, “Finding Lucy,”
People
(December 4, 2000).

(190)

Cynthia Littleton, “Bette Doesn’t Pay Off for CBS,”
Hollywood Reporter
, March 6–12, 2001.

(191)

The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards
, CBS-TV, February 21, 2001.

(192)

Spring Gala, a benefit held in New York City, to benefit the YMCA, May 22, 2001.