Tag: Bette Midler

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Funny: Jimmy Kimmel’s “Celebrities Read Mean Tweets”

Jimmy Kimmel brings us another installment of that fan favorite – Mean Tweets.

Watch as Jeff Bridges, Kristen Bell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Bette Midler, Liam Neeson, Emily Blunt, Salma Hayek, Andrew Garfield, Jack Black, Halle Berry, Tobey Maguire, Naomi Watts and George Clooney all read actual posts from the Twitterverse.

Some shrug it off; some have a few choice responses 🙂

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Bette Midler Has Highest Ever Billboard Chart Debut With “It’s The Girls”

Bette Midler’s new CD – It’s The Girls – marks her fifth consecutive decade of top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart with the new release coming in at #3 this week. That marks her highest debut on the chart ever.

Midler becomes only the second woman, after Barbra Streisand, to have top 10 albums in each of the last five decades (1970s through 2010s).

From Billboard:

Midler has only climbed higher on the chart once before, when the 1989 Beaches soundtrack hit No. 2. (It consists entirely of Midler tunes heard in the film, including the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Wind Beneath My Wings.”)

The three-time Grammy Award winner’s first top 10 came with her debut, The Divine Miss M, which arrived almost 42-years ago on the chart dated Dec. 9, 1972. It peaked at No. 9 the following March. She later visited the top 10 with a self-titled album (No. 6 in 1974), the Beaches soundtrack (No. 2 in 1989), Some People’s Lives (No. 6 in 1991) and Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook (No. 10 in 2005).

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Bette Midler – If Your Panties Fall Down, Keep On Singing

Asked what advice she would give drag queens who want to impersonate her, Bette Midler offered this:

“A good pair of shoes – a really good pair of shoes – because you’ll really hurt yourself. You’ll hurt your joints.

“And a serious undergarment. And if your panties fall down all around your feet, step out of them and keep on singing.”

Read PrideSource’s terrific interview with the Divine Miss M where she talks on being a “diva,” playing Mae West in the upcoming HBO biopic and her new CD “It’s The Girls” here.

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Bette Midler’s New Album “It’s The Girls”

Check this uber-fun video trailer for Bette Midler’s new album “It’s The Girls” which pays homage to the great singing girl groups with songs like “Be My Baby,” “One Fine Day,” and “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”

You can find the album at any digital retailer like Amazon or iTunes now.