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Bette
Midler backstage at the Grammy Awards, February
1990
Midler backstage at the Grammy Awards, February
1990
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1, 1945
U.S. Territory
comedy
actress, comedienne
Warner Bros. (1998–2001)
Columbia (2003–present)
Manilow
Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer,
actress
and comedian, also known (by her informal stage name) as The Divine
Miss
M. She has starred in live-action films such as Ruthless People and
Hocus
Pocus, as well as featuring in animated films such as Oliver &
CompanyFantasia 2000. and
During her more than forty-year career, Middler has been nominated
for two Academy Awards;
and won
four Grammy Awards, four
Golden
Globes, three Emmy Awards,
and a special Tony Award.
Recent work
In 2006, a new Christmas album Cool Yule was
released by Midler featuring the
title song (written by Steve
Allen) and a duet with Johnny Mathis of "Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow". Midler
next
starred in the 2007 film Then She Found Me,
directed by Helen Hunt and
starring Hunt, Matthew Broderick and Colin Firth, and
appeared on the American
Idol (season 6) finale,
singing "The Wind
Beneath My Wings" live at
the Kodak Theatre.
On December 6, 2007, Midler's album Cool Yule received a
Grammy
nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
Midler has a Vegas show
titled "Bette
Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On" at The
Colosseum at Caesars
Palace[11].
The show
consisted The
Staggering Harlettes, twenty
female dancers and a thirteen piece band. Midler was reportedly paid $40
million
per year for her 200 shows[11][11][12]. The show
debuted on February 20, 2008 and played it's final performance on
January 31,
2010 after a two year run.
A new "best of" album, "Jackpot: The
Best Bette", was released
in 2008 and reached #66 on the U.S. charts, and #6 in the U.K., where it
was
certified Platinum.
In June 2009, Midler appeared on the Bravo TV show "My Life on the
D-List" with Kathy
Griffin.
December 2009 saw Bette Midler appear on the British Royal Variety
Performance in front of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She performed
"In My
Life" and "Wind Beneath My Wings" (also known as "Hero") as the closing
act.
More recently, Midler reportedly confirmed that she will be releasing
a new
album of love songs entitled Leavin' Las Vegas in 2010. (citation
needed)
In October of 2009, at her annual Halloween Ball, she spoke about the
track
saying that it would be a track accompanied by a ukelele, written and
composed
for her by Julie Gold, who had also contributed "From A Distance"
to
Midler's repertoire. The title was derived from the only song Bette knew
as a
young singer.
On her new album, Bette has recorded a duet with Barry Manilow called
'The
Show must begin', a duet with Gladys Knight, and Estelle on the track 'I
freak
2'. Gladys joined Bette on stage in Las Vegas for her last show in 2010,
where
they talked about their duet.
[edit] Charity work
In 1995, Midler founded the New
York Restoration Project, a
non-profit organization with the goal of revitalizing neglected
neighborhood
parks in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods of New York City.
These
include Highbridge
Park, Fort
Washington Park, and Fort Tryon Park in
upper Manhattan and Roberto
Clemente State Park and
Bridge Park in the Bronx.
In 1999, the city planned to auction 114 community gardens for commercial development. Midler led a coalition of greening
organizations to
save them. NYRP took ownership of 60 of the most neglected plots. Today
Midler
and her organization work with local volunteers and community groups to
ensure
that these gardens are kept safe, clean and vibrant. In 2003, Midler
opened
Swindler Cove Park, a new 5-acre (20,000Â m2) public park on
the Harlem River shore
featuring
specially designed educational facilities and the Peter Jay Sharp
Boathouse, the
first community rowing facility to
be built on the Harlem River in
more than 100 years. The organization offers free in-school and
after-school environmental
education programming to
students from high-poverty Title I schools