SAG-AFTRA presidential candidate Matthew Modine has come to the defense of Bette Midler, who Donald Trump this week called a "washed up psycho." "I’m told the leader of the free world squeaked that the Divine Ms. M is a 'washed up psycho,'" Modine told Deadline. "I wish we all had half the chutzpah, temerity…

President Trump has taken time out of his state visit to the U.K. to clarify his comments about Meghan Markle, and to bash Bette Midler. In a new interview with Piers Morgan for ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Trump sought to explain his comment last week using the word “nasty” in reference to the Duchess of Sussex. "I…

During the Pose panel at PaleyFest, Ryan Murphy revealed tons of news for the hit FX series and he also spilled some casting news about his forthcoming Netflix series The Politician. He announced that Bette Midler and Judith Light will be joining the cast and Pose writer and director Janet Mock will helm an…

Bette Midler will be taking the stage at the 91st Academy Awards. The Tony, Grammy and Emmy winner shared the news on Twitter Saturday that she’ll be performing “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns. “So, (drum roll) Ladies and Gentlemen, I will be chanteusing (that’s singing) on the Oscars on Feb…

EXCLUSIVE: Bette Midler is the latest Hollywood star set to join Julie Taymor’s Gloria Steinem biopic The Glorias: A Life On The Road. Director Taymor revealed the attachment yesterday afternoon during a buzzed-about AFM buyer presentation for the movie, which Steinem herself video-called in for from New York. Many of…

EXCLUSIVE: Some hefty star power is coming to Murphy Brown. Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner Bette Midler (Hello, Dolly!; Beaches; First Wives Club), Golden Globe nominee Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan, Jane The Virgin, Law & Order SVU), Emmy and Tony winner John Larroquette (Night Court, The Librarians)…

Bette Midler has apologized for paraphrasing the title of a 1972 John Lennon-Yoko Ono song — Midler wrote “N-word,” John & Yoko spelled it out — in an angry tweet Thursay about the “too brief investigation” into Brett Kavanaugh. Midler’s apology reads: “The too brief investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh…

Refresh for updates Bette Midler, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Hugh Jackman and Barbra Streisand have added their remembrances to the continuing roster of condolences for Craig Zadan, the producer who ushered in a new era of musicals for a television audience. Zadan, whose credits include televised stagings of the…

MGM has set the voice cast for its Oct. 11, 2019 animated take on The Addams Family including Oscar winners Charlize Theron (Morticia),  Allison Janney (arch nemesis Margaux Needler), two-time Oscar nominee Bette Midler (Grandmama), Chloë Grace Moretz (Wednesday), Finn Wolfhard (Pugsley), and Nick Kroll (Uncle…

Bette Midler is heading back where she belongs, returning to Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! for the final six weeks of the hit Tony-winning show that won her a Tony of her own. Bernadette Peters, who took over the role after Midler’s departure, will end her run as previously scheduled on July 15, with Midler taking the…

A week after announcing on Real Time with Bill Maher that she would be resuming U.S. touring, comedian-provocateur Kathy Griffin told fans today that her Carnegie Hall show in New York nearly sold out in the first 24 hours they were on sale. Griffin announced an eight-stop tour of North America last week, a list of…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a fun project for Berlin: Bette Midler and Sharon Stone are teaming to co-star in the film version of Charles Busch’s Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated odd-couple Broadway comedy, The Tale Of The Allergist’s Wife. Andy Fickman, who directed Midler in 2012’s Parental Guidance, is helming. IMR will…