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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 652

Bette Midler

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice holds up his dog Babydog's rear end as a message to people who've doubted the state as he comes to the end of his State of the State speech in the House chambers, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Charleston, W.Va. (Chris Dorst/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
January 29, 2022, 2:01 am
WV governor tells Bette Midler to kiss his dog’s ‘heinie’ – and shows it
Singer draws an angry response for calling West Virginians ‘poor, illiterate and strung out’ after local Senator Joe Manchin refused to support Biden’s Build Back Better Act
By LEAH WILLINGHAM
Bette Midler stars in "Coastal Elites." (HBO)
September 12, 2020, 4:46 am
Bette Midler shines as an angry Jew in HBO’s new film ‘Coastal Elites’
Debuting Saturday, Jewish actress stars in ‘socially distanced satire,’ set during pandemic, that centers on divide between America’s liberal cities and conservative center
By Curt Schleier
Bette Midler arrives at the Tony Awards in New York, June 11, 2017. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
August 28, 2020, 12:16 am
Bette Midler apologizes for mocking Melania Trump’s accented English
Some of Midler’s critics note that the US first lady speaks five languages — Slovenian, English, French, Italian and German — and tell actress she was being unnecessarily mean
By Marcy Oster
Bette Midler arrives at the Tony Awards in New York, June 11, 2017. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
October 6, 2018, 6:07 pm
Bette Midler apologizes for n-word tweet, says was angered by Kavanuagh probe
Entertainer deletes post after explaining she was quoting song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as angry response to brief FBI probe into Supreme Court nominee
By Agencies
This combination photo shows Geraldo Rivera left, and Bette Midler. (Photo by Richard Shotwell, left, and Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
December 3, 2017, 6:01 pm
Geraldo Rivera, accused of groping Bette Midler, tweets apology
TV personality insists he recalls events differently, but actress is entitled to an apology for the ‘public embarrassment’ he caused her
By JTA
This combination photo shows Geraldo Rivera left, and Bette Midler. (Photo by Richard Shotwell, left, and Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
November 30, 2017, 11:49 pm
With tweet, Geraldo Rivera revives claim he drugged, groped Bette Midler
After he came to defense of Matt Lauer, Bette Midler calls on TV personality to apologize for allegedly sexually assaulting her in 1970s
By Gabe Friedman
Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera at the White House on May 2, 2011. (CC BY Mark Taylor, Wikimedia Commons)
November 30, 2017, 11:37 am
Geraldo Rivera backs fired news host Matt Lauer
Fox News disowns tweets from its commentator, who says news is a ‘flirty business’ and calls ‘Today’ host ‘a real gentleman’
By ToI Staff
Producer Andre Bishop accepts the award for Best Play for 'Oslo' onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 11, 2017 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions/AFP)
June 12, 2017, 8:17 am
Play inspired by Mideast peace process wins at Tony Awards
At 71st annual event, Bette Midler wins first-ever statuette, and steamrolls the play-off during her acceptance speech
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Some of the talent behind 'Dear Evan Hansen,' from left: Lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, writer Steven Levinson and lead actor Ben Platt at the NYU Skirball Center, May 7, 2017. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Lucille Lortel Awards/JTA)
June 10, 2017, 8:01 am
Tony Awards 2017: Seven Jewish plays to watch
From a show about Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to a Broadway legend playing a cosmetics doyenne, here are the productions expected to win big
By Linda Buchwald
Actress, singer and founder of NYRP Bette Midler attends the 2016 New York Restoration Project's Spring Picnic at Morris-Jumel Mansion, in New York City, June 1, 2016 . (Monica Schipper/WireImage)
May 2, 2017, 9:40 pm
The Jews and the Tonys: ‘Oslo’ and ‘Indecent’ nominated for best play
Bette Midler performance in revival of ‘Hello Dolly’ earns her a nomination for top actress in a musical
By JTA
November 24, 2014, 2:25 pm
Bette Midler talks Jewish shop on London tour stop
While promoting her new album, The Divine Miss M discusses her Hawaiian Judaism and the paucity of accurate portrayals of pogroms on film
By Liam Hoare
Bette Midler in the 1993 film 'Hocus Pocus,' a comedic twist on the Salem witch trials of 1692 (photo courtesy: Walt Disney Pictures)
October 31, 2014, 4:26 pm
More than ‘Hocus Pocus’ to Salem’s Jewish past
Biblical history and Mosaic Law permeated the lives — and deaths — of the Massachusetts Bay community which would not ‘suffer a witch to live’
By Matt Lebovic
Michael Douglas (photo credit: Colin Young-Wolff /Invision/AP)
January 13, 2014, 1:11 pm
Celebs show philanthropic side at Haiti benefit
Jewish stars attending benefit include Bette Midler, Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Silverman
By AP
Bette Midler plays talent agent Sue Mengers in her new one-woman show "Ill Eat You Last" (image capture: YouTube)
April 29, 2013, 11:54 pm
Bette Midler gets to make fun of Hollywood
In Broadway’s ‘I’ll Eat You Last,’ which charts the transition of a chubby Jewish girl into a top Tinseltown talent agent, the Divine Miss M swears a blue streak and never has to stand up
By Mark Kennedy
Beastie Boys in Barcelona, 2007 (photo credit: Michael Morel, CC-BY, wikipedia)
April 14, 2012, 2:40 am
Class of 2012 has a Jewish tune
This year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee class includes eight Jewish musicians and artists
By Matt DeFaveri
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