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...stage persona, high decibel enough to reach the cheap seats. But TV needs character, not caricature, and interplay, not vamping. When "Bette" sings Wind Beneath My Wings to make up to her hubby, Midler is really playing to the studio audience. If this were satire, like Grosse Pointe or even Cybill, it might show her character as a bit self-absorbed. But since Bette is at most a loving spoof, the message, in "Bette's" words, is "I'm a goddess!" Even if you agree, you may wish she'd dim down the halo...
...vivacious Midler, who could shine if her character broadens to let her stretch her skills, not just her vocal cords. Midler is an actress, after all, even if an ageist movie biz tends to forget that. As she says, "There is still a lot of life in this old girl. I think I'm funnier, look better and am better than ever before, and I think it's stupid to quit." Let's hope she doesn't. And let's hope Bette lets Bette be a better "Bette...
...Billy's tough brother (star quality could be blooming there); and Bell, a comely lad whose unaffected poise carries the film and brings charm to its excesses. It's a victory for Bell to be so natural in a movie so calculating. And victorious they both may be, perhaps even at Oscar time. At a Manhattan screening last week, one Academy member effused, "I'm marking it off in all categories...
...Even before the history of the Beatles was recorded in The Beatles Anthology (Chronicle Books; 367 pages; $60), it was written on the faces of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Just look at the comedy-musical A Hard Day's Night (1964), from the dawn of Beatlemania: the footage is black and white, the lads are all in proper-looking suits, their hair cut just below their ears, their faces bright and clean shaven (except for McCartney's fake goatee in the opening scene). Then screen the edgier Let It Be (1970), the documentary that recorded the Fab Four...
...sitting on cash, start looking for bargains as tax-related selling and general October angst drive stocks down further. Don't abandon tech stocks, but don't be wed to them either. Slowing PC demand is a problem. Cheaper groups such as banks, utilities and energy--even after a recent run--may serve you better. Above all, don't panic, especially if others...