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...have cojones. The woman who used to be lowered onto her stage show half-dressed on a clamshell has a famously unembarrassed willingness to say or do anything. It's around that bawdy, brassy presence that CBS built Bette, an old-fashioned star showcase that calls on her to sing, pratfall and generally serve up more ham than at an Easter dinner...
...rather, "Bette." The diva-ish drama queen Midler plays fuses the real woman's resume--a famous singer- actress who started out singing in New York City's gay bathhouses, starred in Beaches and so on--with the persona of the Divine Miss M, the blowsy, flighty, attention-craving alter ego Midler created in her stage shows. "Bette" blitzes her way through the series, to the bemusement and exhaustion of her family and support group: her professor husband (Kevin Dunn), her teenage daughter (Marina Malota), her manager (Joanna Gleason) and her fussy British accompanist (James Dreyfus). "You can't have...
DIANA BROOKS Ex-Sotheby's exec cops plea for price fixing. Can you bring a Ming vase to Sing Sing...
...Cloister at Sea Island, Ga. The resort, located on a 5-mile-long island that was once a Native American fishing ground, has been owned and operated by the same family since it opened in 1928. Traditions abound: there is a huge tree, a gingerbread house, caroling and sing-alongs, ballroom dances, a yule-log ceremony, an eggnog party and other holiday feasts. The children welcome Santa and his Mrs., who arrive in a sleigh jeep, to their own Christmas Eve party...
They started out slow, with a playful version of "Sing." Brown's bass didn't seem to swing as hard as it usually does, sounding sparse and lacking depth. However, they found their groove quickly, and the next few tunes found Malone expertly demonstrating the breadth of his capabilities. He switched smoothly from fiery solos to contemplative, fragile pieces. Malone held the room silently captivated as he provided a distinctive bassline while flirting with chord melody standards...