{"id":93119,"date":"2024-10-14T00:11:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T07:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=93119"},"modified":"2024-10-14T00:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T07:11:35","slug":"bette-liza-and-barbra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2024\/10\/14\/bette-liza-and-barbra\/","title":{"rendered":"Bette, Liza and Barbra"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAccording to Barbra<\/strong>, I would have no career if it weren\u2019t for her. 
\nShe turned down Barbarella<\/strong>, she turned down Klute<\/strong>,
\nThey Shoot Horses, Don\u2019t They?<\/strong> and Julia<\/strong>. 
\nCan you see her…oh, never mind.\u201d <\/em> <\/em><\/span> <\/em><\/span>
\n\u2013 <\/em>Jane Fonda <\/strong>shakes her head \u2013 probably at the thought of Babs in any
\nof those Barbarella<\/em> outfits.  I mean, the boots alone could kill her!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We interrupt this column for a special announcement \u2013 Bette Midler <\/strong>wants to make a sequel to one of her classic flicks.  Given the time of year, you\u2019d think I meant Hocus Pocus 3<\/em><\/strong>.  And, yes, she does want to do that.  But that\u2019s not what we\u2019re talking about.  Sure, talk of a second First Wives Club<\/em><\/strong> surfaces every once in a while.  The Fabulous Four<\/em><\/strong> probably put an end to that.  Instead, Midler would like to see where CC Bloom ended up when she got older.  Yes, she wants to make Beaches 2<\/em><\/strong>!  Of course, she doesn\u2019t have a script, a director, or a story.  In fact, I don\u2019t believe she even has the rights!  But she told an interviewer, \u201cIt would be great if I could revisit that character at this age.  I think it would be marvelous.  And the songs would be great.\u201d  From your lips…<\/p>\n

The Broadway League <\/em>has (once again) reversed a catastrophically bad decision: \u201cIn recognition of the passing of several beloved Broadway <\/em>community members in recent weeks, and in honor of their significant impact on that community, the Committee of Theatre Owners <\/em>has announced that they will dim the lights of all Broadway <\/em>theatres in New York in honor of Adrian Bailey<\/strong>, Gavin Creel<\/strong>, and Maggie Smith<\/strong>.\u201d  They add, \u201cIn addition, the Committee <\/em>is reviewing their current dimming policy and procedures.\u201d  Many people have asked me, \u201cWhat is the big deal?  Flick a switch, dim some lights, move on.\u201d  And that would be great, if it were that simple.  I\u2019m told many unions are involved and the dimming of lights (typically accompanied by some graphic which some techie in high school could probably facilitate in seconds) \u2013 ends up costing thousands of dollars.  Can\u2019t someone make an app for that?<\/p>\n

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This ruling was made in the nick of time.  I\u2019m not saying Liza <\/strong>is near death, but you know…tick tock.  We previously told you that Miss Minnelli <\/strong>is working on her memoirs.  The book will be called Kids, Wait \u2018Till You Hear This<\/em><\/strong> and is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2026.  As you know, she\u2019s being assisted on this project by her bestie, Michael Feinstein<\/strong>.  \u201cWe\u2019ve been joined at the hip for 40 years,\u201d says Liza \u2013 a curious statement from someone who has had no fewer than three hip replacements!  I bet having someone joined to your hip makes the replacement a whole lot more complicated.  Liza calls Feinstein \u201cmy absolute favorite collaborator.  Michael\u2019s one of the greats, he\u2019s razor-sharp and he tells the truth.  That\u2019s important because, as I fly toward my eighth decade of living, memories differ.\u201d  I bet they do.  Speaking of differing memories, let\u2019s start with Liza thinking she can fly!<\/p>\n

With precious few projects on the horizon for women of a certain age, Barbra Streisand <\/strong>is continuing to stroll down memory lane.  Hot on the heels of her best-selling memoir, she\u2019s now opening up even more.  She\u2019s planning to participate in a large-scale documentary which will take advantage of her vast archive of material.  While she is allegedly not controlling the narrative (as if), the producers have said the following: \u201cThe production has been granted unprecedented access to Streisand\u2019s personal archives, including hundreds of hours of personal, never-before-seen video, photographs, audio recordings, and personal keepsakes from throughout her acclaimed career.\u201d  That couldn\u2019t have been hard \u2013 they just had to go to one of those shops in her basement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAccording to Barbra, I would have no career if it weren\u2019t for her.  She turned down Barbarella, she turned down Klute, They Shoot Horses, Don\u2019t They? and Julia.  Can you see her…oh, never mind.\u201d    \u2013 Jane Fonda shakes her head \u2013 probably at the thought of Babs in any of those Barbarella outfits.  I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93120,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93119\/revisions\/93120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}