Bette Midler

Bette Midler talks about reuniting with her “Hocus Pocus” co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy.

The Sanderson sisters want you to exercise your civic duty.

The first weekend was no fluke: “Joker” is a hit. The R-rated comic book villain origin story had a phenomenal second weekend at the box office, topping the charts once more over newcomers such as the animated “The Addams Family” and the Will Smith action pic “Gemini Man.” Warner Bros. said Sunday that “Joker” added an estimated $55 million from...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday joined world leaders to praise alliances and military service ahead of the anniversary of the D-Day invasion, just hours after offering no regrets when asked about whether he wished he had been able to serve in the Vietnam War. Trump’s comments came in a wide-ranging interview in which he also dismissed the significance of climate...

President Donald Trump read from a prayer delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt in a ceremony marking the 75th year since D-Day.

Taraji P. Henson teared up as she discussed suicide rates among young black people. Gigi Hadid did the same as she spoke about the fate of the Rohingya people in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The two were among five celebrities honored Friday for their philanthropic work at Variety’s annual Power of Women event in New York. Bette Midler spoke passionately...

Hugh Jackman is coming back to Broadway as a classic roguish traveling salesman.

Hugh Jackman is coming back to Broadway as a classic roguish traveling salesman.

Bette Midler is apologizing for a tweet that caused a social media backlash when she compared the struggle of women to the history of racism. The singer-actress wrote that women “are the n-word of the world” and “They are the most disrespected creatures on earth.” Midler was quoting the title of a 1972 song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

“Hocus Pocus” will be running amok in an AMC theater near you. The 1993 Halloween classic, starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker, will play in participating theaters from Oct. 26 to Oct. 31 in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary.

Geraldo Rivera is apologizing to Bette Midler after the film and Broadway star accused him of a groping incident in the 1970s.

Bette Midler renewed an allegation of 1970s sexual misconduct against Geraldo Rivera on Thursday, a day after Rivera called the news business “flirty” amid Matt Lauer’s dismissal by NBC.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed legislation repealing a 91-year-old law that banned dancing at most New York City nightspots.

The TV titan host denied any speculation about her political ambitions in an interview on The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast.

An intimate, heart-wrenching musical about loneliness, teen angst and suicide in the age of hyperconnectivity capped its unlikely journey to Broadway smash by winning top honors at the Tonys.

Kevin Spacey will have some starry names helping him hand out Tony Awards: Orlando Bloom, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Josh Gad, Taraji P. Henson, Scarlett Johansson, Anna Kendrick, Keegan-Michael Key and Olivia Wilde have all signed up to help present trophies.

Fifty years after he launched an underground newspaper that changed music journalism and a great deal more, Jann S. Wenner finds Rolling Stone being showcased in a once-unthinkable forum: a museum.

“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” a sung-through musical that dramatizes a 70-page melodrama at the center of Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” earned a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, which also saw nods for Bette Midler, Kevin Kline, Josh Groban, Danny DeVito and Cate Blanchett.

Bette Midler is going back to the beginning of her career — the divine beginning. The Grammy- and Emmy Award-winner is re-releasing a deluxe version of “The Divine Miss M,” her 1972 debut album that included the hits “Do You Want To Dance,” ”Chapel Of Love,” ”Friends” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.”

With Election Day approaching, a celebrity strike force is fanning out for Clinton. Jay Z, Jennifer Lopez and Jon Bon Jovi are doing concerts. Miley Cyrus knocked on doors in northern Virginia. Barbra Streisand serenaded an LGBT event. A Hollywood fundraiser recently featured Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Emily Blunt.