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Yesterday Kim Kardashian shared a throwback naked selfie and attempted to break the internet once again. But not everyone was so happy to see another naked Kim photo and the 35-year old found herself being criticised by Bette Midler, Chloe Grace Moretz and Piers Morgan. But this time, Kim fought back.

Kim Kardashian has hit out at her critics on twitter

Hours after posting the censored naked selfie, which showed her posing nude in front of a mirror last year, Kim tweeted, ‘Reading my comments like….LOL’. The reality star then added: ’Sorry I'm late to the party guys I was busy cashing my 80 million video game check & transferring 53 million into our joint account.’

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Bette Midler is to be the star of a Broadway revival of the classic musical ‘Hello, Dolly!’ due to start next year, with the iconic performer taking the lead role of Dolly Gallagher Levi.

The production will be produced by Scott Rudin, a veteran of both screen and stage with production credits on projects as varied as Moneyball, There Will Be Blood and ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’. Direction will be led by Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Warren Carlyle, and the official opening night will be on April 20th, 2017 after a month of previews.

A musical adaptation of ‘The Matchmaker’ by Thornton Wilder, and tells the story of the widowed Dolly as she searches for a partner on behalf of a wealthy merchant from Yonkers, whom she secretly wants to marry herself.

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Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron made a controversial hit out of the Oscars last year, but they might be on thin ice this time. Getting Seth McFarlane to host anything is a risky bet and his antics last year got a lot of people – notably the feminist crowd – pretty riled up. The controversy served its purpose. Last year’s show pulled in 40.3 million US viewers, the largest audience the show has had in three years. Zadan and Meron’s show was a hit with the key 18-49 demographic and the duo were invited back this year.

Ellen might be a safer choice for host, but she is far from boring.

And yet. The choice of Ellen for this year’s host suggests that the producers were at least a little bit intimidated by last year’s backlash. This year’s host, Ellen, while hilarious and ever entertaining, is a much safer option and has proven appeal with the Oscars’ key demo – women.

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Bette Midler has made her triumphant return to the floorboards of New York's most famous theatre district, having been away from the stages of Broadway for some thirty years, staring in the John Logan-penned one-woman show I'll Eat You Last. Director Joe Mantello is the man behind Midler's return, which is garnering quite the buzz across New York's most artistic circles, as Midler looks to prove that she's still got it no matter how long its been since she last performed live.

Bette Midler At The Openning Night of I'll Eat You Last

"I AM NOT GETTING UP!" Thats the first thing that bellows from Midler's mouth as she lounges across a couch, swathed in an aqua silk caftan, from the beginning of the play right until the very end. But regardless of the fact that she spends the full hour and twenty minutes worth of the show just maxing out and smoking cigarettes or joints, Bette's interpretation of superagent Sue Mengers never sways as she give an extraordinary virtuoso performance. Perhaps it is down to the similarly bleak background they share, or just a testament to Midler's wonderful acting talent, but Bette really does pull off a show stopping rendition of the first real female power in the movie agency industry.

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Bette Midler stars in I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers. The play tells the story of the fading glamour of one of 1970s Hollywood’s leading agents. Midler’s new venture opened last night (April 24, 2013) at Broadway’s Booth Theatre and catches up with Mengers in 1981, when her popularity is starting to wane and many of her high profile clients (she looked after Michael Caine, Barbra Streisand and Faye Dunaway to name but a few) have begun to turn their backs on her. 

Bette Midler - curtain call on Broadway

A review from USA Today is full of praise for Midler, in this one-woman show and reassures readers that although the play begins with her uttering the line “I’m not getting up” (and she doesn’t , not until the very end), there is enough vivacious action in Midler’s performance to stop it from becoming static. “Under Joe Mantello's pitch-perfect direction, Midler dives into the role with predictable relish,” the review reads. Another, from the Hollywood Reporter, writes that even Mengers herself would most likely have been charmed by Bette’s portrayal of her: “It’s … hard to imagine her not being tickled by the eternally fabulous Bette Midler’s portrayal of her – a fusion of one self-made, larger-than-life persona with another in which the dividing lines all but vanish.” 

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Bette Midler is Sue Mengers. In I’ll Eat You Last, the funny, outspoken actress plays the infamous 70s talent agent with such clarity and wit, that you can’t help but believe her throughout. Midler is the sole performer in the production and, while the set is visually interesting, she herself hardly moves from the couch for the duration of the play. But if you think this would make for a boring or static production, you clearly haven’t seen Midler act to her fullest, which is exactly what she is doing in the John Logan play, which opened last night (Wednesday, April 24) at Broadway’s Booth theatre.

The setup is simple – the play is set in 1981, when Mengers, who represented stars of Barbra Streisand, Faye Dunaway, Michael Caine and Gene Hackman is already losing relevance. But she isn’t one to moan about it – not on the surface at least. Middler is the perfect actress to bring the quippy, somewhat cynical, occasionally foul-mouthed Mengers back to life. She is an actress experienced enough to not only fill up the stage, but to also possess enough knowledge of the harsh world of Tinseltown, giving her character some essential depth. I’ll Eat You Last captures the essence of a woman who has experienced Hollywood to its fullest and lived to tell the tale.

Midler has been collecting praise from fans and critics for her spot on performance.

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The singer Patty Andrews has passed away at the age of 94, The Telegraph have reported. She was the last remaining member of The Andrews Sisters, the war-time entertainment group that entertained allied forces and passed away from natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, a family spokesperson confirmed.

The Andrews Sisters comprised of Patty, along with La Verne Sophia Andrews and Maxene Angelyn Andrews. Patty was the youngest sister of the group and was the lead singer. The sisters were born in Minnesota and started their musical careers in local talent shows. Their swing and boogie woogie hits later became staple entertainment for allied forces during World War II and they recorded a series of Victory Discs to distribute for free amongst the soldiers. By the mid 1970s, The Andrews sisters had sold over 75 million records. In 1998, they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, alongside The Supremes and The Beach Boys.

Bette Midler – who covered the Andrews Sisters’ hot ‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’ – paid tribute to Patty, saying “When I was a kid, I only had two records and one of them was the Andrews Sisters. They were remarkable. Their sound, so pure. Everything they did for our nation was more than we could have asked for. This is the last of the trio, and I hope the trumpets ushering (Patty) into heaven with her sisters are playing Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.”