Vinessa Shaw at Thanksgiving time. She then landed parts in a handful of television roles. She played a considerably large role in Disney's 1993 Halloween family film "Hocus Pocus" alongside Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, and a young Thora Birch. Shaw completed roles in various independent films for the remainder of the 1990s. In 1998, she enrolled at Barnard College in New York City, but dropped out to continue pursuing acting. Shaw was attending the college when she was approached by Stanley Kubrick for her role in "Eyes Wide Shut", playing an HIV-positive prostitute who is encountered by
Night and Day (Bette Midler song) on the chart for 15 weeks, peaking at #15. The release to mainstream radio came later. As "Night and Day" was ascending the "Billboard" Hot 100, the Gulf War broke out, focusing attention back on the first single, "From A Distance". "Night and Day" remained on the Hot 100 for 7 weeks, peaking at 62. "Night and Day" by Bette Midler was also released as a single in Japan. It is included on the Bette Midler collection "3 for One" released in Australia. "Night and Day" is included in A Gift of Love, the 2015 greatest hits album by Bette