Bette Midler Sanderson Sisters. Released to initially mixed reviews, through various outlets such as strong DVD sales and annual record-breaking showings on 13 Nights of Halloween, the film has achieved cult status over the years. In relation to "Hocus Pocus", every year Midler hosts her annual Hulaween costume party, which benefits the New York Restoration Project. Her television work includes an Emmy-nominated version of the stage musical "" and a guest appearance as herself in Fran Drescher's "The Nanny". She appeared on "Seinfeld" in the 1995 episode "The Understudy", which was the season finale of that show's sixth season in 1995. That
Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook a dream that he would produce a tribute album and Midler would be the singer on the album. In the liner notes, Midler writes, "When Barry approached me ("I had this dream!") about recording an album of Rosemary's standards, I was excited, but apprehensive. I wanted to be respectful, but I felt we had to find something new to say as well, and in these (mostly) new arrangements...I believe we have." "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook" was Midler's first album with Columbia Records after being dropped by Warner Bros. in 2001 for declining record sales. The album peaked