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Farewell Songs and New Beginnings in Late Night TV

How late night TV talk shows move on musically.

Bette Midler: It's the Girls!

With her latest release, the Divine Miss M takes on girl groups from the Andrews Sisters to TLC and a little bit of everything in between.

Barry Manilow: Duets

A compilation of mostly worthless old duets -- for serious Fanilows only.

Evolution of a Song -- "I Shall Be Released" (videos)

OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008

There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!

Bette Midler: Jackpot

For the already converted, Jackpot confirms Midler's greatness, but for those who only know the Bette Midler of feature films and adult contemporary radio, Jackpot is something of a revelation.

The Women

Despite its title, The Women is not an update of George Cukor's diva smackdown of the same name.

Then She Found Me

As cute and inoffensive and eventually uplifting as Then She Found Me may be, it is also a formulaic exercise.

Beaches: Special Edition (1988)

Beaches is the Goliath of those epic '80s melodramas, squashing patience and dignity and tact.

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