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ette Midler does not play
trumpet on her engaging

new album, Bathhouse Betty.
But she couldn't resist a
recent invitation to toot her own horn
before she addressed some more (and
less) serious issues.
"I wore corsets before Madonna,"
crowed the red-headed singer and
actress fondly known by her devoted
fans as the Divine Miss M. "Yes, I was
a seminal entertainer!"

George Varga writes for Copley News

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The operative word here, at least as
far as Midler is concerned, is "was."
Although she is still a household
name to at least one generation of
music and film buffs, this vital enter-
tamer is alarmed and annoyed by what
she perceives as the growing ageism in
the entertainment industry.
"MTV used me and then threw me
out, right after Dan Aykroyd and I
hosted the first MTV Video Music
Awards show in 1984," said Midler, a
three-time Grammy Award-winner,
lamenting her 14-year descent from
hipness to squareness.
She is understandably dismayed
that she is no longer welcomed by