Sharon Stone has been in the headlines thanks to her surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live”, appearing onstage in repose during one of musical guest Sam Smith’s performances, and then appearing alongside host Aubry Plaza in a sketch.
A few years back, Stone also made a surprise appearance in “Rolling Thunder Revue”, Martin Scorsese’s 2019 Netflix documentary about Bob Dylan’s legendary 1975 tour.
In the documentary, Stone reveals that she had an affair with Dylan when she was 19 and wound up joining him on the road during that tour — none of which is true, by the way.
Read More: Sharon Stone On Stunning Sam Smith ‘SNL’ Appearance: ‘We Understand Each Other At An Almost Intimate Level”
Stone’s faux admission, in fact, is one of several whoppers that Scorsese and Dylan mischievously inserted into the documentary, such as Dylan’s supposed feud with Stefan van Drop, the European filmmaker...
A few years back, Stone also made a surprise appearance in “Rolling Thunder Revue”, Martin Scorsese’s 2019 Netflix documentary about Bob Dylan’s legendary 1975 tour.
In the documentary, Stone reveals that she had an affair with Dylan when she was 19 and wound up joining him on the road during that tour — none of which is true, by the way.
Read More: Sharon Stone On Stunning Sam Smith ‘SNL’ Appearance: ‘We Understand Each Other At An Almost Intimate Level”
Stone’s faux admission, in fact, is one of several whoppers that Scorsese and Dylan mischievously inserted into the documentary, such as Dylan’s supposed feud with Stefan van Drop, the European filmmaker...
- 1/25/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
In the Seventies — or any other decade, in fact — it would have been hard to imagine less-likely duet partners than Bob Dylan and Bette Midler. In the fall of 1975, Dylan was newly invigorated, coming off Blood on the Tracks, and Midler was the midst of her first flush of pop fame, which had begun with her 1973 hit “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.” From their voices to their personas, they didn’t just seem to exist on separate planets but in different galaxies.
But in January 1976, 45 years ago this month, they joined...
But in January 1976, 45 years ago this month, they joined...
- 1/8/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
When Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story hit Netflix earlier this year, many viewers didn’t seem to understand why the real-life footage of the 1975 tour was mixed with actors like Sharon Stone pretending they were a part of it. In a new interview with the British Film Institute, director Martin Scorsese, who had not previously commented on the matter, reveals that wasn’t the original plan for the film.
“Once we had Rolling Thunder constructed, [editor] David Tedeschi and I looked at it, and I said, ‘It’s conventional,...
“Once we had Rolling Thunder constructed, [editor] David Tedeschi and I looked at it, and I said, ‘It’s conventional,...
- 12/5/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
On June, 10, a couple of nights before “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese” dropped on Netflix, I attended an event for the movie following its premiere at Lincoln Center. At the party, I got to sample reactions to the revelation that roughly 10 minutes of Scorsese’s back-to-the-’70s rock doc consists of prankish fake-documentary footage, like something out of a Christopher Guest movie.
It wasn’t hard to gauge the reaction, since in just about every case, when I asked people what they thought about the fakery, that was the very first they’d heard of it. Most of the people I spoke to were wide-eyed with disbelief yet kind of bummed. Over and over, they said that they felt duped, suckered, maybe even a little betrayed. Of the 20 or so people I had conversations with, not one said, “Really? That’s kind of cool!” The...
It wasn’t hard to gauge the reaction, since in just about every case, when I asked people what they thought about the fakery, that was the very first they’d heard of it. Most of the people I spoke to were wide-eyed with disbelief yet kind of bummed. Over and over, they said that they felt duped, suckered, maybe even a little betrayed. Of the 20 or so people I had conversations with, not one said, “Really? That’s kind of cool!” The...
- 6/15/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Scorsese’s film “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story” is being billed in some circles as a documentary about Dylan’s fabled Rolling Thunder Revue tour of late 1975.
And so it is. Sort of.
But “Rolling Thunder Revue” is also a deliberate act of mythmaking, a blend of fiction and reality in which the people talking to the camera are as apt to be lying as telling the truth.
This is fitting for an artist who landed in New York from Minnesota in the late 1950s with an invented name, a phony history and a boatload of tall tales about his background, and one who has remained famously elusive throughout his extraordinary career.
Also Read: 'Rolling Thunder Revue' Film Review: Martin Scorsese Chronicles Bob Dylan's Legendary Bicentennial Tour
At one point in the film, Dylan looks into Scorsese’s camera and explains that he wore a mask...
And so it is. Sort of.
But “Rolling Thunder Revue” is also a deliberate act of mythmaking, a blend of fiction and reality in which the people talking to the camera are as apt to be lying as telling the truth.
This is fitting for an artist who landed in New York from Minnesota in the late 1950s with an invented name, a phony history and a boatload of tall tales about his background, and one who has remained famously elusive throughout his extraordinary career.
Also Read: 'Rolling Thunder Revue' Film Review: Martin Scorsese Chronicles Bob Dylan's Legendary Bicentennial Tour
At one point in the film, Dylan looks into Scorsese’s camera and explains that he wore a mask...
- 6/12/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“If someone’s wearing a mask, he’s gonna tell you the truth,” Bob Dylan says midway through Martin Scorsese’s new Netflix movie Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story. “If he’s not wearing a mask, it’s highly unlikely.” As he says these words, Bob Dylan is most definitely not wearing a mask. He’s also in a documentary that occasionally takes wild deviations from the truth by utilizing actors to tell tale tales about the tour. The tactic is sure to confuse a great many people,...
- 6/12/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Longtime Bob Dylan fans know Rolling Thunder Revue as one of the enigmatic singer-songwriter’s most legendary tours, so it should come as little surprise that Martin Scorsese decided to indulge in some mythmaking of his own for “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story.”
For this would-be definitive chronicle of the people, places and music involved in Dylan’s 1975-76 concert series, Scorsese combines vintage footage with modern-day interviews — not all of them real — for a vibrant, engaging portrait of Dylan then and now, filling gaps in his own inscrutable history while simultaneously showcasing some of his most eclectic and vivid performances.
Framed by the United States’ impending bicentennial, Rolling Thunder was conceived as a response to the stadium tour he’d done with the Band the previous year, an opportunity to play smaller venues at lower ticket prices and to connect with fans in a more intimate way.
For this would-be definitive chronicle of the people, places and music involved in Dylan’s 1975-76 concert series, Scorsese combines vintage footage with modern-day interviews — not all of them real — for a vibrant, engaging portrait of Dylan then and now, filling gaps in his own inscrutable history while simultaneously showcasing some of his most eclectic and vivid performances.
Framed by the United States’ impending bicentennial, Rolling Thunder was conceived as a response to the stadium tour he’d done with the Band the previous year, an opportunity to play smaller venues at lower ticket prices and to connect with fans in a more intimate way.
- 6/11/2019
- by Todd Gilchrist
- The Wrap
A few years ago, several industry heavyweights gathered for a dinner party at Nora Ephron's New York apartment. Among them: Ephron and her husband, producer-writer Nicholas Pileggi; Leslie Moonves and his wife, Big Brother host Julie Chen; Bette Midler and her artist husband, Martin Von Haselberg; and power lawyer Allen Grubman and his wife, real estate broker Debbie Grubman. Allen Grubman, known for his many theories, shared one with the group: "There's only one star in each couple," he said. "She's the star," pointing to Ephron, then Midler. Then he pointed to Moonves. But Chen, also a
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- 6/28/2016
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Boo! It may have been Halloweekend, but stars had plenty of reasons to be happy besides celebrating the scary holiday - from wedding joy to pregnancy excitement. Plus, one real-life hero made headlines for overcoming her illness. Here's the news you might have missed: 5. Happy Ending for a Hero Nurse Nina Pham, now free of Ebola, reunited with her beloved dog Bentley, who was also isolated amid fears he had contracted the disease and could have potentially been euthanized. Help celebrate their recovery.4. Making it LastBette Midler is spilling her secrets to a having a happy marriage in show business...
- 11/3/2014
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- PEOPLE.com
Six weeks after they met, Bette Midler and Martin Von Haselberg tied the knot - at a 2 a.m., $45 ceremony in Las Vegas. But don't laugh: This Dec. 16 will mark the couple's 30th wedding anniversary - practically a record-breaker by Hollywood standards. "It's rare," Midler, 68, tells People. "I think the secret is giving each other a lot of lead and a lot of room and not being in each other's faces all the time," the singer, actress and comedian - whose first album in eight years, It's the Girls, debuts Nov. 4 - says in the "What I Know Now" section...
- 11/2/2014
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
The Divine Miss M has some divinely elegant digs. Bette Midler took Architectural Digest inside her penthouse apartment for its June issue, and the photos are as glamorous as the triple threat herself. Overlooking Central Park's reservoir and featuring an expansive terrace, Midler's pad has a cozy, crafty feel despite its glamorous location on Fifth Avenue. "My mother was a really great seamstress, really brilliant," Midler told the magazine. "Because of her I've been crazy about textiles all my life. And my father painted houses for a living. I grew up around people who worked with their hands, so I...
- 5/7/2014
- by Michele Corriston
- PEOPLE.com
The Divine Miss M has some divinely elegant digs. Bette Midler took Architectural Digest inside her penthouse apartment for its June issue, and the photos are as glamorous as the triple threat herself. Overlooking Central Park's reservoir and featuring an expansive terrace, Midler's pad has a cozy, crafty feel despite its glamorous location on Fifth Avenue. "My mother was a really great seamstress, really brilliant," Midler told the magazine. "Because of her I've been crazy about textiles all my life. And my father painted houses for a living. I grew up around people who worked with their hands, so I...
- 5/7/2014
- by Michele Corriston
- PEOPLE.com
If you thought New York City living was all about small spaces and cramped quarters, then you've never seen Bette Midler's setup. The legendary entertainer calls Manhattan home, and she lives in a gorgeous Fifth Avenue penthouse with her husband Martin von Haselberg. Her apartment is featured in Architectural Digest's June 2014 issue, and when we got one look at her pad, our jaws dropped. We always knew Bette was a talented actress and singer, but we didn't know she had such an eye for interior design. Bette explains in the magazine that her mother was a seamstress, and so she's always had a love for textiles. Bette also founded the New York Restoration Project, which focuses on...
- 5/7/2014
- E! Online
Happy 67th birthday to the Divine Miss M!
This two-time Golden Globe Award winner was born in Honolulu, Hawaii where she took an interest in acting and singing at a young age. After landing a few small roles in the television series "The Edge Of Night" and studying drama at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, she made her first big-screen debut as an uncredited extra in the 1966 movie "Hawaii." The money she made as an extra provided her with the finances to move to New York City and start her professional career.
Though Midler was cast in a Broadway production of “Fidler On The Roof” soon after moving to New York, it was her gig performing at The Continental Baths, a well-known gay bathhouse, that allowed her to hone her onstage persona. She wasn’t the only celebrity who got her start there either: She was often accompanied by...
This two-time Golden Globe Award winner was born in Honolulu, Hawaii where she took an interest in acting and singing at a young age. After landing a few small roles in the television series "The Edge Of Night" and studying drama at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, she made her first big-screen debut as an uncredited extra in the 1966 movie "Hawaii." The money she made as an extra provided her with the finances to move to New York City and start her professional career.
Though Midler was cast in a Broadway production of “Fidler On The Roof” soon after moving to New York, it was her gig performing at The Continental Baths, a well-known gay bathhouse, that allowed her to hone her onstage persona. She wasn’t the only celebrity who got her start there either: She was often accompanied by...
- 12/1/2012
- by Rebecca Klein
- Huffington Post
Happily married Bette Midler wants to play matchmaker for Jennifer Aniston - because the single actress deserves to be "cherished".
Legendary entertainer Midler will celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary with husband Martin von Haselberg in December, and she's eager to share her dating advice with the former Friends star, who recently split from rocker John Mayer.
The singer/actress insists Aniston, who was married to Brad Pitt and has been romanced by Vince Vaughn, needs to look for love away from Hollywood to find a man good enough for her.
Midler tells People.com, "She needs an exciting guy, like a race-car driver. I think she needs somebody who cherishes her, but also somebody who's going to give her a run for her money.
"She should find somebody who is really hot, who's not in show business. Somebody with a lot of money, and she should live the large life and forget about these a**holes. She's a great girl. She's got everything going for her."
But Midler admits she had high hopes for Aniston's 2005 relationship with Wedding Crashers actor Vaughn: "I actually thought Vince Vaughn was great. He's hilarious, he's good-looking. I mean, I thought he had it all."...
Legendary entertainer Midler will celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary with husband Martin von Haselberg in December, and she's eager to share her dating advice with the former Friends star, who recently split from rocker John Mayer.
The singer/actress insists Aniston, who was married to Brad Pitt and has been romanced by Vince Vaughn, needs to look for love away from Hollywood to find a man good enough for her.
Midler tells People.com, "She needs an exciting guy, like a race-car driver. I think she needs somebody who cherishes her, but also somebody who's going to give her a run for her money.
"She should find somebody who is really hot, who's not in show business. Somebody with a lot of money, and she should live the large life and forget about these a**holes. She's a great girl. She's got everything going for her."
But Midler admits she had high hopes for Aniston's 2005 relationship with Wedding Crashers actor Vaughn: "I actually thought Vince Vaughn was great. He's hilarious, he's good-looking. I mean, I thought he had it all."...
- 5/14/2009
- WENN
Better late than never: When Bette Midler and artist Martin Rochus Sebastian von Haselberg tied the knot in 1984, it was at a quickie ceremony in Sin City. "We were married in the Starlight Chapel in Las Vegas by an Elvis impersonator," recalls the Divine Miss M (who is still the divine Mrs. von Haselberg). "We never got any wedding pictures." That is, until earlier this month, reports The Insider.Following the shutdown of the Starlight Chapel three weeks ago, "the guy closed the chapel and sent us the pictures," says Midler, 62, now headlining at Caesars Palace in The Showgirl Must Go On.
- 6/30/2008
- by Caris Davis and Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Bette Midler is celebrating after setting eyes on her wedding photographs for the first time, 23 years after she walked down the aisle.
Midler married Martin Rochus Sebastian von Haselberg in a ceremony in Las Vegas in 1984 - but never stuck around to see the pictures taken at the event.
She reveals, "We were married in the Starlight Chapel in Las Vegas by an Elvis impersonator. We never got any wedding pictures. Three weeks ago the guy closed the chapel and sent us the pictures, 23 years later.
"We were so shocked."
Midler and von Haselberg have one daughter, 21-year-old Sophie.
Midler married Martin Rochus Sebastian von Haselberg in a ceremony in Las Vegas in 1984 - but never stuck around to see the pictures taken at the event.
She reveals, "We were married in the Starlight Chapel in Las Vegas by an Elvis impersonator. We never got any wedding pictures. Three weeks ago the guy closed the chapel and sent us the pictures, 23 years later.
"We were so shocked."
Midler and von Haselberg have one daughter, 21-year-old Sophie.
- 6/29/2008
- WENN
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