In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
But Is She Willing To Use Just One Square?
By Janet Evans
Wednesday, Sep 24 2008, 11:49 AM
Bette Midler at the premiere of the Rose
After over forty years in show business, the glitzy Bette Midler isn’t going to call it quits, but she is going to stay put. It’s all about being green. I guess I’ll say she is sincere. In doing some background checks, I found Bette has been working on beautifying parks in New York since 1995. I suppose when you ‘ve been trashing the environment with exhaust and waste from the entourage that she had all of these years, staying in one place will help out quite a bit. Way to go Bette!
The 62-year-old says she feels that the fleet of 14 lorries she uses to ship her show from city to city causes too much pollution.So instead she's decided to pitch up in Las Vegas and do a $13m residency instead.
"Over the years, the number of trucks that I have behind me has grown exponentially and I don't really like that, I don't like wasting the gas," she told me on a promotional trip to London.
"Fourteen trucks, that's a lot of gas. So I decided I'd stay put for a while," she added.Surely moving equipment in trucks is unavoidable for a touring show, I ask her?
"I can avoid it," she says, shaking her head, and going on to provide an impressive list of her green credentials that would put most celebrities to shame.
"I don't drive much, I have a Smart car, I have a hybrid, I drive a [Toyota] Prius," she says.
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