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Hocus Pocus 2 review – belated Halloween sequel is far from bewitching

Bette Midler returns with her child-killing sisters in a disappointingly flat follow-up that tries too hard to soften the villains

The Guardian - US

‘Hocus Pocus 2’: Hats off to Disney+ for making a perfectly pleasant sequel

The witchly Sanderson sisters are summoned by some interesting teens in fun streaming movie.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Hocus Pocus 2’ review: When ’twice as good as the original’ means less than you think

So many different kinds of not-great or even not-good movies lay siege to our affections, for reasons to do with why people love movies in the first place. Maybe the star is really cute. Maybe we just enjoy the people on the screen, even if the script’s lousy and the…

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NOT FOR EXTERNAL USE Hocus Pocus 2 review: Bette Midler can’t recreate the magic

Sarah Jessica Parker and Hannah Waddingham also star in a Halloween kids film that can’t hold candle to the charmingly boisterous original

The Independent UK

Hocus Pocus 2 on Disney+ review: the Sanderson sisters are back and they’re as cuckoo bananas as ever

If you watch one Halloween film this year, make it this batty sequel

Evening Standard

October streaming guide: Kenneth Branagh as PM, The White Lotus, witches and vampires galore

Kenneth Branagh plays former UK prime minister Boris Johnson in This England, there's a host of Halloween shows and The White Lotus goes to Italy

The New Daily

Hocus Pocus 2 cottage is now on Airbnb - how to stay at the Sanderson Sisters’ home

Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy beckon you to stay over at fabulously frightful cottage ahead of much-anticipated release of Hocus Pocus 2

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Sarah Jessica Parker joined by rarely-seen twin daughters at Hocus Pocus 2 premiere

The actress, 57, made the red carpet a family affair as husband Matthew Broderick also join them for photos

Evening Standard

“Hocus Pocus” and scary parents

As "Hocus Pocus 2" nears its premiere, here's a look back at the original film and its deepest fright

Salon

New this week: 'Reasonable Doubt,' 'Blonde' and Björk

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Björk and Broadway's "Into the Woods,” the reunion of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy in “Hocus Pocus 2” and a Showtime documentary about Sinéad O’Connor

The Independent UK

Hocus Pocus 2 release date: When sequel starring Bette Midler will hit Disney Plus

Prepare for more magic and mayhem as eagerly-awaited sequel to 90s classic Hocus Pocus will hit our TVs soon - just in time for Halloween!

Daily Mirror

Bette Midler criticised for ‘racist’ tweet with photoshopped image of the Supreme Court in

‘This here is clearly Islamophobic. Yikes,’ one person commented

The Independent UK

Macy Gray slams backlash as she says trans women remark was ‘grossly misunderstood’

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has also lent her support to the underfire singer

Evening Standard

Get a clue: Language is fluid

Midler joins Peterson as the latest in toxic transphobia as she panic tweets: "They don’t call us 'women' anymore"

Salon

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Los Angeles Times

J.K. Rowling backs Macy Gray’s anti-trans remarks about what makes ‘a woman’

“Harry Potter” author and British billionaire J.K. Rowling quipped that she’ll purchase Macy Gray‘s “entire back catalogue” after the “I Try” singer made controversial remarks in line with Rowling’s beliefs on gender identity.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bette Midler says trans-inclusive language will ‘erase’ women

Her comments fall in line with that those of Macy Gray and J.K. Rowling, who have been accused of being transphobic by suggesting women other than cisgender do not belong to the same classification.

Evening Standard

Macy Gray tells Piers Morgan ‘changing your body parts doesn’t make you a woman’

Elsewhere, Bette Midler has been using transgender people to make a point about the abortion crisis in the United States

Wales Online

Hocus Pocus 2: When's it out, who's in the cast and what's it about?

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Daily Mirror

Hocus Pocus 2 trailer starring Bette Midler leaves fans spellbound ahead of Disney Plus release

The trailer for Hocus Pocus 2 has just dropped - and it’s already conjured up a cauldron of excitement among fans. The highly-awaited sequel will land on Disney+ on September 30.

Evening Standard

Hocus Pocus 2: First trailer released shows the witches are up to no good again

Winnie, Mary and Sarah are officially back

The Independent UK

Celebrities react to the Supreme Court's abortion ruling

Celebrities including Viola Davis, Bette Midler and Stephen King reacted with sorrow and frustration after the Supreme Court on Friday voted 5-3 to overturn Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed a woman’s constitutional right to abortion

Los Angeles Times

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a costume designer

LOS ANGELES — Whitney Anne Adams remembers bawling on the set of Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" during the filming of a lavish party scene in Gatsby's 1920s New York mansion.

Benzinga

Bette Midler Panned For Breastfeeding Remark In Wake Of Baby Formula Shortage

Singer and actress Bette Midler received a round of boos on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) after volunteering the idea that American women impacted by the ongoing baby formula shortage turn to breastfeeding.

The Independent UK

Bette Midler faces backlash for telling mothers to ‘try breastfeeding’ their babies amid formula shortage

‘What a profoundly offensive and ignorant statement’

The Independent UK

Beanie Feldstein, Jane Lynch bond backstage at 'Funny Girl'

For her third birthday party, Beanie Feldstein was asked what she wanted as its theme

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