BETTE MIDLER'S "HULAWEEN" GALA AND BIRTHDAY PARTY

Yoko Ono arrives for the 10th Anniversary of Bette Midler's "Hulaween" Gala and Bette's 60th Birthday Celebration at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on October 31, 2005. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)

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McCartney wants to release 'Carnival'

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