First Wives' Career Comebacks

0:00The latest entertainment headlines and celebrity stories, right here on entertainment and celebrity news today. The first wise club hit theaters in 1996, starring Bett Middler, Goldie Hahn, and Diane Keaton as dumped wives plotting revenge on, their cheating husbands. The comedy didn't win big awards, but became a fan favorite for its sharp humor about midlife reinvention. Bett Middler, who played Sassy Mom Brenda, has balanced music, Broadway, and films like The Rose and Hocus Pocus. She's been married to Martin von Hazelberg since 1984, and their daughter Sophie X2. Goldie Hahn brought aging star Elise to life, with a long list of hits from laugh-in to overboard. She's been with Kurt Russell since 1983, sharing kids including actors Kate and Oliver Hudson, Diane Keaton shown as anxious Annie, earning an Oscar for Annie Hall, and starring in Godfather films, and something's gotta give. Sadly, she passed away late in 2025 at age 79, leaving behind adopted kids Duke and Dexter.

1:01Her co-stars remembered her as joyful and unique. Sarah Jessica Parker played the Mistress Shelley, and later ruled as Carrie and Sex and the City, with movies like Hocus Pocus and Recent and Just Like. That, she's married to Matthew Broderick since 1997 with three kids. Victor Garber was the sleazy producer husband, known for titanic, alias, and theater. He went his partner in 2015. Elizabeth Berkeley was Ditsy Phoebe, and revived saved by the bell recently. Married to designer Greg Lauren, they have a son born in 2012. The cast enduring careers show these first wives, got the revenge, and then some. The daily news now is made possible with support from our sponsor. Head in, sound on, lights out. That is the routine, S-O-L-L-I, solely pillow.com.