Bette Midler went as her own Hocus Pocus character for Halloween

By William Hughes | October 29, 2016 | 7:19pm

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For people of a certain generation, Hocus Pocus is the Halloween movie, filled with cheesy touchstones, adorably immortal cats, and a weirdly high percentage of jokes about high school virginity. Apparently, though, the 1993 Disney comedy can count star Bette Midler as one of its many fans, too: Midler hit the red carpet in New York last night as her character from the movie, witchy woman Winifred Sanderson.

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Midler was celebrating the 21st anniversary of the New York Restoration Project, a non-profit she founded back in 1995 to plant trees renovate the city’s public spaces. Photos of Midler’s costume—complete with a giant red wig and a broom, but sans Kathy Najimy—have been cropping up on social media since last night.