It's been a bit quiet on the news front for Bea lately, except for her brief appearance on Entertainment Tonight so I felt the need for a fix of our favourite substitute teacher. Googled her name and found these interviews:

About starting her one-woman show.
Again, about her one-woman show.
An incredible interview you have to read from last January. - True Bea! Make sure to read the part about Pam Anderson's Roast.
Getting to the Bottom of Bea Arthur. The title says it all and it's an amazing read.
This last one IS A JOKE so please don't take it seriously! I just thought it was hilarious.

One hell of a woman. Truly unique.

Great stuff Stephen. I'm looking forward to watching them later on tonight

i laughed soooo hard! i loved the interview "getting to the bottom!" Great Great interviews! thanks a lot!

This one is Bea, Betty and Rue with Entertainment Weekly back in 2004 and the way they get on is like watching the show :

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,784853_21_0_,00.html

This interview has Betty, Bea and Rue along with Susan Harris and various crew members commemorating the 20th anniversary and discussing the rise and fall of the show. I liked how they commented that "Rose got dumber, Blanche got sluttier, and Dorothy got more sarcastic" and how the show became more concerned with chasing ratings in its last two years.

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1100651_3_0_,00.html

Great finds. Interesting comments about the tension after the first Emmy awards. That would have to be horrible to have the same actresses and writers competing against one another. Almost a no win situation.