AP - Oct 19, 2009
A robe worn by Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were sold for nearly $6,000 and an outfit from Meet the Fockers went for $3,500 at an auction of hundreds of the entertainer s personal items. A Stickley...
More »Reuters - Oct 7, 2009
Barbra Streisand scored her ninth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart on Wednesday with a jazz release that overshadowed high-profile releases by some much-younger artists. Streisand's Love Is the...
More »AP - Sep 29, 2009
When Barbra Streisand was a 19-year-old ingenue, she never had a problem performing in front of small crowds it was her livelihood. The Brooklyn girl could only get gigs in clubs that sat a few...
More »Reuters - Aug 6, 2009
Barbra Streisand, who rarely performs concerts, will return to the tiny New York jazz club where she opened for Miles Davis 48 years ago. She will play a free, one-off show at the 123-capacity Village...
More »AP - Feb 2, 2009
Barbra Streisand remembers the buzz generated before she started filming the musical Yentl, and it wasn t particularly good. Despite her superstar status and two Oscars (one best actress trophy, another...
More »AP - Dec 8, 2008
Barbra Streisand got an awkward kiss on the cheek from the president, and yes, she gave him a smooch back. Streisand, a vocal critic of President George W. Bush, was a guest Sunday at the White House...
More »E! Online - Nov 25, 2008
You might not think Ne-Yo and Barbra Streisand have many fans in common. But just wait until next month when Streisand is honored at the Kennedy Center Honors gala. I've just got...
More »AP - Sep 17, 2008
Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and...
More »AP - Apr 22, 2008
Barbra Streisand has pulled out of Israel s 60th anniversary celebration next month because of personal obligations. Streisand was among the celebrities set to appear at a Jerusalem convention hosted...
More »Reuters - Apr 22, 2008
Barbra Streisand has canceled a planned performance in Israel for an event marking the Jewish state's 60th anniversary, citing personal obligations, her publicist said on Tuesday. The 65-year-old...
More »AP - Apr 16, 2008
Barbra Streisand has put her money where her heart is. The 66-year-old singer-actress has donated $5 million to endow a research and education program on women s heart disease at Cedars-Sinai Medical...
More »AP - Nov 27, 2007
Barbra Streisand, who hedged her bets months ago with donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, has settled on one presidential candidate. It s Hillary. Madame President...
More »Reuters - Jul 2, 2007
Barbra Streisand told a sell-out Berlin concert crowd on Saturday that she was delighted to perform in Germany for the first time after turning down several invitations in the past. German media have...
More »E! Online - May 29, 2007
Barbra Streisand needs people—just not of the Italian variety. The legendary singer has announced plans to take a different sort of Roman holiday, that is, a holiday from Rome, canceling a concert...
More »E! Online - May 23, 2007
Barbra Streisand appears to have misunderstood the phrase "when in Rome." It should not, as it happens, be followed by the words "alienate the whole of your fan base." As it is, consumer...
More »AP - May 17, 2007
She was an amazing talent, a young singer with a wonderful voice who wrote beautiful songs. But she was no beauty, plus flat-chested and overweight to boot. Remembering the aspiring star, music executive...
More »AP - Apr 13, 2007
Barbra Streisand welcomed Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) to her bluff-top Malibu estate for a fundraising dinner that took in $1.3 million for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee....
More »Reuters - Feb 5, 2007
After posting one of the highest-grossing concert tours of 2006, Nashville couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill plan to head back out on the road this summer. The husband and wife country stars expect to...
More »AP - Dec 28, 2006
Concert tours by the Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand and country duo Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were among the top-grossing tours in North America in 2006, helping drive ticket revenue to a record $3....
More »AP - Dec 27, 2006
Pierre Delanoe, who wrote the lyrics for more than 5,000 songs for French artists from Edith Piaf to Johnny Hallyday, died Wednesday. He was 88. Delanoe died of heart failure, the French federation...
More »E! Online - Nov 29, 2006
Overcoming flying beverages, fans who didn t appreciate her Bush-bashing and initial worries about poor ticket sales, Barbra Streisand put up record-setting numbers at the box office this year. Billboard...
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