The answer, sadly, is a "no". A showbusiness legend and an award-winning director, Streisand undoubtedly knows the effect her mise-en-scene will create. But if she's keen to stress her diva credentials, at least she's earned it. At the age of 79, she holds two Oscars, 10 Grammys, nine Golden Globes, five Emmys, a special Tony and 42 platinum records.
More than that, she redefined what it meant to be a superstar. Take her singing voice. Streisand's ability to shape a phrase so that it seems like she is speaking the lyrics - as if they are occurring to her for the first time - created an intimacy and freshness that has informed generations of performers.
More importantly, she changed what it meant to be a female entertainer. When Streisand started out in the s, she was constantly told she was too ugly to be a star. Against all advice, she refused to get a nose job, and became a leading lady anyway.
After her award-winning turn in Funny Girl, she helped establish First Artists - a production company that enabled stars to make films outside the studio system. There, she produced one of her biggest hits, the the version of A Star Is Born, because she liked that her character "owned the feminist spirit". In , she became the first woman to win best director at the Golden Globes for Yentl - the story of an orthodox Jewish woman who, after her father dies, passes herself off as a boy so she can study the Talmud.
Even at the start of her career, aged 21, Streisand struck a deal with Columbia Records to take less money in exchange for full creative control. The deal almost immediately proved necessary. Columbia wanted the singer's debut album to be called Sweet And Saucy Streisand. Instead, it was released as The Barbra Streisand Album.
It's the Barbra Streisand album. It's common sense. Twenty-two years and 13 top 10 albums later, she was still relying on that original contract to stop the label pushing her around. You have to trust your own instincts if you're an artist at all, and go with what you believe and not anyone else. So Ms Streisand has always called the shots, ever since she strolled on stage for her first Broadway Show - 's I Can Get It For You Wholesale - and turned her single number into a standing ovation that reportedly lasted five minutes.
A smart businesswoman, who has made millions trading stocks, she also owns the master tapes to all her recordings - something The Beatles, Prince and Taylor Swift never managed to negotiate. They're stored in a specially-curated vault, where the floor-to-ceiling shelves are crammed full of tape boxes, movie canisters and reels of television specials. And it's here that Streisand put together her latest album, Release Me 2, delving into the archives and dusting off 10 hidden gems from her six-decade career.
It opens with Burt Bacharach and Hal David's Be Aware which, according to the liner notes, Streisand commissioned for a TV special after being struck by the plights of child poverty and homelessness. When there is so much, should anyone be hungry?
It's very modern. I can't believe we're still in that same position now. Elsewhere, the album is more playful - notably on the Kermit duet Rainbow Connection, which she recorded just to please her son, Jason, in It wasn't until her co-producer Jay Landers found it in the vault that the recording was uncovered.
I love it I love it. An offcut from 's Guilty Pleasures, it features a mischievous back-and-forth between the singers, who critique each other's vocals over breezy bossa nova groove. And I love to play. Their relationship goes back to , when Streisand enlisted the Bee Gees star to write and produce her 22nd album, Guilty, at the same time as she was working on the script to Yentl. That's what he wanted me to do, sing the song 10 times - because every time I sing any song, I do it differently.
Some of these songs that I record now, the first time I'm singing them is in the recording booth. She thrives on the spontaneity. But that's only the tip of the iceberg with her newest album 'Walls', released this Fall. Barbra Streisand at Tribeca Film Festival. The piano-led ballad is as unambiguous and unapologetic as Trump himself, but targets him for the blatant lies and deceit that have come from him since taking office with lines like 'Hard to believe the things you say' and 'You change the facts to justify'.
Barbra Streisand. It's not unusual for dog owners to stick with one breed of dog even after their pooch passes away, but Barbra Streisand wanted an exact copy when her Coton du Tulear Samantha died last year. Thus, she decided to have her cloned - twice! Although neither of them have the same personality.
The year-old star of 'The Guilt Trip' was left devastated when her year-old pet died in , but from cells taken from Samantha's mouth and stomach when she was still alive, breeders managed to deliver two clones named Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett who now keep her company at her Malibu home. Barbra Streisand Britney Spears. Kathy Griffin has announced her upcoming comedy tour. Barbra Streisand's memoir will be released in , it was announced by her publisher on Wednesday 20th May.
Barbra Streisand is writing a memoir and one which promises to set the record straight about her fascinating life and career. The multi-talented New Yorker has signed a deal with Viking, an arm of the publishing giant Penguin. The news was announced by Viking on Wednesday 20th May. Barbra Streisand is writing her memoirs.
It's not easy to be a pioneer in music nowadays, but Barbra Streisand seems to have managed it with the release of her thirty-sixth album 'Partners'. The record has debuted at the top spot on the US Billboard Chart, making Streisand the first singer to have a number one album in six consecutive decades. Streisand 72 is continuing to break records in the music world. Her first album to reach the top spot was 'People' back in , and she has gone on to have a further nine reach number one in the US, including her latest one.
With her ten number one albums, she is now tied for fourth place with the most number one albums alongside Elvis Presley. Ahead of her are The Beatles 19 , Michael Jackson 13 and Bruce Springsteen 11 , but Streisand is still the most successful female artist.
She has also scored six number ones in the UK album chart and thirteen in other countries. She has also achieved five number one singles, her last being 'Woman in Love' which was released in The 72 year-old singer opens up about "virtually" singing along with Elvis Presley on his hit ballad 'Love Me Tender,' which features on her 34th studio album.
Legendary entertainer Barbra Streisand is back on the music scene with a brand her album, her 34th to be exact, and only features duets with some of the most celebrated singers ever.
Streisand's 34th studio album 'Partners' comes out on September 17th. Streisand recently sat down with Extra and recalled meeting the original king of rock 'n' roll for the very first time. I think it was called the International Hotel, yep, and Elvis came. It was my opening night, but I was very nervous meeting him. I remember sitting there polishing my nails while he was talking to me. Can you imagine? When I think of it now, I think, 'How could you have been so stupid?
Barbra Streisand Jimmy Fallon. She sang a number of songs from her new album with the help of the show's presenter Jimmy Fallon. The entire programme was given over to Streisand as Fallon got the opportunity to duet with her on a number of tracks that appear on the new record. Barbra Streisand made an ultra-rare chat show appearance to promote Partners, a new album of duets, out Sept George Clooney 's heated and very public disagreement with Casino mogul Steve Wynn continues with Clooney adding more fuel to the fire in a statement released yesterday May 2nd.
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