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Everybody's gotta start somewhere. For nineteen-year-old Barbra Streisand, that somewhere was New York's Bon Soir nightclub. In her memoir, "My Name Is Barbra," Streisand writes: "The Bon Soir was ...
Robert Redford needed some extra protection when he filmed his love scenes with Barbra Streisand in the drama “The Way We Were.” The “Ordinary People” director, 86, reportedly forced ...
Fairchild Archive/Penske Media via Getty Barbra Streisand's star has been shining for over six decades. The EGOT winner shot to fame in the early '60s, first breaking into Broadway then making her ...
Eighteen months ago, Barbra Streisand released My Name Is Barbra, an anecdote-rich memoir about her 60-plus years of blazing trails in music, film, Broadway, activism and beyond. But the story isn ...
NPR's Juana Summers talks with It's Been a Minute host Brittany Luse about her interview with legend Barbra Streisand, whose memoir is out. There are few performers who are easily identified by ...
Descend to the basement of Barbra Streisand's Malibu home, and you'll be transported to her own private mall – yes, a mall. One of the "stores" is Bee's Doll Shop. It's a poor girl's fantasy ...
Throughout her career, Barbra Streisand's mother would send her bad reviews of her performances. The intention was to prevent her daughter from getting a "swelled head," but they also served as ...
By The New York Times Books Staff “Looking back, it was much more fun to dream of being famous than to actually be famous,” Barbra Streisand writes near the end of “My Name Is Barbra,” her ...