Barbra Streisand
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
04/23/1942
Brooklyn, NY |
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Movie reviews: "Funny Girl"
August 31, 2001 2:27pm ESTAlso opening in limited re-release this weekend is a restored Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand. Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times writes: "It is a superb example of Hollywood craftsmanship in which all elements have been blended to perfection with inspired artistry."
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Pacino Scores DeMille Award
August 27, 2001 7:23am ESTThe onslaught of "10 Best" list-bound films rounding out the year can only mean one thing: Awards season is on its way. And the Golden Globes, widely regarded as Oscar's fun-loving cousin and a critical barometer in the Academy Awards race, set its wheels in motion today by giving Al Pacino an offer he can't refuse: The Cecil B. DeMille Award, which honors outstanding contribution to the entertainment field. At the press conference in Beverly Hills, executive producer Dick Clark also announced
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BUZZ/SAW: L.A. vs. New York
August 16, 2001 10:13am ESTNEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2000 -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night was dubbed "Hollywood's party of the year," and it certainly brought out some of Hollywood's biggest names. But a closer look under the show's "Holly-hood" reveals New York, like Hollywood, as big a star of the ceremony.Yes, Hollywood pillars such as Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, Jack Lemmon and Peter Fonda hugged statuettes for, respectively, "Man on the Moon," "Magnolia," "Inher
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BUZZ/SAW: Jodie Foster Freaks Again?
August 15, 2001 11:35am ESTNEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 4, 2000 --- Jodie Foster may be passing on "Hannibal," the grisly sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs," but she isn't quite abandoning oddball projects. Come this spring, she'll be producing and directing "Flora Plum," a period film about a young waif (Claire Danes) who is adopted by a circus and befriended by a freak who falls for her while running her newfound showbiz career. The movie is a return to the "freak" territory Foster roamed in so many of her films prior to this
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Babs Makes AFI History
August 15, 2001 10:04am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Nov. 10, 2000 -- Barbra Streisand has made American Film Institute history. The stage and film performer has been selected to receive the 2001 AFI Life Achievement Award, making her the first woman director to be awarded such an honor in the award's 29-year history, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Barbra Streisand is a living legend who epitomizes the essence of American film," AFI board Chairman Howard Stringer said in a statement. "She is a pioneer in everything she does -- wh
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Beware: Monica Lewinsky Imposter!
August 15, 2001 10:04am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Aug. 16, 2000 -- First a counterfeit Oscar, now a fake Monica Lewinsky. So, what is it with all these phonies and the Democratic National Convention? According to the Drudge Report, a Lewinsky impersonator has been crashing some very exclusive Hollywood parties. This ersatz Lewinsky was spotted Monday at a Tinseltown soiree, kicking it with the likes of Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Sarah Jessica Parker and devout Clinton groupie Barbra Streisand, who reportedly was so unnerved at t
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Babs Calls It Quits!
August 15, 2001 10:04am ESTHOLLYWOOD, July 19, 2000 -- Bye bye, Babs. Start saving your pennies: Barbra Streisand, arguably the greatest female pop music diva of the century, annouced today that she'll end her career as a public performer after four concerts (that can be expected to fetch lofty ticket prices) in September. Streisand, 58, has had a lifelong struggle with anxiety over singing live onstage. Her manager, Martin Erlichman, told Reuters that the songstress "has chosen to conclude her public performance career
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A 15-hour "Snow White"
August 13, 2001 1:29pm ESTDisney's DVD release of its 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will contain 15 hours of material on two discs.ience."
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'Sopranos' Premiere Gangs Up on the Nielsens
July 31, 2001 7:53am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Mar. 7, 2001 -- The Nielsens are in and HBO proved to be the big boss Sunday night.The third-season premiere of the hit series "The Sopranos" blew away the networks with 11.3 million viewers in HBO-subscribing homes, and broke some impressive records along the way. The two-episode debut attracted the largest viewing audience in the series' history and brought in HBO's highest ratings since "Forrest Gump" premiered in 1995.In terms of HBO's original programming, "The Sopranos" easily b
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Sundance Y2K
July 06, 2001 10:39am ESTPARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 23, 2000 -- So, what's it like when you sell your movie at Sundance? Like this: You drive through the streets whooping, yelling, cranking up the stereo and tossing black Adidas ski hats to the unwashed (and un-picked-up) masses. The groovesters of "Groove" are, yes, grooving. A day after Sony Pictures Classic snapped up the low-budget slice-of-rave-life flick, the film's players were partying in the streets here this afternoon. And to hear one of its stars tell it -- this w
