Tag: Barbra Streisand

  • At last: Streisand memoir ‘My Name is Barbra’ coming Nov. 7

    By Associated Press

    NEW YORK: Barbra Streisand’s very long-awaited memoir, a project she has talked about for years, is coming out this fall. Viking, a Penguin Random House imprint, will release “My Name is Barbra” on Nov. 7.

    “Dozens of books have been written about Streisand, and now in ‘My Name Is Barbra,’ she tells her story in her own words,” Viking announced Tuesday.

    “My Name Is Barbra” also is the title of a 1965 Streisand album and television special.

    Publishers have sought a Streisand memoir for decades, with the singer telling Jimmy Fallon in 2021 that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis asked her to write one in the early 1980s, when the former first lady was an editor at Doubleday. In 2009, while being interviewed by The Associated Press about a book she wrote about her house in Malibu, California, Streisand mentioned that she had been writing chapters about her life, in longhand.

    “I go back and forth,” Streisand said at the time. “Do I really want to write about my life? Do I really want to relive my life? I’m not sure.”

    The memoir was first announced in 2015, and scheduled for two years later, although it didn’t have a title at the time. A reference to it on her web site, posted in 2015, was later pulled.

    Financial terms for the memoir were not disclosed. Streisand was represented by Robert Barnett, the Washington attorney whose other clients have ranged from Barack Obama to Elton John.

    Streisand, 80, told Fallon that she had written more than 800 pages, and she surely has enough stories to fill them. She has met everyone from John F. Kennedy and Judy Garland to Celine Dion and Paul McCartney. Her films include “Funny Girl,” “The Way We Were” and “A Star Is Born” and worldwide sales of her records exceed 150 million copies.

    Streisand has long been wary of discussing her private life, including her relationships with actor Elliott Gould and producer Jon Peters. Since 1998, she has been married to actor James Brolin.

    NEW YORK: Barbra Streisand’s very long-awaited memoir, a project she has talked about for years, is coming out this fall. Viking, a Penguin Random House imprint, will release “My Name is Barbra” on Nov. 7.

    “Dozens of books have been written about Streisand, and now in ‘My Name Is Barbra,’ she tells her story in her own words,” Viking announced Tuesday.

    “My Name Is Barbra” also is the title of a 1965 Streisand album and television special.

    Publishers have sought a Streisand memoir for decades, with the singer telling Jimmy Fallon in 2021 that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis asked her to write one in the early 1980s, when the former first lady was an editor at Doubleday. In 2009, while being interviewed by The Associated Press about a book she wrote about her house in Malibu, California, Streisand mentioned that she had been writing chapters about her life, in longhand.

    “I go back and forth,” Streisand said at the time. “Do I really want to write about my life? Do I really want to relive my life? I’m not sure.”

    The memoir was first announced in 2015, and scheduled for two years later, although it didn’t have a title at the time. A reference to it on her web site, posted in 2015, was later pulled.

    Financial terms for the memoir were not disclosed. Streisand was represented by Robert Barnett, the Washington attorney whose other clients have ranged from Barack Obama to Elton John.

    Streisand, 80, told Fallon that she had written more than 800 pages, and she surely has enough stories to fill them. She has met everyone from John F. Kennedy and Judy Garland to Celine Dion and Paul McCartney. Her films include “Funny Girl,” “The Way We Were” and “A Star Is Born” and worldwide sales of her records exceed 150 million copies.

    Streisand has long been wary of discussing her private life, including her relationships with actor Elliott Gould and producer Jon Peters. Since 1998, she has been married to actor James Brolin.

  • Barbra Streisand says Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga-led ‘A Star Is Born’ remake was a wrong idea

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Veteran actor-singer Barbra Streisand believes the Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga-led remake of her 1976 film “A Star Is Born” was a “wrong idea”.

    In an interview with Australian talk show “The Sunday Project”, Streisand said the 2018 remake was too similar to the 1976 film, in which she starred alongside Kris Kristofferson.

    “At first, when I heard it was going to be done again, it was supposed to be Will Smith and Beyonce, and I thought, that’s interesting. Really make it different again, different kind of music, integrated actors, I thought that was a great idea. So, I was surprised when I saw how alike it was to the version that I did in 1976,” she said.

    When the interviewer suggested that it may be a compliment to her, Streisand said, “I don’t know, but I thought it was the wrong idea. Look, it was a big success. I can’t argue with success. But I don’t care so much about success as I do originality.”

    For the 2018 movie, directed by Cooper, Gaga won her maiden Academy Award.

    The film also received a best picture nomination and grossed USD 436 million worldwide.

    At the time, Streisand had praised the film in an interview with Extra.

    “Of course I’ve seen it. I loved it. I think it’s wonderful. She’s wonderful,” the music icon said.

    Cooper had also told Entertainment Weekly, that the team had Streisand’s “blessings”.

    The first “A Star Is Born” movie, with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, came out in 1937.

    A remake was released in 1954 with Judy Garland and James Mason playing the lead roles.