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 Barbra Streisand -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Streisand returned to her (A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing) musical theater roots with 1985's The Broadway Album.
Streisand is known for her outspoken (A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties) liberal political views, and is a staunch supporter of the (The older of two major political parties in the United States) Democratic Party.
Streisand's strong, larger-than-life personality has made her an ((computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface) icon to some members of her fan base.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/barbra_streisand.htm   (1690 words)

  
 Silly Barbra Streisand
Streisand made a point of telling everyone that her Halliburton stock was sold at a loss of $1288, as though the loss had restored to her some sort of virginal status.
Streisand; he said he was grateful for her appearance at the fundraiser; he said that he and Streisand spoke regularly about politics.
Streisand and her follow Democrats are quick to portray President Bush as a moron, but George Bush is the first American president with an MBA degree; he understands what makes an economy robust.
www.weirdrepublic.com /episode38.htm   (4921 words)

  
 Barbra Streisand
NEW YORK -- Barbra Streisand says her inspiration for the movie "Yentl" came from her father -- who spoke to her from beyond the grave.
Streisand, whose father died when she was 15 months old, says in the November issue of George that she received two messages from her father at a seance in 1979, four years before "Yentl" was released.
At the time, Streisand said she was trying to decide whether to direct and star in "Yentl," a story of a Jewish girl who disguises herself as her dead brother Anshel so she can study to become a rabbi.
www.after-death.com /articles/streisand.htm   (224 words)

  
 Barbara Streisand biography, biography Barbara Streisand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Streisand added to her Emmy Awards, winning two more for her performance in and work as producer of "Barbara Streisand: The Concert." The HBO program earned a total of five Emmy Awards, matching the Emmy achievements of her first TV Special, the one-woman show "My Name Is Barbara," exactly thirty years before.
Streisand signed a contract with Columbia Records in 1962, and her debut album quickly became the nation's top-selling record by a female vocalist.
Streisand's feelings about the rights and obligations of artists to participate in the political process were brought into sharp focus by her early 1995 speech at Harvard University under the sponsorship of the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
www.singers.com.ar /b/barbara_streisand/biography.htm   (3013 words)

  
 Barbra Streisand
Over the years, Streisand has won two Oscars, five Emmyss, and eight Golden Globess, as well as a number of other awards.
She was married to Elliott Gould from 1963 to 1971, from which she produced her only child, son Jason Gould (who later appeared as her son in The Prince Of Tides).
Streisand is also known for her outspoken liberal political views, and is a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/barbra_streisand.html   (400 words)

  
 Celebrity Astrology: Barbra Streisand and James Brolin - Free from astrology.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Barbara Streisand is the voice of caution and has a stronger concern for security, stability, and commitment.
Barbara Streisand's Saturn Trine James Brolin's Neptune, James Brolin's Saturn Trine Barbara Streisand's Neptune: There is an unspoken sense of working together for spiritual growth or of helping one another unselfishly, a spiritual commitment to one another which is subtle and often not strongly felt by either of you until adversity assails you.
James Brolin's Uranus Trine Barbara Streisand's Neptune: You are more open and receptive to the psychic realm and to spiritual impulses when you are together, and as a couple you may explore areas such as telepathy, dreams, meditation, and "higher consciousness" to a greater degree than ever before.
astrozine.astrology.com /stars/reports/barbara_james.html   (1556 words)

  
 Barbra Streisand Defends CBS's Reagan Rip
Streisand also writes that she has never read the script, never seen the film and is "not responsible for what is depicted in it."
Streisand dons her economist hat and explains why Reagan really wasn't all that proficient, when he doubled revenues, cut taxes and helped bring about the end of the Cold War.
Streisand ultimately urges the public to tune in to CBS's ill-timed fib fest and she brushes aside the criticisms of the miniseries.
www.firstliberties.com /streisand_defends_cbs.html   (443 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Barbra Streisand
Streisand, Barbra, born in 1942, American singer, stage and motion-picture actor, director, and producer.
She was born Barbara Streisand in Brooklyn, New York.
Streisand has also starred in several television specials, and she produced the television movie Serving in Silence in 1995.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566072/Barbra_Streisand.html   (284 words)

  
 Barbra Streisand
Streisand's first venue for this combined approach was the weekly talent show at the Lion Club, one of the premier gay clubs in New York.
Streisand is a perfectionist, pouring all her time and energy into her film projects, but Hollywood loves to snub her.
Streisand, unapologetic about her insistence on total control over her movies and albums, believes the criticism is indicative of sexism.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/streisand.html   (2214 words)

  
 DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Streisand is back on the scene to promote her reunion disc with Barry Gibb.
Streisand was 13 years old when "Janet" hit Mexico with 150 mph winds.
Streisand was celebrating her sweet sixteen as "Cleo" formed with 140 mph.
www.drudgereport.com /flash4bar.htm   (339 words)

  
 E! Online News - Streisand's Shakespeare Lesson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Forgive us for apprising La Streisand of a popular Internet hoax (Penny, per a much-circulated email, is a nine-year-old girl who has vanished from Calgary, Canada...and Austin, Texas, and...), but we figured the diva might need a brush-up course on such matters after falling for the old Julius Caesar.
"[Streisand] learned the following day that it is, rather, a passage which is widely circulated on the Internet as an excerpt from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, but which is, in fact, an anonymous composition, not Shakespeare at all," says a post in the "Truth Alert" section of the singer-actress-icon's Website, barbrastreisand.com.
Streisand then recited the faked Shakespeare to an audience that ran the gamut from Christian Slater to House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/Pf/0,1527,10622,00.html   (676 words)

  
 BBC Mundo | De todo un poco | Bárbara Streisand: "Me aburro"
Streisand -de 61 años- afirmó que una vez que terminaba de grabar un disco, quedaba tan harta de escuchar tantas veces la misma música que "nunca volvía a escucharlos hasta por lo menos 10 años después".
Streisand se retiró de la actuación en vivo en septiembre de 2000.
Hablando de su aburrimiento, Streisand dijo "esa fue la razón por la que dejé de dar conciertos, además del miedo a salir al escenario y lo extenuante de cantar 30 canciones por noche".
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/spanish/misc/newsid_3140000/3140206.stm   (256 words)

  
 Myrna Blyth on Barbara Walters on National Review Online
Barbara is leaving as co-host, though she told us she will still be on the show occasionally.
Barbara Streisand, giggling, asked Barbara when she was getting married, and Elizabeth Taylor, giggling, let Barbara try on her doorknocker of a diamond ring.
Barbara is one of the most admired women in America, a broadcasting pioneer for women; Sharon Osbourne is a crude-talking eccentric who, in the year and a half since that interview, has flopped on a TV talk show and is fast fading from B- to C-list status.
www.nationalreview.com /blyth/blyth200409220836.asp   (963 words)

  
 essays & effluvia: Streisand: Fair & Balanced, too?
Streisand was asserting that the inclusion of a single frame that includes her blufftop Malibu estate invades her privacy, violates the "anti-paparazzi" statute, seeks to profit from her name, and threatens her security.
Streisand in every movie she's starred in, nor do I like all her songs;but on the whole Barbara is a phenomenal artist with an incredible personality.
Barbara Streisand will be remembered by millions for all that is positive; and personally I always think of her as the ideal woman to know better as a great lifetime friend rather then the ideal woman to be married to because of her powerful individuality.
bigpicture.typepad.com /writing/2003/09/photography_als.html   (2267 words)

  
 All about Barbara Streisand
Barbara owes her flair for the dramatic to her Moon in Leo.
Simply put, Streisand's Sun and Moon are at war with one another, creating upheaval and preventing the actress from gaining satisfaction from her considerable achievements.
Streisand's notorious difficulties on the set may get their energy from this placement, as the producer/director's keen intellect can result in a flurry of barbs to anyone in her presence.
www.ivillage.co.uk /astrology/celebrity/profiles/articles/0,,162824_185800,00.html   (526 words)

  
 >> Barbra Streisand Archives | Barbara Walters Interviews
In a two-part interview, Barbara asked Barbra about Jon Peters, "Rainbow Road" (aka "A Star Is Born"), and about her life in Hollywood.
Next, in 1976 Walters invited Streisand (and Jon Peters) to be a guest on her first prime time television special.
Next, Streisand and Peters sat down for a chat about "A Star Is Born" and topics like celebrity, women's rights, and whether they'd get married.
barbra-archives.com /TV/barbarawalters.html   (422 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Barbra Streisand's house of cards
Streisand, of course, falls back to the default position on the Hollywood switch whenever a project is scrapped due to poor PR, which is that it was caused by vicious right-wingers and their hateful political agendas.
A champion of the poor, and fighter against corporate greed, Streisand charges several hundred dollars for a ticket to one of her concerts, keeping most of the money, and giving the rest to rich political candidates who are also self-described champions of the poor and fighters against corporate greed.
If only the suits at CBS had better singing voices, they could claim their attempt to avoid a public-relations disaster to be "artistic freedom," but that's a one-way street on which only Streisand and a handful of other Hollywood elites are privy to drive down.
worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35509   (698 words)

  
 Conservativity.com -- Barbara Streisand: World-Renowned Climatologist
Our Friend Matt Drudge ran a headline last night: "Barbara Streisand Declares Global Warming Emergency." She has unequivocally declared that this year’s spate of hurricanes striking our Gulf Coast region are due to man-made global warming.
Streisand has not set forth the scientific bases for her conclusion.
Because of Barbara Streisand, we now have the weight of science to prove that the 2005 hurricane season is entirely the fault of global warming.
www.conservativity.com /show.asp?A=289   (498 words)

  
 Music by Barbara Streisand @ SmasHitsUSA.com
Streisand was born on April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn, N.Y. and became a nightclub singer in New York during the early 1960s.
Signing to Columbia, Streisand released her debut album, The Barbra Streisand Album in 1963; it quickly reached the Top 10 and went gold, leading to The Second Album and The Third Album, issued within the year.
Streisand's 54th album, Higher Ground, was released on Columbia in November 1997.
www.smashitsusa.com /index.cfm?Page=Audio&SubPage=ArtistDetails&ArtistID=78   (226 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Barbra Streisand Collection (What's Up, Doc?/The Main Event/Up the Sandbox/Nuts): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Streisand stars as Margaret, a stay-at-home mom in the middle of New York who's feeling the strain of her narrow life.
Here, Streisand plays a spoiled rich girl, the head of a bankrupt cosmetics company, who discovers she's lost everything--except her ownership of the contract of a washed-up boxer (O'Neal, known for his combative nature offscreen).
Barbra Streisand is a mad high-priced "escort" accused of murder, but whether she's mad as hell or mad as a hatter is the question in this courtroom drama, adapted from the play by Tom Topor.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006FDCI?v=glance   (1863 words)

  
 Streisand goes coastal over Web photo effort
Arguing that the photograph violated her privacy, Streisand filed a $50 million lawsuit in May demanding that the photo including her house be removed from the site, along with the caption reading "Streisand Estate, Malibu."
Streisand attorney John Gatti insists the lawsuit is not an attempt to shut down the Web site, but an attempt to protect the privacy of a celebrity who has been harassed in the past by stalkers and obsessive fans.
The Adelmans have filed a motion to dismiss the case, and Streisand has asked the Los Angeles Superior Court for an injunction ordering the removal of identifying information from the site until the case is settled.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/31/MN305247.DTL   (1105 words)

  
 Shining full plate and a good broadsword » Barbara Streisand is an Idiot
Barbara, if you ever read this, please consider this: you’re Jewish.
Well, Barbara, if you tried that with the barrel of a gun from the other side, it would blow your head off simply of the pleasure of killing you.
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nerra.com /broadsword/archives/2005/10/06/692/barbara-streisand-is-an-idiot   (669 words)

  
 California Coastal Records Project
Streisand, who purports to espouse the First Amendment right of freedom of speech (See "My Thoughts On Freedom of Speech" (scroll down to "My Thoughts"), at www.barbrastreisand.com) apparently feels differently when the publication of a photograph shows her backyard.
Streisand filed against us in Superior Court in Los Angeles.
The court also firmly rejected Streisand's request for an injunction to force the removal of a panoramic photographic frame that happens to include her sprawling blufftop estate from Adelman's website, www.Californiacoastline.org.
www.californiacoastline.org /streisand/lawsuit.html   (1159 words)

  
 Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand's career has involved every medium; she is an actress, singer, songwriter, producer, director.
This website is an effort to celebrate the magic that is Barbra and to share some of her wondrous achievements with her fans and admirers round the world.
My parents have always been Streisand fans so I had the chance to listen to her music from a young age.
www.jennifer-too.com /tides/home.html   (322 words)

  
 Barbara Streisand News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Laura Canales, known by many as the "Barbara Streisand of Tejano music," was scheduled to have a...
Barbra Streisand will release a new album in September to be written and produced by Bee Gees legend Barry Gibb, her publicist said on Friday.
Barbara Streisand and Peter Falk are the featured players in a national PSA campaign from the Alzheimer's Association.
www.topix.net /who/barbara-streisand   (425 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - The Barbara Streisand Collection (DVD)
Something for the Streisand fans too on the disc: Two behind the scenes featurettes and a function where you can jump straight to those lavish musical numbers.
After a stellar debut in “Funny Girl” [for which she won an Oscar] it was only natural that Barbara Streisand would be asked back to do a sequel.
Having a guy review a Barbara Streisand movie is like sending him in to a Dress shop to try on his partners frock for size.
www.moviehole.net /reviews/791.html   (992 words)

  
 Barbra Streisand - Statements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1984, Barbra Streisand was in the Middle East and appeared on the Good Morning America show via inter-continental satellite.
A common practice now, that technology was in its early stages, and Streisand commented at the end of the interview, "If only our hearts could expand as much as technology, we'd be in a good place."
Streisand had noted, "I love information, but I'm afraid of the information age - too much information and not enough spiritual growth to handle it.
www.barbrastreisand.com /news_statements.html   (3279 words)

  
 Digital Earth : Barbara Streisand sues over remotely sensed images   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Yahoo are reporting that Barbara Streisand is sueing a not-for-proft remote sensing coastline monitoring project for US$10 mill.
Barbara Streisand sues over remotely sensed images
MapQuest still seems to carry GlobeExplorer imagery in some locations, including what seems to be pretty close to her house.
www.digitalearth.org /story/2003/5/30/212111/949   (279 words)

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