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NAME:	Barbra Streisand
PROFILE:	Name: Barbra Streisand Birth Name: Barbara Joan Streisand Height: 5'5" Sex: F Nationality: American Birth Date: April 24, 1942 Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA Profession: actor, director, musician, producer, composer Education: Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, New York (graduated in 1959) Husband/Wife: James Brolin (actor; married on July 1, 1998 at Malibu, California), Elliot Gould (actor; married on March 21, 1963; divorced on July 9, 1971) Relationship: Andre Agassi (tennis player), Ryan O'Neal (actor), Jon Peters (producer; executive; former hairdresser), Don Johnson (actor; singer), James Newton Howard (composer; relationship ended 1991), Richard Baskin Father: Emanuel Streisand (English teacher; died on August 4, 1943) Mother: Diana Streisand Kind (née Ida Rosen; school clerk; died on March 30, 2002) Brother: Sheldon Jay (born in 1935) Half Sister: Rosalind Kind (singer; born on January 9, 1952) Step Father: Louis Kind (married on December 23, 1951) Son: Jason Emmanuel Gould (actor; born on December 29, 1966; father: Elliot Gould) Claim to fame: as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968) Contact: Click here
GOSSIP:	Tickets for Streisand's first British concert in 13 years sold out in 20 minutes, despite their whopping price tag. (May 4, 2007) Donated $10,000 to The St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, which says her record label plans to contribute an additional $10,000 worth of audio-visual gear. (February 1, 2007) After a six-year hiatus from the stage, Streisand blew the lid off the box office tallies, raking in an impressive $92,457,062 for 20 shows during her North American tour. (November 29, 2006) An annoyed concert-goer threw his beverage over Streisand after she criticized US President George W Bush during her Miami concert. (October 30, 2006) Had invalidated more than 1,000 tickets to concerts in Streisand's upcoming national tour after discovering they were bought with a stolen credit card then resold on the Internet. (August 30, 2006) Has blasted an unofficial new biography which explores her love life as mean-spirited mythology. ‘Barbra: The Way She Is’ by Christopher Anderson claims Streisand is cheap, has a Maria Callas-sized ego, is prone to huge tantrums and has a star-studded list of former conquests. (April 11, 2006) Canceled her subscription to the Los Angeles Times over the firing of the paper's liberal columnist. (December 9, 2005) Plans to write a revealing autobiography - as she wants fans to know the truth about her colorful life. (October 3, 2005) Has reunited with Barry Gibb for Guilty Pleasures, a new collaborative album slated for release on September 20. (August 16, 2005) Only agreed to star in sequel MEET THE FOCKERS to confirm she can still act after a break of nearly a decade from the big screen. (2004) Has defended celebrities' rights to speak out about politics, insisting there have always been strong links between Hollywood and Washington DC. (December 23, 2004) Underwent surgery in december 2004 to remove a polyp in her colon. Has put hundreds of items from her films and personal life on auction to benefit several charities. (June 7, 2004) Must pay $177,000 in legal fees incurred by an amateur photographer who fended off a $10 million lawsuit over aerial photographs he took showing her Malibu estate. (May 29, 2004) A judge has ordered Streisand to hand over $154,000 to a man she lost a court battle to, after months of delay in reaching a payment agreement. She took photographer Ken Adelman to court for $10 million last year in her quest to have two photographs of her Malibu, California, home removed from his environmental website. (May 25, 2004) MORE BARBRA STREISAND TRIVIA
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