Barbra Streisand: Last News

Lana Del Rey nets a sixth UK Number 1 album with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd today, scooping the fastest-selling LP of 2023 so far. 

Call the Midwife and Sanditon are back, while the Versailles-set Marie Antoinette makes it debut. It's the perfect way to spend your Sunday evening and will only get you more excited for the in May, followed by .Speaking of charming British characters, Ted Lasso airs its second episode this Wednesday. After last week's episode (my heart sank for Ted in the final few minutes), the show keeps raising the stakes and I'm loving it.Meanwhile, is back for an epic season two adventure while Daisy Jones & the Six wraps up its run, giving you all the answers you want to know.

Lea Michele is currently bringing the house down every night with her starring role in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, fulfilling a longtime dream of hers to play the iconic role.

Kathy McDonald Everyone goes home with an Oscar at the Governors Ball — a chocolate one dipped in gold leaf. The treat is one of the many classics on the menu created by chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur Wolfgang Puck, who will be behind the stove for an unprecedented 29th time at this year’s post-Oscars Governors Ball. While Puck himself will probably not be crafting the evening’s signature spicy tuna-filled sesame cones (more than 2,500 are made) or the Oscar-shaped matzo cracker topped with smoked salmon, he’s there to greet the anticipated 1,500 international attendees who are ready to eat and expecting their favorites.

Lenny Kravitz has been chosen to deliver the “In Memoriam” performance at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Chaka Khan is backtracking on her comments over Rolling Stone‘s Greatest Singers list and apologizing.

won’t rain on Lea Michele’s parade.Broadway’s “Funny Girl” announced Thursday that the musical will take its final bow later this year — despite seeing a massive boom in ticket sales following the casting of the “Glee” alum.The show revealed the news on Instagram. “Hey, gorgeous! We’re having so much fun with you on Broadway, we’re sticking around until September 3rd,” reads the post.Michele, 36, will continue to star as Fanny Brice — a role made famous by Barbra Streisand in the original 1964 production — through the end of its tenure at the August Wilson Theatre.

Chaka Khan was just made aware of where she ranked on the controversial Rolling Stone list, “The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time,” and she’s not happy.

Funny Girl, Broadway’s riches-to-rags-to-riches smash hit, will close on Sunday, Sept. 3, with stars Lea Michele, Ramin Marmloo, Jared Grimes and Tovah Feldshuh extending their planned runs to see the show through to its final date.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Life in the the-a-ter is coming to a close for the company of “Funny Girl.” The Broadway revival has extended its run, but the show will play its final performance on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Its closing date is almost exactly one year after Michele joined the cast, though the revival of “Funny Girl” first opened in April 2022 led by Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice. But she and Jane Lynch, who was replaced by Tovah Feldshuh as Fanny’s mother, departed the production in August after the production was plagued with poor reviews and lackluster turnout. “Funny Girl” might have closed sooner without the casting changes. But box office fortunes have been on the upswing since last September and seats at the August Wilson Theater have remained well-stocked, even setting multiple house records. By the time the cast, including Ramin Karimloo as Nicky Arnstein and Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan, takes its final bow, the Broadway revival will have played 599 performances and 30 previews.

Katheryn Winnick is best known for playing shield maiden Lagertha in “Vikings” and the Canadian actress is now embracing a new role: ambassador for United24, the global initiative to support Ukraine, launched by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Fran Drescher is the current president of SAG-AFTRA and she was in attendance at the 2023 SAG Awards to give an update on the initiatives moving forward in the organization.

Thania Garcia Lyricist and composer Paul Williams will be honored by the 13th annual Guild of Music Supervisors awards with the 2023 Icon award at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on March 5. The awards show will also be posthumously honoring former Sony Pictures Entertainment senior VP and music supervisor, Pilar McCurry. Williams’ standards have been recorded by such decorated artists as Ray Charles, David Bowie, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, the Carpenters, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Luther Vandross and Willie Nelson, among others. He’s previously been recognized with six Oscars, nine Grammys, six Golden Globes, and two Emmy nominations.

“And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” in her Tony-winning role as Effie White in “Dreamgirls,” Jennifer Holliday is still here, folks.But now her signature number has a completely different meaning for the 62-year-old diva, who has overcome weight struggles, career setbacks and a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 1999.“When I first sang it, I was 19 going on 20 years old,” Holliday told The Post. “And as I became a young woman and then a real woman and then a grown-ass woman, the song took on different meanings. It’s a song of survival today.

posted last Monday and has been viewed 884,000 times, shows Rivers at a 2013 event claiming the late Princess of Wales “didn’t know when the good times were with her.”“Watch the gay men get quiet,” Rivers said at the time. “You can never say anything to gay men either about Barbra Streisand being ugly or Princess Diana.” “I hated her,” Rivers, who died in 2014 at the age of 81 after a complication during throat surgery, added.“You know why I didn’t like her? Because she didn’t know when the good times were with her.

New York Fashion Week is in full swing and a number female celebs were spotted at the Brandon Maxwell fashion show.Lea Michele - who looked effortlessly chic on her way into her latest performance last week - and Julianne Hough looked stylish in wildly different styles at Tuesday's event. The Funny Girl star, 36, looked every bit the Broadway diva in an off-the-shoulders black, belted, bubble top and black pumps. Her hair was pulled back into a low bun.The Dancing with the Stars alum, 34, channeled a 1970s bombshell in a wide-legged, belted, denim jumpsuit that featured an ombre wash, going from dark on top to light blue on most of her legs and back to dark at the hems.Both stars looked chic as they entered the show to take in the designer's latest looks.  Funny Girl: Lea Michelle wore a dramatic all-black, off-the-shoudler look as she took in Tuesday's Brandon Maxwell show Fanny Brice: The Glee alum has long made it know that her current role is one she's wanted to play her whole life Lea wore large black sunglasses and opted for more subtle, smaller jewelry with her dramatic look.Meanwhile Julianne paired her retro jumpsuit with a part of dangling earrings and large, golden tinted sunglasses. Lea gave off an intimidating air in her snaps while Julianne looked approachable - which was befitting the overall style of each of their looks. The Glee alum has been playing the iconic role of Fanny Brice on Broadway since last summer.Lea took over the role from Beanie Feldstein, who received less than fantastic reviews. Meanwhile, Lea's shows broke box office records, bringing in $2,005,696.80 during the week of December 18. The show revived the original musical, which starred Barbra Streisand as the titular character.

Lea Michele is currently bringing the house down every night with her starring role in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, fulfilling a longtime dream of hers to play the iconic role.

Tributes poured in Thursday for legendary composer Burt Bacharach, who has died at the age of 94 at home in Los Angeles. Bacharach composed more than 500 songs including Say A Little Prayer and Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, and over the course of his career was heaped with honors including six Grammy Awards.During seven decades of work, he wrote for a string of A-list stars including Dionne Warwick, Cilla Black, Tom Jones, Barbra Streisand and Dusty Springfield. Michael Keaton, whose first starring role was in the 1982 film Night Shift scored by Bacharach, led the celebrity testimonials on social media.He posted an Instagram photo of the death announcement appearing on CNN and wrote in the caption simply: 'Legend.' Dearly departed: Tributes poured in Thursday for legendary composer Burt Bacharach, who has died at the age of 94 at home in Los Angeles; he is pictured in 1969 Legend: Michael Keaton, whose first starring role was in the 1982 film Night Shift scored by Bacharach, led the celebrity testimonials Mourning: Alec Baldwin, who once sang Bacharach and Hal David's song What The World Needs Now Is Love on 30 Rock, wrote: 'Rest in peace the great Burt Bacharach...'Alec Baldwin, who once sang Bacharach and Hal David's song What The World Needs Now Is Love on 30 Rock, wrote: 'Rest in peace the great Burt Bacharach...'Beach Boys icon Brian Wilson, who previously cited Bacharach as one of his prime influences, rhapsodized about the late songwriter on Twitter.'I’m so sad to hear about Burt Bacharach. Burt was a hero of mine and very influential on my work,' wrote Wilson.

Lea Michele fired up her TikTok this week to poke fun at last year's wild internet rumors claiming she is illiterate.News broke on Monday that her idol Barbra Streisand is releasing a memoir on November 7 slated to run a whopping 1,040 pages.Last year Lea drew rave reviews for leading the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, the 1964 musical that helped catapult Barbra to global superstardom.Previously on a 2011 episode of Glee, Lea sang the song My Man in the inimitable style Barbra performed it in at the end of the Funny Girl movie.Now in the wake of the memoir being announced, Lea joked on her TikTok that she has '265 days to learn to READ!!!!' Tongue in cheek: Lea Michele fired up her TikTok this week to poke fun at last year's wild internet rumors claiming she is illiterate Goofing about: News broke on Monday that her idol Barbra Streisand is releasing a memoir on November 7 slated to run a whopping 1,040 pagesThe book is entitled My Name Is Barbra after the author's first TV special, a black-and-white musical extravaganza that aired on CBS in 1965.A cover image has already been released, comprised of a legendary 1967 profile shot of Barbra taken by the late Steve Schapiro.Meanwhile, the year she performed My Man on Glee, Lea found herself having to sing it in front of Barbra herself at a MusiCares pre-Grammy event. The next night at the Grammys, according to Lea's own memoir, Barbra surprised her by tapping her on the shoulder at the valet stand.'I just wanted to say thank you for introducing me to your generation,' said Barbra, prompting Lea to give her a hug and call her 'incredible.'Last year upon taking the Funny Girl role, Lea received a note from Barbra, an experience she described as 'so surreal and such a

In a first-time first-person account of her life and career, legendary singer, actress, director and producer Barbra Streisand will publish her memoir, My Name is Barbra, on November 7, 2023 via Penguin Random House imprint Viking. The Penguin Group made it official on Tuesday, calling the tome “engrossing and delightful.” There have been dozens of books written about the now 80-year-old artist, but this will be the first to tell her story in her own words.

Barbra Streisand shared some big news on Tuesday.The 80-year-old signing legend posted to Instagram a first look at the cover of her hotly anticipated memoir titled My Name Is Barbra.And the Woman in Love singer also shared that the tell-all would be released on November 7 by Viking, a division of Penguin Random House.The Way We Were actress - who celebrated becoming an octogenarian at her Malibu home - could be seen on the book cover in an image from her Oscar-winning film Funny Girl. Her eyes appeared to be closed as her hair was worn in a chic chop and she added long pearl drop earrings.  A Woman in Love: Barbra Streisand, 80, announced her long awaited memoir in an Instagram post on TuesdayThe Instagram post was captioned: 'Barbra's memoir My Name Is Barbra coming November 7th. Pre-order link in bio.'The Yentl star has been talking about releasing a tell-all book for years.  'Dozens of books have been written about Streisand, and now in My Name Is Barbra, she tells her story in her own words,' a release from the publisher said.My Name Is Barbra is the title of a her 1965 album as well as a television special.The memoir was first announced in 2015 and scheduled for release in 2017.  In 2021, the You Don't Bring Me Flowers singer sat down for an interview with Jimmy Fallon and revealed that former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis asked her to write a memoir in the early 1980s.At the time, Onassis was an editor at Doubleday. The A Star is Born actress told Fallon that she'd already written more than 800 pages and was nowhere near done with telling her story.