VIDEO: Barbra Streisand Talks Politics, New Album & More on 60 MINUTES
By: Caryn Robbins Aug. 29, 2016
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"I think the media, whether they like to hear it or not, has been very responsible for his success." | EXTRA MINUTEShttps://t.co/nY7qQ1LxgH
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) August 29, 2016
In his final interview for #60Mins, @MichaelUsher sat down with the iconic @BarbraStreisand: https://t.co/zKJiDe41gRhttps://t.co/bN5v5jllx8
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) August 28, 2016
EXTRA MINUTES | @BarbraStreisand opens up on working with Aussie star, @realHughJackman. #60Minshttps://t.co/xYTDtaq0k8
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) August 28, 2016
"It's insanity." | EXTRA MINUTES - @BarbraStreisand opens up on the 'divisive' culture of Donald Trump. #60Minshttps://t.co/hrJs0E76xO
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) August 28, 2016
.@BarbraStreisand loudly endorses @HillaryClinton as next US President, & cringes at the thought of the alternative.https://t.co/Sbmk5hI1HN
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) August 28, 2016
A fear of failing has always weighed heavily, and almost ended @BarbraStreisand’s live singing career forever.https://t.co/T5L3ftzMlS
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) August 28, 2016
In her Malibu recording studio, Streisand is promoting her new album with Broadway stars including @RealHughJackman.https://t.co/PIGEo9vZvH
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) August 28, 2016
With more than six decades in show business, @BarbraStreisand has earned the right to be called whatever she wants.https://t.co/B2JJLKaLcD
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) August 28, 2016
Legendary star of stage and screen, Barbra Streisand was featured on Sunday night's 60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA. The singer sat down with the show's Michael Usher to discuss politics, her successful career in entertainment and her newest album 'Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway'. Check out clips from the appearance below!
Streisand's new album "ENCORE: Movie Partners Sing Broadway", available now, features 10 new Streisand duets of Broadway classics with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. The inspired new musical pairings include Alec Baldwin, Antonio Banderas, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Seth MacFarlane, Melissa McCarthy,Chris Pine, Daisy Ridley,Patrick Wilson, and a spectacular virtual duet with Anthony Newley.
Streisand is the only artist ever to receive Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, National Medal of Arts and Peabody Awards and France's Légion d'Honneur as well as the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the first female film director to receive the KENNEDY Center Honors. In 2015, President Barack Obama presented her with the highest civilian honor the United States bestows, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
She won Oscars for both Best Actress ("Funny Girl") and Best Original Song (for her composition of "Evergreen" which has since become a standard.) She also was nominated for Best Actress for "The Way We Were." The three films she directed received 14 Oscar nominations. Her recordings have earned her ten Grammy Awards, including and Grammy's Lifetime Achievement and Legend Awards.
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