Streisand : her life, 2012

The definitive Barbra Streisand biography. This is the completed revised, updated and expanded (through 2012) of the 1995 New York Times bestseller. It is a compulsively readable, monumental work based on more than 200 interviews with Barbra's family, friends and colleagues. James Spada has followed Barbra's life and career for forty-five years and paints an intimate, frequently surprising portrait of a woman who continues to capture the public's imagination as few others ever have. Every aspect of Barbra's life and work is covered in detail, from her father's upbringing in the teeming ethnic ghettos of New York City to the filming of Barbra's movie, "The Guilt Trip." Her closest childhood friends talk about the gawky misfit who sought surrogate parents; her Broadway coworkers reveal the rancorous breakup between Barbra and her "Funny Girl" costar; the costume designer of "The Way We Were" describes Redford's anxiety about doing a love scene with her; we learn intimate details about many of Barbra's lovers (Tommy Smothers, Omar Sharif, Ryan O'Neal, Warren Beatty, Elvis Presley, Prime Minister Trudeau, Don Johnson, James Brolin) and her often tempestuous, sometimes violent relationship with Jon Peters. Also included are the extraordinary backstage details of her most famous films—"Funny Girl", "Hello, Dolly!", What's Up, Doc?", "The Way We Were", A Star Is Born", "The Prince of Tides" and "Meet the Fockers"—her albums, concerts, television appearances and political activism. This book is an absolute must for Streisand fans everywhere. The definitive Barbra Streisand biography. This is the completed revised, updated and expanded (through 2012) of the 1995 New York Times bestseller. It is a compulsively readable, monumental work based on more than 200 interviews with Barbra's family, friends and colleagues. James Spada has followed Barbra's life and career for forty-five years and paints an intimate, frequently surprising portrait of a woman who continues to capture the public's imagination as few others ever have. Every aspect of Barbra's life and work is covered in detail, from her father's upbringing in the teeming ethnic ghettos of New York City to the filming of Barbra's movie, "The Guilt Trip." Her closest childhood friends talk about the gawky misfit who sought surrogate parents; her Broadway coworkers reveal the rancorous breakup between Barbra and her "Funny Girl" costar; the costume designer of "The Way We Were" describes Redford's anxiety about doing a love scene with her; we learn intimate details... Streisand,Barbara Streisand,Barbra Streisand,Barbara Joan Streisand,Barbra Joan Streisand,Streisand Her Life,by James Spada,Streisand Spada,Emanuel Streisand,Jason Emanuel Gould,Bill Clinton Streisand,Judy Garland Streisand,Happening in Central Park,Columbia Records,Yentl,The Prince of Tides,Miss Marmelstein,Stoney End,Marty Erlichman,Ted Rozar,My Passion for Design,Bon Soir Club,Marilyn and Alan Bergman,Another Evening with Harry Stoones,Barwood Films,Barry Dennen,Evergreen,MGM Grand,Diana Streisand Kind,Roslyn Kind,Theater Studio of New York,Ray Stark,Ryan O’Neal,Amy Irving,One Voice,Marvin Hamlisch,Arthur Laurents,I Can Get it for You Wholesale and Streisand,Fanny Brice and Steisand,Omar Sharif and Streisand,George Segal and Streisand,Richard Dreyfuss and Streisand,Streisand Concert,Don Johnson and Streisand,Sinatra and Streisand,Nuts and Barbra Streisand,Mike Douglas and Streisand,James Brolin and Barbra,A Star is Born,Dustin Hoffman and Streisand,Brooklyn and Streisand