Barbra Streisand
Ryan O’Neal, Star of ‘Love Story,’ ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ and ‘Paper Moon,’ Dies at 82
Ryan O’Neal, the boyish leading man who kicked off an extraordinary 1970s run in Hollywood with his Oscar-nominated turn as the Harvard preppie Oliver in the legendary romantic tearjerker Love Story, has died. He was 82. O’Neal died Friday, his son Patrick O’Neal, a sportscaster with Bally Sports West in Los Angeles, reported on Instagram. […]
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Barbra Streisand Says She Likely Won’t Make Another Movie: “It’s Complicated”
Barbra Streisand has revealed that she has no plans to return to the big screen anytime soon. The EGOT winner, who hasn’t starred in a movie in more than a decade, recently told People Magazine that the movie-making process can be tiring. “I mean, it was 2009 that I was fighting for the rights to […]
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Rita Hollingsworth, Veteran Hollywood Publicist, Dies at 61
Rita Hollingsworth, the first-rate publicist and communications strategist who worked with the likes of Barbra Streisand, Robert Altman, Chen Kaige, the Carousel of Hope and St. Vincent Meals on Wheels over the years, has died. She was 61. Hollingsworth died Nov. 16 of an intracerebral brain hemorrhage at Keck Hospital of USC, her husband of […]
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Barbra Streisand Says Judy Garland Warned Her About Hollywood: “Don’t Let Them Do to You What They Did to Me”
Barbra Streisand is sharing a warning her late friend and fellow actress Judy Garland gave to her about Hollywood in her new memoir, My Name Is Barbra. In an excerpt, via People magazine, Streisand wrote, “Judy and I became friends. We spoke on the phone, and she came to one of the rare parties I […]
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Barbra Streisand Didn’t Want to Write About Past Relationships in New Memoir
With her new memoir My Name Is Barbra, Barbra Streisand says she hopes readers will finally “know the truth” about her. “One of the reasons I wrote the book is to talk about the myths about me,” Streisand tells CBS News’ Gayle King in an interview that aired on CBS Sunday Morning. Among reflections on […]
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Barbra Streisand on How She Convinced Robert Redford to Star in 1973’s ‘The Way We Were’
Barbra Streisand is looking back at how she convinced Robert Redford to star in the 1973 film The Way We Were after he turned down the role twice. The romantic drama follows an unlikely couple, Katie Morosky (Streisand) and Hubbell Gardiner (Redford), who fall in love despite political and historical events. The pair must navigate […]
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Tony Bennett, the Gold Standard of Singers Everywhere, Dies at 96
He collected 19 Grammy Awards, found immortality with 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and connected with a younger generation to mount one of the great comebacks in music history.
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Events of the Week: ‘Theater Camp,’ Essence Festival and More
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Theater Camp and Essence Festival of Culture. Disney x Essence Fest Disney, the major entertainment sponsor of this year’s Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, showcased footage from Haunted Mansion, Lucasfilm’s new Star Wars series Ahsoka and Walt Disney […]
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Lew Palter, ‘Titanic’ Actor and Longtime CalArts Teacher, Dies at 94
Lew Palter, the veteran character actor and admired CalArts School of Theater faculty member who portrayed the department store magnate Isidor Straus in James Cameron’s Titanic, has died. He was 94. Palter died May 21 of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Catherine Palter, told The Hollywood Reporter. The New York […]
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Barbra Streisand Kept Pentagon Papers Leaker Daniel Ellsberg Out of Jail, Says Filmmaker
Daniel Ellsberg died on Friday at 92 years after a battle with cancer and barely six weeks after concluding 40 hours of interviews with documentary maker Paul Jay, who is at work on How to Stop a Nuclear War. The feature follows the Pentagon Papers leaker’s efforts to raise an alarm about the threat of a devastating […]
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Barbra Streisand Memoir ‘My Name Is Barbra’ to Release in November
The release date for Barbra Streisand’s anticipated memoir has been announced. Viking, a Penguin Random House imprint, announced Tuesday that Streisand’s My Name Is Barbra will be published on Nov. 7. With a career that has spanned six decades and featured dozens of books written about her, Streisand will finally chronicle her story in her own […]
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Arnold Schulman, Screenwriter on ‘Goodbye, Columbus’ and ‘Love With the Proper Stranger,’ Dies at 97
Arnold Schulman, who landed Oscar nominations for his screenplays for Love With the Proper Stranger and Goodbye, Columbus and found success with several incarnations of his Broadway hit A Hole in the Head, has died. He was 97. Schulman died Saturday of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica, his son, Peter Schulman, told The Hollywood Reporter. In […]
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