Barbra Streisand Details Her Struggle To Get Robert Redford On Board ‘The Way We Were’

“Poder hablar más que un idioma es una de las mejores cosas en mundo. Por eso yo hago el esfuerzo de solamente hablarle en español a mis hijos. Y aquí estoy hablándolo con @alrojovivo sobre el nuevo libro de Britney Spears. Con amor.”

Most international TV networks and news agencies were unable to provide live coverage or video updates out of the Gaza Strip overnight due to communication outages as Israel stepped up its military campaign on the Palestinian territory.

In his new book, “Teddy and Booker T: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality,” bestselling author Brian Kilmeade writes of how Theodore Roosevelt invited intellectual and former slave Book T. Washington to dinner at the White House at the very beginning of his presidency. Roosevelt sought Washington’s counsel as he struggled to steer the country — and especially the South — forward in the wake of Jim Crow laws and racial violence.

Rangers will square off with Hearts as Glasgow vs Edinburgh get set to do battle for the second weekend in a row.

Bobby Brazier has revealed that meditating helps him whilst rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing as he and pro dance partner Dianne Buswell appeared on Lorraine on Tuesday.

A warning has been issued to drivers ahead to the clocks going back this weekend.

The late Queen Elizabeth II was known for her one signature make-up look that Kate Middleton does not seem to be a fan of.

TV presenter Sarah Beeny has shared an upsetting update on her battle with breast cancer and revealed she has undergone further surgery to have her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed.

The First Minister for Scotland has said he has not heard from his in-laws who are currently trapped in Gaza.

Adam Thomas' wife Caroline has appeared to confirm the ex-Emmerdale star will be participating in Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing live show, after reports claimed he may be forced to miss the show due to health concerns. Adam, 35, is competing on this year's Strictly with professional dancer Luba Mushtuk but has been unwell over recent days and was absent from spin-off show It Takes Two on Friday.

Chelsea football star Enzo Fernandez has announced the birth of his new baby boy.The 22-year-old Argentine World Cup winner and his partner Valentina Cervantes revealed they now have a son and even shared his name on Instagram as Benjamin. Breaking the news on social media, the midfielder posted a picture with the new-born and his daughter Olivia, saying: "Benjamin Fernandez, 26/10/23. I love you forever." Fans and other fellow footballers have rushed to congratulate Enzo and his partner, Chelsea FC even commented: "Congratulations Enzo" with a blue love heart emoji.

McFly brought out Rou Reynolds from Enter Shikari at their show at London’s Alexandra Palace last night (October 27). Watch the footage below.READ MORE: The five most wholesome moments from McFly’s set at GlastonburyReynolds joined the group for a performance of their 2008 song ‘Corrupted’, originally released on their studio album ‘Radio:Active’.

Cast have shared a new single, ‘Love Is The Call’, which will also serve as the title track for their new album. Check it out below.A statement about the song describes it as “a surging cocktail of psychedelia played with poised power-pop punch”.Cast vocalist and guitar player John Power adds of the track: “‘Love is the Call’ is the title track off the new Cast album.

Bad Boy Chiller Crew have shared a new song ‘Memory’ and have announced details of a new album – check out the new song below.The band’s upcoming new album, ‘Influential’, will be released November 10 via Relentless and you can pre order it here.The latest single from the album comes with a new music video featuring three young boys as the Bradford trio’s Gareth “GK” Kelly, Sam “Clive” Robinson, and Kane Welsh.Watch it below:Bad Boy Chiller Crew’s last mixtape, ‘Disrespectful’, arrived in February of last year, with NME writing in a four-star review that the project “locates [the group’s] power not just in the recording booth, but on stage, the race track and the dancefloor”.In a 2021 interview with NME, the group described ‘Disrespectful’ as “bolder, more funky” and “house-y as fuck”. The project was named among NME’s best EPs and mixtapes of 2022.The band’s live shows have also been well-received.

ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus has warned of the “existential challenge” of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the music industry.Ulvaeus is the president of CISAC, a non-profit organisation that represents songwriters and composers around the world, collecting and paying royalties to its members whose music has been used in broadcasts, concerts, bars and on streaming services.A new report from the organisation showed that royalty collections for songwriters and composers had recovered from pre-pandemic levels but Ulvaeus warned that AI could present greater challenges to musicians going forward.In a forward to a new report from CISAC, Ulvaeus wrote: “This year’s results show that the collective management system, despite all the enormous challenges it faces in adapting to digital, is still robust and effective. CMOs (collective management organisations) have the backs of the creators they serve and are now delivering more money to more creators than ever before.“And that is good news – because, fresh from Covid and the economic squeeze, what we now face is another very serious, existential challenge – that of artificial intelligence.

Fight Club, and that he “can’t help” people who don’t understand that Tyler Durden is a “negative influence”.In the film, Edward Norton plays an unnamed, discontented man who forms an underground fighting network with strict rules with Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), who persuades him to expand the club into the anti-consumerist organisation Project Mayhem.Many have observed that the film, which is based on the transgressive 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk, anticipated the rise of so-called ‘incels’, short for ‘involuntary celibates’, or straight men who believe their lack of sexual activity is due to political and societal structures.Speaking to The Guardian, Fincher said, “I’m not responsible for how people interpret things. Language evolves.

Jay-Z has opened about about the battle to get his masters in a new interview, saying “it was the fight of my life.”Speaking to CBS news, Jay-Z discussed his time as the president and CEO of Def Jam from 2004 to 2007 and his fight to win control of his masters and publishing rights, which he successfully won in 2014.“I get why people do it, I’ve been fortunate enough to make money in this place, but for me, it was the fight of my life,” Jay-Z told CBS.“You know from being an independent company from the beginning and then going through the Def Jam system not really understanding how that works and then having my masters, then going back to Def Jam as the president and then saying, ‘Okay, I’ll do this job and part of this job is my masters has to be reverted back to me.’”You can watch the interview here: In the interview, he also said it will be up to his children as to what they ultimately do with his masters.“I want my kids to see my work and if they decide to sell it, then it’s up to them,” he added.In 2019, Forbes estimated that Jay-Z’s back catalogue was worth $75 million (£61million) making him the first hip-hop billionaire (via Consequence).In more recent news, Jay-Z recently returned to the stage after four years to share an ‘Empire State of Mind’ remix featuring Gil Scott-Heron. The remix interpolates Scott-Heron’s song ‘New York Is Killing Me’ from his 2011 final album, ‘I’m New Here‘.The rapper unveiled the remix at an event sponsored by the Louis Vuitton Foundation and Tiffany & Co in Paris on Friday (April 14).

Killers of the Flower Moon with an intermission are “in violation” and argued that it “is not right”.The three-times Oscar winner is concerned by reports that several cinemas have decided to break up Martin Scorsese’s latest with an intermission, cutting up the film’s three and a half hour-long run time.Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the true story of the murder of more than 60 Native Americans in 1920s Oklahoma and stars Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio as an uncle and nephew plotting to steal the oil underneath the tribe’s land. Previously, Scorsese has defended the film’s lengthy runtime.Speaking to The Standard, Schoonmaker, who has worked on every Scorsese film since 1980’s Raging Bull, voiced her concern at the news.Schoonmaker said: “I understand that somebody’s running it with an intermission which is not right.

Jonathan Majors will face trail for domestic abuse charges after a New York judge denied a motion to dismiss the case.First reported in March, Majors was arrested on assault, strangulation and harassment charges in New York, after being accused of assaulting his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, in New York in an alleged “domestic dispute”. Majors denied all allegations.He appeared in court in August, after which his criminal defence lawyer Priya Chaudhry released a statement denying the allegations again and calling for them to be thrown out, claiming that they had delivered evidence to prove the woman had attacked Majors and “not the other way around”.

Lizzo has described the lawsuit filed against her by her ex-dancers as a “fabricated sob story” and has filed her own motion asking the court to dismiss it.In August, it emerged that three former backup dancers for the singer had sued her for creating a hostile work environment and engaging in sexual harassment, among other allegations. The incidents are alleged to have taken place between 2021 and 2023.As reported by Rolling Stone, this move now sees Lizzo and her representatives allege that the dancers in question had shown a “pattern of gross misconduct”.The filing states: “Plaintiffs missed flights, arrived late and hungover to rehearsals and drunk to performances, entered into consensual sexual relationships with male crew members on tour, exhibited a rapid decline in the quality of their dancing and professionalism, and ultimately conspired to make and disseminate an unauthorized recording of a creative meeting with Lizzo and the dance cast.”This motion has asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit under the anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute, which has the power to strike down lawsuits that threaten free speech.The three dancers, Crystal Williams, Arianna Davis and Noelle Rodriguez, are represented by the attorney Neama Rahmani, who told Rolling Stone: “Even a first-year law student can see that ‘free speech’ does not cover Lizzo and her team’s illegal sexual harassment and racial, religious, and disability discrimination.

Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ will now have a chance to order their own ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’, as the rapper’s Detroit restaurant is to start shipping jars of the product nationwide.In 2021, Eminem announced that he was opening the ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ diner in his home city, following a series of successful pop-ups in 2017 and 2018.The establishment serves a range of dishes centred around pasta and meatballs, with the most popular being the titular spaghetti sauce. Now, people across the US will be able to order 25-ounce jars online.

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A specialist kitchenware brand opened its brand new shop in the Trafford Centre today. A more budget friendly version to designer brand Le Creuset, ProCook's offerings start at £10.

Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou face their highly-anticipated heavyweight bout on Saturday night as two world champions come together in the ring.

If you're heading out this weekend then you should definitely pack a brolly just in case with the region most likely to see some rainfall. According to the Met Office, Saturday will be a cloudy start to the weekend with remnants of fog from the past week still in the air.

Manchester United supporters are backing highly-rated teenager Kobbie Mainoo to be involved in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford after the fit-again midfielder was omitted from the Premier League 2 squad for a 1-1 draw with Fulham on Friday night.

A Manchester beauty pageant winner who is married to the son of Coleen Nolan and Shane Ritchie says being crowned Miss Great Britain made her mother-in-law ‘scream louder than anyone’.

Oodie is slashing the price of one of its bestselling £89 hooded blankets to £1. The Oodie hooded blankets have been hailed a 'game changer' by Martin Lewis fans, with some claiming they 'haven't used the heating' since buying one.

The Premier League has confirmed Paul Tierney will officiate the first Manchester derby of the season at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Naman Ramachandran Italian auteur Luca Guadagnino and Indian filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti‘s Tiger Baby will lay the ground for future collaborations at a Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival event. The event, designed as a celebration of Guadagnino, will honor his work. “Tiger Baby’s celebration of Luca Guadagnino’s contributions to world cinema marks a significant step toward fostering international collaboration and sharing diverse stories with a global audience.

ITV bosses are said to be holding live auditions to find the perfect star to replace Holly Willoughby on This Morning.The 42-year-old quit her role in the award-winning morning show, after police foiled an alleged plot to 'kidnap and murder' the presenter. ITV bosses have since said that they are still hoping to work with Holly "in the future" but she is not set to return to This Morning.

Paris Fury was all smiles on Friday evening as she joined husband Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia for a pre-fight gala dinner alongside several other famous faces. Mum-of-seven Paris, 33, had reunited with her husband Tyson, 35, earlier on in the day, 27 October, after landing in Riyadh, ahead of the heavyweight boxing champion's fight against MMA star Francis Ngannou on Saturday.

In the ever-watchful world of the Big Brother house, contestants are subjected to constant scrutiny and analysis, not only from their fellow housemates but also from millions of viewers. It's under this watchful eye that Dylan Tennant, one of the housemates, finds himself at the centre of discussions about his discomfort in addressing issues related to the oppression of women in everyday society.

upcoming novel, “My Name is Barbra,” that screen legend Marlon Brando once propositioned her for sex prior to becoming close friends. Streisand, 81, opens her new memoir by detailing the time that Brando, who died in 2004 at the age of 80, approached the “Funny Girl” actress at a party in 1966 and told her “I’d like to f–k you.” According to an excerpt from the novel, which was obtained by Vanity Fair, Brando’s wife at the time, a retired French Polynesian actress by the name of Tarita Teriʻipaia, was also at the party in an adjoining room.

she struggled to get Robert Redford to star in their 1973 film “The Way We Were.” Streisand, 81, makes the stunning claim in her upcoming memoir “My Name Is Barbra,” which is set to hit bookstores Nov. 7. “Bob is that rare combination… an intellectual cowboy… a charismatic star who is also one of the finest actors of his generation,” Streisand wrote in an excerpt published by Vanity Fair.

Jaden Thompson Barbra Streisand revealed in her upcoming memoir “My Name is Barbra” the lengths she went to in order to cast Robert Redford in Sydney Pollack’s 1973 romantic drama “The Way We Were,” even after he initially refused the part. “The Way We Were” stars Streisand and Redford as Katie and Hubbell, an unlikely couple who fall in love and marry against the backdrop of various political and historical events. “Bob is that rare combination… an intellectual cowboy… a charismatic star who is also one of the finest actors of his generation,” Streisand wrote in her memoir (via Vanity Fair).