Barbra Streisand, star of stage and screen, insists she's 'certainly not a diva'
Across the 970-page tome that is her long-anticipated memoir, My Name is Barbra, the singer, actor and director opens up about her early life in New York,the decades-long career that made her one of the most celebrated artists of the 21st century, and the misconceptions about her that continue to swirl.
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Across the 970-page tome that is her long-anticipated memoir, My Name is Barbra, the singer, actor and director opens up about her early life in New York,the decades-long career that made her one of the most celebrated artists of the 21st century, and the misconceptions about her that continue to swirl.