Streisand TV and Media Features for Fall/Spring/Summer 2003-2004

Posted/Updated: 28 February 2005 15:46

• Inside The Actors Studio, Bravo cable TV channel, March 21, 2004 (8:00-10:00 pm & 11:00 pm - 1:00 am; repeats April 10 at 1:00 pm, April 15 at 8:00 pm and midnight) - Two-hour program recorded September 8, 2003 with host/interviewer James Lipton at the New School University Actors Studio Drama School's Tishman Theater in New York City. The telecast garnered the highest ratings of any premiere episode in the 10-year history of Bravo’s signature series and drew 1.14 million total viewers with a 1.36 household rating, both records for the series. Read the fan-reported details at barbratimeless.com, especially the newly added "What You Didn't See" page detailing many interview points omitted from the telecast, such as Barbra's grade school enrollment in a class called the Intellectually Gifted Opportunity Project. Also recommended: simplystreisand.com's video clips (#1, #2) and barbra-archives.com for telecast content and screen captures. In Australia the show aired on July 25th (Ovation), while in Canada it airs on August 22 (Bravo).
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, CBS TV, June 22, 2004 (8:00-11:00 pm EDT) - Barbra is among those who have recorded commentary regarding "America's Greatest Music in the Movies" for the three-hour TV special hosted by John Travolta and also featuring Clay Aiken, Debbie Allen, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Boyle, Keith Carradine, Cyd Charisse, Betty Comden, Bill Conti, Celine Dion, Michael Feinstein, Art Garfunkel, Barry Gibb, Marvin Hamlisch, Isaac Hayes, Angela Lansbury, Baz Luhrmann, Brian McKnight, Rob Marshall, Bill Medley, Rita Moreno, Rosie Perez, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Warrens, Andy Williams and Hans Zimmer. Some of Barbra's own performances are on the list of 400 movie songs which will be narrowed down to 100 for the special. Read the press release.
• Planet Collector (U.S. magazine) - June/July issue features publicity and photos for the "Her Name Is Barbra" auction with a few words from Barbra.
• Extra, syndicated entertainment news TV program, March 8, 2004 - Barbra speaks to the show prior to accepting award at HRC Gala 3/6/04. Visit the show's Web site to read about and view the interview.
• BBC Radio 2 (UK), October 26, 2003 (3:00-5:00 pm GMT, which is 10 am-noon EST) - "Barbra Streisand on Radio 2," one-hour interview/music special, airs during the first hour of Russell Davies' weekly "The Song Show." Speaking with producer Malcolm Prince, Barbra discusses The Movie Album, singing "in the moment" on record and on screen, the power of music, Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and movie music, future movie intentions most likely solely as director, her probable return to simply staged concerts ("I don't mind sitting there and singing, and then I could charge less."), the price of fame, and enjoying life ("smelling each of my 1200 rose bushes"). If you didn't listen live on radio or online, be sure to catch the replay in the week following the original broadcast.
• The Oprah Winfrey Show (aka Oprah!), US syndicated TV, October 14, 2003 - Recorded in Chicago on September 10, 2003. Barbra performs "Smile" in front of a studio audience. View the TV promo spot, photos from the show, etc. on the page via the above link. View additional screen shots here. Read firsthand fan-reported details here. 
• Oprah After The Show, Oxygen cable TV channel, October 14, 2003 (7:00 pm) - Recorded in Chicago on September 10, 2003. Link to online 10-minute portion available here.
• Morning Edition, National Public Radio, October 13, 2003 - NPR's Susan Stamberg talks with Barbra about music, movies and not singing around the house. Visit feature page including complete interview stream.
• The Advocate, October 28, 2003 (published in mid-October, small BJS photo on cover) - Q&A in magazine by Anne Stockwell. One of Barbra's most candid and enjoyable interviews. She also reveals that the forthcoming A Star Is Born DVD will contain scenes deleted from the original movie, including her "Evergreen" guitar playing. Barbra is pleased with the two in-studio live performance videos of "Wild Is The Wind" and "I'm In The Mood For Love" on The Movie Album's bonus DVD. "At first the editor tried to have me lip-synch with the finished record, and I said, 'You'll never do it, it'll never work, because every take is different.' So this film camera captured those two performances in the booth," she explains. "I only did two takes, and that's that. The record is different because the record is another take, and we didn't have the cameras going in that one."
• Billboard Magazine, October 4, 2003 - Interview/feature cover story by Melinda Newman (published September 26). Read the article and the exclusive billboard.com Q&A.
• USA Today, October 3, 2003 - Interview/feature story "Streisand Does 'Movie' Tunes Her Way"
• TV Guide, October 11-17 issue (Rob Lowe on cover) - Interview by Ileane Rudolph and photo by Annie Leibovitz. Read more of the interview online.
• Genre Magazine, October 2003 - Brief Q&A by Steven Housman (published in early October) with photos by Annie Leibovitz.
• Reader's Digest, October 2003 - Interview/feature cover story (published in mid-September). In this 6-page Q&A BJS discusses singing, acting, recording studio rituals, The Movie Album, JB, reading The Da Vinci Code, marriage, the Barbra Streisand Rose, perfectionism, concerts, maturity, and beauty. "I like not having appointments," Barbra admits. "I like going to bed at four in the morning. There are no phone calls at night, and I can read - books, novels, The New York Times at midnight. ...If and when I do another movie, it would be just to direct or act, which would be fun and seem so much easier after doing both together."
• Portfolio, AP Radio Network, December 17, 2003 - Brief interview by Jane Waldman aired nationally. Read the transcript.
• Sunday Telegraph (UK), October 19, 2003 - Interview feature, very unfavorable, biased, and underemphasizing Barbra's music.
• The Mail on Sunday's YOU Magazine (UK), November 23, 2003 - Short interview (Barbra's answers only).
• The Independent (UK), February 9, 2004 - Interview feature, very interesting. Read here.
• Extra, September 20, 2004 - Jerry Penacoli and Caleigh Peters get two interviews with Barbra at Emmy Awards (image below).
   
  
  

Note: This is not a directory of every television program or publication reporting on or featuring Barbra Streisand but only those The BSMG feels offer new, significant, or unique material - in other words, worth an extra effort to watch or read. Other rumored features may be pending confirmation before being added to this listing.