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Barbra Honored by Elle Magazine |
News/October 2010 |
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Barbra Streisand received the L'Oréal Paris Legend Award at the 18th Annual Elle Women in Hollywood gala on October 17th. |
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"My
Name is Barbra Streisand, and I'm an Actor"
October 17, 2011
 Today,
Elle magazine released a magnificent 10 minute documentary called Women in Hollywood. This coincides with
Elle's
special "Women in
Hollywood" print
edition. Jennifer
Aniston (on newsstands)
and Barbra Streisand (online
and by
subscription only, we're
told) are on alternating
versions of the cover.
 To
cap off the celebration,
Elle hosted the
L'Oreal Paris Legend Award gala in Los
Angeles tonight. Barbra
was an honoree alongside Aniston,
Michelle Pfeiffer, Viola
Davis, Evan Rachel Wood, Freida Pinto,
Stacey Snider, Elizabeth
Olsen and Naomi
Watts.
Mutual respect was the
order of the evening as
Anniston and others
professed their admiration
of Barbra Streisand's
lifetime achievements.
Barbra was a bit more
humble telling the
audience, "It's sort of
interesting to be
receiving the 'legend'
award tonight. Even though
some say I'm a legend in
my own time, I'm not a
legend in my own mind."
The Documentary
Barbra
was a major participant in
a specially produced
companion
documentary,
filmed
at
her
home
on
July
28,
2011
(at
8
PM,
according to the
filmmakers).
A
brief
snippet
of
this
video
was
released
a
few
weeks
ago,
but
the
complete
film,
directed
by
Marcel Wepper,
is
what we're getting to see
for
the
first
time today.
Barbra has fun as she literally lets her hair down (yes, she takes off her hairpiece) while discussing the original
Funny Girl outfit she chose to wear for the video shoot.
The video
documentary includes on camera appearances by Jennifer Aniston,
Viola
Davis, Freida
Pinto and other actresses, but it's the Streisand segments that will truly captivate.
Barbra has
much to contribute.
She
talks
about
her
favorite
directors
(Fellini,
Kurosawa,
Kazan,
Bergman),
favorite
actresses
("Jane
Fonda,
she
was
great
in
Julia
...
I
loved
Marilyn
Monroe.
I
thought
she
was
unique.")
and
shares
some
of
her
favorite
movie
quotes
(from the film Jerry
McGuire, and others).
Barbra also offers
some
philosophical
musings
as
well.
"Life
is
short
and
you
just gotta
play,
dance,
experiment,
fail,
succeed,
learn,
give." |
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