Barbra Streisand

Barbra Joan Streisand is an accomplished singer, talented actress, and a generous philanthropist. She came into the world we live in on April 24, 1942, in beautiful Brooklyn, New York. She was born to her lovely parents, Diana and Emanuel Streisand. Originally, her name was spelt “Barbara,” but she hated it. She changed it by dropping the extra “a.” Barbra has two siblings, Roslyn and Sheldon. Streisand is the only artist/actress to receive a Tony, an Emmy, multiple Grammys including the Grammy LifeTime Achievement award, the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, the Grammy Hall of Fame award, and the Grammy Legend Award. Barbra has also won multiple Oscars, a Director’s Guild of America award, Peabody awards, an Academy Award for Best Actress, Kennedy Center Honors, an AFL lifetime achievement award, a People’s Choice Award,a Brit Award for Best Selling Album, the American Society of Cinematographers Board of the Governors Award, a Golden Globe, and many more awards and honorable mentions.…

“Assault survivors...to the stage toward the close of the song, with the performance earning a standing ovation (Biography.com Editors 11). Gaga takes her change publicly not only for herself, but to have a voice in the media and to be seen on a different platform than before. Much like Chris Martins describes in his article, Lady Gaga’s “efforts to end bullying and win support for gay and transgender people -- as well as those who have suffered abuse, depression or anxiety as a result of…

As described on page 20, a skyscraper shows culture as a hierarchy where at the pinnacle of the skyscraper it 's a description of high culture or classy things that we like. However, visually it can be stated that we have less of class than we have of our guilty pleasures. It can also be stated that we have more guilty pleasures because as the shape of a skyscraper starts at the base that holds the flow of the building which is much bigger as you progress up to our idea of high culture. In other…

MILLERSBURG — For her role in removing a change machine from a Millersburg area business, a local woman on Thursday was sentenced to local jail time. Kimberly Foster, 27, of 625 Kenton Alley, Apt. A, Millersburg, previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to an amended charge of attempted burglary. In exchange for her guilty plea, a related charge of theft was dismissed. The state also agreed to dismiss an unrelated charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs (meth). She'd faced…

In everyday life, people usually do not consider how they are constantly gauging one another based on words exchanged between the two, either through small coffee talk, political disagreements, and even gossip. It may be by the language one uses, or the way the body reacts; however one thing that stands out is probably the way a person can make you feel. The people in my life that I interact with each has their own unique way of communicating, some good and some bad. So who are my best and worst…

If I were to be any person for a day, I would be Malala Yousafzai. If I were to switch places with Malala Yousafzai, I think I would be with a mind that is bigger than I can imagine. I also think I would be in a bigger body with experiences and memories only a soul could hold on to, not only emotionally, but physically and emotionally and I think I would be faced with many responsibilities If we switched places. I would want to be Malala Yousafzai for a day because she has accomplished many…

19) It was accounted for that he was perusing porn when he kicked the bucket: not genuine. 20) His hairdresser had recently given him called The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus. 21) Elvis was practically down and out when he passed on. 22) His father Vernon Presley had even given up an escort's percentage. 23) Elvis was crushed over the book Elvis, What Happened. 24) Elvis passed on with under one million dollars to his name. 25) Elvis made stand out business for an item amid…

The internet branded “Streisand Effect”, named after Barbra Streisand, became a phenomenon when she sued a photographer in an unsuccessful attempt to remove an aerial photograph of her mansion from the California Coastal Records Project. As a result of Streisand’s aggressive reaction, public knowledge of the picture increased substantially; more than 420,000 people visited the site over the following month and spawned nationwide fame. Obviously, Newton’s Third Law of Motion wasn’t what she was…

philosophies in a way that makes her writing easier for all audiences to fathom. By linking the extensively known celebrity, Cher, to the idea that “her various surgeries have gradually replaced a strong, decidedly (if indeterminately) "ethnic" look”, Bordo makes her argument clear and visible to the reader. These prominent refreces make the reader connect to the author’s real world problems she is aspiring to display; thus, persuading the reader to believe in the authors assessment and its…

merchant is a Muslim, he is obliged to visit Mecca at least once and he has always dreamed of it (Coelho 21). However, when Santiago asks him why he has yet to visit Mecca, the crystal merchant tells him that “…it 's the thought of Mecca that keeps me alive…” and that he fears that “…if my dream is realized, I 'll have no reason to go on living (Coelho 22).” The crystal merchant’s fear has shackled him to his crystal shop because he fears lacking a sense of purpose, a solid reason to go on.…