Hollywood: Barbra Streisand
By Tony Rizzo
HOLLYWOOD -- Who isn't talking about Barbra Streisand's memoir “My Name Is Barbra”? After doing a slew of interviews, many taped at her home in California, she revealed Judy Garland's advice to her: "Don't let them do to you what they did to me!" But what you won't read in her book was when I first met her; she was co-starring with Elliot Gould (who would then become her future husband) in "I Can Get It for You Wholesale" on Broadway. I asked her to take a photo, and she said, "I look a mess!"
You also won't read about the night Elliot assaulted me while protecting his wife from being photographed at the premiere of Steve McQueen's film "Bullitt" (1968). Barbra was removed from my lawsuit because she hadn't physically assaulted me, but still, I won two battery judgments against Elliot. There was also the time she killed my Cosmopolitan magazine cover for spite because of my lawsuit. Elliot apologized eventually. Still, I have loved, and will always love, her golden voice.
Singer and actress Barbra Streisand. PHOTO CREDIT: Depositphotos
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Word that "Young Sheldon" is ending after it seven seasons has upset fans, until word also came that Chuck Lorre, producer of "The Big Bang Theory," might develop a possible spin-off for the Max streaming service. Speculation is that the reboot could center around entirely new characters, the children of Sheldon and Amy and Howard and Bernadette, which would leave the door open for guest appearances or supporting roles for the original "Big Bang Theory" characters. This was successfully done in the reboot of "That '70s Show."
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Disney's CEO Bob Iger turned Netflix down on its offer to license some of their Disney+ hits from Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and other core brands such as the "Star Wars" franchise. Disney won't give up, no matter how strapped for cash they have become.
The bold move from Netflix came after Warner Bros. licensed some of their DC hits -- "Man of Steel," "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," "Suicide Squad," "Wonder Woman" and "Justice League" -- to Netflix, who allegedly have more money than all the other streaming services put together. How long will Disney hold out?
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"Monk" fans rejoice! Peacock has announced that they have greenlit "Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie." The story involves Monk looking for the killer of his stepdaughter's fiance, who died in a bungee jumping accident.
Aiding and abetting Monk again is Ted Levine as Leland Stottlemeyer, Traylor Howard as Natalie Teeger and Jason Gray-Stanford as Randy Disher. Even though Monk has to overcome his fear of heights and germs to solve this case, he's now in a sympathetic post-COVID world. How can Monk stand out now that we've all become germophobes?
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