Barbra Streisand was reportedly offered a whopping $100 million for a three year contract to perform in Las Vegas and the legendary singer said no! A source said “After Celine Dion left Vegas, no one has been able to replace her. Bette Midler failed, Cher is trying, only Barbra is guaranteed to succeed. She’s an international star and the only performer in the world that would make people flock to Vegas year after year.” Well, it’s not like Barbra needs the money anyway but she is going on a tour this summer. The icon doesn’t go out of style as her latest release ‘Love is the Answer’ actually beat out Paramore and Mariah Carey for the top spot on the charts last October.
Well, that’s not really a big surprise now is it? The big surprise is the fact that the one who is suing Barbra Streisand is a handyman by the name of Daniel Ortiz who sustained some injuries after falling in a ditch while repairing the singer’s Malibu house… but that was going on back in 2007. Well, since he’s probably having trouble finding work lately, he decided a good source of income would be suing Barbra Streisand. This is what the lawsuit he filled contains: “humiliation, fear, discomfort, anxiety, loss of enjoyment of life, mental anguish, and emotional and physical distress.” All of that just from falling into a ditch… wow, Barbra Streisand must really have some magic ditch-diggers over there if they can make one simple hole do that to somebody.
After early sales number showed that Barbra Streisand and Mariah Carey were neck and neck for the number 2 spot on the Billboard album charts last week but the legendary singer actually pulled off the unexpected. Barbra came in at the top of the mountain, beating not only Mariah but fan favorite band Paramore as well. After all of these years, Barbra is still number 1. Congratulations! For someone who did very little to no promotion at all, she certainly came in with a huge surprise. She’s amazing really. The day that she fails to make a huge splash would be the day that pigs fly.
Barry Dennen, a former boyfriend of Barbra Streisand, is auctioning off three tapes of the singer’s earliest performances. The tapes include Barbra singing ‘A Taste of Honey’ and ‘Two Brother’s’ in Barry’s apartment while he accompanied her on guitar. It also includes a rehearsal at the Bon Soir nightclub. The bidding starts at a whopping $1 million. Barry said “I’m a little trepidatious. I don’t know what the fallout will be. I don’t like upsetting Barbra, and I don’t want her fans angry at me.” I’m afraid for him. A member of Barbra’s camp spoke of what they think of the auction, saying “Our lawyers are dealing with this.” Yikes!
The singer recently concluded a deal to release her new book, “A Passion for Design”, which will be an illustrated work with her Malibu home on which she has worked on for about five years… and also other residencies. Barbra Streisand has, however, been reluctant to write about her life and was unsure about the publishing of this book which will also contain 50000 words. She said: “Do I really want to write about my life? Do I really want to relive my life? I’m not sure.” Can you say I want to brag to everybody with my houses, but don’t know how? Somehow it’s very questionable that Barbra Streisand is actually that reluctant to publish written material about herself… maybe the maintenance of her Malibu estate is taking its toll.
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