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...what is still arguably her best picture, 1968's "Funny Girl," Barbra Streisand dreamed of being "Sadie, Sadie," a married lady. Today, she is. The Brooklyn-born entertainer, 56, and actor James Brolin, 57, tied the knot Wednesday -- the second anniversary of their first date -- at her Malibu estate in a highly romantic but high-security ceremony...
...ceremony's opening video montage blasts the crowd with classic perfume-related moments in film, far too many of which involve Barbra Streisand. Then Annette Green, president of the Fragrance Foundation and creator of the FiFi, is escorted onto the stage. Green, who has spawned annual FiFi award shows in Britain, France, Germany and Spain, announces that the vast proceeds from this event will go to a worthy cause. That cause is not homelessness or AIDS babies, but the Olfactory Research Fund, which Green also heads. The fund counts among its latest projects a joint study with the Kinsey Institute...
...another bad week to be a paparazzo. After taking in a movie one night in Manhattan with fiance Barbra Streisand, actor JAMES BROLIN got up close and physical with a photographer for the New York Daily News, who later filed an assault complaint. Through his manager and publicist, Brolin said he had been "set up" and claimed that any contact was "accidental," at least on his part. Whatever the case, another paparazzo was conveniently on hand to capture the action on film. In Washington, meanwhile, a Hollywood-friendly Senate seems to be taking the stars' side in this ongoing battle...
DIED. BOB MERRILL, 77, songwriting polymath whose hits ranged from How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? to Barbra Streisand's signature People; in Los Angeles. Merrill started his career writing such airy novelties for Tin Pan Alley as If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked a Cake and Mambo Italiano. He racked up 18 Top 10 hits between 1949 and 1956. His success continued on Broadway where he wrote the lyrics for Funny Girl and Carnival, among many others. Merrill also wrote screenplays, including one for Mahogany, starring Diana Ross...
...Grammys, three and two respectively. Rapper Puff Daddy, Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan, country-bluegrass performer Alison Krauss, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, soul newcomer Erykah Badu and the late newsman Charles Kuralt were also multiple winners in the 40th annual awards show, held in Radio City Music Hall. Besides Barbra Streisand, two other planned performances were canceled due to illness -- George Strait was replaced by Vince Gill and Luciano Pavarotti's surprise fill-in was Aretha Franklin, who sang an aria. (For a complete list of winners, click here...