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...Hollywood is nothing new, and has always been mutual. Bill Clinton's candidacy and presidency - like John F. Kennedy's 40 years before - was closely tied to Hollywood, first because of his old pals, producers Linda Bloodworth and Harry Thomason, and later through friendships with industry bigshots like Spielberg, Barbra Streisand and others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Spielberg Primary | 1/9/2007 | See Source »

...movie “Yentl,” Barbra Streisand plays a young woman who wants nothing more than to study the Jewish scriptures and the Talmud, but she is unable to do so because of her gender. In real life, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Streisand wants nothing more than to be a political activist, but she is unable to do so because she’s a singer...

Author: By Charles R. Drummond iv | Title: Unfunny Girl | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

Streisand, of course, could have been clever with her comeback, but she chose a different route. Although never subtle in anything that she has ever done, Streisand decided to be more blunt than usual. The singer had had enough, and in decidedly impolitic words Barbra let everyone else know...

Author: By Charles R. Drummond iv | Title: Unfunny Girl | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...names of all its donors. "I wouldn't have any donors if I revealed all my donors," says Sloan. However, CREW acknowledges that it has received $100,000 from the foundation of liberal financier George Soros and several annual donations of at least $10,000 from that of entertainer Barbra Streisand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hill Monitor | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...campaign focused on local issues. At an area-wide Democratic candidate forum he eschewed the antiwar/anti-Bush rhetoric of his fellow Democrats and focused on health care and transportation. Meanwhile, Republicans in this conservative district are trying to link him to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic donors like Barbra Streisand. With $3.3 million in the bank and an $850,000 television ad buy courtesy of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Lampson is stressing his early struggles in a poor, hardworking Texas family and his work for education, his support of the Johnson Space Center (it became part of the district...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: Tom DeLay's Gift to the Democrats | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

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