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DIED. DIANA STREISAND KIND, 93, mother of singer Barbra Streisand; in Los Angeles. The star's strained relationship with her mother, who raised her in Brooklyn, N.Y., and could be critical of her work, eased over the years. At a 1994 comeback concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Barbra greeted her mother in the second row and asked, "Are you proud of me now, Mama...
...star made just before her death--in a trifecta of teen queens turned screen queens. Girl power is back in the 'plexes, and this time it sings. Can the new batch of thrushes have the impact of Judy Garland, Betty Hutton, Lena Horne, Doris Day, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Jennifer Lopez? (Not to mention a couple of crooners named Crosby and Sinatra...
...Enron affair matured into a scandal just as it began to seem that the culture of celebrity was defunct; suddenly, we remembered that Barbra Streisand was not a political philosopher. Neither is Jack Welch or Bill Gates or, certainly, Ken Lay. In the '90s, we treated businessmen as if they were film stars (and we treated film stars like gods). But we lend stars our affections only; we lend businessmen our chance of future prosperity. A lesson from Enron: we would be wise to entrust that responsibility to those with their feet on the ground, not on a pedestal. Even...
DIED. HERBERT ROSS, 74, choreographer turned film director who collaborated with Neil Simon on five films; in New York City. He jump-started the career of Barbra Streisand in the 1962 Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale and, in 1977, got Oscar-nominated performances out of Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine in Turning Point and Marsha Mason in The Goodbye Girl...
...laughter we will remember. JOSH BROLIN, crinkle-eyed son of actor James Brolin, and MINNIE DRIVER, Good Will Hunting's boisterous Brit, have split. After six months' betrothal, plans for nuptials at the Malibu home of Josh's father and stepmother Barbra--that would be Barbra Streisand--were shelved. The prospective mother-in-law, reports say, had written a song for the couple and was pushing favorite designer Donna Karan for Driver's dress (friends reportedly said that Driver preferred Vera Wang), along with a pricey celeb-studded bash, while Driver wanted something small. Smiles were left behind. Driver...