2003 STREISAND NEWS ARCHIVED

Barbra Archives has been on the internet since May 2003 ... Even in the early days of this website, Barbra Archives was reporting important news about Barbra Streisand.

28 May 2003

Gossip columnist Liz Smith reported that Barbra Streisand is recording a new album, featuring her favorite movie songs. Smith said Streisand recorded the song, "Smile," two days after her dog Sammy — a white Bichon Frisé — died of cancer.

08 June 2003

Barbra placed #1 for her “Coffee Talk” cameo on Saturday Night Live on the VH-1 TV special, 25 Greatest Rock Star Cameos.

01 July 2003

Sony Legacy republished the long pink box version of Streisand’s Just For the Record box set because “our retailers told us customers preferred that configuration. Customers requested it from retailers and retailers requested it from us.”

03 July 2003

In a Smithsonian July 4^th reader survey, John Williams was voted the composer best suited to create a new national anthem. And Barbra Streisand was voted as the preferred singer to perform that anthem.

18 July 2003

Playbill.com published a list of the songs Barbra recorded for her upcoming album, The Movie Album.

2003 August

Barbra Streisand contributed a recipe to Bill Clinton's cookbook, to raise funds for Clinton's library foundation. The book, The Clinton Presidential Center Cookbook: A Collection of Recipes for Family and Friends was available by mail order and through the foundation's website. [Order it on Amazon now]

08 Sept 2003

Barbra sat for nearly five hours with host James Lipton as they taped an episode of Inside the Actors Studio.

10 Sept 2003

Barbra taped an episode of Oprah and sang “Smile” on the show.

27 Sept 2003

Israeli TV aired Shimon Peres birthday celebration, where Barbra offered a few birthday wishes and greetings to Israel on video. 

13 October 2003

Barbra’s interview on NPR aired.

26 October 2003

Russell Davies’ interview with Barbra Streisand aired on BBC Radio 2.

08 Nov 2003

Barbra's song “Smile” was included on the soundtrack album for Julia Roberts' new film Mona Lisa Smile.

14 Nov 2003

Barbra ranked at number 66 on VH-1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons.

18 Nov 2003

Streisand donated "I Believe / You'll Never Walk Alone" which originally appeared on her album Higher Ground to Atlantic Records’ CD, "It's Still Okay To Dream," which raised money for Save the Children. 

26 Nov 2003

Barbra’s The Movie Album attained gold certification, making it her 49^th gold album.

04 Dec 2003

“The Streisand Effect” — news about the lawsuit and coining of the phrase. READ HERE

05 Dec 2003

The Movie Album was nominated for a Grammy in the category of “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.”