Barbra Streisand talks acting, music and destiny after release of her memoir

Streisand’s nearly 1,000 page memoir covers one of the epic narratives in modern show business – her uncompromising rise from working class Brooklyn in the 1940s and 1950s to global fame. Photo: AP

Before she’s ready to talk about her memoir, Barbra Streisand needs to pull herself away from current events.

“I’m watching (expelled Republican) George Santos, and worrying about the world and democracy,” she says at the start of a telephone interview, when asked how’s she doing.