Barbra Streisand needs you to read this interview right now
MALIBU, Calif. - Barbra Streisand surged into her living room - well, one of her living rooms - with a stack of papers and an important question: When would this interview be published?
Told the plan was to run the story last week, she looked relieved and said, "Oh, good."
The show-business legend was no doubt aiming for some well-timed promotion for "Walls," her politically charged new album that is her first in more than a decade with mostly original songs. But she was also hoping to reach readers ahead of Tuesday's midterm election.
Reach them, that is, with the dozens of questions printed on those sheets of paper.
"This is what I think voters should be asking themselves," she said Wednesday afternoon as she settled into a sofa at her sprawling Malibu compound. "Might change a few minds, maybe. People who are on the fence."
Do such people still exist in this hyper-partisan age?
"Probably not," she replied with a little chuckle. "But if I could change one vote, it
