Barbra Streisand brought the audience at the Oscars ceremony to its feet by capping an In Memoriam speech offered in tribute to Robert Redford with a stanza from the theme song for “The Way We Were,” the 1973 romantic drama in which they costarred.
Streisand’s 40-second musical performance followed a three-and-a-half minute spoken homage in which the singer-actor-director spoke about the resonance that the film they starred in has social relevance today, as well speaking to Redford’s “backbone on and off the screen.”
Streisand’s appearance on the telecast was much-rumored but still brought a significant bolt of electricity to the proceedings,…
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