Just a few…
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/video/best-books-give-christmas-9391208 (12/21/2009) (with george stephanopolous)
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/video/gmas-fall-book-roundup-11734971 (9/27/2010) (with george stephanopolous)
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/video/top-literature-gift-ideas-book-worms-12449005 (12/21/2010) with elizabeth vargas
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video?id=7956238 (6/29/2009) (with robin roberts)
One day when they were in South Africa shooting a movie together, Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood went out for a beer. Several months later, Damon jokes about the evening.
“I’m not sure if you remember,” he says, flashing a broad smile at Eastwood, “but you leaned over and told me, ‘You know, I really do know what I’m doing.’”
“It’s pretty sad I had to explain that,” Eastwood says, with a slight twinkle in his eye.
“No, no, believe me, I knew it!” Damon replies. Continue reading
To understand Barbra Streisand, you have to know why she loves the color burgundy.
“I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform,” she says with a shudder. “The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.”
One of the most extraordinary singers in the world, Streisand, 67, has sold more than 100 million albums —making her the top-selling female artist in the U.S.—and won Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys. She amazes as a woman who can do anything and has everything, yet the rebellious girl, wanting to be different, is never far from the surface.
“There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary,” she says. Continue reading
Barbra Streisand, famously private, had suggested we meet at her home in Malibu. As we walk around the main house, with its beautiful decor and glorious view of the Pacific, I realize that some of the paintings and furniture could easily be in a museum. But the atmosphere Streisand creates is warm and comfortable.
And so, amazingly, is she.
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