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143-730: Barbara Joan " Barbra " Streisand ( / ˈ s t r aɪ s æ n d / STRY -sand ; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, being the first performer awarded an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) . Streisand's career began in the early 1960s performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters. Following guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records —retaining full artistic control in exchange for accepting lower pay, an arrangement that continued throughout her career. Her studio debut The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) won

286-577: A "great voice" and sang semi-professionally on occasion. In a 2016 interview with Rosie O'Donnell , Streisand recounted that when she was 13, she and her mother recorded some songs on tape during a visit to the Catskills . That session was the first time Streisand ever asserted herself as an artist, which also became her "first moment of inspiration." She has an older brother, Sheldon, and a half-sister, singer Roslyn Kind , from her mother's remarriage to Louis Kind in 1950. Streisand began her education at

429-700: A 14-month period from November 1 to December 31 prior to the Awards. However, if a film was not released in its country of origin due to censorship, it can still qualify if it had a one-week release in the United States during the qualifying calendar year. There is no limit to the number of submitted films from a given country. A TV program must air in the United States between the prime time hours of 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. (or 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sundays). A show can air on broadcast television , on basic or premium cable, or by digital delivery; it does not qualify if it

572-594: A 25th anniversary studio recording of Pins and Needles , the classic popular front musical originated in 1937 by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union . Reviews of both albums highlighted Streisand's performances. In May 1962, Streisand appeared on The Garry Moore Show , where she sang "Happy Days Are Here Again" for the first time. Her sad, slow version of the 1930s upbeat Democratic Party theme song became her signature song during this early phase of her career. Johnny Carson had her on

715-627: A Grammy for the song " The Way We Were ". American orchestrator, musical director, and composer Jonathan Tunick (born 1938) received his fourth distinct award in 1997. Between 1977 and 2024, Tunick received a total of five awards. Tunick is the first EGOT winner to have won an Emmy as their second award as well as the first to win the Tony as their fourth award. American actor, comedian, and filmmaker Mel Brooks (born 1926) received his fourth distinct award in June 2001. Between 1968 and 2002, Brooks received

858-500: A PTA assembly, where she became a hit to everyone but her mother, who was mostly critical of her daughter. Streisand was invited to sing at weddings and summer camp, along with having an unsuccessful audition at MGM records when she was nine. By the time she was 13, her mother began supporting her talent, helping her make a four-song demo tape, including " Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart " and " You'll Never Know ". Becoming an actress

1001-428: A Peabody, lacking only one EGOT award: People who won a Pulitzer, lacking only one EGOT award: Notes † – Person is deceased. Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every January, and has been

1144-620: A River " into something comparable to Enrico Caruso having his first bash at Pagliacci . When Streisand cries you a river, you got a river, Sam ... and she will be around 50 years from now if good songs are still written to be sung by good singers. —syndicated columnist Robert Ruark , on her 1963 performances at the Blue Angel. Streisand accepted her first role on the New York stage in Another Evening with Harry Stoones ,

1287-403: A TV film or miniseries must appear in at least five percent of the time in that TV film or miniseries. Entry forms for films need to be received within ten days of the official screening. TV programs should be submitted "as early as possible" before the deadline. For TV programs, they must merely be available to be seen by voters in any common format, including the original TV broadcast. As of

1430-469: A broadcast rights agreement with NBC. Due to threats of writers picketing the event as part of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike , the 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony was cancelled and replaced by an hour-long press conference to announce the winners. While NBC sought to be the exclusive broadcaster of the press conference, the network faced conflicts with the HFPA and Dick Clark Productions over

1573-517: A burgeoning romance with actor James Brolin . List of EGOT winners EGOT , an acronym for the Emmy , Grammy , Oscar , and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four of the major performing art awards. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television , audio recording, film , and Broadway theatre . Achieving the EGOT has been referred to as

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1716-490: A creative endeavor (i.e. singing, writing, acting). American songwriter Robert Lopez (born 1975) received his fourth distinct award in 2014. Between 2004 and 2022, he received a total of 12 awards. He is the first Filipino and Asian to achieve this feat. He is the youngest winner (39 years, 8 days) to receive all four awards in competitive categories, as well as, at the time, the fastest to complete his qualifying run of EGOT wins (9 years, 8 months). His second series of wins set

1859-437: A duet with Judy Garland on The Judy Garland Show . Garland referred to her on the air as one of the last great belters . They also sang " There's No Business Like Show Business ", with Ethel Merman joining them. Beginning with My Name Is Barbra , her early albums were often medley-filled keepsakes of her television specials. Starting in 1969, she began attempting more contemporary material, but like many talented singers of

2002-530: A duet, on the Tonight Show , that Erlichman was a "fantastic manager" and still managed her career after 50 years. While appearing at the Blue Angel, theater director and playwright Arthur Laurents asked her to audition for a new musical comedy he was directing, I Can Get It for You Wholesale . She got the part of secretary to the lead actor businessman, played by then unknown Elliott Gould . They fell in love during rehearsals and eventually moved into

2145-753: A five-year agreement with CBS to continue airing the Golden Globes; the agreement also includes rights to the DCP-produced American Music Awards beginning in 2025, which had gone on hiatus after 2022 when its contract with ABC expired. In acting categories, Meryl Streep holds the record for the most competitive wins with eight, followed by Alan Alda , Angela Lansbury , Shirley MacLaine , Jack Nicholson and Nicole Kidman who have six awards each. Behind them are Ed Asner , Carol Burnett , Laura Dern , Jessica Lange , Rosalind Russell , and Kate Winslet with five. At

2288-557: A globe raised on four tall pillars, was named for the president of the FPAH, Henry Gris. Winners of the Henrietta for World Film Favorite were Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman . At the FPAH's second World Film Favorite Festival held January 26, 1952, the Henrietta was a large statuette of a naked woman holding a flower. Based on an international poll of 900 newspapers, magazines and radio stations, Alan Ladd and Esther Williams were presented

2431-531: A greater range. Streisand improved her stage presence when speaking to the audience between songs. She discovered that her Brooklyn-bred style of humor was received favorably. During the next six months appearing at the club, some began comparing her singing voice to famous names such as Judy Garland , Lena Horne and Fanny Brice . Her conversational ability to charm an audience with spontaneous humor during performances became more sophisticated and professional. Theater critic Leonard Harris wrote: "She's twenty; by

2574-602: A guitarist to accompany her:. We spent the afternoon taping, and the moment I heard the first playback I went insane ... This nutty little kook had one of the most breathtaking voices I'd ever heard ... when she was finished and I turned off the machine, I needed a long moment before I dared look up at her. Dennen grew enthusiastic and he convinced her to enter a talent contest at the Lion, a gay nightclub in Manhattan's Greenwich Village . She performed two songs, after which there

2717-411: A low-paid bookkeeper. As an adult, Streisand remembered those early years as always feeling like an "outcast", explaining, "Everybody else's father came home from work at the end of the day. Mine didn't." Her mother tried to pay their bills but could not give her daughter the attention she craved: "When I wanted love from my mother, she gave me food," Streisand says. Streisand recalled that her mother had

2860-478: A major part of the film industry's awards season , which culminates each year in the Academy Awards . The eligibility period for Golden Globes corresponded from January 1 through December 31 (except 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1979, 2008, and 2022, which were not televised at all). The Golden Globes were founded by Golden Globe Foundation , an organization representing international journalists who reported on

3003-821: A music and an acting category. She is the only winner to have three competitive awards for debut performances: first studio album, first feature film, and first television special. Additional distinctions include the Peabody Award , the AFI Life Achievement Award , the Kennedy Center Honor , the Cecil B. DeMille Award , the National Medal of Arts , the American Society of Cinematographers Board of Governors Award, and

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3146-570: A new record for achieving EGOT status in the fastest time by winning all four awards within 7 years and 7 months. Between 2017 and 2024, Pasek received a total of six competitive awards becoming the twentieth person to competitively win each of the four awards. Pasek shares all six of his competitive award wins with his writing partner and fellow EGOT-recipient Justin Paul. American composer, lyricist, and producer Justin Paul (born 1985) received his fourth distinct award in 2024. Paul and Benj Pasek set

3289-445: A new record for achieving EGOT status in the fastest time by winning all four awards within 7 years and 7 months. Between 2017 and 2024, Paul received a total of six competitive awards becoming the twenty-first person to competitively win each of the four awards. Paul shares all six of his competitive award wins with his writing partner and fellow EGOT-recipient Benj Pasek. Six additional artists have received all four awards, though one

3432-410: A new shortest interval of 7 years, 8 months (June 27th, 2010 Emmy through March 4th, 2018 Academy Award) until 2024 when both Benj Pasek and Justin Paul topped this record with a qualifying run of 7 years and 7 months. Lopez is the first person to win each EGOT award twice. He is currently the only winner to have two of each EGOT award in competitive categories, as Mel Brooks' second Oscar in 2023

3575-540: A reform package, including a 50% increase in members over the next 18 months, as well as new positions, term limits, and practices to improve its accountability. However, Time's Up and a group of 100 PR firms criticized the lack of given timelines for filling some of the new management positions, arguing that they would not be completed soon enough to have any material impact on the cycle of the upcoming 79th Golden Globe Awards in January 2022. Time's Up further argued that

3718-618: A satirical comedy play in which she acted and sang two solos. The show received terrible reviews and closed the next day. With the help of her new personal manager, Martin Erlichman , she had successful shows in Detroit and St. Louis. Erlichman then booked her at an even more upscale nightclub in Manhattan , the Blue Angel, where she became a bigger hit during the period from 1961 to 1962. Streisand once told Jimmy Fallon , with whom she sang

3861-481: A settlement; details were not released, but DCP committed to continue its role as producer through at least the end of its current contract with NBC, and to work with the HFPA to "expand the brand with unique and exciting entertainment experiences". NBC held a right of first refusal to renew its contract beyond 2018, but bidding was to be open to other broadcasters; in September 2018, NBC agreed to renew its rights to

4004-569: A seven-day run in the Greater Los Angeles area , starting prior to midnight on December 31. Films can be released in theaters, on pay-per-view , or by digital delivery. For the Best Foreign Language Film category, films do not need to be released in the United States. At least 51 percent of the dialogue must be in a language other than English, and they must first be released in their country of origin during

4147-623: A singer. From his collection she drew the song that best defined her mission in singing: A Sleepin' Bee , with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Truman Capote for the 1954 musical House of Flowers . "The lyrics to that song gave me the three acts of a play that I longed for as an actress," Streisand said. "And Harold was one of those writers who could write these magnificent melodies. That gave me what I needed." According to biographer Christopher Nickens, hearing other great female singers benefited her style, as she began creating different emotional characters when performing, which gave her singing

4290-537: A small apartment together. The show opened on March 22, 1962, at the Shubert Theater , and received rave reviews. Her performance "stopped the show cold", wrote Nickens. Groucho Marx , while hosting the Tonight Show , told her that 20 was an "extremely young age to be a success on Broadway". Streisand received a Tony Award nomination and New York Drama Critic's prize for Best Supporting Actress. The show

4433-562: A special Grammy Legend Award and two special Oscars (the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Academy Honorary Award). Quincy's final qualifying award was a fully competitive 2016 Tony for The Color Purple . American film producer and director Frank Marshall (born 1946) received his fourth distinct award in 2023. Between 2019 and 2023, Marshall received a total of four awards. He is

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4576-435: A special honorary award to recognize outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry. Recognizing its subject as an international figure within the entertainment industry, the first award was presented to director and producer Cecil B. DeMille . The official name of the award thus became the Cecil B. DeMille Award . In January 1954, the two organizations held a joint ceremony, and the following year, they merged under

4719-650: A star." Streisand took a job as an usher at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater for The Sound of Music early in 1960. During the run of the play, she heard that the casting director was auditioning for more singers, and it marked the first time she sang in pursuit of a job. Although the director felt she was not right for the part, he encouraged her to begin including her talent as a singer on her résumé when looking for other work. Streisand asked her boyfriend, Barry Dennen , to tape her singing, copies of which she could then give out to possible employers. Dennen found

4862-498: A total of 10 competitive awards. He was the first person to win all four and was primarily a composer. American actress Helen Hayes (1900–1993) received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1932 and 1980, Hayes received a total of six competitive awards. She was the first woman and the first performer to win all four. Hayes was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting , with individual acting wins in each of

5005-507: A total of 11 awards. Brooks was the first person to win the Emmy as the first award, and the first winner to have won his Oscar for screenwriting. Brooks is one of only two people to have two awards of each type, though unlike the other ( Robert Lopez ) one of Brooks's Oscars was honorary. When he appeared on the January 30, 2015 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher , Brooks called himself an EGOTAK, noting that he had also received awards from

5148-546: A total of 11 competitive awards. On September 9, 2018, Lloyd Webber, John Legend , and Tim Rice all simultaneously became EGOTs when they were collectively awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert . English lyricist and librettist Tim Rice (born 1944) received his fourth distinct award in 2018. Between 1980 and 2018, Rice received

5291-537: A total of 12 awards, and shares all of his awards with fellow EGOTs Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alan Menken, John Legend, and Elton John. On September 9, 2018, Lloyd Webber, Legend, and Rice all simultaneously became EGOTs when they were collectively awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert . American singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer John Legend (born 1978) received his fourth distinct award in 2018. Between 2006 and 2022, Legend received

5434-479: A total of 12 competitive awards. Before Alan Menken joined the group in 2020, Hamlisch had the most Oscars of any EGOT winner (three - all won in the same year). In 1974 he would win "General Field" Grammys, taking Song of the Year and Best New Artist , making him first EGOT to have this distinction. Hamlisch was also the first EGOT winner to have won multiple, qualifying awards for the same work – both an Oscar and

5577-427: A total of 18 awards, three of which were non-competitive. Having obtained her fourth award with a special Tony at age 28, she is the youngest special EGOT winner. With just six years elapsing between her first award, a 1964 Grammy, and her 1970 Tony, Streisand held the record for completing the fastest special EGOT until 2023 when Frank Marshall did so within four years. Streisand is the only EGOT to win an Oscar in both

5720-534: A total of 18 awards. Legend has won the most Grammy Awards, 12, of any competitive EGOT recipient. In addition to being the first black man to achieve EGOT status, Legend is the first person to receive the four awards in four consecutive years. John was also the first EGOT recipient to have won both a competitive Primetime and Daytime Emmy Award, an accomplishment matched by Robert Lopez in 2021. Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice all simultaneously became EGOTs on September 9, 2018, when they were collectively awarded

5863-459: A total of five competitive awards between 2007 and 2022, making her the youngest competitive female EGOT to date. American actress and producer Viola Davis (born 1965) received her fourth distinct award in 2023. Between 2001 and 2023, Davis received a total of five competitive awards becoming the eighteenth person to competitively win each of the four awards. Davis acknowledged her new EGOT status while accepting her 2023 Grammy. Davis also became

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6006-509: A total of five competitive awards. Gielgud was the first winner to win any award other than the Oscar as their first award (his first award was a Tony). At age 87 when he won his Emmy, he also became the oldest winner, the first male performer, the first LGBT winner, and the first non-American. British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) received her fourth distinct award posthumously in 1994. Between 1954 and 1994, Hepburn received

6149-586: A total of four competitive awards. She was the fifth person to complete the feat and the first to do so posthumously. She was also the first winner to win two of their awards in consecutive awards shows (the 1994 Grammys were the first Grammys since her posthumous win at the 1993 Emmys ). She is the only EGOT winner to not win multiple awards in any of the four award fields. American composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012) received his fourth distinct award in 1995. Between 1974 and 2001, Hamlisch received

6292-567: A total of six awards, including a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar (six special awards). American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer Quincy Jones (1933–2024) received his fourth distinct award in 2016. Between 1964 and 2024, Jones received a total of 33 awards — the highest number so far of any EGOT winner. He competed for and won 28 Grammys, one Tony, and one Emmy, also receiving

6435-551: A two-night New Year's event at the MGM Grand Las Vegas led to a multi-city tour in the summer of 1994. Tickets for the tour sold out in under an hour. Streisand also appeared on the covers of major magazines in anticipation of what Time magazine named "The Music Event of the Century". The tour was one of the biggest all-media merchandise parlays in history. Ticket prices ranged from US$ 50 to US$ 1,500, making Streisand

6578-624: Is Jewish . Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Galicia (modern-day Poland and Ukraine ) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire , and her maternal grandparents from the Russian Empire , where her grandfather had been a cantor . In August 1943, a few months after Streisand's first birthday, her father died at age 34 from complications from an epileptic seizure , possibly the result of a head injury years earlier. The family fell into near poverty, with her mother working as

6721-464: Is counted, he becomes the fully competing EGOT with the most overall awards. If EGOT status is recognized without regard to any qualifying awards being non-competitive, then Quincy Jones holds the record with his 30 fully competitive awards, including 29 Grammys. Alan Menken has the most Oscar wins (8) by an EGOT. American singer, actress, talk show host, and producer Jennifer Hudson (born 1981) received her fourth distinct award in 2022. Hudson received

6864-413: Is one of her favorite singers. In 1993, The New York Times music critic Stephen Holden wrote that Streisand "enjoys a cultural status that only one other American entertainer, Frank Sinatra, has achieved in the last half century". In September 1993, Streisand announced her first public concert appearances in 27 years (discounting her Las Vegas nightclub performances between 1969 and 1972). What began as

7007-418: Is only on pay-per-view or via digital delivery of film. Also, a TV show must either be made in the United States or be a co-production financially and creatively between an American and a foreign production company. Furthermore, reality and non-scripted shows are disqualified. A film cannot be entered in both the film and TV categories, and instead should be entered based on its original release format. If it

7150-484: Is reportedly still the most commercially successful duet, (US No. 1); " You Don't Bring Me Flowers " (with Neil Diamond ) (US No. 1); and "The Main Event" (US No. 3), some of which came from soundtrack recordings of her films. As the 1970s ended, Streisand was named the most successful female singer in the U.S. — only Elvis Presley and The Beatles had sold more albums. In 1980, she released her best-selling effort to date,

7293-479: Is still big business, and it also gives viewers a chance to see their favorite stars make fools of themselves in public, so the Golden Globes were back, minus some of their sponsors, who backed out at the last minute.... Just last week Newsweek reported denials from the Foreign Press Association that its members give awards to the stars who throw the biggest feeds. "We are not influenced by

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7436-491: The 19th Golden Globe Awards held in March 1962. Beginning in 1963, the trophies commenced to be handed out by one or more persons referred to as "Miss Golden Globe", a title renamed on January 5, 2018, to " Golden Globe Ambassador ". The holders of the position were, traditionally, the daughters or sometimes the sons of a celebrity, and as a point of pride, these often continued to be contested among celebrity parents. In 2009,

7579-587: The 46th Golden Globe Awards an anomaly occurred: a three-way tie for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama ( Jodie Foster for The Accused , Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka , and Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist ). In the category for Best Director , Elia Kazan leads with four wins, followed by Clint Eastwood , Miloš Forman , David Lean , Martin Scorsese , Steven Spielberg , and Oliver Stone with three wins each. Spielberg holds

7722-659: The American Film Institute and Kennedy Center . American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian Mike Nichols (1931–2014) received his fourth distinct award in November 2001. Between 1961 and 2012, Nichols received a total of 15 awards. Nichols was the first EGOT winner to win the Grammy as their first award, the first winner to have won multiple awards for directing (an Oscar, several Tonys, and two Emmys) . When counting all awards won—not just

7865-716: The American entertainment industry . Revenue from the ceremony was used by Golden Globe Foundation to fund entertainment-related charities and scholarships, such as the Young Artist Awards . The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 as the Hollywood Foreign Correspondent Association (HFCA) by Los Angeles –based foreign journalists seeking to develop a better-organized process of gathering and distributing cinema news to non-U.S. markets. One of

8008-567: The Barry Gibb -produced Guilty . The album contained the hits " Woman in Love " (which spent several weeks on top of the pop charts in the fall of 1980), " Guilty ", and " What Kind of Fool ". After years of largely ignoring Broadway and traditional pop music in favor of more contemporary material, Streisand returned to her musical-theater roots. Columbia Records objected that the songs she wanted to sing were not pop songs, but Streisand asserted

8151-548: The Critics Choice Association attempted to shift their Critics' Choice Movie Awards ceremony up a week in order to fill the void and increase their overall prestige, though it was later delayed due to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant . The 79th ceremony was conducted as a non-televised, private presentation, with limited guests (particularly beneficiaries of the HFPA's philanthropic activities) and strict COVID-19 protocol due to Omicron variant. In July 2022,

8294-520: The Emmy Award –winning My Name is Barbra . Streisand has recorded 50 studio albums, almost all with Columbia Records . Her early works in the 1960s (her debut The Barbra Streisand Album , The Second Barbra Streisand Album , The Third Album , My Name Is Barbra , etc.) are considered classic renditions of theatre and cabaret standards, including her pensive version of the normally uptempo " Happy Days Are Here Again ". She performed this in

8437-793: The Grammy Award for Album of the Year . Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US Billboard 200 chart with 11 albums (the record for a woman until 2023), including People (1964), The Way We Were (1974), Guilty (1980), and The Broadway Album (1985). She also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 with five singles: " The Way We Were ", " Evergreen ", " You Don't Bring Me Flowers " (with Neil Diamond ), " No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) " (with Donna Summer ), and " Woman in Love ". Following her established recording success, Streisand ventured into film by

8580-680: The PEGOT . Some say the "P" refers to the Peabody Award , others say it is the Pulitzer Prize . As of 2024 , Mike Nichols , Rita Moreno , Barbra Streisand , and Mel Brooks have achieved this status by winning the Peabody; while Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch have achieved it by winning the Pulitzer. EGOT winners who also won at least one Peabody Award: EGOT winners who also won at least one Pulitzer Prize: People who won

8723-660: The Presidential Medal of Freedom . American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer Liza Minnelli (born 1946) received her fourth distinct award in 1990. Between 1965 and 2009, Minnelli received a total of seven awards, two of which were special. American actor James Earl Jones (1931–2024) received his fourth distinct award in 2011. Between 1969 and 2017, Jones received a total of eight awards, two of which were special. American singer, activist, and actor Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) received his fourth distinct award in 2014. Between 1954 and 2014, Belafonte received

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8866-444: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert . American composer Alan Menken (born 1949) received his fourth distinct award in 2020. Between 1990 and 2020, Menken received a total of 21 competitive awards, tying with Scott Rudin for the most awards to individuals whose EGOT status was achieved solely by competitive wins. If Menken's special (non-competitive) Emmy Award

9009-601: The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award ; and the Presidential Medal of Freedom . Streisand was born April 24, 1942, in Brooklyn , New York City , to Diana Ida ( née Rosen; 1908–2002) and Emanuel Streisand (1908–1943). Her mother had been a soprano in her youth and considered a career in music, but later became a school secretary. Her father was a high school teacher at the same school, where they first met. Streisand's family

9152-427: The Tonight Show half a dozen times in 1962 and 1963, and she became a favorite of his television audience and himself personally. He described her as an "exciting new singer." During one show, she joked with Groucho Marx, who liked her style of humor. She did three or four songs, and she was beyond brilliant – so amazing. — Elliott Gould , about their first play together in 1961 In December 1962, Streisand made

9295-502: The Young Artist Foundation , established in 1978 by Hollywood Foreign Press member Maureen Dragone , to recognize and award excellence of young Hollywood performers under the age of 21 and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically or financially challenged. In 2021, the HFPA faced criticism for the lack of Black representation among its members. On May 3, 2021, the HFPA announced plans for

9438-430: The "grand slam" of American show business. Twenty-one people have achieved competitive EGOT status and six others have done so with honorary or special awards. In 2018, Robert Lopez became the first and currently only double EGOT winner. Five competitive and one non-competitive EGOT holder have been dubbed PEGOTs , for additionally having received either a Peabody Award (4) or Pulitzer Prize (2). The EGOT acronym

9581-638: The "most exciting new personality since Elvis Presley ." She ended that breakthrough year of 1963 by performing one-night concerts in Indianapolis, San Jose, Chicago, Sacramento, and Los Angeles. Streisand returned to Broadway in 1964 with an acclaimed performance as entertainer Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Winter Garden Theatre . The show introduced two of her signature songs, "People" and " Don't Rain on My Parade ." Because of

9724-431: The 2022 ceremony, then signed a one-year deal to televise the 2023 ceremony, moving it to a Tuesday evening to avoid conflicting with Sunday Night Football and the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship . In November 2023, DCP announced a one-year agreement to air the 81st ceremony on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ , with the ceremony following CBS's afternoon NFL coverage . In March 2024, DCP announced

9867-493: The 2023 ceremony, the HFPA removed a requirement that an exclusive press conference be hosted by the organization for each nominated film—a practice that had contributed to transparency issues. Ballots to select the nominations are sent to voters in November, along with a "Reminder List" of eligible film and TV programs. Each HFPA member then votes for their top five choices in each category, numbering them 5 to 1, with 5 being their top choice. The nominees in each category are then

10010-593: The 70th, 71st and 72nd Golden Globe Awards in 2013 through 2015. The Golden Globe Awards' theme song, which debuted in 2012, was written by Japanese musician and songwriter Yoshiki Hayashi . The HFPA had previously held a lucrative broadcasting agreement with NBC , which began televising the Golden Globes ceremony locally in Los Angeles in 1958, then nationally in 1964. However, in 1968, the Federal Communications Commission claimed

10153-473: The Cecil B. DeMille Award, named after its first recipient in 2019, actress and comedian Carol Burnett . Revenues generated from the annual ceremony have enabled the HFPA to donate millions of dollars to entertainment-related charities, as well as funding scholarships and other programs for future film and television professionals. The most prominent beneficiary is the Young Artist Awards , presented annually by

10296-421: The Emmy, Oscar, and Tony awards, winning her third in 1953. Counting only the first award of each type, she also has the longest interval (45 years) between her first and fourth award of any EGOT winner. Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer Rita Moreno (born 1931) received her fourth distinct award in 1977. Between 1961 and 1978, Moreno received a total of five awards. She is also the first Latina winner and

10439-544: The Golden Globe statuette was redesigned (but not for the first time in its history). The New York firm Society Awards collaborated for a year with the HFPA to produce a statuette that included a unique marble and enhanced the statuette's quality and gold content. It was unveiled at a press conference at the Beverly Hilton prior to the show. The Carol Burnett Award was created as a television counterpart to

10582-405: The Golden Globes through 2027, maintaining the current broadcast arrangement and the involvement of Dick Clark Productions. In 2019 and 2020, NBC televised the late Sunday afternoon National Football League (NFL) playoff game (which had historically gone to another NFL broadcaster) as a lead-in to the Golden Globes. Because of the large viewership of NFL playoff games, this was intended to boost

10725-523: The Golden Globes' television ratings, which dropped 11% between 2017 and 2018. If the game ever went long, NBC planned to still air the Golden Globes in its entirety on a broadcast delay . The 2021 ceremony was then postponed to February 28 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema and on television , avoiding the NFL season altogether. Per the aforementioned 2022 boycott , NBC declined to air

10868-504: The HFPA approved a major restructuring, under which Boehly would establish a for-profit entity via his holding company Eldridge Industries (owner of Dick Clark Productions —which has produced the Golden Globes' telecast since 1993, as well as the entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter ) that will hold the Golden Globe Awards' intellectual property and oversee the "professionalization and modernization" of

11011-406: The HFPA released a list of 21 new members that it had recruited under these reforms, and named Todd Boehly (owner of ceremony producer Dick Clark Productions) as its "interim CEO". The HFPA then announced on October 15 that it still planned to hold the 79th Golden Globe Awards on January 9, 2022, with or without another media partner. With the televised absence of the Golden Globe Awards from NBC,

11154-637: The HFPA's knowledge. The HFPA sued DCP over the deal, as well as claims that the company was attempting to sell digital rights that it did not hold; the HFPA had wanted a new contract that would grant them a larger share of revenue from the telecast. In April 2012, judge Howard Matz upheld the NBC perpetuity clause and ruled in favor of DCP, noting that the HFPA had a history of "unbusinesslike display[s] of misplaced priorities" and "[succumbing] to bouts of pronounced turmoil and personal feuds", in contrast to DCP, which had been "represented by one experienced executive who

11297-539: The Hill" (from Finian's Rainbow and Brigadoon , respectively), " All I Ask of You " (from The Phantom of the Opera ), "Warm All Over" (from The Most Happy Fella ), and an unusual solo version of " Make Our Garden Grow " (from Candide ). Streisand was not happy with the direction of the project and it was scrapped. Only "Warm All Over" and a reworked, lite FM-friendly version of "All I Ask of You" were ever released,

11440-566: The Jewish Orthodox Yeshiva of Brooklyn when she was five. She was considered bright and inquisitive; however, she lacked discipline, often shouting answers to questions out of turn. She next attended Public School 89 in Brooklyn, and during those early school years began watching television and going to movies. "I always wanted to be somebody, to be famous... You know, get out of Brooklyn." Streisand became known by others in

11583-511: The New York City stage. After renting a small apartment on 48th St. in the heart of the theater district, she accepted any job she could involving the stage, and at every opportunity, she "made the rounds" of the casting offices. Living on her own at 16, Streisand took various menial jobs to have some income. During one period, she lacked a permanent address, and found herself sleeping at the home of friends or anywhere else she could set up

11726-642: The United States, with 68.5 million certified album units. Billboard ranked Streisand as the greatest solo artist on the Billboard 200 chart and the top Adult Contemporary female artist of all time. Her accolades span ten Grammy Awards , including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award ; nine Golden Globe Awards ; five Emmy Awards ; four Peabody Awards ; two Academy Awards ;

11869-756: The West Coast. The following September, during her ongoing shows at Harrah's Hotel in Lake Tahoe, she and Elliott Gould took time off to get married in Carson City, Nevada . With her career and popularity rising so quickly, she saw her marriage to Gould as a "stabilizing influence." When she was 21, Streisand signed a contract with Columbia Records that gave her full creative control, in exchange for less money. Lieberson relented and agreed to sign her. Nearly three decades later, Streisand said: The most important thing about that first contract – actually,

12012-529: The acting theories of Konstantin Stanislavski and Michael Chekhov . In 1956, she attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, where she became an honor student in modern history, English, and Spanish. She also joined the Freshman Chorus and Choral Club, where she sang with another choir member and classmate, Neil Diamond . Diamond recalls, "We were two poor kids in Brooklyn. We hung out in

12155-453: The army cot she carried around. When desperate, she returned to her mother's flat in Brooklyn for a home-cooked meal. However, her mother was horrified by her daughter's "gypsy-like lifestyle", wrote biographer Karen Swenson , and again begged her to give up trying to get into show business, but Streisand took her mother's pleadings as even more reason to keep trying: "My desires were strengthened by wanting to prove to my mother that I could be

12298-650: The board in 1958 claiming that "certain awards are being given more or less as favors" with others querying why so many winners were represented by one public relations firm. The FCC imposed a ban on NBC's broadcast of the Golden Globes after the February 1968 ceremony. Movie critic Rex Reed , in a contemporary article about the broadcast, wrote: NBC's telcast of the Foreign Press Association's 25th annual Golden Globe Awards had to be seen to be disbelieved. The Federal Communications Commission have sent lawyers to have it investigated. But award-giving, pointless as it is,

12441-453: The ceremony in 2023 if the HFPA were successful in its efforts to reform. WarnerMedia also boycotted the HFPA, while Tom Cruise returned the awards he had won for Born on the Fourth of July , Jerry Maguire and Magnolia in solidarity. Following these events, the HFPA released a timeline for its reforms, which would see the process completed by the week of August 2. On October 1,

12584-443: The ceremony with NBC as a broadcaster; DCP's involvement came at a time of instability for the Golden Globes, including reduced credibility and having lost its contract with CBS (the interim period saw it contract with cable network TBS to air the ceremony). Enthusiastic over Clark 's commitment, the HFPA's contract contained an unusual provision granting DCP the role of producer in perpetuity, provided that it continued to maintain

12727-498: The ceremony, including "[increasing] the size and diversity of the available voters for the annual awards". The HFPA's philanthropic activities were to continue separately as a non-profit entity. NBC subsequently agreed to a one-year contract to air the 80th Golden Globe Awards on January 10, 2023, which were moved to a Tuesday evening to avoid conflicting with the National Football League (whose regular season

12870-554: The day, she found herself out of her element with rock. Her vocal talents prevailed, and she gained newfound success with the pop and ballad-oriented Richard Perry -produced album Stoney End in 1971. The title track , written by Laura Nyro , was a major hit for Streisand. During the 1970s, she was also highly prominent on the pop charts, with Top 10 recordings such as " The Way We Were " (US No. 1); " Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) " (US No. 1); " No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) " (1979, with Donna Summer ), which as of 2010

13013-490: The end of the 1960s. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl (1968), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 41st Academy Awards . Additional fame on the big screen followed with the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? (1972), and the romantic drama The Way We Were (1973). Streisand won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for writing

13156-463: The financial details of the purchase were not disclosed. The HFPA's philanthropic activities have been transitioned to Golden Globe Foundation . The qualifying eligibility period for all nominations is the calendar year from January 1 through December 31. Voice-over performances and cameo appearances in which persons play themselves are not eligible from all film and TV acting categories. Films must be at least 70 minutes and released for at least

13299-506: The first (and for 37 years, the only) woman to win that award. Streisand later produced and directed The Prince of Tides (1991), and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). With sales exceeding 150 million records worldwide, Streisand is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time . According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the second-highest certified female artist in

13442-494: The first of a number of appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show . She was later a cohost on The Mike Douglas Show , and also made an impact on a number of Bob Hope specials. Performing with her on The Ed Sullivan Show was Liberace , who became an instant fan of the young singer. Liberace invited her to Las Vegas to perform as his opening act at the Riviera Hotel. He is credited with introducing Streisand to audiences on

13585-501: The first of each type—Nichols has the longest timespan of awards among EGOT winners, at 51 years. American actress, comedian and author Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955) received her fourth distinct award in 2002. Between 1985 and 2009, she received a total of five competitive awards. Goldberg is the first African American winner, the first to win the Oscar as their second award, and the third person after Audrey Hepburn (1954) and Marvin Hamlisch (1974) to win two of their qualifying awards in

13728-461: The first winner to win a Grammy as their second award (both previous winners won Tonys as their second award). In addition, she became a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2015 and a Peabody Award winner in 2019. Moreno also became the second person and the first Hispanic actress to win the Triple Crown of Acting . English actor and theatre director John Gielgud (1904–2000) received his fourth distinct award in 1991. Between 1948 and 1991, Gielgud received

13871-407: The five selections that receive the most votes. The ranked voting is only used to break ties, with number 5 worth 5 points, number 4 worth 4 points, and so on. After the nominations are announced in mid-December, voters receive the final ballots. The winner in each category is selected from among the nominees by plurality voting . In case of a tie, the winner is the one that had the most votes on

14014-575: The four major entertainment awards in competitive categories. As of November 2024, 72 living people are one award away from achieving (competitive) EGOT status. Notes In addition to the above winners, the following people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in either competitive categories or non-competitive special and honorary categories. Notes The following people have not won all four awards in competitive categories but have received at least one nomination for each of them: Notes There are conflicting definitions for

14157-544: The front of Erasmus High and smoked cigarettes." The school was near an art movie house, and he recalls that she was always aware of the films they were showing. She had a crush on 15-year-old US Chess Champion and fellow student Bobby Fischer , whom she found to be "very sexy". During the summer of 1957, she landed her first stage experience as a walk-on at the Playhouse, in Malden Bridge, New York . That small part

14300-486: The full creative control her contract gave her—'I've always had the right to sing what I want'—with 1985's The Broadway Album , which was unexpectedly successful, holding the coveted No. 1 Billboard position for three straight weeks and being certified quadruple platinum. The album featured tunes by Rodgers and Hammerstein , George Gershwin , Jerome Kern , and Stephen Sondheim , who was persuaded to rework some of his songs especially for this recording. The Broadway Album

14443-471: The gold Henrietta for World Favorites. while silver Henriettas for "Best Young Box Office Personality" were presented to Leslie Caron , Tony Curtis , John Derek , Mitzi Gaynor , Marilyn Monroe and Patrice Wymore . At the third festival held on February 14, 1953, John Wayne and Susan Hayward won the gold Henriettas. The HFCA continued to hold their Golden Globe Awards. In 1950, the HFCA had established

14586-501: The highest-paid concert performer in history at the time. Barbra Streisand: The Concert went on to be the top-grossing concert of the year and earned five Emmy Awards and the Peabody Award , while the taped broadcast on HBO was the highest-rated concert special in HBO's 30-year history. Following the tour's conclusion, Streisand once again kept a low profile musically, instead focusing her efforts on acting and directing duties as well as

14729-702: The journalists in the HFCA broke away to form the Foreign Press Association of Hollywood (FPAH). It was the FPAH that instituted the Henrietta Award for World Film Favorite, which was subsequently given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the new name for the organization when the FPAH and HFCA merged in 1955, minus the "Henrietta" name through 1980 (for the 1979 movie year). The FPAH held its first World Film Favorite Festival on January 27, 1951, giving out Henrietta Awards in various categories. The award, an angel above

14872-605: The latter appearing on Streisand's 1988 effort, Till I Loved You . At the beginning of the 1990s, Streisand started focusing on her film directorial efforts and became almost inactive in the recording studio. In 1991, a four-disc box set, Just for the Record , was released. A compilation spanning Streisand's entire career to date, it featured over 70 tracks of live performances, greatest hits, rarities, and previously unreleased material. The following year, Streisand's concert fundraising events helped propel President Bill Clinton into

15015-469: The love theme from A Star Is Born (1976), the first woman to be honored as a composer. With the release of Yentl (1983), Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Original Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical . Streisand also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director , becoming

15158-418: The members, its exclusion of serious cinema journalists, and their closeness to the movie industry and stars. The Golden Globes under the HFPA were also accused of being bought or bartered, with the HFPA seemingly doling out nominations if not wins to studios, production companies, and stars who wooed HFPA members with gifts, press junkets and personal attention. Former HFPA president Henry Gris resigned from

15301-691: The musical's overnight success, she appeared on the cover of Time . In 1964, Streisand was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical but lost to Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly ! Streisand received an honorary "Star of the Decade" Tony Award in 1970. In 1966, Streisand repeated her success with Funny Girl in London's West End at the Prince of Wales Theatre . From 1965 to 1968 she appeared in her first four solo television specials, including

15444-402: The neighborhood for her voice. She remembers sitting on the stoop in front of their apartment building with the other kids and singing: "I was considered the girl on the block with the good voice." That talent became a way for her to gain attention. She would often practice her singing in the hallway of her apartment building, which gave her voice an echoing quality. She made her singing debut at

15587-405: The new Hollywood Foreign Press Association name. The Henrietta Award was terminated, but the HFPA instituted a special award called World Film Favorite, a Golden Globe surmounted by an angel. Similar to the Henrietta Award for World Film Favorite, the winner of the new HFPA Golden Globe was determined by a worldwide poll conducted by Reuters . This award, sometimes referred to as The Henrietta Award,

15730-540: The nomination ballot. As of the 2024 ceremony, the voting body consisted of 310 individuals, including representatives of 76 countries, international journalists, and 95 members that were members of the HFPA. The broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards, broadcast to 167 countries worldwide, generally ranks as the third most-watched awards show each year, behind only the Oscars and the Grammy Awards . Since 2010, it

15873-410: The non-competitive Henrietta Award (3 times). In addition, all three of them also received an honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award. Meryl Streep also holds the record for most nominations with 33. Composer John Williams is second with 27. Since the late 1950s, the HFPA had been racked by scandals and controversies. The organization had been criticized for the small size of its membership, the quality of

16016-508: The only EGOT winner to have won a Sports Emmy Award and to have received the Irving G.Thalberg Memorial Award . With just four years elapsing between his first award (a 2019 honorary Oscar), a long format TV sports documentary, and competitive Grammy and Tony music awards, Marshall completed his unique, if not eclectic, EGOT collection in the shortest time of all persons to have reached this status. The following people have each won three out of

16159-593: The organization's first major endeavors was to establish a ceremony similar to the Academy Awards to honor film achievements. The 1st Golden Globe Awards , honoring the best achievements in 1943 filmmaking , were held in January 1944, at the 20th Century-Fox studios. Subsequent ceremonies were held at various venues throughout the next decade, including the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel . In 1950, some of

16302-438: The package "largely contains no specifics" nor "commitments to real accountability or change". On May 7, 2021, both Amazon Studios and Netflix announced that they would stop their activities with the HFPA until sufficient actions on reforms are made. Other media companies followed suit on May 10, including NBC , who announced that it would not televise the 79th Golden Globe Awards , but that it would be open to televising

16445-443: The practice of "selling" producer credits for shows favored to win a Tony as a "shortcut" to EGOT status. He drew a distinction between the producers who actually do the work of organizing the production of a show and investing producers who merely help finance it, often late in the award season. Notes American composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) received his fourth distinct award in 1962. Between 1946 and 1979, Rodgers received

16588-402: The press conference, as well as CNN . NBC declined to air the conference itself; the ceremony timeslot was filled by a Dateline NBC preview special, an hour-long results special hosted by Bush and O'Dell, and an Access Hollywood post-show also hosted by Bush and O'Dell. In 2010, Dick Clark Productions reached an extension with NBC through 2018. However, the deal was negotiated without

16731-456: The proposed coverage, including a demand for a rights fee, and concerns over plans to have Billy Bush and Nancy O'Dell of NBC's syndicated entertainment news program Access Hollywood serve as presenters. The HFPA subsequently announced that it would not restrict coverage of the press conference by other broadcasters. E! and TV Guide Network (who were typically known for red carpet coverage from major awards shows) both aired coverage of

16874-614: The record for most nominations with twelve. Francis Ford Coppola , Eastwood, and Steven Soderbergh are the only directors to receive two nominations in the same year. Barbra Streisand is the first woman to have won the award. Barbra Streisand holds the record for most Golden Globes earned by an individual with ten awards, including both competitive and honorary categories, followed by Tom Hanks , and Meryl Streep with nine awards each. Hanks winning as an actor and producer; all Streep wins were for acting; while Streisand prevails as an actress (3 times), composer, director, producer, as well as

17017-487: The recording studio and released Back to Broadway in June 1993. The album was not as universally lauded as its predecessor, but it did debut at No. 1 on the pop charts (a rare feat for an artist of Streisand's age, especially given that it relegated Janet Jackson 's Janet to the No. 2 spot). One of the album's highlights was a medley of " I Have A Love" / "One Hand, One Heart ", a duet with Johnny Mathis , who Streisand said

17160-450: The same award. Lopez is also the first person to have won the Oscar last, a prize he shared then, and again in 2018, with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez . As of 2024, Kristen Anderson-Lopez lacks only a Tony to achieve EGOT status in her own right. English composer and impresario of musical theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber , Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 1948) received his fourth distinct award in 2018. Between 1980 and 2018, Lloyd Webber received

17303-434: The same year (she won both her Tony and her first competitive Emmy in 2002). American film, television, and theatre producer Scott Rudin (born 1958) received his fourth distinct award in 2012. Between 1984 and 2021, Rudin received a total of 21 awards, tying with Alan Menken for winning the most competitive EGOT awards. Rudin is currently the only EGOT winner who is solely a producer and did not win any of his four awards for

17446-455: The show "misled the public as to how the winners were determined" (allegations included that winners were determined by lobby; to motivate winners to show up to the awards ceremony winners were informed if they did not attend another winner would be named). The FCC admonished NBC for participating in the scandal. Subsequently, NBC refused to broadcast the ceremony from 1968 until after 1974. Since 1993, Dick Clark Productions (DCP) had produced

17589-513: The spotlight and into office. Streisand later introduced Clinton at his inauguration in 1993. Streisand's music career, however, was largely on hold. A 1992 appearance at an APLA benefit, as well as the aforementioned inaugural performance, hinted that Streisand was becoming more receptive to the idea of live performances. A tour was suggested, though Streisand would not immediately commit to it, citing her well-known stage fright as well as security concerns. During this time, Streisand finally returned to

17732-488: The thing we held out for – was a unique clause giving me the right to choose my own material. It was the only thing I really cared about. I still received lots of pressure from the label to include some pop hits on my first album, but I held out for the songs that really meant something to me. She took advantage of this several times during her career. Columbia wanted to call her first album, in early 1963, Sweet and Saucy Streisand ; Streisand used her control to insist that it

17875-504: The third person and the first African American actress to win the Triple Crown of Acting . English singer, composer, pianist, and producer Elton John (born 1947) received his fourth distinct award in 2024. Between 1987 and 2024, John received a total of nine competitive awards becoming the nineteenth person to competitively win each of the four awards. American composer, lyricist, and producer Benj Pasek (born 1985) received his fourth distinct award in 2024. Pasek and Justin Paul set

18018-428: The time she's thirty she will have rewritten the record books." Her name is Barbra Streisand. She is 20 years old, she has a three-octave promiscuity of range, she packs more personal dynamic power than anybody I can recall since Libby Holman or Helen Morgan . She can sing as loud as Ethel Merman and as persuasively as Lena or Ella , or as brassy as a Sophie Tucker ... and only Barbra Streisand can turn " Cry Me

18161-648: The world." Later in 1961, before she was cast in Another Evening With Harry Stoones , Streisand became a semi-regular on PM East/PM West , a talk/variety series hosted by Mike Wallace and Joyce Davidson . Some of Streisand's PM East segments survive as audio recordings, and still photos survive, but moving images do not. In early 1962, she went into the Columbia Records studio for the cast recording of I Can Get It for You Wholesale . Also that spring, she participated in

18304-403: Was a "stunned silence" from the audience, followed by "thunderous applause" when she was pronounced the winner. She was invited back and sang at the club for several weeks. During this time, disliking her name, she changed it from "Barbara" to "Barbra". In early days of her career Streisand was repeatedly told she was too ugly to be a star and was advised to get a nose job —she did not. Streisand

18447-399: Was a special award. His first two Emmys were Daytime Emmys, followed by a Primetime Emmy in 2021 for WandaVision . He is the only EGOT recipient to follow a Daytime Emmy win with a subsequent Primetime Emmy win. Lopez received his Grammy Award for The Book of Mormon in collaboration with fellow EGOT winner Scott Rudin (among others), making them the first pair of EGOT winners to co-win

18590-485: Was adept at dealing fairly and effectively with the often amateurish conduct of HFPA." Matz pointed out examples of the HFPA's enthusiasm over the relationship and their desire to "not get cancelled", such as having disregarded its own bylaws by approving an extension in 2001 without a formal vote. The case was taken to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2014, Dick Clark Productions and the HFPA reached

18733-436: Was bestowed for an honorary or similar non-competitive distinction: Barbra Streisand does not have a competitive Tony; Liza Minnelli does not have a competitive Grammy; and Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Quincy Jones, and Frank Marshall are all without a competitive Oscar. American singer, actress, and director Barbra Streisand (born 1942) received her fourth distinct award in 1970. Between 1963 and 2001, Streisand received

18876-477: Was called The Barbra Streisand Album , saying "if you saw me on TV, you could just go [to the record shop] and ask for the Barbra Streisand album. It's common sense". It reached the top 10 on the Billboard chart and won three Grammy Awards . The album made her the best-selling female vocalist in the country. That summer she also released The Second Barbra Streisand Album , which established her as

19019-520: Was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas in late 1984. While starring in Miami Vice , he stated a desire to achieve the EGOT within five years. The acronym gained wider recognition following a 2009 episode of 30 Rock that introduced EGOT status as a recurring plotline. Starting in 2016, the Daytime Emmys had an award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program , which

19162-453: Was first aired on American television, then it can be entered into the TV categories. If it was released in theaters or on pay-per-view, then it should instead be entered into the film categories. A film festival showing does not count towards disqualifying what would otherwise be a TV program. Actors in a TV series must appear in at least six episodes during the qualifying calendar year. Actors in

19305-767: Was followed by a role as the kid sister in Picnic and as a vamp in Desk Set . In her second year, she took a night job at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village , helping backstage. When she was a senior, she rehearsed for a small part in Driftwood , a play staged in a midtown attic space. She graduated from Erasmus Hall in January 1959 at age 16, and despite her mother's pleas that she stay out of show business, she set out trying to get roles on

19448-579: Was given out through 1980 for the 1979, movie year, when it was terminated. Roger Moore and Jane Fonda were the last two recipients of the World Film Favorite Award. The 13th Golden Globe Awards held in February 1956 saw the first Golden Globe in Television Achievement. The first three permanent television award categories, Best TV Series , Best TV Actor , and Best TV Actress , then made their debuts during

19591-433: Was her main objective. That desire was made stronger when she saw her first Broadway play, The Diary of Anne Frank , when she was 14. The star in the play was Susan Strasberg , whose acting she wanted to emulate. Streisand began spending her spare time in the library, studying the biographies of various stage actresses such as Eleanora Duse and Sarah Bernhardt . In addition, she began reading novels and plays and studying

19734-517: Was met with acclaim, including a Grammy nomination for album of the year, and handed Streisand her eighth Grammy as Best Female Vocalist. After releasing the live album One Voice in 1986, Streisand was set to release another album of Broadway songs in 1988. She recorded several cuts for the album under the direction of Rupert Holmes , including " On My Own " (from Les Misérables ), a medley of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", and "Heather on

19877-668: Was next asked to audition at the Bon Soir nightclub, after which she was signed up at $ 125 a week. It became her first professional engagement in September 1960, where she was the opening act for comedian Phyllis Diller . She recalls it was the first time she had been in that kind of upscale environment: "I'd never been in a nightclub until I sang in one." Dennen now wanted to expose Streisand to his vast record collection of female singers, including Billie Holiday , Mabel Mercer , Ethel Waters , and Édith Piaf . Streisand realized she could still become an actress by first gaining recognition as

20020-615: Was recently extended into January) and the College Football Playoff National Championship (which was being hosted at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood). On June 12, 2023, HFPA was rebranded to Golden Globe Foundation , and all Golden Globe Awards assets and intellectual property were acquired by DCP (whose ownership includes Penske Media Corporation , owner of fellow entertainment publications Deadline Hollywood and Variety ) and Eldridge;

20163-402: Was recorded and made into an album. Streisand's first television appearance was on The Tonight Show , then credited to its regular host, Jack Paar . She was seen during an April 1961 episode on which Orson Bean substituted for Paar. She sang Harold Arlen 's " A Sleepin' Bee ". During her appearance, Phyllis Diller , also a guest on the show, called her "one of the great singing talents in

20306-437: Was removed after the 2019 ceremony because three of the four winners were Broadway ensembles, which between them included five people ( Cynthia Erivo , Ben Platt , Rachel Bay Jones , Katrina Lenk and Ari'el Stachel ) who had already won Tony and Grammy awards for the shows they were in, and with their Daytime Emmy wins only needed Oscars to complete their EGOT status. In 2023, TheaterMania writer Zachary Stewart criticized

20449-534: Was televised live in all United States time zones. Until Ricky Gervais hosted in 2010, the award ceremony was one of two major Hollywood award ceremonies (the other being the Screen Actors Guild Awards ) that did not have a regular host; every year a different presenter introduced the ceremony at the beginning of the broadcast. Gervais returned to host the 68th and 69th Golden Globe Awards the next two years. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted

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