Barbra's Private World

THE BELOVED ENTERTAINER ON FINDING JOY AS A GRANDMA & WHY SHE'S NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE TO SINGING 70 YEARS INTO HER CAREER

- RACHEL DESANTIS

It’s just after 2 p.m. Los Angeles time when Barbra Streisand answers the phone, but the legendary star’s day is just beginning. “We go to bed very late, so I'm still in bed,” Streisand, 83, says of her routine with husband James Brolin, 84. “We have a different sched- ule. We love the silence of the night.” The EGOT- winning singer, actress and director’s life has long been built around sound—first through her music and mov- ies; these days more through the giggles of her grandkids. So it’s understandable why Streisand would appreciate some peace and quiet.

In the year and a half since releasing her bestselling memoir My Name Is Barbra, Streisand has stepped back from the spotlight, focusing instead on her family (she’s mom to son Jason Gould, 58, with ex-husband Elliott Gould, and grandmother 'As long as I have a voice... there are more songs I want to sing'

to stepson Josh Brolin’s four children, Trevor, 37, Eden, 32, Westlyn, 6, and Chapel, 4). “I asked my daughter-in-law [Kathryn] to bring the children over and take some pictures with me. The joy that I was feeling whenever they come over... it’s just joyous,” she says. “It’s wonderful to have family. That’s how the