Barbra Streisand Oscars Performance: 'The Way We Were' At The Academy Awards

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Barbra Streisand Oscars Performance" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1001138/thumbs/s-BARBRA-STREISAND-OSCARS-PERFORMANCE-large.jpg?6" /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/?ref_=sr_5" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #b10000; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_hplink">Barbra Streisand</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> returned to the Oscar stage on Sunday evening for the </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/oscars-2013" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #b10000; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">85th annual Academy Awards.</a><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and actress gave an impressive performance of "The Way We Were," which won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1974. The song was originally written for the movie of the same name in which she starred with Robert Redford.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Streisand won her first Academy Award in 1969 for Best Actress for her performance in "Funny Girl." She was later nominated for Best Actress for 1973's "The Way We Were," won Best Original Song for "Evergreen" from 1976's "A Star Is Born," was nominated for Best Picture for 1991's "The Prince of Tides," and nominated again for Best Original Song for "I Finally Found Someone" from 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Streisand first performed at the Academy Awards in 1977, singing "Evergreen."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The awards show also included performances from Adele and Norah Jones. It was also announced this week that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/kristen-chenoweth-seth-macfarlane-oscars_n_2732443.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment" style="border: none; color: #b10000; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Kristen Chenoweth and Seth MacFarlance would close the show with a musical performance.</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The 85th annual Academy Awards were hosted by Seth MacFarlane at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">More information about winners and performances can be found in the live blog below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script src="http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=560&height=345&playList=517658113" type="text/javascript"></script></div></div>

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Barbra Streisand  returned to the Oscar stage on Sunday evening for the  85th annual Academy Awards. The Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and...

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