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I'm a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can't lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.

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Barbra Streisand
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 24
Actor
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Jazz Musician
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Stage Actor
Brooklyn
New York
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