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Connecting Barbra Streisand and Jamie Bell



Barbra Streisand American singer and actress (born 1942)
In 2015 plans emerged for Streisand to direct a feature biopic about the 18th-century Russian empress ''Catherine the Great'' based on the top 2014 Black List script produced by Gil Netter with Keira Knightley starring.

Keira Knightley
Knightley portrayed Cecilia Tallis, the elder of the two Tallis sisters, who struggles with a wartime romance with her love interest, played by James McAvoy.

James McAvoy Scottish actor
The film's ensemble cast includes McAvoy's former classmate Shauna Macdonald as his wife, as well as Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan and Imogen Poots.


Barbra Streisand American singer and actress (born 1942)
In 2000, President Bill Clinton presented Streisand with the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor specifically given for achievement in the arts, and Library of Congress Living Legend, she also received the highest honor for a career in film AFI Life Achievement Award from American Film Institute and Liberty and Justice Award from Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Gracie Allen Award, First Annual Jewish Image Awards in 2001, and Humanitarian Award "for her years of leadership, vision, and activism in the fight for civil liberties, including religion, race, gender equality and freedom of speech, as well as all aspects of gay rights" from Human Rights Campaign in 2004.

Evan Rachel Wood American actress and singer (born 1987)
Wood dated English actor Jamie Bell for a year in 2005.


Barbra Streisand American singer and actress (born 1942)
Streisand won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress for the role, sharing it with Katharine Hepburn (''The Lion in Winter''), the only time there has been a tie in this Oscar category.

Katharine Hepburn
At 87 years old, she played a supporting role, alongside Annette Bening and Warren Beatty.

Annette Bening American actress
She earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance In 2017, she appeared in '' Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool'' as Gloria Grahame alongside Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave, and Julie Walters.


Barbra Streisand American singer and actress (born 1942)
From 1989 to 1991, she was involved with composer James Newton Howard.

James Newton Howard
On October 14, 2005, Howard replaced Howard Shore as composer for '' King Kong'', due to "differing creative aspirations for the score" between Shore and director Peter Jackson.

Peter Jackson New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer
Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis were cast due to their collaboration with Peter Jackson on '' King Kong'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.





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