STREISAND MAY BE STRIPPED OF NOMINATION

Drudge Report ^ | 7 December 2003 | M Drudge

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

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STREISAND MAY BE STRIPPED OF NOMINATION: RECORD RELEASED WEEKS AFTER QUALIFICATION DATE; DOWNLOAD CLAIMS QUESTIONED

Barbra Streisand may soon be stripped of her Grammy nomination for MOVIE ALBUM as award officials examine if the set actually qualifies for this year's awards, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned!

Streisand's THE MOVIE ALBUM was released weeks after a September 30 cut-off date for eligibility.

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"I have it in writing from SONY that Barbra was on her website giving access to downloads [before September 30],'' claimed Diane Theriot, Senior Vice President of Awards for the Recording Academy, this weekend.

In the growing controversy, SONY may be asked to document how Streisand.com offered downloads, a Grammy source said.

"She sure is not offering downloads now on her site," said a concerned Grammy official from Los Angeles.

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A SONY rep reached late Sunday did acknowledge the CD was released a full two weeks after the qualifying date, but defended the Streisand nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal, adding "we're not the only ones out there nominated" who hit the stores after September 30.

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[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

My heart bleeds...

[farmfriend]

Some people are more equal than others you know.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

STREISAND MAY BE STRIPPED OF NOMINATION

"Streisand" and "stripped" in the same sentence! Blecchhh!!!

[DoughtyOne]

Streisand stripped?

Oh the very thought. Have mercy.

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

The link:

http://www.drudgereport.com/mattbs3.htm

[tellw]

MORE Streisand's own website states: "The MOVIE ALBUM hits the stores on October 14th"

The website also trumpets an Oct 14th appearance on OPRAH "as the talk show host celebrates the release that day of Ms. Streisand's new CD, 'The MOVIE ALBUM.'"

In 2000, Lauryn Hill was stripped of her Grammy nomination for "Everything Is Everything" when it was determined the track was not released during its eligibility period.

A SONY rep reached late Sunday did acknowledge the CD was released a full two weeks after the qualifying date, but defended the Streisand nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal, adding "we're not the only ones out there nominated" who hit the stores after September 30. No way can they have a double standard when Lauryn Hill, a black woman, was denied a Grammy nomination for the exact same reason.

[js1138]

[Paul Atreides]

"Streisand" and "stripped" in the same sentence! Blecchhh!!!

Not when it's followed by the words "of American citizenship."

[razorback-bert]

Barbra was on her website giving access to downloads

Is the RIAA aware of this?

[harrowup]

Is the RIAA aware of this?

Babs doesn't record anymore She has Brolin wear a wig and lip-sync...I know it's true; I read it in Variety

[FormerACLUmember]

Streisand caught cheating on a Grammy. I LOVE IT!

That's three straight losses for this evil washed up fool. She just got totally smashed in her SLAPP lawsuit against an small environmental group (the mega-huypocrite!) and her character assassination of Reagan was sent to the toilet.

Life is GOOD!

[blastdad51]

Couldn't happen to a nicer person... sarcasm on full

[MinuteGal]

Bad news for Babs.

She probably thought she'd win by a nose.

Leni

[arasina]

It is unfortunate that Barbra Streisand has been so blessed with a unique talent for singing and she has used her voice instead to screech and preach foul utterings. DTD (Degenerative Talent Disease) seems to be quite common these days.

[Happy2BMe]

Strip her. Just don't do it in public please (we've got enough ugly things running around here).

[Happy2BMe]

"She just got totally smashed in her SLAPP lawsuit against an small environmental group (the mega-huypocrite!) and her character assassination of Reagan was sent to the toilet."

Ain't it sweet!

And the judge made her pay all the court costs.

[arasina]

LOL! There goes the value of my Celebrity Booger collection, darn it!

[76834]

LOL
I have an old movie of "Babs" way back before she was a singer.
Totally stripped and doing some very interesting things.....

[DoughtyOne]

She seems to think she is one of the rare beauties of all time.

[FormerACLUmember]

"She just got totally smashed in her SLAPP lawsuit against an small environmental group (the mega-huypocrite!) and her character assassination of Reagan was sent to the toilet." Ain't it sweet! And the judge made her pay all the court costs

Oh YES!