Barbra Streisand is speaking out after canceling her appearance at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where she was set to receive the honorary Palme.
“I was mesmerized by those images on the screen,” the iconic singer, 84, said via virtual message, per Variety. “They were so powerful that they’re still in my head. I wanted to be an actress and live in those other more interesting worlds.”
Streisand explained that she later realized she was always “looking at the movie as a whole” and asking a lot of questions.
“I didn’t realize at the time, but I was thinking like a director. Trying to figure out...
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