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Streisand + "Downton Abbey" creator = "Gypsy" = Oscar?
Published: 3/13/2012 6:10 PM
Last Modified: 3/13/2012 6:10 PM

Barbra Streisand is coming to a theater near you.

It appears that Barbra Streisand is going to make at least one last stab at winning another Academy Award.

Sure, she could have other opportunities, but Babs does turn 70 in April.

Universal Pictures announced in a press release Tuesday that the studio plans to mount a film production of Arthur Laurents' stage musical "Gypsy," with Streisand in the role of Mama Rose that has won acclaim for Rosalind Russell and Bette Midler in the past.

The idea is to team Streisand up with writer Julian Fellowes, who would adapt the musical based on the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.

Fellowes is the Emmy Award-winning creator of the beloved "Downton Abbey" series from BBC, and he has an Oscar as well for best screenplay for "Gosford Park."

No word yet on who might play Gypsy -- or who would direct this picture.

Streisand has not directed a musical since "Yentl" in 1983, and she has not directed any movie since 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces."

The role won Golden Globes for both Russell and Midler, the former in a theatrical film and the latter for a TV movie.

As for Streisand, she is a two-time Oscar winner: best actress for "Funny Girl" in 1968, and for best song in 1976, with "Evergreen" from "A Star is Born."

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