Streisand: the Year in Tantrums

Barbra Streisand was paid millions of dollars to give two New Year's concerts at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and she criticized the hotel's rooms and other facilities from the stage. Maybe she was just having a bad day, but she seems to have a lot of them.

January 1993 Streisand reportedly insisted that unless she introduces Clinton, she'll refuse to perform at the Inaugural Gala.

Jan. 29, 1993 Streisand is said to have snapped at Senator Arlen Specter, "How do you Republicans feel now that you've lost everything and are all losers?"

February 1993 In a letter to Vanity Fair, Streisand denounces comments made about her by her former diet nutritionist.

May 1993 In Washington she becomes angry because the marble floor of her hotel bathroom is cold.

May 23, 1993 In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Streisand bitterly condemns journalists who made snide comments about her interest in politics.

July 1993 Streisand is reported to have complained about Bill Clinton's meeting with Sharon Stone, saying, "Why Sharon Stone? She doesn't know anything about policy."

December 1993 Streisand lights into billionaire Marvin Davis after he sends her a photo of her with Clinton at Davis's home. Streisand says she didn't authorize the photo and it's of her bad side.