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 WATCH: Barbra Streisand's Oscar Performance
  Streisand sang "The Way We Were" to honor composer Marvin Hamlisch.
 
 Neal Broverman 
          
          Feb 25, 2013
          
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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
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The 85th Academy Awards, produced by the gay duo Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, certainly had many queer moments, from a celebration of movie musicals to a performance by Shirley Bassey. But nothing topped the performance of Barbra Streisand singing "The Way We Were" following the "In Memoriam" broadcast. Streisand was honoring Marvin Hamlisch, the composer behind the song, who passed away last year. 
 
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WATCH: Barbra Streisand's Oscar Performance

Streisand sang "The Way We Were" to honor composer Marvin Hamlisch.

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