Closer USA – August 26, 2019

BARBRA STREISAND

Meets Her

Big Fans

“Backstageat MadisonSquareGarden
betweenBarbraStreisandandSallyField.
Pi nchme,please!”RichardE. Grantdeclared
onAug.5 afterrecoveringfromhisidol’s
Aug.3 NYCconcert.He satnextto Sallyin
theaudienceandpraisedBabs’“astonishing
brilliance.”Otherswhocameby to pay
homage:MariahCarey,WhoopiGoldberg,
RosieO’Donnell,BillyCrystal,Mary
Steenburgen,andBillandHillaryClinton.

BUSY PHILIPPS

Gets Cheeky

“It must be SO MUCH

FUN to be my kid,”

Busy cracked on

Aug. 1 with this post

of her squeezing her

daughter Birdie’s

cheeks a tad too tightly.

ELLIE KEMPER

Eyes a

New Gig

“I’m going to

be the kind of

[America’s Got

Talent] guest

judge that you

would like to have

a beer with,” Ellie

declared July 28.

Was she? You be

the judge!

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