James Brolin Reveals the Secret to Marriage with Barbra Streisand:

He sounds p whipped.

What mattress did they buy ? That is the question !

I'm sure he just went downstairs to Barbra's mall and bought whatever brand mattress was there.

Rule #1: Whatever she says, goes.

James Brolin Reveals the Secret to Marriage with Barbra Streisand:

Benzos. Lots of them (the mall has a pharmacy, thank God).

His ego must be much less than hers. Isn't everyone's? Hey, maybe she's mellowed in old age, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.

This will inspire Diane Warren to write an emotional ballad "If This Mattress Could Talk," which Barbra will feel obligated to record.

Wait is the Peppers waterbed franchise still open in the mall? I've been doing the opening shifts at the Chess King by the JC Penney on the opposite end of the mall for too long!!!

Barbra's fave rebuff is Take a hike!

And here I was thinking that it was his industrial-strength set of earplugs welded in place with wax?!

Happy wife. Happy life.

[QUOTE] What mattress did they buy ? That is the question !

Probably some $20,000 Tempur-Pedic that’s adjustable with massaging and cooling and heating. I wouldn’t get out of bed either if I slept on that.

R7 - but it won’t win any awards, will it.

He says the same stuff in this interview.

BDF is the secret

I would hit that ! I would sneak a Cialis in his coffee every morning for " boom boom" time.

Did he do it for the money?

Barbra has the man, mattress, and mall I want and deserve.

Are they still fucking at their age?

I thought his secret was cataracts.

Barbra's fave rebuff is Take a hike!

Just not in those words. GTFOH.

Theyre doing well, it looks like they both avoid the Hollywood lifestyle and just live their best lives. Good for them. He still looks great.

Barbra was nearing her mid-50s when she met Brolin and then married him, two years later. The've been together for nearly 30 years.

Today's celebrities in their mid-50s can barely stay married to the 'love of her life' for a year. JLo is Exhibit A.

If I were her, I would make him walk around the house in tighty-whities like he did in The Amityville Horror.

Josh Brolin has talked about his mother, who was married to James Brolin for 20 years. She was his first wife, sounded like a horror, I am sure Brolin is the type to be dominated by a woman. Perfect for Barbra.

The secret is a paper bag or always insisting on doggy style.

Do you think Barbra gets her butthole waxed?

^^^Definitely dyed to match the bedroom color scheme

Could it be opposites attracting? James looks to be very laid-back. Barbra is... hmm, the opposite of laid-back!

R29 I think since meeting Brolin, Streisand has become very laid back. She made only two movies since 1996, hasn't produced or directed anything, and only focused on movies which were in 'driving range' of her LA home, so she didn't have to travel 'on location'. She spent most of the past thirty years redecorating / remodeling her home (which she said time and time again this relaxes and renews her), and recording music at her home studio.

She's certainly not living the hyper lifestyle focused on her careers as she did prior to 1995.

I imagine the secret to a happy marriage with her is making sure you never give her a moment's problem on anything. When she says jump, you say "how high", on the way up.

R31 Most long-lasting, successful marriages follow that formula. It's been pretty much proven to be a solid way of keeping a marriage together (it's called compromise - I'm sure the wife gives in to the hubby at times).

It's when both partners are not willing to compromise that the marriage dissolves within a year or so (Affleck and JLo) and they blame ("we grew into separate directions" as their excuse, which means: we couldn't compromise on the simplest things.

1) I give him credit for lasting longer than anybody ever expected.

2) Never let your eyebrows go white. Especially when they're your best feature.

[quote]When she says jump, you say "how high", on the way up.

When she says jump, you just start jumping. She'll let you know if it's not high enough.

He mentioned in an interview, I can't remember if Barbra was there, about basically having a couples therapist who makes house calls on speed dial. I'm sure it always somehow ends with, "Jim, Barbra is right on this one."

R35 I know a lot of couples -and I mean a lot - who seem to have happy marriages, and they all say part of the success of their marriage is 'couples therapy' about once a month. It helps puts things in perspective for them ,especially with kids involved and even blended families.

I also remember years ago when he was a guest on 'The View', Brolin said he and Barbra never miss an episode of the show. Whoopi and Joy told him there's an open invitation to Barbra - whenever she wants to come on the show, they'll make it happen. He said she wouldn't enjoy that as much, she loves being a longtime loyal viewer.

I believe he said the couples' therapist advised him to spend even more time on the golf course.

Jim was also encouraged to take time outs in his car parked in the mall parking lot.

I wanted to add that OPs' pic is one of a handful where Barbra looks better than Jim.

I think it's his hair. And again, eyebrows. They define the whole face.

He strikes me as a very patient guy...so I guess he's able to put up with all her ramblings, complaints and bullshit

I think Rozzie works the mall's adult novelty store "Meet the Fuckers" on Thursdays from 9pm to 2am. That where he gets inspiration before seeing his lovely bride.

R39 That's a rather old picture of the two of them. They both look much older now in recent pictures.

Don't focus on the nose.

He’s definitely the kind of guy who’s comfortable with an alpha female. Props to him. Not every man can. I think all his wives have been dominant.

Not sure if the motel story made it into Barbra’s book, but I’ve always found that story sweet and adorable (if hard to believe).

Why am I not surprised that Barbra never misses an episode of The Spew? I'm sure she gets on the phone the second it is over and tells Jason all about it.

R45, what motel story?

I'm sure it helpes that they have an enormous house. If they had to live in a small house or a condo like a lot of elderly couples, they'd be at each other's throats.

R22 Please. Barbra is as Hollywood as they come.

People really buy this shit?

Barbra cannot get financing for a movie these days, she said so herself. That's why she hasn't made any since 1996. That and the fact that producers probably don't want to have to deal with her, and current film actors have no interest in appearing in a Barbra movie.

Celibacy?

R46,

Barbra had no idea what a motel was until she met Brolin. She seemed amazed that one could drive right up to the room’s door. She said something about how she hated having to walk through a hotel and take an elevator, etc when one could just get out of the car and enter a room at a motel.

^ I’m sure I believe that

R49, Barbra will be 83 YEARS OLD in a few days. I doubt she'd be able to get financing for anything now or within the last ten years. Yes, age matters.

People in her peer group are still making movies and working.

I hope she can get Gypsy financed and finally play her. We can't leave her cinematic output finished on The Guilt Trip.

R53 People in her age group are mostly playing secondary roles and I doubt she'd be a good fit for that. Although I suppose they could change the character of Rose's father to a mother for her.

R12 - Tempur-pedic? They probably have top of the line Hasten bed.

The pricing can vary - but it's eye-watering. This number comes in at...drumroll... $318,000.00.

Yes - for just $317,990, you TOO can have a great night's sleep!

I've heard other Hasten's can actually go for more money than this - so you're getting a bargain!

R55 I’m sure they just schlepped one of the Hastens upstairs from the bed store in the underground mall. They carry only Hastens—it keeps the riff-raff out of the mall.

[quote]it keeps the riff-raff out of the mall.

Unfortunatly not.

Gayle King: "When I think of Tiffany lamps, I think of bright color."

Barbra Streisand: "You're thinking of fake Tiffany lamps."

As her partner, I would do anything to keep her satisfied.

^ Rosie O’Donnell

R58 You'd better if you know what's good for you.

Rotting in the fart sack till 2pm. I'll never look at them the same way again.

You just know that they Dutch Oven each other all the time...

Stockholm Syndrome.

R51 She was born in the 1942, and she never heard of a motel until 1996? Is she an idiot?

*In 1942

She went to summer camp in the Catskills, she's known damn well about motels. Even if you didn't stay in one, you saw them all over the place in the 1950s. I went to the Catskills as a kid every summer in the late 60s and there were still many there.

So, who makes dinner at their house? Do they have a cook, or what?

We learned from Yentl that Barbra is a bad cook. She burns the biscuits.

The thought of Barbra Streisand turning 83 yesterday just doesn't sit well with me.

It felt like she went from 50 to 80 in 10 years.

I know everyone ages - but this feels personal.

Yes, R67, Renata. I don't know if she retired. I really know too much about Barbra. Barbra has many servants, I have no doubt, and always had. A friend of mine did freelance work with her through the 80s and early 90s. She said back then there was a circle of people around BSJ that you had to deal with and they weren't very pleasant. They're probably all dead now.

^^^Barbra was wonderful to my friend, actually. Barbra was afraid to go outside, this was at her CPW apartment. After she and my friend had done their work, they would sometimes go for a walk in the park. She was never recognized, or at least no one made it known that they knew who she was.

R67, I say she orders and Renate picks up the grub.

Mostly she has a private chef who cooks up all the shit Babs wants. German Renate is only capable of heating things up. Barbra, as she likes to point out, is such an imbecile that she “burns water.” Translation, she doesn’t understand that wanted to evaporates. How cute.

Has he tried separate bathrooms?

Yes, in SEPARATE WINGS.

Rumor is that to keep things fresh with their marriage James pulls the surprise anal on Barbra on the regular...

There were crazy tabloid stories back in the 70's that Barbra would get sexually aroused by farting, and that she had birds flying around her house shitting everywhere.

She talked about in the liner notes to the Superman album and it inspired the song "Don't Believe What you read".

We don’t need to know. TMI

Renate makes sure Jim has a big bowl of cabbage every night!

R77 Maybe you don't, dearie, so speak for yourself.

There are some stars who are interesting people, and they'd be interesting to listen to even if they had no acting/singing talent. They're great raconteurs, or they're charming. Streisand wouldn't be interesting if she couldn't sing. She's one of the dullest celebrites. Brolin seems dull, too. Probably that's the secret.

Is this a case of dull vs. circumspect and discreet? Does she release a 2.0 version upon her death with all the gossip she knows her fans want?

[quote] James Brolin Reveals the Secret to Marriage with Barbra Streisand:

A tremendous buttplug!

[quote] Is this a case of dull vs. circumspect and discreet? Does she release a 2.0 version upon her death with all the gossip she knows her fans want?

R81 I think you're re-interpreting what I said. Her being dull, to me, has nothing to do with her being discreet, or not revealing gossip. I just think when you see her in interviews, or in any other context besides performing, she's on the dull side. Naturally, if you're a big fan, you probably wouldn't notice (but I'm just sort of neutral about her). If you see certain other stars in interviews, they're just interesting personalities, they sparkle, they're entertaining talkers, or they have charm, or magnetism. Streisand seems more like an average person from the neighborhood. She seems nice, she's not offensive or unlikeable, but she's not fascinating, either. At least as I see it.

Maybe I mean she doesn't have that "larger than life" quality. It seems to come alive when she's performing, though.