We are bleeding heart liberals, and even we think this is dumb. Barbra Streisand says she’s going to tour for the first time in 12 years to bring awareness to the causes she’s interested in. And, get this, she will give “designated proceeds” to charity – her own charity. She doesn’t give an exact percentage or amount of course:

If you’re going to give money to charity, you should say exactly how much. It’s going to Babs’ own damn foundation, so you think she could commit to an amount if she’s going to put out a press release about it. She could earn up to $2 million a night for this tour, so it’s not like she can’t afford it.

Just like Heather Mills, Barbara Streisand has a snotty “Myth vs. Truth” section on her official website. Of course she should dispute inaccurate reports, but she does it in such an over-the-top self-satisfied way that it makes her seem reactionary.

On her website Streisand doesn’t address a NY Daily News report that she didn’t pay for tickets at a Malibu Movie theater with her husband, James Brolin. Stresiand sucked up to the young guy at the counter to avoid having to pay less than $20 to get in. Her publicist defended the cheapskate move, saying comping celebrities is a “professional courtesy that many theaters extend to film stars.”

Streisand will play 20 concerts in the US in October and November of this year.

Update: I actually read through several of the “Myth vs. Truth” sections of Babs’ website, and they’re not that over-the-top. The problem I have is with the name of the section coupled with the riduculous design of her website. It features a pink content area on a black background and has a dumb picture of Streisand holding roses while sitting on a pink silk chair as the header image. She should shell out the money to hire a more modern designer. Oh wait – she’s too cheap. Been there. Worked for those people. (Oh, I have this lovely picture I’d like to put on the top of every page. Could you blow it up too and make it the background?)