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\n\tBarbra Streisand<\/a> had one of the best opening lines ever for an awards acceptance speech when she won her first Oscar for Funny Girl<\/em> in April 1969. Gazing at the golden statue, she repeated<\/a> her memorable line from the musical-turned-film, \u201cHello, gorgeous.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tToday\u2019s announcement that Streisand will receive the life achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 24 is just the latest affirmation of the performer\u2019s talent and success.<\/p>\n \n\tStreisand is a GOAT, an icon and a legend. While she isn\u2019t officially an EGOT \u2013 she has yet to win a Tony in competition \u2013 she has won just about every other award an entertainer can win.<\/p>\n \n\tShe was nominated for a Tony for her first Broadway show,\u00a0I Can Get It for You Wholesale<\/em>, but lost to Phyllis Newman in\u00a0Subways Are for Sleeping<\/em>. Streisand won the other three EGOT awards with her first major projects. She won two Grammys for her first album, an Emmy for her first TV special and an Oscar for her first film.<\/p>\n \n\tStreisand, who recently talked<\/a> to Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Joe Lynch about her long-awaited memoir My Name Is Barbra<\/em>, set a high bar for all who followed. Many of today\u2019s top stars seem well aware of that fact.\u00a0Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0said, \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to sing for you, Miss Streisand,\u201d after singing \u201cThe Way We Were\u201d when Streisand received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2008.\u00a0Ariana Grande<\/a>\u00a0said \u201cI love you so much, thank you so much,\u201d following a\u00a0duet performance<\/a>\u00a0of \u201cNo More Tears (Enough Is Enough)\u201d at a Streisand concert in Chicago in 2019.\u00a0Madonna<\/a>\u00a0did a playful \u201cwe\u2019re not worthy\u201d gesture of respect when Streisand surprised her,\u00a0Mike Myers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Roseanne Barr<\/a>\u00a0at the end of a\u00a0Saturday Night Live<\/em>\u00a0sketch<\/a>\u00a0in 1992.<\/p>\n \n\tHere are 22 times Streisand made awards show history.<\/p>\n